All through Smallville’s ten-season run, Tom Welling’s Clark Kent didn’t get to sport the total Superman costume. (No, that small reveal on the finish of the sequence finale doesn’t depend.) He did, nonetheless, put on a lot of different outfits and, at one level, he even wore Oliver Queen’s jade duds. From a story standpoint, Clark wore the swimsuit for a very good cause, however how did Welling himself really feel about carrying the Inexperienced Arrow costume. Nicely, the actor just lately mentioned it and dropped some behind-the-scenes particulars.
Clark dons Inexperienced Arrow’s outfit throughout Season 6 “Hydro, which is out there to stream with a Hulu subscription. Throughout that installment, Lois Lane believes she’s deduced that Oliver Queen is the bow and arrow-wielding hero, and he or she comes near discovering out the reality. Nevertheless, Clark attire up because the archer (and locks lips with Lois) with Oliver current, which throws off the budding journalist. Throughout an episode of the Talkville rewatch podcast (by way of YouTube), Tom Welling recalled carrying the swimsuit, and it seems like he wasn’t too enthused:
Yeah I sort of bear in mind simply being like, ‘That is ridiculous! I am so glad I haven’t got to do that on a regular basis.’ However I needed to. Clark would do that to assist his good friend… They needed to make a swimsuit for me, I feel it was just like the stunt man’s swimsuit that they’d me put on or one thing.
What’s distinctive about Tom Welling’s tenure as Clark is that not like lots of his predecessors and successors, he didn’t have to decorate up in a grandiose costume each week. Through the latter a part of the sequence that modified a bit, however his “superhero fits” have been comparatively low maintenance-looking. So I can perceive why Welling wouldn’t have been so eager to put on a model of the jade duds Justin Hartley sported on the WB/CW sequence. On the very least, although, Welling appears to grasp the storytelling causes for Clark carrying the outfit.
Dubbed the “excellent” Clark Kent in some circles, Smallville’s model of the Man of Metal is understood for sporting a blue shirt and pink jacket or a reversal of these colours. By Season 8, he turns into referred to as “the Blur” after donning a black jacket and shirt that function his well-known insignia. By Season 10, he begins carrying a blue shirt and a pink, leather-based jacket together with his household’s crest on it. On the time, these numerous costumes have been meant to suggest Kent’s evolution, as he moved additional in direction of his identification as Superman.
Tom Welling additionally didn’t put on a supersuit when he returned as Clark for the Arrowverse’s Disaster on Infinite Earths crossover in 2020. In that case, the character seems in customary apparel, given he’s engaged on his farm when he’s approached by the heroes of the multiverse and later Lex Luthor. Ought to the long-hoped-for Smallville spinoff come to fruition, one has to marvel if Welling would certainly don the enduring pink and blue costume. If fan artwork of Welling is any indication, he would look nice within the costume.
Such a prospect stays a pipe dream, nevertheless it’s enjoyable to consider. What followers don’t should think about, although, is the sight of Tom Welling sporting the Inexperienced Arrow costume. No matter whether or not you’ve seen “Hydro” or not, why not give the episode a watch? It’s a comparatively satisfying installment, and the response on Lois’ face when she finds out the Inexperienced Arrow she’s kissing isn’t her boyfriend, Oliver Queen, is priceless.