{"id":14870,"date":"2015-01-22T16:23:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T00:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/?p=14870"},"modified":"2015-01-22T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T00:23:44","slug":"cbs-officially-casts-melissa-benoist-to-play-supergirl-in-upcoming-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=14870","title":{"rendered":"CBS Officially Casts Melissa Benoist To Play SUPERGIRL In Upcoming TV Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screenshot_2015-01-22-14-01-35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-14872\" src=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screenshot_2015-01-22-14-01-35.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2015-01-22-14-01-35\" width=\"597\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With shows like Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, and Constantine already giving fans what appears to be an overload of comic book TV shows, but that isn&#8217;t stopping DC Comics. Earlier today CBS has finally revealed who is playing Kara Zor-El in their upcoming Supergirl TV series.<\/p>\n<p>CBS have confirmed that <em>Whiplash <\/em>star Melissa Benoist will play Supergirl in the upcoming TV series. Other acting credits include Glee, The Good Wife, and Homeland.<\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement the actress took to twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>I wish there was a superhero emoji<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melissa Benoist (@itsmmbenoist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsmmbenoist\/status\/558335427254317056\">January 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nBut seriously, sans emoji&#8230; I AM SO EXCITED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Supergirl?src=hash\">#Supergirl<\/a> \u2014 Melissa Benoist (@itsmmbenoist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsmmbenoist\/status\/558338915048775681\">January 22, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Follwing her comments Arrow actor Stephen Amell and The Flash&#8217;s Grant Gustin also welcomed the newest hero to TV:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsmmbenoist\">@itsmmbenoist<\/a> &#8212; You&#8217;re in good hands with the DCU &amp; all the fantastic people making your pilot.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Amell (@amellywood) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amellywood\/status\/558335442978754560\">January 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EW\">@EW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsmmbenoist\">@itsmmbenoist<\/a> yayy!!! Big congrats!!! Exciting. \u2014 Grant Gustin (@grantgust) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grantgust\/status\/558336533464244224\">January 22, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the announcement, fans began to gripe about the actress&#8217;s hair color, which quickly was remedied by a behind-the-scenes image of the actress getting her hair done for the role.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/melissa-benoist-blonde-supergirl-cbs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14880\" src=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/melissa-benoist-blonde-supergirl-cbs.jpg\" alt=\"melissa-benoist-blonde-supergirl-cbs\" width=\"500\" height=\"502\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With production starting fairly soon for the upcoming show, especially if its planning to debut this fall, fans shouldn&#8217;t have to wait too long to see the iconic hero in costume.<\/p>\n<p>Supergirl is set to debut this fall on CBS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nWith shows like Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, and Constantine already giving fans what appears to be an overload of comic&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=14870\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;CBS Officially Casts Melissa Benoist To Play SUPERGIRL In Upcoming TV Series&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[143,194,196,262,665,668,769],"class_list":["post-14870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-cbs","tag-dc","tag-dc-comics","tag-featured","tag-supergirl","tag-superman","tag-wb","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CBS Officially Casts Melissa Benoist To Play SUPERGIRL In Upcoming TV Series - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=14870\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CBS Officially Casts Melissa Benoist To Play SUPERGIRL In Upcoming TV Series - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With shows like Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, and Constantine already giving fans what appears to be an overload of comic&hellip; 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