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Smallville’s Tom Welling on Arrow, The Flash and whether he’d be interested in playing Superman on Supergirl

January 27, 2016 by Gary Collinson

During an interview with Buzzfeed, former Smallville star Tom Welling has offered a few words on the current crop of DC superhero TV shows, as well as revealing whether he’d have any interest in reprising the role of Kal-El on CBS’ Supergirl.

“I’m very proud of shows like Arrow and The Flash,” said Welling. “They’re able to ground these characters so that the viewer can relate on a human level to people who used to be only in two dimensions.”

Asked about a potential return as Clark Kent for Supergirl, Welling responded that: “There’s people who would like it. There’s people who don’t like it, but I will tell you that no one has ever asked me to do it. So, I don’t know. It would be kind of odd. I don’t know who he is at that point. He would obviously be Superman…”

As it happens, Supergirl has already cast Kal-El, with Daniel DiMaggio set to play a teenage version of the future Man of Steel in the February 8th episode ‘For the Girl Who Has Everything’.

SEE ALSO: Follow all of our Supergirl coverage here

Would you like to see Tom Welling as Superman in Supergirl? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…

Originally published January 27, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Arrow, DC, Smallville, Supergirl, Superman, The Flash, Tom Welling

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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