- Is Smallville's Tom Welling
finally donning the Superman cape
for Crisis on Infinite Earths?
Slap on your undies over your tights, Smallville fans,
because do we have some news for you?
While Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame
positioned themselves as the greatest
crossover event in history, DC's superhero TV event,
Crisis on Infinite Earths,
is definitely shaping up to be a worthy challenger.
We've been hearing news for a few months now
about casting additions to the CW's team up special,
like Supergirl's Tyler Hoechlin,
and the original Robin, Burt Ward,
and just last week, we learned that
fan favorite Batman, actor Kevin Conroy,
is joining the cast as older Bruce Wayne.
- I am Batman!
- However, since it was announced
that Brandon Routh of the CW Legends of Tomorrow
and 2006 Superman Returns will be joining the event
to reprise his role as the Man of Steel,
fans have been clamoring for one super alum
to return as well, Smallville's Tom Welling.
In fact, they've been welling up.
For folks who may have been in a coma,
or weren't even born yet, Tom Welling played Clark Kent
for a whopping decade, 10 years.
And Smallville's success came to be a defining moment
for the modern TV superhero movement, paving the way
for shows like Arrow and The Flash to succeed.
So why would Welling be joining
the Arrowverse now, and how do we even know?
Well, in a post to Instagram,
the 42-year-old actor, he's 42 now, wow.
That's right, people age, and Cheaper By the Dozen alum
shared a video of him on a shoot in Africa.
Now, on that post, a fan commented,
"I hope you're in Crisis on Infinite Earths."
Crying face emoji, praying hands emoji,
to which Welling replied, "Duh"
with three exclamation points three of them, duh.
Now, we can't read inflection or sarcasm on the internet
so this means one of two things.
The first is that Welling is saying,
duh, I'd love to be in Crisis on Infinite Earths,
or the duh that fans are hoping for is,
duh, I am in Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Because Tom Welling played Clark Kent/Kal-El for 10 seasons
on Smallville, for many fans, he is their Superman.
On top of that, despite playing the character for so long,
Welling never actually wore the Superman suit
in real life, in the show, no, no, no.
In the finale of Smallville, the suit
that he flies around in was CGI-ed on him afterwards.
Yeah, they pulled a Green Lantern.
- I know, right?
- Weird.
So if Tom Welling reprises his role as Superman
in the Crisis crossover event,
this gives him the chance to actually don
the cape and tights for the first time,
giving fans what they've been hoping for
for Welling over a decade now.
In fact, when it was revealed
that Superman would show up on Supergirl,
back when the show started in 2015,
Tom Welling's name was instantly thrown into the mix by fans
and while that never came to be,
and, to be honest, Supergirl's current Superman,
played by Tyler Hoechlin is mwah, curl, chin.
It left fans with a Welling-shaped hole
in their hearts, and fans aren't
the only ones who want Welling to suit up as Superman.
Stephen Amell, who kind of helped kick off
this whole Arrowverse thing in the first place,
said at Comic Con that he also wants
Tom Welling in Crisis on Infinite Earths.
If he says it, then it has to happen, that's canon now.
Plus, with both Tyler Hoechlin
and Brandon Routh playing their versions of Superman
in Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover,
there is absolutely no reason that
Welling can't return as well.
Come on, Greg Berlanti and company, make this happen.
Literally nearly everyone wants this, except that guy.
We'll talk, we'll chat later, we'll chat later.
But we'll just have to wait and see if DC
is making the most ambitious crossover of all time,
again, by adding Tom Welling as Superman
to Crisis on Infinite Earths this December
when the event starts, but what do you folks think?
Do you think that Tom Welling is gonna
finally wear the cape and tights?
Which of your on-screen version
of Superman is your favorite?
And do you still get chills when you hear
the Smallville intro song, Somebody Save Me?
♪ Somebody save me ♪
That's all I'm allowed to sing, let's discuss.
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Yeah, I'm gonna keep that. (laughs)
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