Tyler Hoechlin is a handsome guy with a great body...

Another OP who can't be bothered to link a picture.

He’s the second non-white Superman after Dean Cain.

Disagree.

Tyler Hoechlin played Tom Hanks son in Road to Perdition. Cute kid, cried a bit.

Now, he's kind of a pointy featured guy to be an ideal Superman, but it's the body that counts. He's lean and muscled. Not ideal, but hot. And he's a much better actor than Bomer or that Cavill mess.

Dean Cain was the one who best looks like my idea of Superman. He's hated, but he was sexy and fun. Chris Reeves nose job kind of ruined his face, in every part. I don't think he was remotely good looking.

How can he be wrong? He's tall enough, handsome, well built, has dark brown (nearly black) hair, and a strong jawline. To me he's pretty perfect. for the role.

Unlike Batman, Superman is not a complex character. He's a very, very good and humble person. That's about it.

[quote]Tyler Hoechlin played Tom Hanks son in Road to Perdition. Cute kid, cried a bit.

Guess you never heard of a little show called Teen Wolf?

Why the fuck would I watch Teen Wolf? Hoechlin's performance in Road to Perdition is much more noteworthy. You must have some illegal proclivities, R6.

hmmmm

R7 "Why the fuck would I watch Teen Wolf?"

I liked him in Teen Wolf but he was TERRIBLE in that awful Katee Sackhoff scifi show Another Life. He was so unconvincing that for a second I felt sorry for him until I started disliking him for not taking the role seriously enough to hire a coach. He's apparently ok with a right director but totally lost when left to his own devices.

R7, Hoechlin wasn't very teen-y in Teen Wolf, he was more like 25. Other characters felt more late teens than mid-teens as well.

The only really young actors in TW were Dylan Sprayberry, and the kids playing young versions of the older characters.

What about the guy who played Levi Johnson (I mean, Rock Hudson) in Ryan Murphy's "Hollywood"?

He's the guy second from right.

R12 He's no Rock Hudson.

So I'm still in the dark as to why OP or anyone thinks Tyler Hoechlin is totally wrong in appearance for Superman.

So I'm still in the dark as to why OP or anyone thinks Tyler Hoechlin is totally wrong in appearance for Superman.

Some people see Hoechlin as "ethnic" and that's apparently a No No to them...

If Superman can be a girl, I’m sure an ex werewolf is fine.

It’s pronounced “Heck-lin”.

Handsome man, though he must be lonely. I can't find any reference to him dating any women - or maybe I wasn't trying hard enough. Perhaps he is "too busy" for dating. Wouldn't be surprised if he found a nice Asian woman to be his wife.

[quote] I can't find any reference to him dating any women - or maybe I wasn't trying hard enough. Perhaps he is "too busy" for dating.

It happens!!

[Quote] I can't find any reference to him dating any women - or maybe I wasn't trying hard enough.

Yeah, you weren't trying hard enough. He's a whore, darlin'.

Tyler is generic and boring. Doesn't matter how square your jaw (his isn't) or muscled the body if you can't build some character out of the cutout. Hoechlin is the least attractive iteration of Superman in my eyes, because he's just a guy in a bodysuit. And that's kind of the thing about Superman. Most of them are. Give us a good ASS if that's all you got. What made Reeves so good in the part was how he changed his 6'4 230 lbs of muscle into a slouching, timid and interesting Clark Kent. He was a real actor. His Clark Kent was the secret sex bomb. Superman was just his job. Reeves portrayal was very sophisticated. The rest of them just put on nerd glasses and a suit. Dean Cain had a bit of humor and sex about his portrayal too. But without some wit and subversiveness there is no more dull character in the world than Superman. Tyler Hoechlin is more gremlin than superman. And he fails at being Clark Kent, which should be the most creative part of the gig.

R19 Haha I've been saying Hoe-Etch-Lin all this time.

r23 No Brandon Routh?

Hoechlin only appeared butch in Teen Wolf because he was cast opposite every little bottom twink I could lay my hands on.

[Quote] He's lean and muscled. Not ideal, but hot. And he's a much better actor than Bomer or that Cavill mess.

I'd say they're at the same level?? And he could be bulkier. The suit still looks bad on him because of the padding.

[Quote] The only really young actors in TW were Dylan Sprayberry

Who played a young Clark Kent in MOS.

[Quote] I can't find any reference to him dating any women

Brittany Snow was his most notable. She went on to marry his clone. I'm still confused by the Jill Wagner connection though.

[Quote] He's a whore, darlin'.

Since when??

[Quote] Tyler is generic and boring.

So is Superman. And Gremlin really?? I think you're expecting too much from a CW show.

Not a fan of his eyes

He’s fine.

[quote] No Brandon Routh?

A most excellent, underrated and handsome actor.

I hope the link works. This may be why the OP thinks Hoechlin is miscast. Superman is supposed to be the most powerful guy in the room but...does he look like it?

Casted

Miscasted

Awful casting choice for Superman. But he is hot though. He was at his peak hotness in Season 3 of Teen Wolf though.

I agree. I don't think he looks like Superman AT ALL and the actor playing Lois looks about 10 years holder than Hoechlin. To me, Cavill is the gold standard when it comes to looking like Kal-EL. I mean...that was a major score on the DCU's part.

They should've gone with a more Cavill-esque looking actor for the TV part. Hoechlin is both hot AND odd-looking at the same time.

Just reference. You can't better than this.

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[Quote] He was at his peak hotness in Season 3 of Teen Wolf though.

Season 2.

[quote]Tyler Hoechlin is a handsome guy with a great body...

Not as Superman. He looks embarrassing.

[quote]What made Reeves so good in the part was how he changed his 6'4 230 lbs of muscle into a slouching, timid and interesting Clark Kent. He was a real actor. His Clark Kent was the secret sex bomb.

George Reeves? Or Christopher Reeve?

[quote]Some people see Hoechlin as "ethnic" and that's apparently a No No to them...

Well that's interesting since Superman is not even human and he's from the fucking planet Krypton. But god forbid he's not a WASP.

[Quote] Well that's interesting since Superman is not even human and he's from the fucking planet Krypton. But god forbid he's not a WASP.

The writer who got fired wanted to make the Kents black. But I'm not sure what the point would be since they're both dead.

R33, it's not "casted" or "miscasted," you illiterate moron. The past tense of "cast" is "cast." By extension it is "miscast." Look it up, stupid, before you try to correct someone else. Google is the friend you need, desperately, jackass.

He has too much teeth. Like early Tom Cruise.

[quote] it's not "casted" or "miscasted," you illiterate moron.

There is a casted troll on DL. He well knows it's "cast" but gets kicks from posting "casted".

I don't care for all this castedigated talk. Tyler looks too unkind and beedy eyed to be Superman. His features are two closed together. Boy can fly cuz he got a beek and be lookin like a bird.

[quote] I agree. I don't think he looks like Superman AT ALL and the actor playing Lois looks about 10 years holder than Hoechlin. To me, Cavill is the gold standard when it comes to looking like Kal-EL.

Well, that doesn't make any sense.

Superman has been drawn by multiple artists in multiple different ways since he premiered in 1938. There is no single way Kal-El appears, other than to have dark hair (usually with a spit curl), a square jaw, and a handsome face.

[quote] [R33], it's not "casted" or "miscasted," you illiterate moron. The past tense of "cast" is "cast." By extension it is "miscast." Look it up, stupid, before you try to correct someone else. Google is the friend you need, desperately, jackass.

For you, dearie.

Brandon Routh should have been the newTV Superman.

BUT..........Tom Welling will be the ONLY true Clark/Superman.

[Quote] Brandon Routh should have been the newTV Superman.

He came back for Crisis.

[Quote] BUT..........Tom Welling will be the ONLY true Clark/Superman.

The true Superman??? 😂 I don't think so.

If Tyler were white no one would question whether he is right to be Superman.

George Reeves and Christopher Reeve both have much, much better claims to the title of "the ONLY true Clark/Superman" than Tom Welling.

Even Dean Cain does, if you're talking about living actors.

Christopher Reeve had that terrible accident making Superman V when he fell from the wires and broke his neck. He died a few years later, never to speak again. The part is cursed.

Dean Cain does porn now. That ASS is super.

Never heard of George Reeves but I don't like country music. Tyler Hobgobblin just ain't it. Tom Welling lived up to his name.

[Quote] If Tyler were white no one would question whether he is right to be Superman.

[quote] Dean Cain does porn now. That ASS is super.

Link(s) please.

Tyler's version of Clark Kent is actually my all-time favorite. He plays him confident, good-humored, and capable. There have only been a couple of moments where he was convincing as Superman in the suit though (something Cavill excels at). Most of the time in his guest appearances he's seemed more like someone going to a Halloween party [italic]dressed as[/italic] Superman.

R53 George Reeves played Superman on TV from 1952-1958, it was in syndication for decades. A lot of kids grew up with his as Superman and loved the show. He also appeared as Superman in an I Love Lucy episode. There was a movie made about part of his life and death with Ben Affleck.

Also Christopher Reeve was paralyzed in a competition when his horse made a refusal and he fell forward off the horse. He was paralyzed from the neck down, but he did learn to talk again and appeared on the Academy Awards and in a remake of Rear Window.

Honestly, the only SuperMAN was George Reeves. All the others seemed too boyish.

R58 Cavill doesn't strike me as boyish at all.

[quote]Well, that doesn't make any sense.

[quote]Superman has been drawn by multiple artists in multiple different ways since he premiered in 1938. There is no single way Kal-El appears, other than to have dark hair (usually with a spit curl), a square jaw, and a handsome face.

Sooo, we’re going to pretend like there are NO similarities between all of the actors who have been CAST in this role? We’re not talking about different artists’ interpretations here. You’re being a contrarian. The movie industry CLEARLY sees Reeves as the archetype.

But you knew that already...

Tom is the only Superman

[quote] Dean Cain does porn now. That ASS is super.

Dean Cain is a right-winger MAGAt cunt now. I very much doubt he does porn.

Dean, despite being a right winger, is also not white like Tyler.

Dean loves having his ASS eaten out. I fucked Dean Cain off the coast of the Pacific one whole month in his ASS for most of the 1990s!

I couldn't agree more.

He's great, but he's not Superman.

It was so noticeable in his scenes with Brandon Routh and Tom Welling in Crisis.

I'd have hired Brandon to play Superman. I thought when he was canned as Atom (I'm a huge fan, but that was a miscast) that that's what they had in mind.

R65, to my understanding WB won't let their DC TV and movie worlds mix, or at least they didn't since there's been some minor cross pollination recently. However there's no way Hoechlin would've ever been Superman in the movies and Routh jumping from movies to tv just doesn't sound realistic.

R48, why don't you treat those midol like suppositories and shove them up your ass. Dearie.

R66, someone in charge needed to say: "whatever was wrong with Superman Returns, Brandon was the best part of it....He could STILL play the Man of Steel."

Tyler is the Andre Agassi of the Superman realm.

[Quote] It was so noticeable in his scenes with Brandon Routh and Tom Welling in Crisis.

Did he say two words to Tom?? I love that he still wouldn't put the suit on. And i noticed Bitsie had more chemistry with Brandon than Tyler.

[Quote] to my understanding WB won't let their DC TV and movie worlds mix, or at least they didn't since there's been some minor cross pollination recently. However there's no way Hoechlin would've ever been Superman in the movies and Routh jumping from movies to tv just doesn't sound realistic.

They had Grant share a scene with Ezra in Crisis. And i think Hoechlin auditioned for Batman back when BvS was casting.

Tyler represents diversity in casting in the comic book (multi) verse.

Tyler wears lady bottoms for his superman outfit. Such delicate hips and petit legs.

He looks fine to me.

Lbr Jordan is the one who will get all of the attention once the show airs 😏