Casting is now underway — courtesy of the same folks who populated Arrow and The Flash — for CBS’ Supergirl series, and TVLine has details on exactly what (and who) the DC Comics-based drama is looking for in two of its lead roles.
For Kara Zor-El aka Kara Danvers, the show is eyeing Caucasian females, age 22 to 26, to play 24. As the series’ mythology goes, Kara at age 12 was sent from her dying home planet of Krypton to Earth, where she was taken in by the Danvers, a foster family who taught her to be careful with her extraordinary powers. After repressing said skills for more than a decade, Kara is forced to bust out her super moves in public during an unexpected disaster. Energized by her heroism for the first time in her life, she begins embracing her abilities in the name of helping the people of her city, earning herself a super moniker along the way.
The other lead role currently being cast is that of 26-year-old Alexandra “Alex” Danvers, Kara’s gorgeous, brilliant, science-minded foster sister. Growing up, Alex was partly jealous of her sibling yet also fascinated by her abilities, prompting Alex to learn as much as she could about alien anthropology, sociology and culture. Today, Alex works for a secret government organization and, alongside her heroic sis, will face many challenges, both mundane and super.
The Supergirl pilot was penned by Ali Adler (No Ordinary Family) and Greg Berlanti (Arrow), both of whom will exec-produce alongside Sarah Schechter (of Berlanti Productions) and Warner Bros. TV.
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Guess we come back when there's more news about who lands the roles...anyway, what do you think so far?
CBS' Supergirl
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no reference to Superman...are they side stepping him completely????
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May be a "rights" issue. Or the producers may want to establish the character before they bring in the big blue looming shadow, saving him for the ratings sweeps period.erikson wrote:no reference to Superman...are they side stepping him completely????
I'm curious if she'll be in costume or if they'll sidestep that aspect like they did in Smallville.
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Bill K. wrote:May be a "rights" issue. Or the producers may want to establish the character before they bring in the big blue looming shadow, saving him for the ratings sweeps period.erikson wrote:no reference to Superman...are they side stepping him completely????
I'm curious if she'll be in costume or if they'll sidestep that aspect like they did in Smallville.
as far as I have heard she will be in costume...I can't see the problem with having Cville as Superman on screen and another guy as an ossasional guest star (we are going to have two versions of Barry Allen on tv and the movies after all)
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The producers probably want to establish Supergirl on her own first, then bring in Superman as an "event". Superman has always tended to over shadow Supergirl, being the more familiar character. They may be afraid that if he appears too many times, he'll take over the show.
Catwoman: Think you can handle me?
Batman: I've got handcuffs.
Catwoman: Ooh.
Batman: I've got handcuffs.
Catwoman: Ooh.
Re: CBS' Supergirl
Bill K. wrote:The producers probably want to establish Supergirl on her own first, then bring in Superman as an "event". Superman has always tended to over shadow Supergirl, being the more familiar character. They may be afraid that if he appears too many times, he'll take over the show.
I have no problem with that (and I love Kara, she is one of my top five fave characters), I just don't want him to be "non-existent" in this universe.