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Tom Welling shares his dream scene he would have loved to have with Batman if Smallville had been allowed to use the iconic DC superhero. Before the Arrowverse was even a thing on The CW, Smallville was the big DC property to help carry The CW as one of the network’s biggest flagship series. While the Welling-starring drama introduced a lot of iconic DC superheroes along the way, there were always a handful of players that the show was never given access to by the time the series ended in 2011, including having Batman on Smallville.
At 2024’s Terrificon, Welling shared about how he wishes Smallville had been given permission to use Batman in the Superman prequel series. While Welling stressed what caused them to not be able to use him, the Superman actor gave his ideal dream scene between Clark and Bruce, sharing the following:
I always thought that we should have had Bruce Wayne pass through somehow. That would have been really cool to see. You know how Clark always got into the Luthor Mansion with no problem? But like, if he had gone into Lex’s office, and it was just as simple as Lex being like ‘Good to meet you, Bruce’ or ‘I’ll talk to you later, Bruce’ and have him just walk out. I think that would have been cool! But one of the challenges we had is DC movies and DC television don’t talk to each other, and it’s very difficult as a television show to try to use – it’s a big deal, even using the Superman soundtrack.
After Smallville ended its decade-long run in 2011, it didn’t take long until the series came back, but this time as a tie-in comic book event. Between 2012 and 2013, DC Comics was publishing Smallville season 11, written by Bryan Q. Miller, who had worked on the series for several years as a writer and executive story editor, allowing The CW series to expand its larger DC mythology. One of the big “episodes” that they had in Smallville season 11 was “Detective,” which finally brought Batman into the Smallville universe.
Throughout “Detective,” Clark and Bruce begin their dynamic while also establishing what Smallville’s version of Batman has been up to throughout the years when the show was still airing. Without having to worry about the constraints of a TV budget, Smallville season 11 was able to give the fans of the beloved DC TV series a proper team-up between Batman and Superman. Smallville season 11 also featured Batman in later stories with Welling’s Justice League.
As frustrating as it was to never be able to see Batman on the show, Smallville season 11 was still a great opportunity to finally see Welling’s Superman cross paths with the Caped Crusader. If the animated Smallville sequel TV show ever moves forward, perhaps that will be a time when Welling will get to play alongside that continuity’s version of Batman, even if it is in the world of animation. But until then, the audience can relive every season of Smallville on streaming or Blu-ray/DVD.
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