With a casting director on board in David Rapaport – who has worked with Greg Berlanti on both Arrow and The Flash – it seems the search is underway for the lead in CBS’ upcoming DC adaptation Supergirl, and thanks to TV Line we’ve got a casting breakdown for Kara Zor-El, who will apparently be going by the name of Kara Danvers.
For the title role, the producers are seeking “Caucasian females, age 22 to 26, to play 24. As the series’ mythology goes, Kara at age 12 was sent from her dying home planet of Krypton to Earth, where she was taken in by the Danvers, a foster family who taught her to be careful with her extraordinary powers. After repressing said skills for more than a decade, Kara is forced to bust out her super moves in public during an unexpected disaster. Energized by her heroism for the first time in her life, she begins embracing her abilities in the name of helping the people of her city, earning herself a super moniker along the way.”
Furthermore, the hunt is on for another lead in 26-year-old Alexandra ‘Alex’ Danvers, “Kara’s gorgeous, brilliant, science-minded foster sister. Growing up, Alex was partly jealous of her sibling yet also fascinated by her abilities, prompting Alex to learn as much as she could about alien anthropology, sociology and culture. Today, Alex works for a secret government organization and, alongside her heroic sis, will face many challenges, both mundane and super.”
Are you looking forward CBS’ take on Supergirl, and who would you like to see cast as Kara?
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Originally published October 30, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
