For 10 seasons fans of “Smallville” saw Tom Welling as Clark Kent, because he played the lead role in the Superman prequel series. Fans became quite familiar with his portrayal of the character, but anyone out there who might be hoping to see him reprise the role someday shouldn’t hold their breath.
Welling will be returning to TV in the fall when he joins the cast of “Lucifer” where he will play Marcus Pierce, an accomplished police lieutenant, and EW recently spoke to him about his work on the show. During the interview Welling noted how he tried to make Marcus Pierce different from Clark Kent, and he made it clear that he has no desire to return to the role.
“I definitely didn’t want to play Clark Kent again,” Welling says. “The great thing about Clark is he didn’t know who he was and he didn’t know what he was supposed to do with what he had and his abilities. This character very much knows what he’s capable of and knows what he wants to do and knows how to do it, so as much fun as that is to play, it wasn’t necessarily because of Clark that I chose this character. It was so many more factors than just, ‘I don’t want to play Clark again,’ but I’d be lying if I was saying that I do not enjoy playing something very different for sure.”
Sorry “Smallville” fans, but if you want to see more Clark Kent you’re either going to have to turn your eyes toward Henry Cavill’s version in the DCEU, or the “Arrowverse” version which is played by Tyler Hoechlin, because Tom Welling is done.
“Lucifer” will return to Fox on Monday, October 2.
