THE FLASH's Sasha Calle Says It Was "Heartbreaking" To Be Replaced As Supergirl After Signing Multi-Film Deal

THE FLASH's Sasha Calle Says It Was "Heartbreaking" To Be Replaced As Supergirl After Signing Multi-Film Deal

Sasha Calle has now opened up about her experience filming The Flash, admitting that it was "heartbreaking" to end up being replaced as Supergirl after signing a multi-picture contract...

By MarkCassidy - Oct 31, 2024 10:10 AM EST
Filed Under: The Flash

Sasha Calle made her debut as Supergirl in last year's The Flash, but what should have been a joyous introduction to a major superhero franchise was soured by a number of factors, including co-star Ezra Miller's legal troubles, the movie's underperformance at the box office, and the fact that the DCEU was on its last legs.

When James Gunn and Peter Safran took over as co-heads of the newly-implemented DC Studios, the search began for another actress to play Kara Zor-El in the DCU, with House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock ultimately taking over as our new big-screen Girl of Steel.

While speaking to THR about her next project, Joe Carnahan's RIP, Calle opened up about the situation for the first time, revealing that she did sign a multi-film deal when she initially accepted the role.

"I was so deeply in love with that role. I had a conversation about her future many times. When I signed onto that, it was for a multiple picture deal. That’s a common thing when you sign onto a franchise. So it was very heartbreaking for me, and it was very confusing."

"That was a rough experience," Calle went on. "So I look forward to working with people in this industry who see my value and who are excited to work with me. I have so much to give. I love my job so much, and I’m so excited to start kicking ass again. I love action movies. Whether it’s supernatural or not, I am just so excited to continue doing those things, and I know that I will do those things, with or without that role. I look back at it as something super beautiful. It’s been said that a queer Latina girl like me couldn’t be Supergirl. But I was, and no one can take that away from me. That is the most important thing for me; I did something that mattered. And whether you saw yourself represented in me or not, a lot of people really connected with her and loved her."

One silver lining that emerged from Calle's short stint in the DCEU was a friendship with Leslie Grace, who never even got to make her debut as Batgirl when Warner Bros. Discovery decided to scrap the project as a tax write-off.

“I don’t know what I would’ve done without Leslie, to be honest with you. I feel like she got it even worse, and yet, she was just this divine light of love and warmth,” Calle says. “And even though it came from a really confusing and painful situation, we got to have this beautiful friendship that is true and honest and sincere and kind. We were there for each other, and I am really happy that we had each other then.”

Calle's take on Supergirl proved to be one of the more popular aspects of The Flash, so it's a shame she won't get the opportunity to reprise the role. Who knows, maybe another comic book part will come her way down the line?

"Directed by Andy Muschietti, The Flash features Barry Allen traveling back in time in order to change events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to help. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian…albeit not the one he’s looking for.

Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?"

The Flash is produced by Barbara Muschietti and Michael Disco, with a screenplay by Christina Hodson, and a screen story by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and Joby Harold, based on characters from DC. Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Double Dream/a Disco Factory production of an Andy Muschietti film.

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Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/31/2024, 10:03 AM
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I dislike Ezra as much as the next person but she was probably one of the lamest parts of the movie. And that movie was ass anyway.
SteelGunZ
SteelGunZ - 10/31/2024, 11:09 AM
@Conquistador - 1000% agree with you here.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/31/2024, 11:55 AM
@Conquistador - She was maybe the best part of the movie after Keaton, imo.
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TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 10/31/2024, 12:00 PM
@ObserverIO - I agree.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/31/2024, 12:15 PM
@ObserverIO - I feel alot of her arc was left in the editing room. She wasn't a bad actress, but the way she was written and shot i just found her uninteresting. But the movie as a whole being such a mess didn't help. She can probably find success somewhere else but in that movie....nah.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 10/31/2024, 12:28 PM
@ObserverIO - she was ok at best. Keaton was the Only bright spot in this dumpster fire
mountainman
mountainman - 10/31/2024, 10:11 AM
She was so boring in the role. Of course she is heartbroken. She’s going to make less money and be in less movies after the role was recast. It’s life. Find a new role to sign on to.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 10/31/2024, 10:12 AM
Dude, she KILLED it as Supergirl. Whereas Superman often holds back a bit as to not destroy something or hurt someone, this Kara Zorel was just brutal. Taking her rage out for being captured on those soldiers, helping the older Flash get his powers back, and literally kicking the sh1t outta Zod for most of their fight.

She blew me away and add me to the list of people who are bummed she doesn't get to continue the role.
karazorel
karazorel - 10/31/2024, 10:50 AM
@lazlodaytona - Sasha was awesome as Kara. She really put her heart into bringing the Girl of Steel to life in that movie. It was fantastic in the interviews she did how much she loved doing her stunts and to me personally her SG suit was one of the best super suits DC/WB made. It would have been amazing to see her back as Supergirl but as she said. He got to portray it be of DC’s most famous superhero’s and she’s cool with that.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 10/31/2024, 11:03 AM
@karazorel - absolutely. and I'm very surprised how much i love her suit considering it isn't the traditional supergirl one
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/31/2024, 12:00 PM
@lazlodaytona - When she rips the gun off the tank and uses it like a baseball bat named Lucille...
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 11/1/2024, 8:35 AM
@ObserverIO - F'N AWESOME
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 10/31/2024, 10:16 AM
and she was great. that smile when she heard her cousin name killed me
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 10/31/2024, 10:18 AM
I didn't love or hate her in the role, she was meh. She used the limited time she had on her hands well, but she definitely wasn't memorable.
RichardGrayson
RichardGrayson - 10/31/2024, 10:19 AM
I thought she sucked in the role, didn’t look the part at all and the writing for the character was just so [frick]ing lame.

Just making her Flashpoint Superman was a stupid idea. Hated that version of Supergirl and can’t wait for a more traditional one with hopefully a decent costume this time
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 10/31/2024, 10:23 AM
It seems like everyone who had anything to do with the DCEU got burned in the end. What a waste of talent and potential it all was.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/31/2024, 10:27 AM
@TheJok3r - Now that I agree with. I think the only people who came out sucessful in the end were Gal and probably Mamoa, though he was on the rise anyway.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 10/31/2024, 10:56 AM
@Conquistador - Considering how he's about to do that awful looking Minecraft movie not sure if he came out that successful or he just has very shitty agents.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/31/2024, 11:06 AM
@Urubrodi - Well i mean he's still a name that gets a draw. Before BvS he was really only known as Khal drago and Conan from that failed movie. Since then, he's gone on to front a pretty big series in See, Aquaman of course, JL, Dune, Fast X, etc. He's done alright I'd say. But Minecraft does looks pretty bad. I've never played the game though so that could be part of the draw.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 10/31/2024, 10:26 AM
How could she have signed on for a multi picture deal when her character died in the movie? 👀

It's almost as if someone came in and changed everything so these characters could never be brought back 😅
TDKRnry88
TDKRnry88 - 10/31/2024, 10:32 AM
@TheClungerine - She was supposed to be in the final scene before they replaced it with the George Clooney ending.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/31/2024, 10:39 AM
@TDKRnry88 - i get the feeling that @TheClungerine was being sarcastic 😒
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 10/31/2024, 10:59 AM
@Conquistador - 😅😅 your feeling is correct!
TheLight
TheLight - 10/31/2024, 8:11 PM
@TheClungerine - "How could she have signed on for a multi picture deal when her character died in the movie? 👀"

Because they were going to swap Henry's Superman with her Supergirl as the new champion of Earth. The same treatment was going to happen to Batman with the cancelled Batgirl movie. They and Wonder Woman were going to be the new Trinity of the DCEU with Superman and Batman as supporting characters.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 10/31/2024, 9:22 PM
@TheLight - I know bro lol I was getting at the people that came for me when I said Gunn came in and made sure they were killed off (essentially firing them) so his versions of these characters had no other versions to compete with.

Gunn and his cultist claim he never fired these actors he simply just didn't rehire them, yet they had multi picture deals with WB 😅😮‍💨
TheShape9859
TheShape9859 - 10/31/2024, 10:28 AM
She wasn't that great so no big loss
OgHerManM
OgHerManM - 10/31/2024, 10:32 AM
Grown ass men whining, whats new on this site?!
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 10/31/2024, 11:24 AM
@OgHerManM - says the grownass man complaining about grownass men’s grown asses.
HammerLegFoot
HammerLegFoot - 10/31/2024, 10:42 AM
why are there 2 different hermans here?
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/31/2024, 10:49 AM
@HammerLegFoot - Took me a while, but you'll figure it out.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 10/31/2024, 10:48 AM
"It’s been said that a queer Latina girl like me couldn’t be Supergirl."
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SteelGunZ
SteelGunZ - 10/31/2024, 11:13 AM
@GeneralZod - LMFAO!
Reginator
Reginator - 10/31/2024, 1:27 PM
@GeneralZod - Is her whole identity based off of her sexual preference? Sounds like she was going after being a double minority and that's what ended her time as the character.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 10/31/2024, 2:24 PM
@Reginator - Pretty much. No one cares about her single, double or quintuple minority status. It's just astonishing to see how brainwashed so many younger entertainers are into dealing a victim card at any opportunity they get. If anything, she got the gig BECAUSE of her double minority status so that the studio could check off their own race, ethnicity and sexual orientation scorecard. According to media reports, she was paid $500,000 for the role. That's very, very good money for 99.9% of people on this planet. And the role gave her more exposure. She should be publicly thankful, not lamenting.

I never liked the casting decision, she's flat (figuratively, not literally) with zero screen presence. Good riddance.
LSHF
LSHF - 10/31/2024, 10:52 AM
So, I'm guessing since she signed a multi-picture deal and sometime after that her character died, the decision to kill her came after the contract was signed?

Hopefully her contract was bought out by the studio.
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