Superman & Lois' Alex Garfin On Playing Tyler Hoechlin's Son, Being A Vigilante, And The Future

I've always said that usually, an actor who plays Superman either does Clark better, or they do Superman better. My favorite thing about Hoechlin is that he just does both so well, and we haven't seen that in a long time.

No, we really haven't seen someone absolutely nail Clark and Superman since [Christopher] Reeve, and really, Tyler, not watching people, he said that was his strategy, right? He said he never wanted to see any Superman. He doesn't want to watch any Superman until this is all over. Then, he will watch it all to understand what everyone's been talking about this whole time. He brings a new light to the role. He brings himself to the role, and he brings a volume of experience going all the way back to "Road to Perdition" when he was a kid working with, what, Tom Hanks and Paul Newman at 14, you've got to be kidding me. How do you really go up from there? That's the problem.

I've heard from some of the cast that you all have a lot of fun in between takes. Do you have any fun outtakes that happened during filming, or any favorite moments with Tyler or the rest of the cast when cameras weren't rolling?

Oh, absolutely. Jordan Elsass and I are best friends in real life, so we spend every day together. We are always screwing around together. There are plenty of times in which the two of us are on set, and something ridiculous happens when we both start laughing. Also, Bitsie [Tulloch] is the clumsiest ... she's the smartest person you'll ever meet, but sometimes she says the craziest, stupidest thing, and she's so clumsy, and it's hilarious. We're always doing one thing or another, or someone's stomach growls, and everyone starts laughing. It's really a set conducive to fun, which adds to the show in a nice way. We don't have to try for lightheartedness a lot. We have it, snd when we want to get deep, it gets deep.