Originally posted by Zod4Life
He needs to look young.Next season he's going to be Superman and he needs to look as young as possible because he's going to be Superman in training which is a young Superman.Clark's only 19 and Tom is 28.They're both old enough to be Superman and not to old and not to young.
i very much doubt we'll see clark as superman (bar maybe the final episode), it will just be more teen angst, finding some miracle to make lex and clark become mortal enemies while lex has no idea clark is (or will be) superman, and trying to sort out the mess that is him and lois lane...
tom is really 28? he looks 19 (perfect eh?)...
superman doesnt really train as such, his powers will gradually get better, its not like he has to do physcial training due to his metabolism... he could sit on his ass drinking beer and watching baseball and his powers will still develop the way they normally would...
he looks old enough to be a very young, teen superman (i.e. superboy), not a fully grown one...
he isnt superman till he gets the suit...
and i would be very surprised if we saw it...
smallville is a teen drama first and a superman show second, spandex just doesnt work...