Tom Welling was recently featured in his own panel at the Terrificon in Connecticut, and in addition to his talk about the potential Smallville animated series, he spoke about returning to the role of Clark Kent for the “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover event in 2019. In his answer, he revealed a few things… for example, the notion that he had been asked to appear before this big event.
“They had asked me to be on a couple of the other shows after Smallville, and I just never felt like the tone would [fit]. Clark doesn’t like travel like that, Like, if I showed up on Supergirl, it would just be ridiculous in my mind,” he admitted. “But when I got a message [about “Crisis”], they were like, ‘listen, we know you’re gonna say no, but just please read this scene. Just read it. You can say no, but please read it.’ So I read it, and I was like, ‘man, this is good’,” he recalled.
“I thought it was cool. I knew that the fans would think it was cool. It was one scene… you’ve got Lex in there, who’s not Lex… and I was just like, t’his is a good idea!’ And so it was. It was a lot of fun to do,” he confirmed.
“We shot at the Kent farm with the the crew that was shooting [Batwoman], and they had never shot there before,” Tom said, adding that he had to “bite his tongue” and try not to offer tips about what it’s like to shoot there and what techniques or shots would be best.
Welling described the “Crisis” experience as “fun,” especially having Erica Durance being there with him, but he did reveal a personal feeling about where this fits in the Smallville canon — or at least, noted that he was unsure. “I don’t know if that’s actually the Clark from Smallville, because it’s a multiverse, so you never know,” he said, adding that he also didn’t know how Clark lost his powers. “No one ever told me,” he added.
See Tom and several other actors from Smallville at Creation’s “Salute to Smallville” convention happening in October in New Jersey!