TF1 is launching “Superman and Loïs” this evening, its new event series which revisits the story of Superman with family sauce. The opportunity to take an interest in the career of its two main actors: Tyler Hoechlin (“Teen Wolf”) and Elizabeth Tulloch.
Hero of many adaptations on the small and the big screen, Superman has been embodied over the decades by George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, Dean Cain, Tom Welling, Brandon Routh, and Henry Cavill.
Since 2016, he has the features of Tyler Hoechlin, who first donned the costume for the needs of Supergirl on the American channel The CW. Before inheriting his own series last year.
Broadcast for the first time on French television this Tuesday evening on TF1, Superman & Lois focuses on the married life of Clark Kent, alias the man of steel, and his wife Loïs Lane, who leave Metropolis to return settle in Smallville, on the Kent farm, where they intend to raise their two teenage sons, Jonathan and Jordan, far from the hustle and bustle of the city. What about Lex Luthor-esque super villains?
Very successful, both scriptwise and visually, Superman & Lois is cut out to appeal to fans of superhero films and series, but also to fans of teen dramas and more family stories. And the whole thing owes a lot to its main performers, Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch who, despite both having a nice filmography, are still relatively unknown to the general public.
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Tyler Hoechlin, the werewolf turned superhero
Now 34, Tyler Hoechlin landed his first major role in 2001, at the age of only 14, in Sam Mendes’ film Paths of Perdition, in which he played the son of Tom Hanks’ character. .
After this successful first attempt, the young actor was really revealed to the general public two years later thanks to series 7 at home, which he joined as a regular from season 8, in the role of Martin Brewer.
Present in the last four seasons of the series which launched the career of Jessica Biel, Tyler Hoechlin then continues his little way with appearances in CSI: Miami or Castle, before obtaining the role of the werewolf Derek Hale in Teen Wolf, which became a real phenomenon in terms of the fan community and brought another dimension to his career.
On the cinema side, Tyler Hoechlin is illustrated in 2016 in the film Everybody Wants Some by Richard Linklater and also participates in a small role in the last part of the saga Fifty Shades of Gray in 2018. But it is again on the small screen that he landed the most important role of his young career: that of Superman.
First in a few episodes of Supergirl, then in crossovers with the other series of the Arrowverse (Arrow, Flash, Batwoman, Legends of Tomorrow) which then allow him to give the reply for the first time to Elizabeth Tulloch, alias Lois Lane. With whom he now wears Superman & Lois.
But let Teen Wolf fans be reassured: despite his busy schedule (a season 3 of the adventures of Superman is on the way), Tyler Hoechlin will resume his role as Derek in the film Teen Wolf, whose filming has recently completed and which will arrive in the coming months on the Paramount+ platform.
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From Grimm to Superman & Lois, there is only one step for Elizabeth Tulloch
Also known as Bitsie Tulloch, Elizabeth Tulloch began her career with small roles in shows such as Inside the White House, Cold Case, and Dr. House. Present in 2008 in the credits of the film Harcelés with Samuel L. Jackson, she then stood out in 2011 in the film by Michel Hazanavicius The Artist, in which she lends her features to Norma, opposite Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Béjo, and John Goodman .
Series enthusiasts know her mainly for the fantastic series Grimm, which allows her to take on two different roles from 2011 to 2017: that of Juliette Silverton first, during the first four seasons, then that of the mysterious Eve the times of seasons 5 and 6.
It is also on the set of this series that she meets David Giuntoli (A Million Little Things), who will become her husband in the city.
After Grimm ended in 2017, she joined the Arrowverse in the coveted role of Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane. And therefore becomes the star of the series Superman & Lois, launched across the Atlantic in February 2021 on The CW and whose second season has recently ended.