Melissa Benoist IS Supergirl!

I'm pleasantly surprised by the traditional nature of it, although I would have made it look a bit more like this if it was up to me -- comics always leaned on the too-short side for the skirt. But the fact that we have both a skirt and a cape is better than I feared.

Love it. Love it. Love it. So much better than I expected.

It's a 2015 version of Helen Slater's 1984 costume.

Wow.

Its pretty obvious Melissa broke the internet today. We've gathered all the tweets, news, and comments about the suit reveal today and broke it down to just the highlights for you: www.supergirl.tv/how-melissa-broke-the-internet

Boots below the knee and it is just about perfect!

Hard to tell in that lighting, but at least in that shot, it looks like there is no wig while in costume, as had been speculated in some places.

lfan wrote:

mo wrote: Ive been keeping a close eye on comments people are making about that show all over the Internet. it seems like there was a lot of cynicism about the show initially but with every new casting and now these pictures enthusiasm and buzz has grown.

Melissa really IS Supergirl

Agree....I've checked out a lot of the articles on various mainstream comic, pop culture, and film sites. Aside from a few trolls, most I've seen are very complimentary. In this day and age, it's quite remarkable, especially from the fandom sites. Hopefully this translates into ratings and a long shelf life for the series.

ElF

Yes, the article on The Mary Sue and the comments are all quiet positive. They all love it (and there were some rumblings before).

www.themarysue.com/?s=supergirl

Curious to see what it looks like not in a studio and moving around.

Of course for that where going to have to wait:)

for me, she's just ok , she should be more blonde however

Some pictures of Melissa on set in alter ego form it seems: melmariebenoist.tumblr.com/

Random321 wrote: Some pictures of Melissa on set in alter ego form it seems: melmariebenoist.tumblr.com/

Possibly-but this outfit has the look of....

"Hi, i am an actress who on set wears a costume-but hey its lunchtime(or i am not needed on set for awhile)-if its takes 15 minutes or less i am going to put on an outfit thats perhaps more wearable.

The fact that she appears to be drinking coffee and eating donuts casually in said outfit suggests perhaps this isn't that outfits as the supergirl costume probabbly costs a pretty penny to make

I have seen this outfit before-its part of the magic of hollywood.

Why else would she be wearing thick framed glasses on the Supergirl set? Clearly, the photos are between shooting, but otherwise it makes sense.

talk2sparky wrote: Why else would she be wearing thick framed glasses on the Supergirl set? Clearly, the photos are between shooting, but otherwise it makes sense.

four possibilities

1. your right-which is possible.

2. Realizing there's papparazzi, shes wearing glasses to throw people off-Happens.

3. This is part of her costume generally and shes trying to get use to them.

4. (And this is my favorite): Maybe she wears glasses. More actors then you think actually wear. I think i read that she had colored contacted lens-which are a pain such that you don't want to imediatly put in normal ones..So maybe Supergirl is secretly mild mannered....

melisabenoist.com has even more pics from the set. In some of them, Melissa isn't wearing eyeglasses.

Thanks, AJF! Add a dash after melissa to get the right site. Considering there are several shots of her running a microphone up through her shirt, that's a pretty good sign she's in character.

There are situations where you'd use lapel mics in a pro shoot. Not often, but they are used, particularly if there is a wider shot where a boom mic would not pick up. They have to well hidden, hence the wire being run through the clothes.

From my experience Lavalier mikes are used quite a bit. theres an art to hiding them.

There often used with booms to get multiple sources of sound on scenes.

(I like threads like this by the way) .

Melissa is going to guest star on Glee on 3-20-15, that's next weeks episode. It will most likely be her last tv role before Supergirl.

New on set, in character photos up at:
Supergirl.tv

And even more high quality photos at:
melissa-benoist.com/

talk2sparky wrote: New on set, in character photos up at:
Supergirl.tv

And even more high quality photos at:
melissa-benoist.com/

Horay! thanks for the link! Great source for more photos too!

five_red wrote:

castor wrote: (I like threads like this by the way) .

Confirmation bias is always good for a laugh... when it's someone else doing it.

R5

The other day i got in a conversation on here about the shows Second Assitant Camerman and what that can say about a production. Which yes is kind of silly but what are you going to do.

As its goes remember there going to be shooting photos like this for the next couple of years knock on wood, probabbly about 200 or so days a year.