DC followers will quickly be handled to one more Superman movie, which is ready to hit the 2025 film schedule and star David Corenswet within the lead position. He would be the newest actor to painting the fan-favorite superhero after Tyler Hoechlin, who wrapped up his run as Clark Kent final fall on The CW’s Superman & Lois. Regardless of the sequence receiving a untimely finish, doubtless due to the brand new Supes film, I admire Hoechlin’s amiable tackle another person taking on.
Tyler Hoechlin debuted as Superman through the second season of Supergirl in 2016. He later reprised the character on The Flash, Arrow, Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow earlier than finally starring in his personal sequence, Superman & Lois, with Bitsie Tulloch. The sequence premiered in 2021, and the emotional sequence finale aired this previous December. Hoechlin appeared on Michael Rosenbaum’s podcast, Inside You, the place he was requested if he was upset that the present solely ran for 4 seasons. All in all, Hoechlin holds no onerous emotions:
It’s what it’s. It labored out simply the way it was speculated to work out.… I feel it was a variety of issues [that contributed to the cancellation]. I feel it was a variety of stuff you break down and why and the whole lot [that I] in all probability may get into. However I all the time stated I really feel like this position discovered me for a motive… So I used to be all the time very pleased to be like, ‘I’m right here to service it for so long as it requires me to be right here.’ So, if it’s 4 years, if it’s ten years, no matter it’s, I’m simply right here to do what’s requested.
Clearly, portraying the Man of Metal isn’t any small feat, and it seems like Hoechlin was simply pleased that he was capable of carry out the position for so long as he did. On high of that, Superman & Lois‘ sequence finale offered good endings for all the characters, together with Clark. Cancellations can sometimes hit exhibits earlier than their inventive groups can present closure., so it is nice that S&L had the chance to wrap the whole lot up. Whereas Hoechlin is not bummed out concerning the present ending, there’s a facet of the expertise that he does miss:
Do I want I may’ve saved working with these individuals, as a result of I beloved everyone on that crew and on that forged, yeah, one hundred pc. However am I sitting right here being like, ‘Oh man, I want I used to be nonetheless enjoying Superman’? No, however not as a result of I didn’t take pleasure in it. Simply because I by no means had any expectations with it.
I can definitely perceive Tyler Hoechlin being considerably unhappy that he is now not working along with his Superman & Lois colleagues and dealing with them regularly. Based mostly on the main man’s feedback, I might think about that in that point, they solid an in depth bond. And how will you not after working collectively by means of 4 seasons marked by international pandemic, a company merger and extra?
Not lots of people can say they performed Superman and, no matter how lengthy that stint lasted, the Teen Wolf alum appears to be grateful for the expertise. Moreover, he additionally shared sentiments about having the ability to move on the mantle to the following actor, and I completely love these feedback:
I used to be all the time very, very pleased to only maintain the place till it was my time to maneuver on and let the following man are available in…. I used to be bummed that I wasn’t going to work with these individuals anymore, however I wasn’t bummed that I wasn’t going to play that character anymore.
Each Hoechlin and Bitsie Tulloch have been supportive of the brand new Superman film as properly. Hoechlin beforehand shared his pleasure over seeing David Corenswet because the Man of Metal, whereas Tulloch shouted out new Lois actress Rachel Brosnahan in her Superman & Lois farewell publish when filming on the ultimate season wrapped. I like to see actors being supportive of one another.
It’s nonetheless unhappy that Superman & Lois is over, particularly given the standard of the present and simply how shut the forged and crew appeared to be. Nonetheless, it is heartwarming to know that Hoechlin is passionate about passing the torch and stays grateful for his time within the position. Followers can watch all 4 seasons of S&L now with a Max subscription, whereas Superman flies into theaters on July 11.