Milly Alcock: From Rhaenyra to Supergirl

0:00It's April 30th. Entertainment and celebrity news today starts now, AI-powered and trending. Millie Alcock, the 26-year-old Aussie actress who broke out as young Raniera in House of the Dragon, just landed the role of Supergirl in the New DC Universe. James Gunn and Peter Safran saw her as this punk rock queen type, tough and badass, perfect for Kara Zor-L. She beat out others after a quick self-tape and her first ever screen test. A few weeks in, she flew 24 hours from Sydney to Atlanta for that test, then back home, feeling like something big was coming. Ten days later, Gunn hit her up. Not with a call, but by texting a deadline article announcing her as the new woman of steel. She hopped another long flight to shoot her cameo in the Superman movie. Fans went wild over her 12-second appearance in Superman, clamoring for more of that raw energy. They exact say she's authentically tough, bringing humility and realness to a character who lost her whole planet young and had to survive solo.

1:02It hits close to home for Alcock, mirroring her own grounded vibe amid rising fame. Now she's in full promo mode for Supergirl, hitting June 26th, fresh off filming another movie in Kyoto, and powering through on two hours. Sleep at a Las Vegas event for theater owners, they call it a fresh superhero flick for everyone, not just comic heads, Alcock's adjusting to toys with her face and constant visibility, which flips her love of disappearing into roles. It's exciting, yet terrifying, but she's owning that intrinsic spark that got her here in the first place.