[‘THE FLASH’ Interview] Sasha Calle on relating to Supergirl’s journey, the art of throwing and receiving punches

Preston Barta // Features Editor

Picking up the Supergirl baton from Melissa Benoist and Helen Slater is Sasha Calle. In Andy Muschietti’s new movie, The Flash, Calle stars as Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin. As Supergirl, Kara possesses the same powers of combat, heat vision and invulnerability as the Man of Steel.

For Calle (of The Young and the Restless fame), Supergirl embodies more than just incredible powers and a punching machine to square off with Michael Shannon’s General Zod alongside Ezra Miller’s The Flash and Michael Keaton’s Batman. She’s someone that offers a lot of relatability.

Ahead of The Flash’s release in theaters this weekend, Fresh Fiction recently sat down with Calle in Dallas at the Latino Cultural Center. In the below audio interview, we discuss how Calle related to Supergirl’s journey and what it was like to develop her character’s combat language. We also ask her to rank some extraordinary moments since landing the role, and her answer is so within the realm of The Flash.

Enjoy, and catch the film in theaters starting Thursday (6/15) afternoon!

Also, check out Courtney Howard’s review of The Flash here.