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Tom Welling Joins ‘The Winchesters’; Makes Surprise Appearance During NYCC Panel
Tom Welling Joins ‘The Winchesters’; Makes Surprise Appearance During NYCC Panel Tom Welling is headed back to The CW! The 45-year-old Smallville alum will be back on the small screen in The Winchesters, it was announced on Sunday (October…

Tom Welling Joins ‘The Winchesters’; Makes Surprise Appearance During NYCC Panel

Tom Welling is headed back to The CW!

The 45-year-old Smallville alum will be back on the small screen in The Winchesters, it was announced on Sunday (October 9), during his surprise appearance at the series panel at 2022 New York Comic Con.

Click inside to read more about Tom’s role!

According to Deadline, Tom will play the role of Samuel Campbell, Mary’s dad and the patriarch of the Campbell Hunting family.

Here’s the character description: “Samuel taught Mary everything he knows. Gruff and pragmatic, he’s a veteran Hunter who prefers actions over words—and it’s always his way or the highway. But when Samuel teams up with Mary and her friends to save the world, he won’t only have to defeat the most dangerous monster he’s ever faced—he’ll also have to mend his broken relationship with his daughter.”

Tom will make his first appearance in episode seven, with Meg Donnelly and Drake Rodger.

“When we were discussing casting the iconic character of Samuel Campbell, everyone felt it had to be someone who could step into the role and provide instant gravitas and history,” executive producer and showrunner Robbie Thompson shared.

He then said that it was Jensen and Danneel Ackles’ idea for Tom: “TThe second his name was mentioned we all knew he was the perfect person for the part. Tom is a fantastic actor and wonderful human, and we are so excited to be welcoming him to The Winchesters and the Supernatural family.”

If you don’t know, The Winchesters is a prequel to Supernatural, and centers on John and Mary Winchester, the parents of Dean and Sam. Told from the perspective of narrator Dean Winchester, The Winchesters is the epic, untold love story of how John met Mary and how they put it all on the line to not only save their love but the entire world.

The series will debut on Tuesday, October 11.

There was some behind-the-scenes drama about the show when it was first announced.