House of the Dragon’s Milly Alcock is DC’s new Supergirl

House of the Dragon’s Milly Alcock is DC’s new Supergirl

She will headline the upcoming feature film “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow,” based on the DC comics of the same name written by Tom King and Bilquis Evely.

DC Studios He already has his new Supergirl. Milly Alcockwho played young Rhaenyra Targaryen in the first season of “House of the Dragon” of HBOwill play the Woman of Steel in the new DC Universe headed by James Gunn and Peter Safran. She will headline the next feature film “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow”based on the DC comics of the same name written by Tom King and Bilquis Evely.

That project, however, still does not have a director, and Ana Nogueira (“The Vampire Diaries”) was only hired to write the script in November. Gunn, who confirmed Alcock’s casting on Instagram, has not said when Alcock will make his superhero debut. But the fact that the news that Alcock landed the role broke months before Gunn started filming “Superman: Legacy” suggests that Supergirl could first appear alongside her Kryptonian cousin before embarking on her own story.

Who is Milly Alcock?

Australian-born Alcock began her acting career as a teenager on Australian television, before being cast in her breakout role in the prequel series “Game of Thrones” of HBO. Alcock gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of the hard-working Targaryen princess in the show’s first five episodes, before handing over her role to Emma D’Arcy after the show moved forward in time 10 years.

In the 2022 comic “Woman of Tomorrow”, instead of escaping the planet Krypton as a baby before it explodes (like her cousin Kal-El), Kara grows up witnessing the destruction of her home planet until she is 14, when she arrives. on earth. That makes the character “much tougher,” Gunn explained in 2023 when presenting the first 10 titles of the new DCU slate. “She’s not exactly the Supergirl we’re used to seeing.”

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