Supergirl moves to "Smallville"
The hit CW series "Smallville" will be adding another Kryptonian to the cast when its seventh season kicks off in the fall. Casting for the role is currently underway.
This will be the classic version of Supergirl. From the press release:
On SMALLVILLE, the seventh season premiere kicks off with the arrival of Supergirl, whose name is Kara, as Clark’s (Tom Welling) 19-year-old cousin. She was born on Krypton and is the daughter of Zor-El, Jor-El's brother. Kara possesses all of Clark’s powers and one he doesn’t yet have ─ she can fly! Kara also has a strong, rebellious streak that puts her at odds with Clark, and puts her onto Lex’s (Michael Rosenbaum) radar. In addition, she takes a romantic interest in Jimmy Olsen (Aaron Ashmore).
This is sure to be a much-discussed event among fans of the show and the comic — especially given the recent controversies surrounding the portrayal of women and girls in superhero comics. (There's far too many sites to link to on this one ... ) Whichever way the producers go on this is likely to have some kind of impact on this debate, with Hollywood either pointing the way toward a better portrayal of female characters in the superhero genre or simply reinforcing the portrayals that more and more readers — male and female — are finding objectionable. (I'd expect some kind of news/announcement on casting sometime around, oh, I don't know, maybe end of July, which is, coincidentally, the same time as Comic-Con!)
Jun 11, 2007 at 06:48 PM by Tom McLean in Television | Permalink | Comments (0)
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