We’ve recently been through an era where there could concurrently be a Superman in multiple mediums at the same time; a world where there can be four different incarnations of Bruce Wayne at a time. Aside from Superman Returns coming out while Smallville was still on the air, that didn’t happen as much back in that time, which provided some limitations on what could or could not be done. Heck, before Smallville was in development for The WB, there was a Bruce Wayne TV series project in the works!

Speaking in a panel at the recent TerrifiCon convention, Tom Welling talked a bit about two things he would have liked to have seen on Smallville — and one of those things is Bruce Wayne.

“I always thought that we should have had Bruce Wayne pass through somehow,” Tom said during his panel Q&A. “That would have been really cool to see. Like, you know how Clark  always got into the Luthor Mansion with no problem? [What if] he had gone into Lex’s office, and it was just as simple as Lex being like ‘good to meet you, Bruce,’ or ‘I’ll talk to you later, Bruce,’ and have him just walk out,” he added, making the someday-Superman and Batman just pass each other.

“I think that would have been cool, but one of the challenges we had is DC movies and DC television don’t talk to each other,” he continued, adding that even using the John Williams Superman score could be a challenge.

How close did Smallville actually get to landing Bruce Wayne? See what show creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar had to say!

There’s another iconic moment in Superman lore that Tom would have liked to have done: “I think one of the most iconic scenes that I remember from Superman II [was] when he loses his powers and he’s in the diner, and he gets beat up, and then he goes back and got the guy. Hindsight is 20/20, but we could have ripped that scene off pretty easily, and that would have been fun,” he said.

In a twist of irony, Superman & Lois did a variation of that scene on their show, which stars Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent… but what ties it back to Smallville is that the person he confronted in the diner was played by Adrian McMorran — “Jeremy Creek” himself from the very first episode of Smallville! As Jeph Loeb famously would say, “It’s all connected!”

See Tom and more Smallville stars at Creation’s “Salute to Smallville” in October!

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!

Last week, we posted an article about the first ever Smallville fan convention, “Salute to Smallville” hosted by Creation Entertainment, which is happening in New Jersey in October. Guests from the Smallville series including Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Erica Durance, Laura Vandervoort, John Glover, and Aaron Ashmore are all expected to attend.

Today, Kristin, Michael, and Tom did an announcement video for the event where they also hyped up the always-worth-seeing “Smallville Nights” in addition to the two days of awesomeness that are scheduled. This is an opportunity to not only see the stars of Smallville, but also to meet other Smallville fans and see vendors selling Smallville items. (Maybe they’ll have a few good books about the show!) In any event, you can see what the trio shared below, and you can purchase tickets to “Salute to Smallville” here.

Super excited to bring you the FIRST exclusive Smallville Convention October 5 & 6 at Creation Con in Parsippany, NJ #SaluteToSmallville ☄️

Hope to see YOU there!
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— Michael Rosenbaum (@michaelrosenbum) July 19, 2024