2015 TV News Archives

June 11, 2015: Melissa Benoist Talks About Training to be Supergirl

Supergirl Interview Magazine caught up with actress Melissa Benoist to talk to her about her upcoming role as Supergirl in the CBS TV series of the same name, and discovered that flying is easy at all...

    "You have to hold your entire body weight up with just your abs, sometimes while suspended 30 feet in the air," she says. Training meant lots of planks and exercises that "work the muscles you really don't want to work." But it all paid off. "I am now the only human who knows how to fly," she jokes. Even without superpowers, Benoist has already proven her talent on the small screen as Marley Rose on Glee, as well as on the big screen in indie darling Whiplash. After performing in the community theater circuit throughout her childhood and teenage years in Colorado, Benoist moved to New York to study acting at Marymount Manhattan College. "I didn't know anyone but I just plunged right in. I thrived there even though the city kicked my ass a few times." For instance, Benoist says she was so broke she couldn't afford to take the subway and rode her bike instead, once getting hit by a car. Incidentally, it's mishaps like these that she'll be drawing on to play Supergirl. "I wanted her to be someone who is eccentric and messed up and makes a lot of mistakes," says Benoist of her spin on the storied character. "She's more human than alien."

Source: Interview Magazine



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