When Milly Alcock makes her standalone debut as Kara Zor-El in Supergirl later this month, she’ll do so while wearing portions of the cape Christopher Reeve used in the original Superman movie.
The star of the second feature-length DCU movie confirmed the touching tribute during an interview with the Raiders of the Lost Podcast. When asked if she had any favorite costume details from her upcoming superhero movie, Alcock revealed that part of her red cape had been crafted using material from one of the most important pieces of comic book movie memorabilia in history.
“My cape in this film was remade using material from the original Superman cape,” Alcock said. When asked if it was specifically pulled from the fabric used by Reeve in the 1978 Richard Donner-directed original film, she said, “Yeah, I think that they found there was like 16 meters of that material, so yeah, that’s in the back of my cape now.”
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