Smallville gained one other hero on Tuesday’s Superman & Lois, which discovered the Man of Metal in want of an additional hand… or two.
That hero was none apart from Natalie Irons, who lastly obtained to check out her tremendous go well with through the group’s newest run-in with Ally. After all, it took a little bit of convincing for John Henry to “enable” his daughter to affix the battle. To say that he wasn’t thrilled upon discovering Natalie’s go well with can be an understatement. It was type of like when King Triton stumbled upon Ariel’s hidden trove of human treasures. Large mad.
“He clearly nonetheless views her as a child, whereas she sees herself as extra mature” Tayler Buck tells TVLine. “She’s been via a lot, however he’s nonetheless attempting to defend and defend her, regardless that she’s been the one having to guard him recently.”
John’s A.I. informing him that Natalie’s go well with had “surpassed” his personal was “the ultimate click on in his thoughts that advised him Natalie has actually thought of this.”
Not solely was Natalie all of a sudden thrust into her first-ever battle, however when Superman discovered himself on dying’s door, it was as much as her to drag him again from the brink. (“That is such a giant deal for her,” Buck acknowledges. “She saved Superman’s life!”)
With Superman now briefly incapacitated, Natalie and John must “decide up the slack” within the crimefighting division. And with only a handful of episodes remaining this season, they’ll positively have their fingers full. Buck is particularly excited “about just a few scenes within the finale the place you actually get to see Natalie’s willpower come into play.”
The truth is, that willpower is likely one of the issues Buck admires most about her character. “And she or he’s so sensible,” Buck provides. “She’s an precise genius! She helped John Henry construct his go well with when she was simply 14, which is so cool. She’s so sensible for being so younger, and when she actually needs one thing, she goes for it.”
Natalie’s new path is made all of the extra thrilling by the truth that Buck by no means imagined taking part in a superhero — a minimum of not at first.
“After I auditioned, it was beneath a totally completely different [character] title,” she remembers. “After I obtained the half and discovered my title, I appeared it up. There have been no [DC Comics] characters named Natalie Irons, solely Natasha Irons, so I appeared into her and was very excited to see that she turns into a superhero. Nonetheless, I didn’t wish to get my hopes up in case it didn’t occur.”
Making an attempt on the go well with for the primary time was an “out-of-body expertise” for Buck, who remembers the entire scenario being “mind-blowing.”
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