
Sasha Calle's life changed in February 2021 when it was made official that she would be playing Supergirl in director Andy Muschietti's The Flash movie, and one can easily imagine that it has been an emotional ride for the actress ever since. For example, she had an all-caps reaction to the debut trailer footage of her character – but that was seemingly nothing compared to seeing herself as Supergirl on screen for the first time.
Speaking with People, Sasha Calle recently opened up about what it means to her to be the first Latina Supergirl and what it was like seeing footage of herself in The Flash flying for the first time. She told the magazine about seeing playback of a scene where the heroine from Krypton is levitating in front of the sun, and she was taken aback by it. Said Calle,