While her previous suit was near-perfection, it appears Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist) will be getting cool new threads (with pants!) and a fresh new haircut when the fifth season premieres this fall.
Speaking with
Entertainment Weekly, Benoist expressed her enthusiasm about finally getting out of the skirt, “
We’ve been talking about pants since season 1. Every time a writer from the show has come up, and it’s freezing cold in Vancouver, I’m like, ‘Guys, please can I not wear tights?'” I love [Kara’s old costume]. I haven’t changed it because it so works, and I think it is very Kara. I’ve always felt that — until recently, I’m like, ‘Something’s gotta give.'”
Also, it seems the new costume could pay off quite well in the action department as Benoist will have a wider range of motion while shooting scenes as the Girl of Steel. It also helps represent how much Kara has changed and grown since the inception of the series, "
I just think it’s more adult. Part of my goal in this whole series for whenever the show ends, I just want there to be a very clear arc for this character that she evolved as a woman and found her femininity and her adulthood, just a self-discovery.”
Additionally,
EW has separately confirmed that Benoist will direct the seventeenth episode of season five, which is set to air sometime in 2020. She tells the trade, “
I’ve been wanting to direct since season 3, but couldn’t last year because of scheduling conflicts, so David Harewood did it first. I just felt really drawn to it for a couple of seasons now, just because you know the show so well, and you get to know the character, and the world, and the tone of the show so well that you can’t help but envision certain scenes in a certain way. I want to play with that.”
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Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422A_0161b.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor and Andrea Brooks as Eve Tessmacher -- Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422A_0227b.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor, Brenda Strong as Lillian Luthor and Andrea Brooks as Eve Tessmacher -- Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422A_0323b.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Brenda Strong as Lillian Luthor and Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor -- Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422A_0352b.jpg -- Pictured: Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor -- Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422A_0452b.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor and Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor -- Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422A_0546b.jpg -- Pictured: Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor -- Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422A_0601b.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor and Andrea Brooks as Eve Tessmacher -- Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422B_0007b.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Nicole Maines as Nia Nal/Dreamer and David Harewood as Hank Henshaw/JÕonn JÕonzz -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422B_0048b.jpg -- Pictured: Melissa Benoist as Kara/Supergirl -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422B_0053b.jpg -- Pictured: Melissa Benoist as Kara/Supergirl -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422B_0092b.jpg -- Pictured: Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422B_0195b.jpg -- Pictured: Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422B_0208b.jpg -- Pictured: Melissa Benoist as Kara/Supergirl -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422C_0006b.jpg -- Pictured: Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen/Guardian (right) -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422C_0029b.jpg -- Pictured: Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen/Guardian (center) -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422C_0127b.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers and Melissa Benoist as Kara/Supergirl -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422C_0160b.jpg -- Pictured: Sam Witwer as Ben Lockwood/Agent Liberty (left) -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422C_0163b.jpg -- Pictured: Sam Witwer as Ben Lockwood/Agent Liberty -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "The Quest for Peace" -- Image Number: SPG422C_0167b.jpg -- Pictured: Sam Witwer as Ben Lockwood/Agent Liberty (center right) -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Season three saw Supergirl stop Reign and the other Worldkillers’ threat to humanity and our planet, and in the process, Kara was shocked to find her mother Alura alive and living in a salvaged Argo City that survived the destruction of Krypton. Reconnecting with her past caused Kara to realize that her true home is now here on Earth, where big changes are taking place for her and all of her friends in National City – and also, it appears, for a doppelganger in Russia! Season four promises to be full of surprises, action, adventure and lots of big revelations for Supergirl, Alex, James, J’onn, Lena and Brainy.
Supergirl features:
Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl
Mehcad Brooks as James 'Jimmy' Olsen/Guardian
Chyler Leigh as Alexandra 'Alex' Danvers
Jeremy Jordan as Winslow 'Winn' Schott
David Harewood as J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter
Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor
Jesse Rath as Querl Dox/Brainiac 5
Sam Witwer as Ben Lockwood/Agent Liberty
Nicole Maines as Nia Nal/Dreamer
April Parker Jones as Colonel Haley
David Ajala as Manchester Black
Rhona Mitra as Mercy Graves
Robert Baker as Otis Graves
Erica Durance as Alura Zor-El
Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor
Supergirl returns with a brand new episode on October 6