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Variety reports that Australian actress Milly Alcock is preparing to present a different version of “Supergirl,” built around a sharper, messier and more wounded character, in a major test for DC’s new cinematic strategy.
Alcock, best known for playing young Rhaenyra Targaryen in “House of the Dragon,” plays Kara Zor-El, a daughter of Krypton carrying the trauma of losing her world and her family. But her journey does not begin as a perfect hero. Instead, she starts as someone running from her pain and trying to disappear.
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• Variety says the new version of “Supergirl” is inspired by “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow,” presenting Kara with a punk-rock edge rather than as a soft or traditional superheroine.
• Alcock said taking the role was frightening because she had never carried a major film before, but she felt that fear itself was the reason to go for it.
• According to Variety, Kara appears at the beginning of the film as a mess, with no friends, no romantic partner and no clear sense of duty to save others, before meeting Ruthye pushes her to confront her own pain.
• DC Studios co-chair Peter Safran said Alcock brought the toughness and emotion the character needed, while screenwriter Ana Nogueira said the choice was not just about a strong audition, but about the feeling that “Milly is the girl.”
• The film comes at a sensitive moment for DC, as superhero movies are no longer the guaranteed bets they once were, while the studio is counting on “Supergirl” after the launch of “Superman” in its new universe.
What’s next?
“Supergirl” is expected to be a double test: for Alcock as the lead face of a major studio film, and for DC as it tries to build a new universe that does not rely only on its biggest-name heroes, but also on more fragile, rougher and more renewable characters..
