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Tyler Hoechlin Becomes Superman for "Supergirl"
Superman & Lois has found a caller superhero.
Michael Bishop will play the relation of Jonathan Kent, 1 of the teen sons of Clark Kent/Superman (Tyler Hoechlin) and Lois (Elizabeth Tulloch) successful The CW's superhero show, the web confirmed to E! News. Bishop, an Australian actor, precocious made his American movie debut playing the pb relation of DJ Maz successful the Disney Channel's film Spin.
The relation of Jonathan was antecedently played by Jordan Elsass, who Warner Bros. Television announced was leaving the amusement successful Aug. 2022 due to idiosyncratic reasons.
"Jordan Elsass has notified the Studio that helium volition not beryllium returning to Superman & Lois for play 3 owed to idiosyncratic reasons," the workplace said in an Aug. 17 statement. "The relation of Jonathan Kent volition beryllium recast."
Bishop excitedly responded to the casting quality connected Instagram, reposting Deadline's announcement on with a photograph of himself astatine 4 years aged successful a Superman costume.
"Michael (age 4):" the histrion captioned the post, "'i wanna beryllium superman erstwhile I turn up.'"
Before the recast, showrunner Todd Helbing said that play 3 would archer the communicative of Jonathan pursuing successful his superhero dad's footsteps.
"We surely privation to fold Jonathan much into the superhero stories," he told Entertainment Weekly successful June. "What Clark says to him astir the Kryptonian tech, you could instrumentality that successful galore antithetic ways, truthful we'll spot which roadworthy we yet spell down."
Season 3 of Superman & Lois is expected to premiere successful 2023.
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