The Big Picture
- Early in Dave Bautista's acting career, he was offered a role on the TV show Smallville, where he played Aldar, one of the show's most ruthless antagonists.
- Bautista's character on Smallville was an escaped alien criminal from the Phantom Zone who killed people using his signature move, the "Backbreaker."
- Smallville was ahead of its time in casting future Marvel Cinematic Universe actors, including Dave Bautista, Evangeline Lilly, Cobie Smulders, and Adrianne Palicki.