Most fans have spent many hours watching and enjoying Michael Rosenbaum in his role as Lex Luthor on Smallville. Next week, they'll have the opportunity to see Michael in a new project, the movie Kickin' It Old Skool.

Kickin' It Old Skool features Michael alongside Jamie Kennedy, Maria Menounos, and a gaggle of 1980's celebrity cameos such as Emmanuel Lewis, David Hasselhoff, and John Ratzenberger. The comedy is said to appeal to fans of all ages, and Michael hopes that all of his fans who have supported him on Smallville will give him a few hours of time next weekend and see the movie for him.

Kickin' It Old Skool hits theaters on April 27, 2007.

Michael has been kind enough to participate in a KryptonSite interview to talk about the new flick as well as his plans beyond Smallville.

The interview is below:

Can you tell us a little bit about what Kickin' It Old Skool is all about?

Jamie Kennedy and I play breakdancers when we were kids, and we're trying to win this girl over by out-breakdancing each other, and in a nutshell, he tries to do a head spin to out-do me, and he falls off the stage. He goes into a coma for 20 years, wakes up in present day, and he's got the mentality of a 12 year old stuck in the 80's as a 35 year old guy. Now everything's changed. Obviously, the 80's were a pretty crazy time. It's my favorite time. It's kind of funny that I'm actually doing a movie like this. I've now got the girl, Maria Menounous. I host a dance contest called "Get To steppin'." My name's Kip Unger. It's funny, 'cause I say this thing - "I'm Kip Unger. Just Kip, Kip, Kippin' it real."

It's nice to come from playing Lex Luthor - a very complex, intense character, and jump over to the big screen, and playing a wacky 80's comedy.

Where was this movie shot?

We shot it for two months in Vancouver. Can't seem to get away from that city. [laughs] And it was a treat. It was fantastic.

"I need every fan that watches Smallville to go out on the weekend, and have a good time, and go see Kickin' It Old Skool!"

So what made you decide to come to your fans directly to tell them about Kickin' It Old Skool?

I think that my biggest fans are Smallville fans, and thanks to the show, and the fans, I've actually gotten to be recognized. The fans have been great all these years, and they've been watching the show for six years, and I thought to myself "You know, I want people to go see this movie. It's fun. It's definitely the demographic of the people who watch Smallville," and I think if they're looking for a fun comedy, something that's light with a lot of fun dancing and 80's references and 80's icons, and laugh out loud moments, I think this is definitely the movie. So what I wanted to do is speak directly to the fans.

Hey, I've been playing Lex Luthor, I hope the fans have been enjoying it, they seem like they have, and I'm just asking for them to support me in my next endeavour which is the movies, and I hope that they'll go see Kickin' It Old Skool, and hopefully the movie will do well.

Once your time on Smallville is over, would you like to be doing movies full time?

Yeah. That's what I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a comedian. It's just something I've always desired. As a kid, I used to do impressions. My parents used to go out on a Saturday night and I'd babysit my brother, and they'd come back and I'd recite every moment from Saturday Night Live back in the 80's. The Church Lady, the Hans and Franz, Fernando... I would do impersonations of all of them. I'd re-enact the whole thing, and I always knew as a kid that I had to do something in comedy. It's kind of ironic that I ended up being one of the most complex characters on TV, as Lex Luthor. For me, it's great. It's been a real great career. I've done a little bit of both. Comedy and drama. For the last six years, I've been doing Smallville.

I think next year is probably my last year [of Smallville]. It's my last year on my contract. I'm ready to move on, and it's going to be a really sad moment when it happens. A lot of people, they look at me and think "Oh he's bald!" I have a full head of hair, and I'm kind of a nerd.

So you have hair in this movie?

Yeah! They let me grow it out for about three and a half weeks. So I have a nice buzz cut. It's cool. I think that the fans of Smallville appreciate the contrast to Lex Luthor, and I think they'll have a lot of fun with this character and the movie, and they'll appreciate that I can do other things. They've been supportive in the past, but this one especially, I think it's a movie that everybody - from 13 to 45 or 50 - could really just get a kick out of. I'm excited about that.

I need every fan that watches Smallville to go out on the weekend, and have a good time, and go see Kickin' It Old Skool!

Is there any chance you might end up doing Smallville beyond one more year?

They've talked about another season without me. I want them to be happy, and they'll do what they want to do, but for me, it's been a great run. We've had six great years, one more, and that will be plenty. We're lucky to have gone seven. It's a great show, and I certainly want it to go out on a good note. I think the fans do too. Although, there are a lot of fans out there that want it to go forever, and I guess nothing good can last forever. Weirder things have happened, in terms of all of the sudden, next thing you know, I'm doing an eighth year. I don't think I'll do another year; my contract is up [at that time].

If [my fans] like me on Smallville, and hopefully they'll go see me in something else, and follow my career. That's one of the things that's kind of sad. When you're on a show, you have so many great fans, and when the show's over, you hope that those fans still stick around for your whole career. Because without fans, you don't really have a career.

I think Smallville, we've been lucky, because we get the best fans. I truly believe that they're the most loyal. They know the show inside and out. They demand greatness, and II hope that they could appreciate some good laughs, and go see this movie.

Is it true you were able to improvise a bit in your role as Kip Unger?

It was one of those movies where we were able to improvise a lot. I think a lot of people know that I like to be a goofball, and improvise. The producers were very kind, and they said "Hey. Come to this movie with anything you want. Do your thing."

From what you've said about your character and his interaction with Jamie Kennedy, Kip sounds like a bit of a jerk.

Kip's definitely a jackass, but at the same time, he doesn't know any better. He's one of those guys who thinks he's cool but everyone around him's going "this guy is a jackass." It was a fun role to play. It was hysterical, because I could just amp it all up. Kip is not concerned with what people think, so he does things to embarrass himself and others quite frequently.

He's the Billy Zabka of the Karate Kid. He's the Chet from Weird Science. He's the Clubber Lane of Rocky. No, just kidding. [Laughs] He's all that, and much, much more. and it's great.

I hear this movie has a tie-in to your own childhood.

When I was a kid I used to breakdance. I used to bring cardboard with my friend Wags. We would bring cardboard, and we would walk into a party with a jam box on our shoulder, and start doing the Thriller dance, and so on this movie I was hoping to breakdance more. I get to do very little breakdancing, but I got to do the Hammer.

Which of course Jamie Kennedy's character wouldn't know.

Exactly. So I get to do the Hammer in that. I get to do a little backspin, but more importantly, I get to be funny for a change, and I hope that people will go out and see me with hair, and me being funny.

Is humor something that you'd like to see more of in Lex Luthor on Smallville?

I think Lex is the best-written character on the show. I think they write stuff for Lex that has created a wonderful arc over the years. People could say it's been a little slow, but you have to be a little more methodical and meticulous with the quickness, if you will, with how fast a character develops. So I think with the character they've been great, but the one thing that I think they've lacked or they're maybe starting to just get is really, I always want to be funny. I try, and I think they're starting to allow me to be a little funnier and try to amp up stuff, because that's my real strength, is comedy. So if they could, in the final season, perhaps let me play a little more into the Gene Hackman [version], going into that character and growing as an older Lex, I think it will add a little more spice.

So should we all be going to see this movie next weekend?

I mean, what else are you going to see on April 27th? Certainly not that Nic Cage movie. Well, he's bald too, so you can either watch him in a wig or me, actually, with real hair for the first time. I'll let the people decide, but I'm hoping all of those Smallville fans will choose to see "Kickin' It Old Skool."