Whenever someone is cast in a role for a superhero film or TV series, some people will automatically think about what hero they may be playing. In reality, while the casting of the heroes with special abilities is crucial, what is just as crucial is the casting of non-super characters who help bring the larger-than-life hero down to Earth. For the show Supergirl, Winslow “Winn” Schott, Jr. (Jeremy Jordan) is one of those characters.
Given the nature of his role, Jordan’s Winn gets to help Melissa Benoist’s Kara Danvers/Supergirl on her adventures and missions. Although that he along with other supporting characters are integral to the story they rarely get to participate in all the fun special effects that Benoist has the privilege of working with.
Recently, Jordan expressed that in the future, he would love to step into the role of a superhero. While speaking with South Florida Gay News, he voiced that he had a twinge of jealousy seeing some of his superhero co-stars being right inside the heroic onscreen action:
“I’d love to play a superhero someday. I never get to do any of the green screen (special effects) stuff and I can’t say that I’m not a little bit jealous.”
Jordan revealed that if he were to get a superhero role, he hopes that the character would be “Really cool, or maybe even a little bit of a dork.”
If Jordan were cast as a superhero, what character would you like to see play? Do you want him to remain in the DC Comics sandbox? Or perhaps you would be interested in seeing him play within the lore of Marvel Comics? Sound off in the comments below.
Here is the synopsis for the upcoming midseason premiere of premiere of Supergirl, “Legion of Superheroes”:
“Struggling to heal from her injuries inflicted by Reign, Supergirl remains in a dreamlike state, unable to be reached. Mon-El recruits one of the Legion members, Brainiac-5 (Defiance‘s Jesse Rath), to try to bring her back. Meanwhile, Reign continues her rampage on the city so the DEO teams up with the Legion of Superheroes to try to stop her.”
Supergirl stars Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers/Supergirl, Mehcad Brooks as Jimmy Olsen, Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers, Jeremy Jordan as Winn Schott, David Harewood as J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter, Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor and Odette Annable as Samantha Arias/Reign.
Supergirl airs on Mondays at 8/7 on The CW and will return with new episodes on January 15, 2018.
Source: South Florida Gay News
