SASHA CALLE

The Flash’s new Supergirl is ready to burst onto screens.

BY JIM DANDENEAU

1 Sasha Calle couldn’t prepare for the role of Supergirl when she was testing for it because she didn’t know she was up for it. “I actually had no idea, when I was getting the job, what character I was playing,” she says. The video of her finding out which part she got is floating around the internet, and it’s a beautiful sight.

2 You’d think a role like Kara Zor-El in a story based on one of the biggest comic-book arcs of the last 15 years (“Flashpoint”) would require background reading. Not so with The Flash, Calle tells us. “When I asked Andy [Muschietti, director] what he wanted me to read, he was like: ‘Nothing… I want you to do no research.’”

3 Unfortunately for Muschietti, the Boston native was already in pretty deep—Calle was already a fan of the CW shows based on her character. “[My little brother] is 16 right now, and he and I love superhero everything. So funnily enough, we did watch a lot of The Flash and Supergirl on the CW.”

4 Calle is no stranger to long-running characters. She won a Daytime Emmy for her portrayal of chef Lola Rosales on The Young and the Restless. To Calle, the beauty of Kara is how many different stories can be told with the character. “There are so many different versions of Supergirl,” she says, “and they’re all so badass and unique in their own ways.” So you can get musical theater Kara on TV, or you can get a hyperbadass that we’ll see in the movie.

5 Calle, the first Latina to play Supergirl on screen, is thrilled for people to see her work. “Doing Supergirl is an honor and a blessing,” she says. “I’ve had the most amazing time learning about her and being a part of her. I just think she’s really fucking cool.”