How Milly Alcock Made Supergirl Human

How Milly Alcock Made Supergirl Human

After conquering King’s Landing and staring down online negativity, Alcock is gearing up to battle superhero fatigue at the box office as a punk-rock, Gen-Z Supergirl—and coming to terms with losing her secret identity.

Milly Alcock Opens Up About Becoming DC’s New “Supergirl” in New GQ Hype Interview

In a candid new GQ Hype feature, Milly Alcock discusses stepping into the red boots of Kara Zor-El for James Gunn’s DC Universe, ahead of the character’s solo film hitting theaters next week. According to the piece, Gunn spotted Alcock’s potential while she was still working on “House of the Dragon” and pushed for her casting before producer Peter Safran even knew her name. Safran tells GQ that Alcock’s small frame belies a commanding screen presence, and recalls how DC executive Chantal Nong Vo was reduced to tears during Alcock’s screen test, moved both by the emotional scene and by how good she was in it. Director Craig Gillespie, who joined the project later, praises her work ethic on set, noting she attended every training session during the four-and-a-half-month shoot and nailed a lengthy foreign-language scene with ease. The film, adapted from Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s comic “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow”, leans into a grittier, more cosmic tone than Gunn’s “Superman”, with Alcock describing her Kara as having learned to mask vulnerability in order to survive in a hostile universe. Screenwriter Ana Nogueira frames the character as a “loner in the cosmos” shaped by the loss of her home planet, in contrast to Superman’s lack of memory of Krypton. Beyond the franchise talk, Alcock is refreshingly unfiltered about the toll of sudden fame, recounting being chased by autograph-seekers through a Paris train station and admitting the constant travel has worn on her “mind, body, and spirit.” She also reflects on a recent ADHD diagnosis, her aversion to media training, and her wish to one day disappear from the spotlight the way street artist Banksy has. With “Superman” already a global success, “Supergirl” now carries the weight of proving DC’s new era has staying power — a pressure Alcock says she’s still learning to live with, even as she insists, with characteristic bluntness, that you simply can’t please everyone. View this post on Instagram A post shared by GQ (@gq) “Supergirl” will be in theaters and IMAX across North America on June 26, 2026, and internationally beginning 24 June 2026.

‘Supergirl’: Milly Alcock Talks DCU Flick Being Set In “Different Universe” & Critical Fans While Punk Rock Kara Described As “A Cosmic Loner”

This month sees Milly Alcock lead her own solo “Supergirl” movie before taking a supporting role in James Gunn‘s big DCU event film “Man of Tomorrow” next year, and this will have audiences experience a very different take on Kara as she isn’t as straight-laced as other incarnations (maybe the polar opposite of the 1984 film version) being a boozy party girl (established with her drunken introduction in “Superman” last year) with a chip on her s…

Good Not Nice: Milly Alcock and Craig Gillespie on Their Complicated Supergirl

Every story of Superman and his younger cousin Kara — aka Supergirl — has the same problem: How do you make a hero relatable when they’re more powerful than almost anyone else? For Supergirl, star Milly Alcock and director Craig Gillespie turned to the red sun. Kara lives in despair, masked by mere cantankerousness and cynicism, because almost everyone she cares about died in the destruction of her and cousin Clark’s home planet of Krypton. Now …