In a new episode of his “Inside of You” podcast, Michael Rosenbaum sits down with Tom Welling to look back on their years on “Smallville,” how Tom felt being such a newbie on the set in Season 1, upcoming “Smallville” projects, and whether he’d ever consider playing Superman in the future.
At one hour, eleven minutes into the episode Michael asks Tom about the idea of playing Superman all these years later, after 10 seasons of seeing his character’s grow to become Superman. Tom refers to the idea of the Multiverse and how film and television are embracing the concept. “I think it’d be cool”.
Michael Rosenbaum and Tom Welling are aiming to pitch the idea of a “Smallville” animated series, with discussions reportedly taking place with Warner Bros. next month.
Not that Hollywood isn’t *slowly* coming around to the idea of comparatively older actors as superheroes; a 43 year old Robert Downey Jr, despite being pretty fit, only got away with it because it was explicitly the suit doing the heavy lifting, and a 34 year old Christopher Reeve (I’m sure largely from some behind the scenes things like his decision to go for a leaner, slimmer look after literally being the first actor to bulk up specifically for a superhero role) was considered to aging out of the part. But now that Tom Welling is sliding toward 50, and… Read more »