{"id":455564,"date":"2026-06-01T14:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/455564\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:47:11","slug":"why-supergirl-is-so-different-to-superman-in-the-mcu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/455564\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Supergirl Is So Different To Superman In The MCU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even in space, families can be dysfunctional. So it appeared when the final act of James Gunn\u2019s Superman<\/a> gave us our first glimpse at the DCU\u2019s Supergirl, Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock), who swaggered in with rockstar energy, collected her unruly pooch Krypto, and swiftly waved goodbye to her do-gooding cousin. Think is a Kryptonian was having a Brat summer. Now, Supergirl is front and centre in her own movie<\/a> \u2013 one that looks to channel the raucous energy of its main character, who beneath all the partying is dealing with real inner turmoil.<\/p>\n

For Alcock, it was reading the Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow comic that unlocked what DC boss Gunn wanted the Kara in his movie universe to be. \u201cI understood at that point that James is trying to do something very different and unexpected with her,\u201d she tells Empire. \u201cShe\u2019s such a good contrast to Superman, because she\u2019s a survivor of trauma in the purest sense. I was excited to play someone so beautifully flawed and resilient.\u201d Hey, if you lost your entire planet and people, you\u2019d probably be messed-up too.<\/p>\n

It was this approach which opened up the film for Craig Gillespie too, who\u2019s previously made big bold films about complicated women in I, Tonya<\/a>, and Cruella<\/a>. \u201cI have a very specific tone I\u2019m attracted to,\u201d he explains. \u201cI always loved the first Iron Man<\/a>: flawed, complex and conflicted. They sent me the Ana Nogueira script [for Supergirl], and two scenes in, I was like, \u2018I\u2019m in.\u2019 It was exactly what I hoped for; it\u2019s all character. She went from an incredibly, incredibly dark scene to this irreverent character scene, all in the first 15 pages.\u201d Get ready for a big swing in presenting a superhero, flaws and all. \u201c[Supergirl] has got a lot of trauma, a lot of demons; she\u2019s unapologetic,\u201d he teases. \u201cYou get to have a character that can be punky and edgy and not take off those rough edges.\u201d Bring on the noise.<\/p>\n

\"Empire<\/p>\n

Read Empire\u2019s full Supergirl feature in the Spider-Man: Brand New Day issue<\/a> \u2013 on sale Thursday June 4. Pre-order a copy online here<\/a>. Supergirl comes to cinemas from June 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even in space, families can be dysfunctional. So it appeared when the final act of James Gunn\u2019s Superman…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-455564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}