James Gunn’s new DC Universe has found its Supergirl, and he or she already is aware of easy methods to fly. Milly Alcock, who performed the younger dragon-riding Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen on HBO’s House of the Dragon, has been forged because the Kryptonian, beating out a number of different actresses for the function.
It’s believed the character will first seem in Gunn’s Superman: Legacy, scheduled for launch in 2025, earlier than starring in her personal film, Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow. That’s not confirmed—however the character will seem in one thing earlier than Supergirl and, with Superman about to start out filming, that’s the logical conclusion.
Deadline first reported the information, to which Gunn replied on Instagram “That is correct. Milly is a fantastically gifted younger actor.” Alcock reportedly beat out Locke & Key’s Emilia Jones and Supergirl voice actress Meg Donnelly within the final rounds of casting.
When first asserting that Supergirl was a part of Gunn and Peter Safran’s new imaginative and prescient for DC, the pair cited the Tom King comics and defined how this model of the character is completely different from others we’ve seen on display. “Superman was despatched to Earth and he was raised by extremely loving dad and mom, whereas Carol was in a chunk of Krypton that drifted away from the planet and lived there for the primary 14 years of her life,” Gunn mentioned. “[It was] a horrible state of affairs the place she watched everyone round her die. And so she’s a a lot harsher and extra fucked-up Supergirl.”
We’ve already seen Alcock play a fairly fucked up character so we now have a sense she’s going to crush this one.
What do you consider the casting? How do you’re feeling the DC Universe is shaping up?
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