In case you’ve not been paying attention recently, the ten year run of Smallville is coming to an end next Friday with a two hour blockbuster finale. As much of a bummer as this is for fans of the show, it turns out the cast, led by Tom Welling, is pretty broken up about it too.
Welling, who plays Clark Kent on the show, spoke to Zap2it about the end of Smallville and dropped some clues about what to expect as the series finishes its run.
“I think people will feel fulfilled, but it’s going to be bittersweet,” he said. “If someone has been watching the show for 10 years, it’s coming to an end, and that’s never a fun thing . . .You always want more, but the reality is that it can’t go on forever.”
You do always want more. That’s for sure. Welling went on to explain that they ended up filming the finale in a rather different way than other series.
“We shot the actual finale as our third-to-last episode,” he said. “We shot two more episodes, then shot the first part of the finale last. It gave us the opportunity to take a look at what would be the last image of the show in post-production and make any changes or adaptations to it. It didn’t necessarily take the emotional pressure off us, but the time pressure.”
Speaking about filming the very end, he said, “As we were shooting it, everyone’s senses were heightened. People were flying up from L.A. [to Vancouver, where the show has been made] to supervise and make sure everyone who had to make a decision was there. Everybody was just really excited, and the energy level went up.”
“The last image, for me, sums up not only the end of Clark Kent but the birth of Superman,” he went on. “I hope that’s what people can take away . . . that Clark is still out there fighting the good fight, but we’re just not able to go with him.”
We hope so too. Congratulations Smallville on a great run. We’ll be watching the series finale next Friday, May 13th at 8/7C on the CW.
The series also has a new episode tonight as well. Lois gets super powers! Should be fun.
‘Smallville’ lasts a decade; series finale to air in a week – TheCelebrityCafe.com | USA TIMES
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