UPDATE: And here’s where it’s a good thing to still be following KryptonSite — Smallville co-creator Alfred Gough, currently working wonders with Into The Badlands and The Shannara Chronicles, commented on our Facebook page about this headline. Here’s what he had to say:
“This is true. Eric Kripke and myself and Miles had these discussions around season 7 of Smallville.”
If anyone would know about this, it would be someone who was in charge at the time. Season 7 of Smallville was, of course, knee-deep in writers’ strike danger, which could explain why it didn’t happen. Still interesting to note that this crossover between two of The CW’s biggest hits at a time when the network didn’t really care about the supernatural or superheroes (even though they were their most successful) almost was a thing.
Even though there was a bit of a crossover already with Jensen Ackles as a series regular for Season 4 of Smallville, there was actually a more direct Supernatural story pitch that involved one of Smallville’s main stars, which could have made for a little crossover.
Writer Jackson Stewart who co-wrote the Supernatural episode “Frontierland” and called in to EW Radio’s Entertainment Weirdly show, and while there, he talked about the Supernatural-Smallville crossover that wasn’t.
“There was a lot of really cool ideas that some of the writers had,” Stewart said. “They had an episode where they really wanted to do a Superman curse that was about every actor who plays Superman ends up getting killed. So they find out that Tom Welling from Smallville is next and have to save him. I thought that was one of the funniest ideas that I’d heard.”
Considering that Welling has avoided most things Superman until the past year, when he’s been doing so for charity, it’s no surprise that such an episode never happened, but it sure would have been fun. You can read the EW piece that talks about the interview here.
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Tom Welling NEEDS to appear on Supernatural. He needs either to be the Host with the Most for Lucifer, or EVEN BETTER the Host with the Most for the freed Michael--Chuck, before he left, freed Michael, gave Adam his life back and cured his soul (think of the awkward meeting with mom), and took the time to rebuild Gabriel. Raphael, too, but clipped his wings as a lesson in humility, possibly being almost a human and played by J August Richards.
Pllleeeeaaaaassssseeeee!?! And after the murder of Charlie we need a girl--And Allison Mack attack, anyone?
And please, if Rachel Miner is feeling up to it, she and Clarence need to happen.
Cuz, let's face it, Chuck has some fences to mend for being suck dad of the year. Maybe Allison can hook up with the traveling Mary.
And I will die of joy if they ever decide on and then convince Sarah Michelle Gellar to come on as an off and on Dean love interest. She won't be Buffy Summers, but she could still be a hunter