On the Steve Agee podcast last week, Michael talked about how Tom helped him get through the underwater scene in the pilot.
Michael: “I remember we were in this tank where Clark saves me at the end of the episode, he dives under the water and saves me in this car. I had to be in this 12 foot tank, submerged, with this big weight on me to hold me in the car and we had to take this snorkeling class and I get down there (makes Darth Vader noises) I’m not Darth Vader. I’m under the water and could hear “Michael? Are you ready, Michael?” faintly and I was supposed to give the thumbs up…and the thumbs up quickly went to thumbs down. I Michael-bolted right out of there… I swam up to the top (heavy breathing) “I can’t do this, man, I’m 12 feet under water. I can’t do this. I’m freaking out.”
And Welling’s looking at me, Superman. “Supes, I can’t do this!” And he’s like “Listen, dude, you’re fine. We can do this. Just take your time.”















