Superman & Lois star Jordan Elsass has discussed season 2 episode 10's shocking twist explaining Bizarro Jonathan Kent's character and motivation. Elsass plays the Inverse World counterpart to Superman's son in the CW DC Comics series. The actor stars alongside Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, and Alex Garfin as the Kent family.
Following the surprise appearance of Bizarro Superman (played by Hoechlin) at the start of the second season, Superman & Lois has taken fans into the alternative homeworld of Clark Kent's doppelganger. After cult leader Ally Allston (Rya Kihlstedt) escaped into the Inverse World in episode 9, "30 Days and 30 Nights", Superman pursued the villain, disappearing from his respective world for a month until the Bizarro version of Jonathan reveals to the Kent family that he arrived too late to stop her. After exploring the Inverse world and Bizarro's origin in episode 10, "Bizarro in a Bizarro World," the episode revealed that Clark had learned the Inverse World version of his son was in fact in league with Ally all along. Following Jonathan's shocking betrayal, Elsass has discussed the surprising truth of Bizarro Jonathan.
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In an interview with Digital Spy, Elsass discussed how he approached playing a twisted version of his original character. The actor said he played Bizarro Jonathan with different mannerisms to his Prime-Earth counterpart, wanting to display him with a subtle arrogance that didn't make him too obviously an antagonistic figure. Despite playing the character with an underlying villainous side, Elsass also emphasized that the character was still young and learning about the world, suggesting that
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