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Emily Garbutt

House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock "bullied" herself into accepting the role of Supergirl after swearing off big franchises after the Game of Thrones spin-off

Milly Alcock as Supergirl.

Supergirl star Milly Alcock says that she "bullied" herself into taking on the role of Kara Zor-El.

In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Alcock said, "I was so shit-scared that my life was over at 22" when she didn't work for a year after wrapping on Netflix's Sirens. "And, of course, it wasn’t." When the opportunity arose to play Supergirl, she revealed that she "kind of bullied myself into it," as her work on House of the Dragon had made her swear off big franchises.

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