Ms. Stacy Haiduk as Lana Lang, Page 5

When Annette O'Toole played an adult Lana Lang in Superman III, I felt that she did a good job; however, the storyline didn't really allow her character to develop much depth. In Ms. Haiduk's case, I'm thankful that her role did allow her to portray Lana as a more fully fleshed out, fully developed character. I always imagined Lana as being intelligent and plucky, just as the writers of Superboy did.

I always liked the character of Lana, anyway. The classic Lois always seemed to have a more shallow, almost adversarial relationship with Clark, whereas Lana seemed to be more genuine fond of him. That's one thing I liked about John Byrne's version of the Boy of Steel; he made it clear that Lana loved Clark for who he was. (Mind you, I'm saying this as someone who cannot stand most of Byrne's recent work.)

I've seen people on the 'net say that Kristen Kruek was just painfully beautiful as Lana. I agree that she's attractive; however, I think that the phrase "painfully beautiful" is more properly applied to the young Ms. Haiduk. Sigh.