Tom Welling stays a fan-favorite of the Superman canon to at the present time, because of his 10-season run in Smallville; but his time on set wasn’t at all times excellent, in line with the actor. Tom performed Clark Kent from 2001 to 2011 alongside Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor, and Erica Durance as Lois Lane. Smallville is taken into account top-of-the-line variations of the Superman story, and skilled an increase in recognition lately after the discharge of James Gunn’s Superman, starring David Corenswet.
Wanting again
Tom shared on his former co-star Michael’s podcast Inside You that he had conflicting emotions about his time on the present. “I have a tendency to recollect extra good issues than dangerous issues, whereas I believe once I was going via it, I wasn’t very joyful more often than not,” he mentioned within the current interview. The 48-year-old added that his “good moments” on set and “feeling like [he] had a duty to each single particular person” within the forged and crew helped him to proceed working regardless of his struggles.
© Getty PhotographsTom additionally revealed on the podcast that it took years earlier than he might lastly be happy with his work in Smallville, regardless of its optimistic important reception. “I am happy with it now. The place I do not assume I used to be happy with it [was] after we have been doing it. And I am undecided why, as a result of it is exhausting,” he mentioned candidly.
Second probability
The daddy of two beforehand opened up about returning to the Superman universe and being hesitant to don his costume once more for the Arrowverse’s Disaster of Infinite Earths crossover in 2024. “I obtained some calls, however they weren’t [about] me appearing on these reveals,” Tom mentioned at Fan Expo New Orleans in 2025. “It was me enjoying Clark on these reveals, and I actually felt protecting of the truth that Clark would not exist on these reveals.”
“Lastly, I obtained a [call] from somebody related to it who mentioned, ‘Pay attention, please simply learn it. It is one scene. Simply please learn it,'” he recalled. “And I learn it and I used to be like, ‘That is good.’ It was simply the one scene, and I used to be like, ‘Man, that is really a good suggestion. That is the way in which to do it.’ And you recognize, Clark did not have his powers, and one among my methods into that scene was, I needed to play Clark as if he grew into Jonathan Kent.”
Smallville 2.0
© Getty PhotographsFollowers have begged for a Smallville reboot for years, and the thought has taken root inside Tom and Michael’s heads as effectively. “We’ve not gone to Warner Bros. but,” the Cheaper By the Dozen actor mentioned on Inside You. “It simply would not look like our present is the kind of present the place that might occur. I am smiling and saying it would in all probability by no means occur. However I like the thought!”
© Getty Photographs“It simply would not look like our present is the kind of present the place that might occur,” Michael chimed in. The present’s unique creators, Al Gough and Miles Millar, are nonetheless holding out hope for a possible reboot, towards the percentages.
© Getty Photographs“The issue with most initiatives in improvement in any studio and/or any community is regime change,” Al mentioned on the TalkVille podcast. “Warner [Bros.] has clearly gone via lots, and I believe the truth that they’re within the strategy of rebooting Superman once more, sort of sadly, retains our factor off the desk for a bit. All the things comes round in a single kind or one other. I simply learn the opposite day that they’re rebooting Buffy for Hulu.”
