Milly Alcock's Supergirl Cape Uses Original 1978 Reeve
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- Milly Alcock said on the Raiders of the Lost Podcast that her Supergirl cape was remade using material from the original 1978 Superman cape, noting roughly 16 meters of the vintage fabric was recovered and incorporated into the costume.
- Christopher Reeve wore the original cape in Richard Donner's Superman (1978) and continued through the sequels Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987); Reeve died at age 52 in 2004.
- Supergirl premieres June 26 in theaters and IMAX, directed by Craig Gillespie for Warner Bros., with Alcock reprising her role as Kara Zor-El, who celebrates her 23rd birthday while traveling the galaxy with her dog Krypto.
- The film also stars Jason Momoa as Lobo, Eve Ridley as Ruthye Mary Knolle and Matthias Schoenaerts as Krem.
- The movie adapts Tom King's 2022 comic series Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, illustrated by Bilquis Evely, with Ana Nogueira writing the screenplay adaptation.
- In the source comic, Supergirl and the young alien Ruthye Mary Knolle hunt Krem of the Yellow Hill after he murders Knolle's father in cold blood.
Why it matters: Sixteen meters of authenticated 1978 Superman cape fabric sewn into Alcock's costume gives the new DCU a tangible physical bridge to the most iconic Superman film ever made — going beyond visual homage to literal material continuity. For Warner Bros. and DC Studios, it's a rare piece of nostalgia marketing that costs the studio nothing and signals reverence to legacy fans while launching a new continuity.
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