It Doesn’t Matter How Good Sasha Calle Is As Supergirl, She’s Doomed
Sources are asserting that Sasha Calle will only portray Supergirl in The Flash and no further projects.
The upcoming DC movie The Flash made a splash when its first trailer dropped as a Super Bowl commercial. One of the biggest surprises was the reveal of Sasha Calle’s Supergirl towards the end of the trailer. Unfortunately for fans of this version of Supergirl, a recent article from Geekosity asserts that this could be the first and last time that we see Sasha Calle’s Supergirl in The Flash and other parts of the DC Universe moving forward.
The article cite that Supergirl’s “origins don’t match” with what will appear in the upcoming film Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which explicitly will feature the widely known Kara Zor-El’s Supergirl. between Unfortunately, this will only be a one-off appearance for this version of the Girl Of Steel. A spin-off film starring Sasha Calle was in the works over at Warner Bros. before being scrapped and the reboot of the DCU, so it remains to be seen whether or not Sasha Calle remains as Supergirl or if she will be replaced after The Flash.
The trailer for the upcoming movie The Flash was full of surprises. It hinges on Ezra Miller’s Flash using superspeed to create a portal to other timelines, and a quest to save a timeline in which Flash’s mom has survived. Of course, this has consequences, as Flash has unknowingly entered a world without metahumans.
With the help of an alternate timeline version of The Flash and Michael Keaton’s Batman, the original Flash must fight the supervillain General Zod, although his ties to the larger machinations of the film are unclear from the trailer. Fortunately, Sasha Calle’s Supergirl seems to rescue The Flash and allies when she makes a surprise appearance towards the end of the trailer.
This is DC’s answer to telling a multiversal, multi-timelined story akin to what fans have been seeing from Marvel Studios. The end of the SnyderVerse means that a number of recent depictions of DC characters will be dropped. However, this also means space for characters to be rebooted, refreshed, and introduced, and this kind of multiversal could be the answer to any continuity issues that may arise.
The Kryptonian Kara Zor-El, known by her superhero name Supergirl has made appearances throughout the DC universe since May 1959 with the character making her first appearance in Action Comics #252. Unlike Superman, Kara grew up in the remnants of the destruction of Krypton and had to watch the rest of her race die slowly before she made her way to Earth. She has similar powers to her Earth-raised cousin and often aids him in the ongoing quest to save Metropolis and the world.
Sasha Calle was cast as Supergirl in The Flash, although DC kept the few details surrounding the character’s appearance and circumstances in the movie quiet. Many fans were happy to see Calle portraying Supergirl, and she is the first Latinx woman to portray the character.
Some fans think that the version of Supergirl in The Flash could actually be a totally different character than Kara Zor-El and the one that will feature in subsequent films, including the upcoming Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Some note that the character takes cues from the appearance of Lara Lane-Kent, the daughter of Superman and Lois Lane. The character is seen with short, dark hair, and at one point dons a suit very similar to the one worn by Lara Lane-Kent in her brief appearance in the comics.
Lara Lane-Kent features in the Injustice Comics, and is actually a version of Superman’s daughter from an alternate universe that he’s given a glimpse into where Joker hadn’t been able to kill Lois Lane and their unborn child. Given the premise of the film, this is certainly possible, or it could just be a shift in appearance for Kara Zor-El.
It will be interesting to note the backstory of The Flash’s version of Supergirl, as it could be a huge reflection of what fans see happen with the character moving forward. It is very likely that if this Supergirl is in fact Lara Lane-Kent, then subsequent versions of Supergirl will introduce fans to the more familiar Kara Zor-El, and leave this one as a one-off.
