James Gunndidn’t mean to show any disrespect toward Sasha Calle, but his comments on the casting of Milly Alcock as the DCU’s Supergirl has social media users in an uproar. Alcock will suit up as Kara Zor-El, aka Superman’s cousin, in theSupergirl: Woman of Tomorrowfilm. And Gunn claims she was the “first person” who came to mind in regard to playing the part, which he mentioned to Peter Safran over a year ago. Before getting into the internet’s reaction to Gunn’s revelation (below), check out what the CEO of DC Studios actually wrote (viaThreads):
“In case you missed this exciting news yesterday. Strangely, Milly was the FIRST person I brought up to Peter [Safran] for this role, well over a year ago, when I had only read the comics. I was watching House of the Dragon & thought she might have the edge, grace & authenticity we needed for the DCU’s Supergirl. And now here we are. Life is wild sometimes.”
After Gunn revealed that he had Alcock in mind to play Supergirl for over a year, the internet erupted with fans who were disappointed to learn thatThe Flash’sSasha Calle seemingly never had a chance to land the coveted job. @kayivar wrote (viaX):
“This f—er not only sought to drop Sasha Calle like a rock well before her debut (meaning she never had a chance and all that Flash praise was purely fabrication while he was trying to tank it), he got this casting off Twitter and lied about that too.”
@ alexmcgillvrey wrote onThreads(edited for grammar and clarity):
“When is he going to talk about Sasha Calle? Like what did James think of her as Supergirl? Will he have a new role for her in the DCU? And why didn’t he use Calle’s Supergirl for the DCU? Those questions need answers right now.”
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Backlash Over Supergirl Casting
Sasha Calle gave a mesmerizing performance as an Elseworlds’ version of Kara Zor-El in the Ezra Miller-led box office flop,The Flash, last summer. And it seems no matter what James Gunn would have done, regarding the casting of Milly Alcock inSupergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, the CEO of DC Studios would have faced some form of backlash from social media users and fans. For instance,@OHMYDIAZwrote on X:
“These losers really out here backing Sasha Calle’s Supergirl just so they s—t on Gunn for choosing someone else. As if they weren’t calling her ugly, mad that she wasn’t white and blonde, that crowd showed lots of racism and incel behavior towards her.”
While many users online responded with very little enthusiasm forthe casting of Alcock as Supergirl, there were plenty of fans who were genuinely excited to welcome theHouse of the Dragon, ReckoningandUprightstar to the DCU. @worlds_of_dc responded to the same post on Threads:
Supergirl is one of my favorite characters of all time. You have no idea how excited I am to see her in the role and what y’all have planned! Can’t wait!
@pedreira_pictures added:
“Supergirl is a really really REALLY difficult character to pull off on the big screen. That there hasn’t been a big screen solo picture since the ’80s speaks volumes. Honestly, I think you will have to walk on water to make a SG picture work at the Box Office. Wishing you the best though! 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤙”
Until Alcock actually suits up as the Girl of Steel, fans can whet their appetites for the DC superhero on streaming.Sasha Calle’s version of Kara Zor-Elcan be seen inThe Flash, which is available on Max, at the time of this writing, as is Helen Slater’sSupergirlmovie from 1984.
