“Honestly, that’s been my favorite part of the whole season.”
“It was really fun getting to switch things up and play this character,” Elsass tells EW.
“It was a blast.”
Jordan Elsass and Emmanuelle Chriqui on ‘Superman & Lois’.Bettina Strauss/The CW
I feel like we all should have seen that twist coming from a mile away based on those alone.
He walks with a different posture and has an arrogance about him.
It’s subtle, but it is there.
Jordan Elsass on ‘Superman & Lois’.Bettina Strauss/The CW
Honestly, that’s been my favorite part of the whole season.
It was just so much fun to get into that headspace.
I mean, you really feel powerful.
He’s still a kid, you know?
I had to play into that where it’s not super, super dark.
That was an interesting dynamic to play because it’s not just full-out bad guy.
There’s still some innocence in him and there’s still some good in him.
But he’s a villain in the making, definitely.
Even though he still has good in him, it’s hard to come back from murder.
That’s a good question.
I wish I could tell you.
Superman believes that everybody deserves a second chance, a chance at redemption.
So I’ll say that: Everybody deserves a chance.
But will he take that chance?
That is the question.
You’re going to see a lot of anger and a lot of action.
I’ve got to keep it real vague.
Honestly, it’s going to be a really good episode.
211’s fantastic, and the rest of the season has some really good stuff coming up.
I will say this: It’s definitely not the last of Jon El, that’s for certain.
It was funky, especially the scenes where they’re together.
I was having to go back and forth rapidly.
I’m sure the different wardrobe also helped you keep the characters separate.
Oh yeah, the pants kept all the blood in my upper body, kept it all circulating.
It’s sort of like the pants they wear in fighter jets that are really tight.
They keep all the blood in their head when they’re pulling crazy G-forces.
It was sort of like that.
What was your reaction when you saw Jon El’s pants and his whole vibe for the first time?
I was like, “What the hell is this?”
I was just baffled.
And once I actually read the script, it started to click pretty quickly.
And by the end of the episode I was definitely into it.
It actually lined up well.
But it was funky, for sure.
Superman & Loisairs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CW.
