SMALLVILLE Star Tom Welling Shares Original Plans for the Ending of the Series Finale
As you know, Tom Welling had no desire to wear Superman's iconic costume in The CW’s Smallville series. Even when it came to the finale, we never got to see him wear the full Superman costume.
During the final few seasons of the series, producers toyed with the idea of getting Clark Kent in a Superman costume but, they really just stuck with that no “flights, no tights" rule, which frustrated some fans.
In the very last episode of the series, we got a shot of Clark tearing open his shirt to reveal the iconic "S", but nothing more than that. But, the original plan would’ve seen Welling wearing the full Superman costume. Unfortunately, this was something Welling fought against to the very end.
During a recent interview with Comic Con Stockholm, Welling shared the original plans for the series ending and confirmed he pushed back on a full suit reveal. The actor also revealed how little of the Man of Steel's costume he had on beneath the shirt he was wearing.
Welling said: "[In] one of the final [scenes,] Clark opens his shirt and finally leaps off the building. That was written [in] a completely different way. They had written where Clark sees the suit, then cut to him, pulling it on and putting the boots on."
"Do you guys remember Kiefer Sutherland's 24? That show just ended, and one of the things they did in that show, it's a satellite image from space, and he's talking to [the] satellite imaging, knowing that Chloe, who he works with, is watching, and he's saying goodbye.
“He's saying, 'I can't stay, but I gotta go' and I remember the takeaway from that to me was here's a guy who's gonna go out there, is gonna fight the good fight. We can't go with him, but it allows our imagination to believe he's still out there."
"I took that and when we were trying to figure it out in the series, I referenced that the idea that this character is gonna go out there, he's gonna be out there. We can't go with it. And that's how that all came about.
“There was a bit of a discussion and limitation on what shots we were going to use, it was me, and Greg Beeman, who directed the episode. But the idea was I was going to force them on a crane shot to come into gear.
“After that, the show was over, and because it was a crane shot, and no, I wouldn't allow them to shoot any other angles of it, because that's what I wanted that and then to go on."
"So the wardrobe department went, 'So we're only going to see this? Okay.' So they made me a crop top with no sleeves. They didn't want to pay for the whole suit, and I didn't mind, I didn't want to wear a suit! [laughs] So when I go like this [mimics the shirt rip going further,] if I've gone any further, you'd have see my belly button."
Of course, all these years later Welling, the actor has admitted now that he'd like to wear Superman's costume on screen. Well, it’s safe to say that ship has sailed.
Via: ScreenRant