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The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN February 20 - 26, 2021 — 3 2 x 3.5" ad a) greene cnty farmers b) swango's 2 x 4" ad williams electric 2 x 1.5" ad ymca 2 x 1.5" ad doughty stevens 2 x 1.5" ad midway const. By Jay Bobbin The Man of Steel and Lois Lane have been married on television be- fore, but viewers now can see what they're like as parents, too. The CW expands its DC Uni - verse again by launching "Superman & Lois" Tuesday, Feb. 23, with a 90-minute premiere followed by a behind-the-scenes special. Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch re - prise the iconic roles they've played on "Supergirl" and in the crossover sagas "Elseworlds" and "Crisis on Infinite Earths," taking the charac - ters back to Smallville as they raise their sons Jonathan and Jordan (Jor- dan Elsass, Alexander Garfin). Still there is Lana Lang (Emmanuelle Chriqui), now married to the local fire chief (Erik Valdez) and with her own child, Sarah (Inde Navarrette). "I really don't have a history with the character," friendly "7th Heav - en" alum Hoechlin admits about Superman before starting to portray him. "I played baseball and was acting at a young age, so all of my free time was taken up, and comic books weren't really my thing ... but in what I think in a fortunate way, that lack of history is beneficial, in that I can approach (Superman) in a way that's very honest and intui- tive." Tulloch says she feels "it doesn't get much better" than to land as prominent a part as Lois, and she feels the new show's appeal is in pre - senting Lois and Superman's earthy alter ego Clark Kent as "modern, working parents who are kind of the best of the best in their careers, but as parents, they're flailing a lot. Especially in 2021, when we've had a difficult past year, a lot of people are struggling. Lois and Clark make mistakes. And their kids react ac - cordingly." Hoechlin believes having played Superman a number of times before starting his own show in the role was helpful, "though the tone is very different from what we did on the other shows. We've never seen this before, and that's a very freeing experience on the set." The wife of David Giuntoli of ABC's "A Million Little Things" (and his co-star on the earlier "Grimm"), Tulloch — who used to go by the first name "Bitsie" profes - sionally — was well into a preg- nancy when she first played Lois in the "Elseworlds" miniseries. "I am very career-driven and ambitious," Tulloch states in liken- ing herself to Lois, "so I never saw myself not being a working actress/ mother. David has much shorter working days than I do, so it's tough on the days when I go to work at 5:30 in the morning and come home at 9 or 10 at night and don't see my daughter once during the day. I make sure I spend a lot of time with her on the weekends." Celebrity Scoop Celebrity Scoop 'Superman & Lois' takes off as CW series premieres Cover Story Cover Story By George Dickie When Damson Idris first landed the role of drug dealer Franklin Saint in the FX crime drama "Snowfall," he spent some time in South Central Los Angeles to research how such a character would walk, talk and interact with others. Now, with three seasons gone by and a fourth premier- ing Wednesday, Feb. 24, the 29-year-old British actor has gotten plenty of validation from the people from that neighbor- hood. "You talk about people like YG, Nipsey Hussle, the Game, Dub C, Snoop Dogg," he says, "these are all people I knew personally, who sat me down, looked me in the face and said, 'Job well done. You look like, sound like, walk, talk, act like the guys I grew up with.' ... Checking in with Damson Idris And I was just really blessed and honored to receive their blessing and to receive their salute because they were the true people who I wanted to impress." As the new season opens, it's now 1985 and the crack epi- demic is raging, which is good for Franklin's business but bad for the neighborhood where he lives. He's also in a weakened state and walking with a limp, having been shot by on-and-off girlfriend Melody (Reign Ed- wards) in the Season 3 finale. "This season, we find Frank- lin with a broken spirit," Idris explains. "He's less sure of himself, less sure of whether he can actually be the boss and take control of this empire and take control of this inner and outer conflict that's happening around him. So he's obviously been shot three times and he's very weak physically but he's also weak mentally. And as the season progresses, we're witness- ing Franklin come back into his own." Full name: Damson Idris Birth date: Sept. 2, 1991 Birthplace: London Education: Has a bachelor of arts degree in theater, film and television studies from Brunei University in London Family ties: Was raised by a single mother with three brothers and two sisters TV credits: "Miranda," "The Missing," "Babylon," "Doc- tors," "Casualty," "The Twi- light Zone," "Black Mirror" Movie credits: "My Brother the Devil" (2012), "City of Tiny Lights" (2016), "Megan Leavey" (2017), "The Com- muter" (2018), "Astral" (2018), "Farming" (2018), "Outside the Wire" (2021) One Y. One Community. 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