Milly Alcock Says Her Supergirl Cape Was Made With Material from Christopher Reeve's Superman Suit

When Milly Alcock makes her standalone debut arsenic Kara Zor-El successful Supergirl aboriginal this month, she'll bash truthful portion wearing portions of the cape Christopher Reeve utilized successful the archetypal Superman movie.

The prima of the 2nd feature-length DCU movie confirmed the touching tribute during an interrogation with the Raiders of the Lost Podcast. When asked if she had immoderate favourite costume details from her upcoming superhero movie, Alcock revealed that portion of her reddish cape had been crafted utilizing worldly from 1 of the astir important pieces of comic publication movie memorabilia successful history.

"My cape successful this movie was remade utilizing worldly from the archetypal Superman cape," Alcock said. When asked if it was specifically pulled from the cloth utilized by Reeve successful the 1978 Richard Donner-directed archetypal film, she said, "Yeah, I deliberation that they recovered determination was similar 16 meters of that material, truthful yeah, that's successful the backmost of my cape now."

Clark Kent's past successful movies and TV pre-dates the four-part bid that premiered done the '70s and '80s, but it's Reeve's mentation of the quality that has remained successful audiences' minds arsenic the archetypal existent incarnation of Superman connected the large screen. The actor, who passed distant astatine 52 successful 2004, intelligibly helped laic the groundwork for ace men going forward. That includes Brandon Routh, Henry Cavill, and David Corenswet, who portrayed their ain versions of the leader successful Superman Returns, Man of Steel, and past year's Superman, respectively.

Now, Supergirl volition transportation immoderate of Reeve's agleam reds to modern moviegoers erstwhile it premieres successful a fewer weeks. The mode her cape incorporates the 1978 movie's cloth whitethorn not beryllium thing noticed by the mean instrumentality who sees the film, but it's the latest successful a bid of ways the caller DCU has commemorated 1 of the genre's astir important releases.

The 2025 Superman movie, for example, is backed by a people inspired by the archetypal main taxable composed by John Williams. It besides features a cameo from Reeve's lad and real-life journalist, Will Reeve, who appears arsenic a reporter.

Supergirl swoops into theaters June 26, 2026. For much portion we hold to spot however Alcock and the DC Studios squad has done its champion to unrecorded up to the bequest of Superman, you tin work astir what co-CEO Peter Safran had to accidental astir the caller treatment surrounding "superhero fatigue." You tin besides spot Jason Momoa speech astir the 1 happening helium needs to motion connected for a Lobo movie.

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