{"id":2296438,"date":"2026-02-23T22:58:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2296438"},"modified":"2026-02-23T22:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:58:31","slug":"tom-welling-says-he-didnt-hang-out-with-his-smallville-castmates-outside-of-filming-didnt-have-the-bandwidth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tom-welling-says-he-didnt-hang-out-with-his-smallville-castmates-outside-of-filming-didnt-have-the-bandwidth\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Welling Says He Didn&#8217;t Hang Out With His \u201cSmallville\u201d Castmates Outside of Filming: &#8216;Didn&#8217;t Have the Bandwidth&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tom Welling is opening up about how he spent his off time while filming <em>Smallville<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Welling starred as Clark Kent\/Superman in the hit WB series, which ran for 10 seasons from 2001 to 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When he wasn&#8217;t working, the actor said at a recent fan convention, he would &#8220;disappear&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/megacon-2025-tom-welling-makes-first-appearance-following-dui-arrest-8785845\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tom Welling;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tom Welling<\/a>\u00a0says he didn&#8217;t spend much social time with his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/where-is-the-cast-of-smallville-now-8787389\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Smallville\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Smallville<\/em>\u00a0<\/a> costars off set \u2014 largely because he was exhausted from filming and needed time to himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Welling, now 48, starred as Clark Kent\/Superman in the hit WB series, which ran for 10 seasons from 2001 to 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking on a panel at the<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SLzaINjMcBU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a0Vancouver FanExpo 2026;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u00a0Vancouver FanExpo 2026<\/a>, Welling said that when he wasn&#8217;t working, &#8220;I would disappear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Each season, Welling said, took about 10 months to film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE&#8217;s<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\"><i>Tom Welling as Clark Kent in Smallville <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Jack Rowand\/The CW <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI only saw everybody on set because I don\u2019t know about you guys at your jobs, but the last thing you really want to do, when you\u2019re not working, is hang out with your co-workers,\u201d Welling said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He continued: \u201cI would be done at like 6:00 in the morning on a\u00a0Saturday\u00a0and have be back at set\u00a0Monday\u00a0at 5:00 [the next morning]. I would just go home and do nothing and hang out with my dogs. I didn\u2019t have any bandwidth for anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Welling currently hosts the\u00a0<em>Smallville<\/em>\u00a0rewatch podcast\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talkvillepodcast.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TalkVille;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>TalkVille<\/em><\/a>\u00a0with his former costar Michael Rosenbaum (who played Lex Luther), and he&#8217;ll star in the upcoming\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/who-is-noah-galuten-iliza-shlesinger-husband-7501947\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Iliza Shlesinger;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Iliza Shlesinger<\/a>-penned comedy\u00a0<em>Chasing Summer,\u00a0<\/em>which will make its debut at next year&#8217;s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a recent interview with PEOPLE, the actor spoke to PEOPLE about his life in Northern California, where he lives on a ranch with his wife Jessica Rose and their two children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-puzzler-8620185\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We have American sport horses, jumpers, and we breed. I\u2019m more than happy to help, but she&#8217;s the captain of that ship,&#8221; he said of the couple&#8217;s ranch, adding, &#8220;It\u2019s peaceful. And it feels real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tom-welling-did-not-hang-out-with-smallville-castmates-11911772\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Tom Welling is opening up about how he spent his off time while filming Smallville Welling starred as Clark Kent\/Superman in the hit WB series, which ran for 10 seasons from 2001 to 2011 When he wasn&#8217;t working, the actor said at a recent fan convention, he would &#8220;disappear&#8221; Tom Welling\u00a0says he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2296439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[445027,34395,374489,408597],"class_list":["post-2296438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-clark-kent-superman","tag-hollywood-reporter","tag-smallville","tag-tom-welling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tom-Welling-Says-He-Didnt-Hang-Out-With-His-Smallville.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2296440,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296438\/revisions\/2296440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2296439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}