In a Flash, How Sasha Calle Became Supergirl

Online, many have seen the second that the actress Sasha Calle, 27, knew her life had been completely altered: The director of “The Flash,” Andy Muschietti, introduced the casting of Calle as Supergirl by posting the video during which he tells her she obtained the job, beating out a whole bunch of others. It could be her characteristic movie debut.

Her visceral response is much more actual than you’d suppose. Up till that second, Calle solely knew that she had been auditioning for an unnamed character on an unspecified Warner Bros. movie. She came upon she was Supergirl on the similar time she discovered that the half even existed.

The position was a heightened introduction to the Hollywood studio equipment. Aside from the sheer scale of a superhero film, “The Flash,” specifically, had been rocked by years of delays and a spate of authorized troubles surrounding its lead, Ezra Miller.

Sitting in a restaurant in Los Angeles’s Eagle Rock neighborhood, Calle actively prevented talking about Miller, even not directly, as an alternative specializing in her personal expertise taking over this position.

“Everyone says it to me, they’re like, ‘How are you feeling? Your life’s about to change.’ And I’m not there,” Calle stated. “I smile, like, yeah! And kind of go with the flow, but I don’t think about it like that. I don’t know what it’s going to be like.”

In a dialogue the morning earlier than the movie had its Hollywood premiere, Calle spoke about her audition, her inspirations and the doable way forward for Supergirl. Below are edited excerpts from the dialog.

You beforehand had just one appearing credit score, on the cleaning soap opera “The Young and the Restless.” At that point, may you envision getting a task like this?

I noticed “Wonder Woman” after I graduated [from the AMDA College of the Performing Arts, Los Angeles] in 2017, and I lower out an image of her, and I put her and Charlize [Theron] from “Atomic Blonde,” which was additionally that 12 months, on my imaginative and prescient board. I caught it there, and now God simply messages me. I at all times say it was written within the stars. It was meant to occur.

Do you know the way many individuals you had been up towards for the position?

They stated greater than 400. But I’ve a sense it was 1000’s of tapes. It is actually particular to have such a gifted director and an unimaginable human being that Andy Muschietti is, see me. He believed in me.

What do you suppose he noticed?

He describes it [by saying] that I’ve toughness with vulnerability.

I additionally didn’t know I used to be auditioning for this position. It was an untitled Warner Bros movie. Dude, it was one tape. And then after that, Andy referred to as me, and he was like, can you chop your hair? Still didn’t know what it was. I used to be like, I’ll lower my hair. And then I signed my contract with Warner Bros. with out understanding who I used to be enjoying.

You had no thought what you had been up for all through the audition course of?

No thought. She had a gun within the audition. So I used to be like, any person who has a gun. I get on the Zoom, and that’s the Zoom that was recorded. And he’s like, are you able to fly? What is he saying to me? Is he asking me to hop on a airplane proper now?

What was your expertise on set working with Ezra?

I spent lots of time with my stunt staff from the second I arrived to the second I left. And it was unimaginable being with my stunt staff. I can’t not speak about them. I swear to you, they had been my household via and thru.

Have there been individuals within the trade that you just’ve discovered steering from in navigating all of this?

This entire experience I’ve been actually blessed to be very near Leslie Grace, who was Batgirl from DC, and Anthony Ramos, who’s within the new “Transformers” film. They truly each did “In the Heights” collectively, and I used to be not in that film, however I’m actually adopted into that little circle. Believe it or not, Leslie, although this was a a lot tougher expertise for her via every thing that occurred, she has been there for me lots. I’m lucky sufficient that I get to expertise her as a pal.

When you say that Leslie’s been there for you, do you imply via all of the DC adjustments that included “Batgirl” being canceled?

Obviously, it’s been a tough transition. There’s lots of stuff that has occurred throughout the world, and we’ve simply actually been there for one another.

What are you able to say about the way forward for Supergirl in DC motion pictures?

I don’t know. I hope to be enjoying her. I like her a lot. [Muschietti doesn’t] know. Only the brand new bosses know.