The Official Tom Welling Thread - Part 1

[SpideyVille]

It's so weird seeing paparazzi shots of Tom since he's so private.

But look at how fresh his kicks are!

I love how the guy behind him is wearing a Superman shirt.

 

[KalKai]

@shoemakermike Mike Shoemaker
@GeoffJohns0 Your buddy Tom Welling was great on our show tonight. I told him I knew you so I'd sound cool.

@TVGMRichSands Just saw Tom Welling tape his @jimmyfallon appearance. Tune In tonight for a cool clip from the finale

 

[Webhead2006]

Got to remember to tape fallon tonight going to midnight showing of thor.

 

[Lencho01]

I hope Tom does this...

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[Prison Mike]

I hope Tom does this...

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haha! that was awesome.

 

[KalKai]

Tom leaving Jimmy Fallon, signing autographs & taking photos:

 

[SpideyVille]

I'm just going to come out and say it.

Tom Welling is my man-crush.

 

[KalKai]

 

[Webhead2006]

nice stuff welling did. cant wait to see him on fallon, that is after i come home from seeing thor tonight.

 

[Prison Mike]

I haven't stayed up to watch Jimmy Fallon in over a year but tonight I will definitely do so!

 

[Mike22]

I frikkin love it how he just towers over everytone. Tallest guy in the room.

 

[SpideyVille]

Fallon is taped in NYC right? Man, I wish I didn't have to be in school all day or else I would've went there just to wait for him to come out.

 

[Lencho01]

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011...g-on-saying-goodbye-to-superman/?dlvrit=63378

‘Smallville’ Tom Welling on saying goodbye to Superman

May 05, 2011 | 7:23 p.m.


Tom Welling (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Tom Welling has a new office on the Warner Bros. lot and there’s an empty parking spot right out front — it’s marked “C. SHEEN” — which reminds him how quickly things can change in television and how lucky he’s been to be one of television’s steadiest stars, with a decade logged on the now-ending “Smallville.”

“It can all go away and can go fast,” said the 34-year-old, whose new digs still had unpacked boxes and bare walls when he sat down last week to talk about the final flight of “Smallville,” which airs its two-part series finale beginning May 14 on the CW. “I feel so grateful. But I also know it’s time to move on.”

Welling leaves the show with mixed feelings, and that’s entirely appropriate for a man who spent 10 seasons as a Clark Kent who was perpetually denied the chance to be Superman — the show, for the uninitiated, follows the odyssey of Superman’s alter ego in his formative years and the title is the name of the little rural town where the future superhero grew up with his human adoptive family.

The New York native didn’t want the role — his headshot was plucked out of a stack by producer Alfred Gough, who asked why the handsome, towering actor wasn’t among the hundreds of hopefuls who sought an audition in “a massive manhunt” to find the star in 2000.



Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang, Welling as Clark Kent and Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor in 2001 (Frank Ockenfels / The WB)

The simple reason was that red-and-blue costume, the same one that brought success to actors such as Christopher Reeve and George Reeves in previous decades but came with a smothering career cost — after they flew across the sky in the public imagination they were locked into the image. When Welling found out the new show had the motto of “no tights, no flights,” he was far more intrigued.

“He brought an openness and warmth to the role,” Gough said. “He’s also incredibly good-looking and somehow is more good-looking in person, if that’s possible.”

During the fourth season of the show, Welling had learned so much on the set that he got a new ambition — directing. He did just that in the fifth season and in fact is the director of Friday’s episode, “The Prophecy,” which may or may not put him in the single most iconic piece of clothing this side of Santa’s suit. Even before Welling was directing, he was “a leader” on the set, Gough said, and certainly he was qualified — no other cast member appears in every episode and only two crew members have stayed on for the entire run.

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Welling isn’t certain about his next move. There was a fan movement to get him the lead role in the new Superman film that will begin shooting next year with Henry Cavill in the tights (and there was a similar campaign for the 2006 movie “Superman Returns” that took flight with Brandon Routh), but “Smallville” has created such a wide, deep thicket of its own mythology that it seemed unlikely that a reboot of the hero would take him on if it were seeking a true fresh start.

Welling seems OK with that. The conventional view that a film franchise is better than TV in every way misses the emotional factor of persistence, he said; he came into the homes of fans again and again for a decade, and that’s a potent relationship. “Besides,” he said, “I’m busy.”



Aly Michalka as Marti and Ashley Tisdale as Savannah in "Hellcats" (The CW)

Last year, Welling pushed in a new direction as the executive producer of “Hellcats,” the CW series that is a comedy-drama adaptation of the book “Cheer: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders.” The show is slick and frothy at the same time, and Welling is pleased with the show and the ensemble cast — he says that after holding up a show, it’s engaging to be part of “a team with a great spirit.”

“Smallville” had plenty of bumps in its flight since its first episode in October 2001. The show went from the WB to the CW in 2006 and the tone of the show changed through the years, with some of the visiting superheroes bringing a campy aura at times. The show enjoyed a surge in credibility and ratings in recent years, but it was running out of room — how long could Kent go into manhood without donning the suit?

“Each time we got picked up we had to push that finish line further away, and I think we had some low moments when we got too far-fetched,” he said. “If you look at the series, the first five years were one show and the next five were a different show.

“We could have called it ‘Metropolis,’ in a way … there were a few times when heroes come in where we allowed ourselves to get lighter. But that’s breaking things up. I don’t think anyone goes out and tries to make mistakes.”

– Geoff Boucher

 

[The Caped Knight]

Here's another Welling photo

 

[triplet]

Here's another Welling photo

Daayummy.

Drop dead gorgeous after all these years... Don't know how it's possible the man gets better looking every year.

Can't wait to see him on Jimmy Fallon!

 

[The Caped Knight]

I'm watching Jimmy Fallon right now it appears Tina Fey is on before Tom Welling.

 

[SpideyVille]

Yeah, Welling's getting the B-name spot of the show.

 

[vantheman77]

Interesting to see TW getting a lot of press at the same time the show is ending.

 

[triplet]

I hope Tina stays on the couch after her bit is done... I'd be curious to see her reactions to Tom.

 

[SpideyVille]

Welling has such a little boy smile, which is rare to see since we don't see Clark smile often on SV.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Good lord Tom looks good in that suit.

 

[SpideyVille]

Good lord Tom looks good in that suit.

A three-piece suit.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Awesome clip with Lane and Kent Pre-wedding day jitters.

Seriously Tom is freaking awesome and quite a funny guy when he does interviews.

 

[Prison Mike]

I'm just as frustrated as Jimmy.

 

[BritishChap007]

They were hilarious together. Tom really got going as the interview went on. Loved his teasing with Fallon hating surprises. Great to see Smallville talked about.