Checking in with TYLER HOECHLIN

The chance to play Krypton’s most famous native may be a dream job, but had it come to him earlier, Tyler Hoechlin might have turned it down.

“It’s a big commitment,” he notes, but he ultimately accepted the role he now plays in “Superman & Lois” Tuesdays on The CW (and, in Canada, CTV Sci-Fi Channel). Hoechlin first had the role in recurring appearances on “Supergirl,” then played it in the “Arrowverse” crossovers “Elseworlds” and “Crisis on Infinite Earths” ... joined for those by the Lois Lane to his Man of Steel, “Grimm” alum Elizabeth Tulloch.

“When you do series TV, it’s not six weeks, it’s not eight weeks – it’s a majority of the year, and hopefully, multiple years,” reasons Hoechlin, who knew that firsthand from his work on “7th Heaven” and “Teen Wolf.” “I wanted to have time to really figure out what I wanted to do, and to have the freedom to go from one project to another.

“I did that for a time, then everything kind of fell into place around the same time,” the friendly Hoechlin adds. “They were thinking this was something they might actually get done, and I was ready to commit to something long-term again. It just worked out for everybody.”

When Hoechlin started playing Superman, a super-series of his own wasn’t part of the plan. “They just wanted to have a fun salute to the character on ‘Supergirl’,” he recalls, “then it kind of evolved over the years. It’s been such a great experience, I’ve really, thoroughly enjoyed it. And I’ve been really lucky to work with a lot of incredible people along the way.”

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Other television work includes: “Legends of Tomorrow,” “Batwoman,” “Arrow,” “The Flash,” “Supergirl,” “Another Life,” “The Sticks,” “Match Game,” “Hollywood Game Night,” “Teen Wolf,” “Castle,” “My Boys,” “Lincoln Heights,” “Grizzly Rage,” “CSI: Miami,” “7th Heaven”

Movie work includes: “Palm Springs,” “Can You Keep a Secret?,” “Then Came You,” “Bigger,” “The Domestics,” “Fifty Shades Freed,” “Stratton,” “Undrafted,” “Melvin Smarty,” “Charlie Brown: Blockhead’s Revenge,” “Hall Pass,” “Open Gate,” “Solstice,” “The Rapture of the Athlete Assumed Into Heaven,” “Road to Perdition,” “Train Quest,” “Family Tree”

Favorite movie: “The first ‘Pirates of the Caribbean.’ up.”

Favorite TV show you’re not on: “‘Peaky Blinders.’ ” Favorite singer: “I love the (Rolling) Stones, I love Otis Redding, I love Billie Holiday. There are way too many to choose from.”

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