“What are your biggest fears?” is already a heavy question, but it hits a little differently when it is being asked of someone leading a massive new DC movie. Milly Alcock was heading into Supergirl with the cape and the pressure of fan expectations that come with being one of the first major faces of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DCU. Before the box-office conversation around the film got thornier, she was already talking openly about the fear that comes with being rejected on such a large-scale franchise.
Ahead of Supergirl’s 2026 movie schedule release, Alcock spoke to Variety and discussed everything from auditioning for the role to tuning out toxic fan chatter. The interview was conducted in mid-April, before either the actress or the interviewer had seen the finished film, which makes her comments about fear especially interesting now, given the film's less-than-stellar opening-weekend box-office projections. When asked about her biggest fears, she said:
