SMALLVILLE’s Laura Vandervoot Joins SUPERGIRL
Laura Vandervoot, the actress who fantastically played Kara Zor-El, a.k.a. Supergirl, on The CW’s Smallville series has been cast in CBS’ Supergirl! She will appear in the fifteenth episode of the series as the villain Indigo.
The producers of Suergirl describe the character as "a living, strong-willed supercomputer that was sentenced to Fort Rozz after turning against the people of Krypton. Now on Earth, Indigo will let nothing stand in her way."
I loved Vandervoot’s version of Supergirl, and when I first heard that a new Supergirl series was being made, I hoped that she would be cast. It obviously didn’t work out that way, and that’s ok because Melissa Benoist is awesome in the role! Vandervoot even supported her in a previous interview with IGN, offering Benoist some advice:
“Just make it your own. Everyone has an idea of how she should be, which I was concerned about when I played her, but, when you find a way to relate to her and then bring in your own self into it, I think people appreciate it. You can’t make everything the same, so just make it your own.”
Benoist has done a great job doing that. It will be cool to see these two actresses face off with each other in this upcoming episode. Supergirl returns with a new episode next Monday on CBS.