Trending News|July 14, 2015 02:16 EDT
'Supergirl' News: Producer Says 'It's Not About Male Or Female, It's Just About Empowerment'
The 'Supergirl' series is on its way to CBS this fall and it appears that a lot of critics still don't have an accurate depiction of what the showrunners are attempting to do with it.
Producer Ali Adler clears up a lot in a recent interview with EW, speaking on what kind of character their coining, and what they hope the series as a whole will represent.
Adler starts off with speaking on what she'll actually be taking as canon from the comics:
"We absolutely are inspired by the incredible canon and the history that's come before us. We have villains that we can use and we intend to use it as much as we can, while still being inspired and making her our own. She's a modern superhero and embraces her powers as well as her insecurities in order to be a successful one.
"In our partnership with DC, we absolutely are inspired by certain super villains and some arcs, but we're really reinventing it and trying to find stories that we really relate to. We're not bound to the history, but we are inspired by it."
She goes on to speak about how Kara Danvers will be relatable to viewers:
"Very quickly, we'll forget that she's anything more than a very special woman. She's got all the powers that we do, but if we're doing our jobs properly, you're seeing yourself in her. She has the same troubles. We start taking for granted her superpowers. They just become one with her.
"We intend less to use it as a platform as to show what's obviously true. Half the population is this gender and this woman is very strong and very incredible. We intend to show that. It's not about male or female, it's just about empowerment."
'Supergirl' premieres Monday, October 26.