“Anti-Hero” is a big episode for General Lane’s successor.
Warning: This article contains spoilers from the March 8 episode ofSuperman & Lois, “Anti-Hero.”
What resulted was an epic fight in which Anderson killed Bizarro (also played by Hoechlin).
Ian Bohen and Tyler Hoechlin on ‘Superman & Lois’.Shane Harvey/The CW
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How much did you know about Anderson’s journey when you got this role?
Was any of this a surprise for you?
And he did tell me about Bizarro, and that I would ultimately kill Bizarro.
Ian Bohen on ‘Superman & Lois’.Shane Harvey/The CW
But at the time I thought, “How is that going to work out?”
I hadn’t even read episode 201 yet.
I said, “I think I’m a good guy?”
Then of course after episode 6 it’s like, nope!
Every bad guy thinks they’re the good guy, so you’re not wrong.
I said that earlier today!
Exactly, he’s doing this because he thinks he has to.
He just does bad things.
I’m going to go up against him?
So how are we going to do that?
You could see how gratifying it was for Anderson to win the greatest battle of his life.
It was a beautiful death sequence, if there is such a thing.
Now I feel like there’s going to be no dealing with this guy.
He just killed someone Superman couldn’t!
His ego’s going to explode.
You’re right, so then you’re thinking, where does this guy go from here?
Can he get back to work?
Those questions will be answered in the upcoming episodes, and he goes into a really interesting new thing.
As the person getting into Anderson’s headspace, what do you feel drives this guy?
He’s fighting to do what is right for the American people.
But if the ends justify the means, you have to be right.
But he hasn’t quite gone full villain.
That’s a great question, because he’s ostensibly achieved his goal.
Now that Bizarro is gone, what is Anderson about?
What does he wake up and have to do every day?
He doesn’t have his job anymore.
It was shocking to me how quickly he said “formerly of the Department of Defense.”
We’re moving on!
It does happen very quickly.
And Todd was like, “Later that night.”
[Laughs] I’m like, “Well, of course, Anderson works fast.
He’s changed into jeans and he found her in a parking lot.”
Because if Superman is right, he’s playing right into the hands of the bad guys.
I had in my mind a backstory about how did somebody get this job?
This should be for someone more experienced.
It was all mental chess.
And you’re going to see them come together and how that relationship plays out.
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