Sasha Calle as Supergirl.Photo:John Parra/Getty, Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett CollectionIt’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a history-making moment!WithThe Flash,Sasha Callebreaks barriers as the first Latina actress to play Supergirl. “It means the world to me. It’s such an honor. It’s such a joy,” the 27-year old tells PEOPLE.The Boston native recalls being on set filming a scene in which her character is levitating in the sun. Afterwards, director Andy Muschietti called Calle over to look at some of the footage they had just taken.“It was an out out-of-body experience,” she says. “I kind of became a five-year-old version of myself looking at this superhero that looked like me, and I couldn’t believe it. I started crying and I got really emotional. I wish I would’ve had her when I was little.”“I’m so excited for my community to watch it, to feel seen, to feel represented,” she continues. “It’s such a beautiful thing.”The FlashstarsEzra Milleras the titular superhero, who travels back in time to try to prevent the death of his mother, but winds up changing the present and future. Along for the adventure: Supergirl (Calle) andtwoBatmen (Michael KeatonandBen Affleck).Calle didn’t even realize she was auditioning to play Supergirl when she received pages for a script called “Untitled Warner Bros. Film” years ago. Says Calle, “It was very under wraps. I had to sign an NDA. And [the character] description was very brief.”Sasha Calle and Ezra Miller.Warner Bros. /Courtesy Everett CollectionShe filmed an audition, sent it in and tried to put it out of her mind. “Like I do with any other audition, I just throw it [like] a boomerang and if it comes back, it comes back. And it did. Two weeks later, I got a call from my manager being like, ‘You are testing for the Warner Brothers film, and it’s actually calledThe Flash,’” says Calle. “And I was like, ‘So, what character am I playing?’ And she’s like, ‘We do not know.’”When Muschietti video-called to offer her the role, he did so under the guise of saying he needed to ask the actress a few more questions. “Then he pulls out that [Supergirl] suit and it was like, Okay, so you’re telling me that I got the job and also I’m playing Supergirl,’” Calle continues.The actress believes she manifested the role into existence. “I watchedWonder Womanin 2017, and I was like, ‘That’s what I want to do,’” says Calle. “And I cut this image of Wonder Woman fighting, and I pasted it on a vision board. I knew someone like me belonged in those spaces. And I had been talking to my team, they were like, ‘What do you want?’ And I was like, ‘I want a complex character and I want action.’”Supergirl is a far cry from her other most notable role: chef Lola Rosales on the CBS soap operaThe Young and the Restless. But Calle notes both soaps and superhero movies have passionate fans. “To this day, myY&Rfan base is still riding hard with me. And I love that my DC fans have been so welcoming and loving,” she says. “It’s a beautiful thing to be a part of those worlds.”Though Calle was on set with major movie stars like Miller and Keaton while makingThe Flash, she says she mostly hung out with her stunt team during downtime. “They became my buddies,” she says. “I was there literally two hours a day, five times a week for seven months. So they were my family. I spent so much time with them.”The Flashis in theaters nationwide June 16.
Sasha Calle as Supergirl.Photo:John Parra/Getty, Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection
John Parra/Getty, Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection
It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a history-making moment!WithThe Flash,Sasha Callebreaks barriers as the first Latina actress to play Supergirl. “It means the world to me. It’s such an honor. It’s such a joy,” the 27-year old tells PEOPLE.The Boston native recalls being on set filming a scene in which her character is levitating in the sun. Afterwards, director Andy Muschietti called Calle over to look at some of the footage they had just taken.“It was an out out-of-body experience,” she says. “I kind of became a five-year-old version of myself looking at this superhero that looked like me, and I couldn’t believe it. I started crying and I got really emotional. I wish I would’ve had her when I was little.”“I’m so excited for my community to watch it, to feel seen, to feel represented,” she continues. “It’s such a beautiful thing.”The FlashstarsEzra Milleras the titular superhero, who travels back in time to try to prevent the death of his mother, but winds up changing the present and future. Along for the adventure: Supergirl (Calle) andtwoBatmen (Michael KeatonandBen Affleck).Calle didn’t even realize she was auditioning to play Supergirl when she received pages for a script called “Untitled Warner Bros. Film” years ago. Says Calle, “It was very under wraps. I had to sign an NDA. And [the character] description was very brief.”Sasha Calle and Ezra Miller.Warner Bros. /Courtesy Everett CollectionShe filmed an audition, sent it in and tried to put it out of her mind. “Like I do with any other audition, I just throw it [like] a boomerang and if it comes back, it comes back. And it did. Two weeks later, I got a call from my manager being like, ‘You are testing for the Warner Brothers film, and it’s actually calledThe Flash,’” says Calle. “And I was like, ‘So, what character am I playing?’ And she’s like, ‘We do not know.’”When Muschietti video-called to offer her the role, he did so under the guise of saying he needed to ask the actress a few more questions. “Then he pulls out that [Supergirl] suit and it was like, Okay, so you’re telling me that I got the job and also I’m playing Supergirl,’” Calle continues.The actress believes she manifested the role into existence. “I watchedWonder Womanin 2017, and I was like, ‘That’s what I want to do,’” says Calle. “And I cut this image of Wonder Woman fighting, and I pasted it on a vision board. I knew someone like me belonged in those spaces. And I had been talking to my team, they were like, ‘What do you want?’ And I was like, ‘I want a complex character and I want action.’”Supergirl is a far cry from her other most notable role: chef Lola Rosales on the CBS soap operaThe Young and the Restless. But Calle notes both soaps and superhero movies have passionate fans. “To this day, myY&Rfan base is still riding hard with me. And I love that my DC fans have been so welcoming and loving,” she says. “It’s a beautiful thing to be a part of those worlds.”Though Calle was on set with major movie stars like Miller and Keaton while makingThe Flash, she says she mostly hung out with her stunt team during downtime. “They became my buddies,” she says. “I was there literally two hours a day, five times a week for seven months. So they were my family. I spent so much time with them.”The Flashis in theaters nationwide June 16.
It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a history-making moment!
WithThe Flash,Sasha Callebreaks barriers as the first Latina actress to play Supergirl. “It means the world to me. It’s such an honor. It’s such a joy,” the 27-year old tells PEOPLE.
The Boston native recalls being on set filming a scene in which her character is levitating in the sun. Afterwards, director Andy Muschietti called Calle over to look at some of the footage they had just taken.
“It was an out out-of-body experience,” she says. “I kind of became a five-year-old version of myself looking at this superhero that looked like me, and I couldn’t believe it. I started crying and I got really emotional. I wish I would’ve had her when I was little.”
“I’m so excited for my community to watch it, to feel seen, to feel represented,” she continues. “It’s such a beautiful thing.”
The FlashstarsEzra Milleras the titular superhero, who travels back in time to try to prevent the death of his mother, but winds up changing the present and future. Along for the adventure: Supergirl (Calle) andtwoBatmen (Michael KeatonandBen Affleck).
Calle didn’t even realize she was auditioning to play Supergirl when she received pages for a script called “Untitled Warner Bros. Film” years ago. Says Calle, “It was very under wraps. I had to sign an NDA. And [the character] description was very brief.”
Sasha Calle and Ezra Miller.Warner Bros. /Courtesy Everett Collection
Warner Bros. /Courtesy Everett Collection
She filmed an audition, sent it in and tried to put it out of her mind. “Like I do with any other audition, I just throw it [like] a boomerang and if it comes back, it comes back. And it did. Two weeks later, I got a call from my manager being like, ‘You are testing for the Warner Brothers film, and it’s actually calledThe Flash,’” says Calle. “And I was like, ‘So, what character am I playing?’ And she’s like, ‘We do not know.’”
When Muschietti video-called to offer her the role, he did so under the guise of saying he needed to ask the actress a few more questions. “Then he pulls out that [Supergirl] suit and it was like, Okay, so you’re telling me that I got the job and also I’m playing Supergirl,’” Calle continues.
The actress believes she manifested the role into existence. “I watchedWonder Womanin 2017, and I was like, ‘That’s what I want to do,’” says Calle. “And I cut this image of Wonder Woman fighting, and I pasted it on a vision board. I knew someone like me belonged in those spaces. And I had been talking to my team, they were like, ‘What do you want?’ And I was like, ‘I want a complex character and I want action.’”
Supergirl is a far cry from her other most notable role: chef Lola Rosales on the CBS soap operaThe Young and the Restless. But Calle notes both soaps and superhero movies have passionate fans. “To this day, myY&Rfan base is still riding hard with me. And I love that my DC fans have been so welcoming and loving,” she says. “It’s a beautiful thing to be a part of those worlds.”
Though Calle was on set with major movie stars like Miller and Keaton while makingThe Flash, she says she mostly hung out with her stunt team during downtime. “They became my buddies,” she says. “I was there literally two hours a day, five times a week for seven months. So they were my family. I spent so much time with them.”
The Flashis in theaters nationwide June 16.
source: people.com
