Melissa Benoist Wants to Appear on Superman and Lois

[jennifer]

Supergirl Star Melissa Benoist Wants to Appear on Superman & Lois

Elizabeth Tulloch reveals that Melissa Benoist is reportedly open to returning as Supergirl in the Arrowverse-adjacent Superman and Lois.

The actor, who currently portrays Lois Lane on The CW series, recently attended Fan Expo Canada 2022 with her co-star Tyler Hoechlin, who portrays the titular Man of Steel. The actors were asked to respond to a rumor that had been circulating that claimed Benoist would be appearing in the upcoming third season of Superman and Lois. "We have not heard that rumor about her coming on the show," Tulloch said. "She has expressed interest to me in doing it, and I know that we would love to work with her again and Grant [Gustin] and everyone else. I just don't know...ever since we started the show, COVID has been a reality which is why we haven't done any of the crossovers or anything like that, so we just can't speak to whether or not that's feasible."

Benoist played Kara Danvers/Supergirl in all six seasons of Supergirl, which aired from 2015 to 2021, as well as in several crossover appearances on The Flash and other Arrowverse series. If Benoist did appear on Superman and Lois there is a chance that she would be playing an entirely new version of the Girl of Steel since the Season 2 finale of Superman and Lois established that the DC series was set in its own world, separate from Earth-Prime which is Benoist's Supergirl, Grant Gustin's The Flash and the Legends of Tomorrow. Showrunner Todd Helbing explained the decision to not set Superman and Lois on Earth-Prime was done to allow the creative team the opportunity to put their "own stamp on the Superman property."

However, Melissa is one busy lady with other projects lined up. So although she wants to appear, that may not mean it'll be happening anytime soon.

Supergirl Would Be Reinvented for Superman and Lois

Superman and Lois being set on its own Earth will allow the creatives to drastically reinvent the Girl of Steel, which is something that Helbing is excited to tackle should the opportunity present itself. "Yeah, it would not be the Supergirl from the Arrowverse, it would be our version so we would invent a new backstory for her," Helbing explained. "The same way that we did with Lucy [Lane], General Lane, and John Diggle, the same way with John Diggle" He continued, "They may be their doppelganger and they may look exactly the same. But it would be a completely different story."

[Sunday]

Yeah, when she's ready and the show has a story. I'd love to see a different take on Supergirl. I think one closer to the comics would be better.

The easiest way to introduce her would be just to have Kara having been in Argo City with her family as survivors all this time. Then she makes her way to Earth. Clark/Superman discovers Argo City's existence and he meets his cousin for the first time.

[Tim]

It would be interesting to see Melissa bring a whole new version of Kara for this reality.

Sunday's idea, that Clark finds her on Argo City, is a good one.

[SpnFanJackie]

Sunday's idea is perfect! It's a great way for them to be able to use Melissa as Kara again in a creative way. It also helps explain why Clark hasn't run into his cousin all this time on this earth. Plus introduces Argo City into the story.

[adzpower]

Would be really cool and would be a chance for Melissa to play a different version of the character so she doesn't get bored being the same.

[Squad 51]

And I have a headache again. Though it'd be interesting to see this.

[Tim]

Be cool to see Melissa play a different version of the character.  Like Jenna did with Lucy Lane this past season.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Of course, Melissa would have to play an entirely new version of Kara than her Arrowvwerse character with S&L separated from that universe now.

Sunday's idea of Kara having lived in Argo City all the time's a good idea.

Another three I thought of were one featuring the comic book story of Brainiac having bottled up Krypton's capital Kandor or another villain did it if Brainiac's not included which Kara's family are stuck in, two doing what Lois And Clark did of introducing New Krypton differently with Kara there or three having Kara already be from the 31st century which she time travels back from for whatever reason whether that's by herself or S&L's version of the Legion of course.

[Tim]

Nice if Clark and Tal found out that they were not the last of their race.