twcomccTV Guide Magazine had the chance to interview Tom Welling during San Diego Comic Con 2009. They talked about season nine, why he has renewed his contract, his new job in the Smallville team, Clark’s relationship with Jor-El, the famous triangle Clark/Lois/Superman and a lot more. Here is a sneak peak what he said.

TVGuide Magazine: You’ve added producing duties this year. How does that change your role on the show?
Tom Welling: When I started Smallville obviously I hadn’t done much acting. My goal was to learn everything I could. And along that road I just needed to learn everything about everything and then use that to make the show better.… There’s no bitterness or dark side when I say this, but I think I’ve been contributing as a producer for more than a few years. [Welling has directed several episodes of the series.] The title is the title, nothing changes for us in production. I don’t know if much has changed as what I bring to the table, but I do know that now I have [more] access… I’ve always tried to be open and collaborative and make the show better. I guess in the end one thing that has really changed is that there’s a lot more paperwork that comes to me! Now I literally have a stack of memos like this at the end of every day.

If you want to read the full article, please visit our forums HERE A scan of the this interview has been added which includes a picture with Tom Welling and Erica Durance from episode 9.02 ‘Metallo’

Tom Welling returns on our screens with Smallville’s season nine premiere 9.01 ‘Savior’ which premieres Friday September 25th at 8/7c on theCW. Besides he will playing the character of Clark Kent, he will direct two episodes and he is co-executive producer this year.