The star of the CWs latest superhero series reveals what makes Superman and Lois so different for the Arrow-verse.

'Superman & Lois': Tyler Hoechlin on What Part of the Costume Is Essential to Feeling Super
BY CHRISTINA RADISH
PUBLISHED 7 HOURS AGO

The star of the CW's latest superhero series reveals what makes 'Superman and Lois' so different for the Arrow-verse.

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The CW series Superman & Lois catches up with Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin) and Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch) at a time when they’re struggling to figure out how to be working parents in high-stress and high-pressure situations, as well as provide what each of their very different twin sons Jonathan (Jordan Elsass) and Jordan (Alexander Garfin) need. Being the world’s most famous superhero and fighting off supervillains and monsters as Superman is the easy part, but raising two teenage boys, either of whom could inherit their father’s Kryptonian powers, is another thing entirely.

During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, Tyler Hoechlin talked about how and when he learned about getting his own spin-off show, that he takes the role day by day, telling more of a starting over story than a superhero origin story, having Clark Kent navigate failure, how the suit has evolved since the Arrow-verse crossover episodes, the challenges of the action, how far ahead he likes to be aware of things, and the most unexpectedly cool thing about getting to play Superman.

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TYLER HOECHLIN: It’s so funny how this all unfolded. It was only supposed to be a couple of episodes, and then it was a few, and then it was the crossover. I was told, if you come back for the crossover, it’s the last time that we can use the character. I was like, “Okay, it’s been fun. It’s already been more than I expected.” And then, eventually, I found out it was going forward. We had a discussion that it was a possibility, right before the holidays in 2018. And then, about the beginning of 2019, I knew that it was looking very real. I think we announced it at the end of 2019, or something like that. So, it was somewhere close to a year, or nine months.

Is it hard to hold a secret like that?

HOECHLIN: You know what? Honestly, it’s a time in life thing, it’s a time being in this business thing, and it’s a why you want to do it thing. If it was earlier in my life and it was one of those things where I was just dying to get the news out, it would have been hard. But the reason I wanted to do this show and what I was excited about with doing the show, it didn’t have anything to do with the announcement, or with people knowing that it was happening, or other people being excited about it. I really enjoy working with these people. I don’t know why, but I feel like this character just found me, for some reason. It wasn’t the one that was at the top of my list, when I was a younger actor and was like, “I’ve gotta do that someday,” but there are things in life that happen that just feel bigger than you, and this felt like one of those things. For me, it was very personal, as to why I was excited about it, so the secret wasn’t as tough of a thing to keep, as it would have been, earlier in my life, when it would have been more about the excitement of everybody else knowing. Now, it was much more that I’m excited for what this means for the next few years of my life, not that one day that your phone is blowing up.

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This is not an origin story — it’s actually a starting over story, which feels like a very different approach to what we’re used to with superhero stories. Do you feel like that really sets this show apart, not only from other superhero shows on The CW, but also from other tellings of the Superman story?

HOECHLIN: Yeah, I do. It’s actually one of the things I really love about it. It’s about family. One of the great things about the show is that people who grew up as kids and as fans of Superman and these stories, it’s a few decades later now and you can look back on those stories. Even the newer versions of them, it’s like looking at a point in Superman’s life that you’re almost past now. You’re beyond those early years of becoming who you end up being and this is now a chance for those people to feel like, “Oh, I’m either right there with them again, or still catching up to where he is.” That’s a really cool thing, for the fans to be able to rediscover that this character who maybe was such a huge thing to them as children and growing up, and they’re now able to connect with him in a completely different way, but also in a way where kids coming up and experiencing Superman for the first time can still get to know Superman and get to know his kids and identify with them. I think there’s something really special about that.

What has been the most surprising thing that you’ve had to learn, in order to play this character, whether it be Clark Kent or Superman?

HOECHLIN: For him, it’s failure. How does he deal with failure as Clark? He’s got the Superman thing down. He’s been there, he’s done it. He’s a seasoned veteran now. He’s very comfortable in that role. But as a dad, he’s still trying to figure it out, every day, and he’s not necessarily, for lack of a better phrase, killing it. For him to have to sit there and be honest about what he’s doing wrong and how he can make it right, it’s a lot more difficult when you’re dealing with those relationships and being there all the time, and things like that. It’s really just learning how he goes through that kind of failure.

He’s got saving the world down, but he’s trying to figure out how to deal with reverse mortgages and what that means for his life.

HOECHLIN: That’s why I love that it’s a family show first, that happens to have Superman in it. It’s going to make them much more relatable. There are a lot of things that people are dealing with right now, so to see these people going through those same issues – issues that can’t be solved with heat vision or x-ray vision – there are real problems that those things don’t matter Super strength doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter that you can fly. You’ve still gotta deal with this stuff. That’s just a deeply humanizing thing that we’ve been able to accomplish with a lot of this.

What does it feel like to know that you could be playing Clark Kent and Superman for a long time? Did you have any hesitation when it came to signing on for something that you could be doing for a number of years, or is there excitement in that?

HOECHLIN: You know, I approach it day by day. Going back to that whole idea of being at a different place in life, when I first appeared on the show for the two episodes, that was perfect for where I was at, in my life back then. That’s really all I wanted. I was like, “You know, that sounds great. I think it’ll be a fun thing and it’s not a huge time commitment.” At the time, I had just come off another show and I wasn’t ready for that kind of an arrangement again. I really wanted time to jump around to different sets and see what I really wanted to do. And then, when this came up as a real opportunity, timing is everything. It just felt like I was at the time in my life where I was ready to be attached a little bit more long-term and really be with the same crew all the time. It just felt right. For me, it was a timing thing, more than anything. And who knows? It could be forever, or it could be for not that long. It’s not really in my control. For me, it’s day to day. I just do the best job that I can, every day, and try to enjoy each day as much as possible and make the most of it. We’ve got such an amazing crew. The cast is spectacular. We have way too much fun. It’s amazing that we get anything done at all. It’s a lot of fun.