Clark Kent Joined by Cousin Supergirl on ‘Smallville’ Next Season
Our Hero Gets a Real, Live Kryptonian Relative in Season Seven
Well, casting changes are clearly still underway in the Smallville universe following the season-finale departure of Martha Kent (Annette O’Toole) to pursue her senatorial career in earnest in Washington, not to mention the apparent “deaths” of two major characters, Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) and Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack). Of course, we all know that both ladies will most likely be back when the story resumes, but that nearly certain fact hasn’t stopped the show’s producers from planning more cast changes. The latest, revealed in a recent TV Guide exclusive report, is the imminent arrival of the classic DC Comics character Supergirl.
In this case, her name’s Kara, not to be confused with the same Kara from Season Three’s two-part finale “Covenant,” who turned out to be merely a human named Lindsey Harrison (Adrianne Palicki of Friday Night Lights) whom Clark’s (Tom Welling) Kryptonian father Jor-El had kidnapped and groomed for deceitful purposes. She’s Clark’s older cousin, the daughter of Jor-El’s brother Zor-El, who, like her younger relative, survived Krypton’s destruction when her father sent her to protect Clark. Unfortunately, as it were, nature or mechanics or something got in the way, and she wound up in suspended animation instead of on Earth living the life of a super-powered teenager.
According to Smallville executive producer Al Gough, Kara “was sent to Earth in a ship that arrived at the same time as baby Kal-El’s. But there was a problem and she’s been in suspended animation for the last 16 years. We’ll find out in the season premiere that the big dam break in last season’s finale is the reason she’s finally awoken.”
Moreover, Kara possesses even more abilities than Clark, such as that elusive flying trick, and eventually she “will help Clark get in touch with his Kryptonian roots.” I bet.
Watch out for the San Diego Comic-Con International event in July for news on who’s lucky enough to win this plum role, which will debut in the seventh-season premiere this fall and appear in roughly half of the season’s episodes.
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