SUPERGIRL Star Milly Alcock Teases Her "Messy" Take On Kara As More Test-Screening Reactions Land

SUPERGIRL Star Milly Alcock Teases Her "Messy" Take On Kara As More Test-Screening Reactions Land

In a new interview, Supergirl star Milly Alcock discusses her reluctant hero take on Kara Zor-El, and we also have some new test-screening reactions...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 14, 2026 08:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Supergirl

After making her DCU debut for a brief scene in James Gunn's Superman, Milly Alcock is set to take flight in her solo Supergirl movie this summer, and the House of the Dragon alum discussed this latest big-screen take on the Girl of Steel while chatting to Beyond the Noise.

Alcock didn't reveal any new details about the movie, but did comment on what she hopes her unconventional interpretation of Clark Kent's cousin will inspire in the younger generation of female fans.

“I think young girls should walk away from the film knowing that it’s ok to be a bit bad, and messy.”

Another test screening for Supergirl was held during the week, and @Cryptic4KQual was sent some reactions.

Like the responses we saw to the previous screenings, it seems those in attendance were mixed on the film. Alcock's performance comes in for high praise, and Jason Momoa's Lobo is said to steal the scenes he appears in. Matthias Schoenaerts villainous Krem of the Yellow Hills is once again singled out as a negative, however.

Check out the posts below, along with Alcock's Beyond the Noise photoshoot.

"When an unexpected and ruthless enemy threatens, Kara Zor-El is forced, against her will, to team up with an unlikely companion. Together, they embark on an epic cosmic journey where revenge and justice are at stake – and where Kara must confront her origins to find her own path as a hero. Alcock is joined by Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham and Jason Momoa in key roles. Peter Safran and James Gunn are producing the film for DC Studios."

Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow will also star Eve Ridley as Ruthye Mary Knolle, and David Krumholtz and Emily Beecham as Kara's parents, Zor-El and Alura.

Our new Girl of Steel will take flight on June 26, 2026.

This take on Kara Zor-El a said to be a "less earnest and more edgy version of the iconic superheroine" as Gunn looks to move away from "previous depictions of the Girl of Steel, particularly the long-running CBS/CW series fronted by Melissa Benoist."

Gunn and Peter Safran announced the Supergirl reboot during their studio press day in January of last year, when the "Gods and Monsters" DCU slate was revealed. The project will be at least partially based on King’s acclaimed comic book series of the same name from 2022.

Said Gunn at the time, “In our series we see the difference between Superman who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he was an infant, versus Supergirl who was raised on a rock, a chip off Krypton, and watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life, and then came to Earth when she was a young girl. She’s much more hardcore, she’s not exactly the Supergirl we’re used to seeing.”

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NotMyDiagnosis
NotMyDiagnosis - 3/14/2026, 8:13 PM
"Kara is good as supergirl" - made me chuckle
FireGunn
FireGunn - 3/14/2026, 8:16 PM
Get ready for one of the BIGGEST flops of ALL TIME! Are you ready? I sure am so we can get Gunn TF out of here.

Reboot the MCU and DCU
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/14/2026, 8:55 PM
@FireGunn - I give you two months before you need to make another account lmao. I look forward to how far you move the goalposts when it doesn't flop, biggest flop of all time?! What a moron
PopBye
PopBye - 3/14/2026, 9:15 PM
@FireGunn -

"closed wallet"
Is such a loser.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 3/14/2026, 10:16 PM
@FireGunn - I'm gonna flip your flop and raise you an entertaining film
DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/14/2026, 10:48 PM
@bobevanz -

Holy sh!t!! I agree with you completely on this.

newhire13
newhire13 - 3/15/2026, 12:05 AM
@FireGunn - God you’re a loser lol
FireGunn
FireGunn - 3/15/2026, 12:48 AM
@newhire13 - Enjoy your slop
FireGunn
FireGunn - 3/15/2026, 12:48 AM
@bobevanz - You aren't even a good shill. Do better
FireGunn
FireGunn - 3/15/2026, 12:50 AM
@PopBye - Come back to this comment when this makes sub 300 million at the box office
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 3/15/2026, 1:43 AM
@lazlodaytona - "I think young girls should walk away from the film knowing that it’s ok to be a bit bad, and messy.”

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You mean the same narrative these 🐩🐩's been using since Marylin Monroe????

I'd prefer to see young girls walking away knowing it's okay to be the best version of good you can be, and learn to avoid messy 💩 as much as possible. Had that been the leading narrative, it'd be a breakout ideology to all forms of today's entertainment. This bad girl heroine bullshit it played out...

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I'm going to see your entertaining and lower the flop to Ezra Miller & Rachel Zegler Rom/com disastrous.
GuardianAngel
GuardianAngel - 3/15/2026, 2:10 AM
@KennKathleen - lol what. Who cares?
JusticeL
JusticeL - 3/15/2026, 5:15 AM
@bobevanz - sounds like 'Guardians of the Supergirl' to me. Everything under Gunn has the same vibes.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 3/15/2026, 9:41 AM
@GuardianAngel - User Comment Image

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lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 3/15/2026, 5:08 PM
@FireGunn - I wish I could make sub 300 million.

I'd buy the world's largest lollipop, a 1977 full-sized van completely made over from the ground up, the dance/cheerleader teams of the San Antonio Spurs to ride with me and wave out the windows, and a dirty penthouse in death valley.

Then, I go off the grid wearing very large cargo pants to keep my cash-money in giving out fake monopoly money to the middle class.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 3/15/2026, 5:11 PM
@KennKathleen - yeah, but this movie is "based on a true story" so reality is young girls snorting coke, finding trouble, and drunkenly lasering beings in half because you forgot what planet you're on....
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 3/15/2026, 8:45 PM
@lazlodaytona - Not all of them. A lot of uptick in reality is birthed by what we display in art. My planet is full of people striving for better, in spite of all the traps trying to hold us back.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 3/16/2026, 2:24 AM
@KennKathleen - just want her to struggle to be like Clark and slowly self-deconstruct
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 3/16/2026, 2:27 AM
then realize she's older and stronger than her cousin Clark
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 3/16/2026, 3:29 AM
@lazlodaytona -Based on the interaction with Clark, that is seemingly the path she's alredy taken. Perhaps this movie shows how she had an admiration to be like Clark, deconstructed and is now slowly reconstructing.

That'd give a potential bad girl persona with a portion of optimism- the best of both worlds... type 💩.

KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 3/16/2026, 3:31 AM
@lazlodaytona -

"then realize she's older and stronger than her cousin Clark"

🙄🤔😐

...now you're just trolling. Or sending secret pitches to SweetBabyInc.
TheNewYorkerr
TheNewYorkerr - 3/14/2026, 8:18 PM
There’s no way this will do better than that other shit LOL
dragon316
dragon316 - 3/14/2026, 8:46 PM
@TheNewYorkerr - you mean super man or fantastic four Superman was more fun entertainment to watch whole fantastic four king boring made sue get all attention other characters became sidekicks in there own movie only be distraction what comic does sue over power galactus by herself can’t think of one never happen
PopBye
PopBye - 3/14/2026, 9:14 PM
@dragon316 -

Strongly disagree, fantastic four in my opinion was the better movie. And was more well rounded than superman. I liked both, but Superman hasn't been the best on repeat viewing, while.f4 I've enjoyed more each re-watch.
JusticeL
JusticeL - 3/15/2026, 5:17 AM
@TheNewYorkerr - ditto.
JusticeL
JusticeL - 3/15/2026, 5:18 AM
@dragon316 - Fantastic Four was a better movie.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 3/14/2026, 8:39 PM
Yeah....I knew Krem would be a negative. Shame because that character done right would kill with a lot of people.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/14/2026, 9:11 PM
@BlackStar25 - would he?.

Even the comic version is just alright at best imo.

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He’s just a means to an end for Kara and Ruthye’s journey.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 3/15/2026, 3:43 AM
@TheVisionary25 - YES! I think he would with the appropriate changes in this adaptation. Does not seem they went that route though...
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/15/2026, 5:38 AM
@BlackStar25 - what would be the appropriate changes?.

I don’t mean to be like aggressive , just curious.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 3/15/2026, 11:04 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Anything and everything that would make Krem Of The Yellow Hills a better character and villian for this movie. As you said he was alright at best and just a means to an end in the comics. Well this is a movie right? Why settle for that when they have the ability to write so much more. We applaud writers for when they write better characters or outcomes in TV Shows and/or movies but we are okay with settling because "well, he wasn't all that great in the comics"?

I apologize if I'm ranting a bit but I'm just tired of these so called writers being so...uninspired and lazy with some of this stuff. Seems like not alot of writers care to rise above minimal expectations. We will soon get a Supergirl movie for the first time...and the main villian sounds like he will be another throw away comic villian.

A villian role that will do nothing for that Actor. Nothing for the Character in comics in general. And last but not least...nothing for the genre as a WHOLE!
Sominan
Sominan - 3/14/2026, 8:41 PM
Can't wait to see it!
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/14/2026, 8:54 PM
Please sir may I have some more bullshit rumors
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