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Questions and Answers With Dylan Sprayberry

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As it turns out, Superman may be able to learn a few things from the kid who plays his teenage counterpart in "Man of Steel." Though Dylan Sprayberry, whose prior credits include an episode of "Glee" and "iCarly," spends plenty of time at the gym working on his super-strength (if his Bieber-esque Instagram gallery is anything to go by), the 14-year-old has the whole all-American justice thing going on. When asked to recount his most heroic act, Sprayberry hesitates, then says that his older brother has cerebral palsy.

"You know, sometimes — he won't always get it, because he's such a nice person so people who know him know he's so cool — but sometimes people that don't are like, 'Oh, wow. Wow.'" Sprayberry said of his brother. "And that really bothers me, so I'll stand up for him. You know, I'm always, like, taking care of him. He's a really cool guy."

Once you've got that dusty apartment situation taken care of, Sprayberry had plenty of lighter topics to talk about. NextMovie chatted on the phone with the boy who would one day be Superman prior to the release of "Man of Steel," finding out what music he listened to to get into character, the action figures hidden under his bed and playing laser tag with Diane Lane. Get More »