Tom Welling & Michael Rosenbaum Comment On How Smallville Led To The Arrowverse

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This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.Clark Kent/Superman and Lex Luthor actors Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum open up about how Smallville made the Arrowverse franchise possible following the end of their DC TV show.
In the newest issue of Wingman magazine, Welling and Rosenbaum looked back at the larger legacy of Smallville, but also its impact on what became known as the DC TV era on The CW with the creation of the Arrowverse. The Smallville stars reflected on how their show launched during a time when the superhero genre wasn"t where it is today, while stating the following on the birth of the Arrowverse:

ROSENBAUM: I think the last few seasons of "Smallville" they started doing digital. And then all these other shows that came out were all digital, which I think it lost a little bit of its luster, maybe. But those shows all did great, and they were all people that I loved working with, and I have a lot of friends on them, and they were all enormous shows. But I love that you said that we were the first because I feel like we were. They looked at our show and said "Wow! This worked, how do we do another one of those?" What happens when something works in the entertainment industry? They try and recreate it, and they did it with "Arrow," and "The Flash," and "Superman and Lois." By doing that, they say thanks without ever saying thanks. But we"re aware, and they"re aware that we were the 1st of all those shows. And I think that you know that makes me feel good, knowing that we were the 1st of many.
WELLING: I think that we were very fortunate that when "Smallville" started, visual effects had become affordable or within the means of a television budget. And we had some really interesting people around us who were able to maximize that. And it set a tone. And, Mike, you know, you talked about going from film to digital. I think one of the things that maybe gets lost in translation is that film is very expensive. So, when the camera rolls, it"s really important that everybody"s ready. Looking back, I see that when we went digital, which wasn"t right away, but there was more like, we"ll do it again. Yeah I"m sorry I forgot your question already [Laughs.]
ROSENBAUM: No, you"re right. A lot of these shows came after "Smallville" and I think even movies. There were more of these kinds of movies made, and they saw them, and were in awe that we"re doing it on the small screen. They didn"t try and emulate it, but took our formula and said, "How can we do this in our own way?" They had a lot of the same crews, same directors and DPs on "Arrow" and on "The Flash." They wanted to do what they knew worked. So, it made perfect sense.

Source: Wingman
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