‘Supergirl’: Closer Look At The New Characters Joining Season Two

With less than a month until its CW premier, Supergirl season two is speeding towards our living rooms almost as quick as the Scarlet Speedster himself. There was a bit of a shake up between seasons one and two, as the series switched networks and moved filming locations to Vancouver to join its cousins Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow. With a new season and a new network, naturally there will also be some significant casting changes.

The largest casting change involves Calista Flockhart, who plays Kara’s overly charismatic boss, Cat Grant. Flockhart will no longer be a series regular as she did not move along with the rest of production. Although season two is loosing Cat Grant, it is also adding a significant number of newcomers to the mix, from Kara’s infamous Big Blue Boy Scout of a cousin all the way to someone I personally never imaged they would do in live action – Miss Martian.

Entertainment Weekly spoke with one of the show’s head-honchos, EP Andrew Kreisberg, about all the new characters coming to Supergirl in season two. Check out the following pages for all the character “intel” they have gathered.

Superman (Tyler Hoechlin)

Kara’s well-known cousin, who was heavily teased in season one, now has an actor attached to the role. Set images that have already been released showing off the new Man of Steel point to Superman being a key figure going into Supergirl‘s second season. Andrew Kreisberg went into detail about Clark and Kara’s similarities and relationship:

“Both of them have a bit of sadness about them, they both have that sense of feeling alone, they both have that sense of feeling different, and both of them remark that that loneliness, that alienation, that isolation goes away when they are together.”

Both Superman and Supergirl are the last of their kind, and only have one another left. Expect season two to explore that bond even further. Kreisberg also notes that Kara’s Earth sister, Alex, will struggle over the pair bonding.

President Olivia Marsdin (Lynda Carter)

Lynda Carter was the world’s first live action Wonder Woman – the true embodiment of Diana Prince. Carter was offered a role on Supergirl out of respect for the actresses history with DC, and signed on to fittingly enough play President Olivia Marsdin. Kriesberg reveals that Supergirl will eventually be protecting the President as she angers a lot of people by pardoning the crimes of aliens.

“She very much believes in this cause, which is going to put her in danger, which is going to necessitate Supergirl protecting her.”

Kriesberg also adds:

 “We can’t believe she said yes.”

Carter’s character in the show seems to be a woman who sticks to her convictions, which makes sense, considering she once played Wonder Woman and all. Let’s hope Supergirl can keep her safe throughout the season.

Mon-El (Chris Wood)

Sent from Krypton’s doomed sister planet, Daxam, Mon-El was the man in the pod at the end of season one. Mon-El represents someone who is brand new to the whole superhero thing, much like Kara was last year. One day he’s on Daxam, the next he’s in a pod on Earth and everything he once knew is gone. According to Kriesberg, Kara will begin to teach him the things she has learned in her time on our planet.

“The destruction of Krypton also resulted in a very bad day for Daxam — that’s how he escaped that cataclysm and came to Earth. He’s fresh off the boat. As far as he’s concerned, he got into a pod on Daxam on then the next day was on Earth. Now she has somebody to mentor.”

But at the end of the day – can he actually be trusted? Kriesberg answered this question with logic:

“Can you trust anybody?”

So, on that ominous note, do you think Mon-El really is who they are saying he is, or are they trying for a Harrison Wells tactic here?

Miss Martian (Sharon Leal)

I was taken by complete surprise when it was announced that Miss Martian had been added to Supergirl’s second season. M’gann M’orzz is well known thanks to a little show you may have heard of titled Young Justice. According to Kreisberg, Miss Martian is going to be essential to helping J’onn Jonzz reconnect to the red planet that they both came from. J’onn thought that he was the last of his kind from Mars, but he finds out that he isn’t which “opens the flood gates”.

“J’onn is suddenly going to have this connection to Mars that he’s been lacking for the last 300 years. He’s dealing with survivor’s guilt, and he’s spent the last few hundred years burying that. It’s only because of his interactions with Kara and his deepening relationship with Alex that he gets to start to tap back into that. The arrival of Miss Martian is really going to open the flood gates.”

If there is one thing Supergirl could do to make itself more appealing to DC fans, it is to focus on Martian Manhunter, and just let the character be awesome. Season one showed a more reserved J’onn J’onzz, and now that the series is on the CW they should really let loose and allow the character to be himself. Miss Martian will serve as an excellent catalyst to getting him there.

Other Newcomers:

Snapper Carr (Ian Gomez)

Snapper Carr also works at CatCo. Magazine with Kara, and when Cat Grant leaves it creates a power vacuum that Carr desperately wants to fill. According to EW, Carr has a “no-holds barred approach that pushes Kara in unexpected ways”.

Lena Luthor (Katie McGrath)

While her more famous brother, Lex, is in jail, Lena is next in line to head up the family business. She apparently wants to use the company to do some good – but I’ll believe it when I see it.

Maggie Sawyer (Floriana Lima)

Sawyer is an advocate for alien rights, and she has very good reasons for fighting for those who do not fit in. Kreisberg explains:

“Maggie is a strident advocate for alien rights. She says in her introductory episode that growing up gay and Latina in Nebraska made her ideally sympathetic to people who are different and people who don’t quite fit in.’”

There you have it, new details on seven new characters coming to Supegirl‘s second season. Who are you most looking forward to? Let us know, below in the comments!

Source: Entertainment Weekly

Josh Behr

Josh Behr

Jack of some trades, master of some others. That saying never really made a lot of sense to me.