Tom Welling to Reprise "Smallville" Clark Kent Role in Arrowverse Crossover
by Nellie Andreeva
September 19, 2019


Tom Welling is set to reprise his "Smallville" role as Clark Kent in The CW’s upcoming DC Arrowverse crossover, joining two other actors who have played the Man of Steel, Tyler Hoechlin and Brandon Routh that are already set to portray the character in the crossover.

Talk started over the summer that the Arrowverse producers were looking to feature multiple versions of Superman in different time periods during the Infinite Earths event, with Welling, Hoechlin and Routh all on the wish list.

He will now reprise his role as Clark Kent and reveal what happened to the character almost ten years after "Smallville".




"Arrow" co-creator/executive producer Marc Guggenheim addressed the significance of the casting.

“For eight years, Arrow has stood on the shoulders of Smallville. Simply put, there would be no Arrow, and no Arrowverse, without it,” he said. “So when we first started talking about Crisis on Infinite Earths, our first, second and third priorities were getting Tom to reprise his iconic role as Clark Kent. To say that we’re thrilled would be a Superman-sized understatement.”

https://deadline.com/2019/09/tom-welling-reprise-smallville-clark-kent-role-arrowverse-crossover-the-cw-1202738738/

How "Crisis on Infinite Earths" convinced Tom Welling to reprise his Smallville role (https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/crisis-on-infinite-earths-team-talks-olivers-fate-and-batwomans-big-move-spoilers-1203429209/)

“We had conversations about how to best see Tom again,” says Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries of Part 2 of the Arrowverse crossover. Arrowverse boss Marc Guggenheim says Welling was excited to return to his roots and play a new version of Clark Kent. “We got on the phone with him and basically pitched him everything,” Guggenheim said, adding that Welling’s response was basically, “I love this. … You guys have basically written the one scene that I can’t say no to.” In fact, Arrowverse filmed at the same location where Smallville was originally filmed. “Tom was joking when he was there, ‘Oh, that cow recognize me,’” Dries recalls. “So it all felt very 10 years ago, in a great way. And so it just felt natural." ALSO: Brandon Routh says "I was very touched" when asked to reprise his Superman role for "Crisis on Infinite Earths." (https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/12/09/brandon-routh-thought-his-superman-days-were-over-until-he-got-phone-call/)