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Superman & Lois star Tyler Hoechlin is amazed the series lasted as long as it did due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hollywood strikes, and corporate mergers
Tyler Hoechlin misses working with his Superman and Lois costars, but he’s grateful the show lasted four seasons
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On December 2, 2024 Superman and Lois aired its series finale, wrapping up a four season run on the CW. While series star Tyler Hoechlin was sad to see the show go, he’s thankful for the experience.
“It is what it is. It worked out just how it was supposed to work out,” Hoechlin says during an episode of Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You podcast.
“I think there’s a lot of things. I think there’s a lot of things you can break down with what happened and why and everything. For me, again, I always said I feel like this role found me for a reason. I was always like I’m here to service it for as long as it requires me to be here. If it’s four years, if it’s ten years, if it’s whatever it is, I was like, I’m just here to do what’s asked.”
Hoechlin never thought he would be playing the role for so long, so he saw the television series as a bonus.
“Do I wish I could have kept working with those people because I loved everybody on that crew and on that cast? Yeah, 100%. But am I sitting here being like, oh man, I wish I was still playing Superman? No, not because I didn’t enjoy it, but because I never had any expectations with it. Even when I went to talk to Greg [Berlanti], I thought we were going to talk about other things like Indiana Jones or something. And then this came up.”
Hoechlin also noted the various challenges the series had, including a global pandemic that delayed their first season, a Hollywood strike that stalled them, and various corporate mergers with Warner Bros. and the CW network.
“The fact that the show even went four seasons in the years that we had it, with COVID the first two years, and then the strike, the fact that we got through all that, and then the WB Discovery thing. Everything that happened. The CW sale. It’s a miracle we did four seasons.”
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