- Are we gonna see more of Batwoman and Kara
interact at some point?
- I really hope so.
I think it's in the plans that they will
have a team up in the massive crossover
of 'Infinite Earths.'
- What's the ship name for Batwoman and Supergirl?
- I dunno.
- Super Bat?
(all chime in) - Super Bat!
- Girl Woman. - Girl Woman?
- I like that!
- Girl Woman, is genius.
- Hashtag Girl Woman has been launched.
- Hashtag Girl Woman
- Alright, what can you tease in terms of story lines?
What do you know, what have you shot already,
what's to come, what's not going to get us
all fired from our respective jobs?
- Well Leviathan is coming.
And Leviathan is everywhere and it's everyone.
That's about all I can say.
- Leviathan is my cousin's name.
(laughter)
- It means many things.
- I'm tired of that.
- People don't get that joke, you've been saying it all day.
- It's not a joke, it's my cousin's name, Leviathan Anthony.
- So Lena now obviously knows your secret identity.
So how does this impact the relationship guys?
That's gonna change things.
- Melissa?
- Yeah, I think there are some choppy waters on the horizon.
- That can change a dynamic.
- Yeah.
- It's this idea when you've heard the worst news possible
for a friendship, how do you move beyond that.
Do you still hold on to it or can you get past it?
And also, what does that mean for Kara, you know?
The guilt of having to deal with all of that,
and whether she can ever really get, you know what I mean?
And it had been building up to this for so long,
me being the only one who didn't know
that Kara was Supergirl and now finally that it's happened,
it's the idea of what does that mean for Lena,
will she be able to be defined by this knowledge now,
will she be able to ever get beyond it,
or will she be able to accept that it was done
for the best reasons and that's kind of,
for me, that's my character's sort of journey
at the start of the season.
And I kind of ultimately in fine Luther fashion,
she decides that she's going to deal with things,
in a small way, just by saving humanity.
(laughter)
- I mean we dream small in my family, you know?
So, that's how she's going to deal with her problems.
- Some of the fun things as a series progresses
and starts to accumulate a few years under your belt
is we see some of you guys year after year,
and you've been there from the start.
And obviously some of you guys come in
a little bit later on and that's got to be fun,
to kind of join a ship that knows what they're doing,
I mean give me a sense.
For those of you who have come a little bit
later on what's it's like to jump into
an operation like this, that has some
fully formed relationships and, yeah.
- Well like it's, I think this show
in particular is such a well oiled machine
at this point that the show just
kind of shoots itself, you know?
So kind of like joining it is a bit like--
jumping in on a jump rope thing,
you kind of have to find the rhythm first
and then you jump in and you're just part of the show.
- And you did that brother.
- Thank you.
I mean it's a great cast and crew that we have
that it's a very special show and I don't think
it's lost on any of us new comers.
I think we all know how special this is
and how lucky we are to be on this show.
- They went through the hazing process,
where we told them the pool was on the roof,
that kind of thing, locked them out.
- I gave everyone wedgies in their super suits.
- I think on my first day everybody that had been here,
- Had a wedgie?
- The OG's, pulled me aside and prepared me
for, not just on the show, but with the fandom
and everything and they're so protective,
and kind and it's a wild, what do we call it?
Pot of boiling water to get into,
and so when you have people that are like,
this is what's going to happen and we are here
and we have your back, it's the best
group of people to join.
- I mean, for you Nicole, and especially
the eyeballs were gonna be on you last season.
Obviously you knew that.
Did the reaction to your character further empower you?
Did it bring more joy to you, I mean, there was
a lot of love around that moment.
- Yeah, I mean, I, oh man, coming into Comic Con last year,
was very very nerve-wracking. I remember kind of
doing all the press stuff we did this time,
not knowing and having a good
- You were shook
- I was so shook.
I was shook!
And then going on to the panel, having that
even that knee jerk response of just such
applause and enthusiasm was so heartwarming to me.
And now seeing how that's only just kind of built
momentum and kept going and people have stood by
this character and transgender people and cis gender
people have come up to me and told me how much
they adore Dreamer as a super hero and that really
just means the world to me to know that she has sort of
surpassed just, um
being the trans character.
- Right.
There are some new and exciting developments this season.
A couple of them are some new looks for you.
- Pants!
And that fact that Melissa is directing.
- Yes. (laughter)
- Which one is more exciting, that you've got pants
or that you're directing the season?
- Well pants was a long time coming, so that is
a wish that has been fulfilled and
I'm really happy about it.
But I am very excited to direct.
- Okay, so lets handle each of them.
Okay, so in terms of costume, did you have much
say in terms of the new look?
How much happier were you, are you, in that costume?
- I am so much happier.
I can move around.
I don't have to worry about my skirt flying up
and having a Marilyn Monroe moment,
which I had quite a bit of.
I also think it just feels really empowering
I just feel like it's more adult,
and more modern for Kara.
And it was something that not just me, but
a lot of writers in the writers room were fighting
for, a lot of people at DC were fighting for it,
for a while, so I'm really glad it happened.
- And directing, have you directed your episode yet?
- No, it's episode 17.
I have not directed but David Harewood directed
last season and he was amazing.
- Okay!
- [David] Money!
(cast laughs)
- You guys are all still talking, it didn't
break down the relationships.
- It really really was great fun,
and they are a great cast to work with
so it was very very easy and a real pleasure.
I mean, it's gonna be a lot of fun,
I'm really looking forward to Mel doing it
because as she already knows, for an actor
to kind of step up it's just an empowering
thing, such a great thing to kind of take the responsibility
and guide it through from kind of Day 1 to the last day.
It's fantastic, it's really really exciting
so I can't wait for you to do it.
- And for the rest of us, it all really re-energizes us
as well knowing that when David came in, we were
all so excited for him and all so excited
to work with him.
And it made us, it made me I don't know about everyone else,
look at my character differently because I knew
he knew it so well and so it's not just for them
it's a re-energization, it's for all of us I think.
It makes us all really excited.
- And for you, I mean, it's a highly anticipated
moment for you, like do you know like in
terms of, probably don't even know what that
episode will be at this point.
- No I have no idea, I have things that
I hope will happen.
I would love if there were some Midvale scenes,
I think those girls are fantastic and I love
looking deeper into Alex and Kara's past.
I would love to have a Luther story line,
there's a million things I would love to do,
but I think, you know, whatever they write
I'll be happy with.