HELEN SLATER Shares the Difficulties Taking on SUPERGIRL At Such a Young Age

Helen Slater (Supergirl, The Legend of Billie Jean) joins us this week to talk about her experience being thrust into the iconic role of Supergirl at 18 years old and the many different pressures and difficulties that came along with it. Helen was so open this week - she gets candid about her desire to act and the deep fulfillment that she receives in studying mythology. We also talk about her deep bond with Helen Hunt, the hurdle she had to cross to get her parents’ acceptance for acting, and memories of iconic scenes while appearing in Smallville.

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HELEN SLATER Shares the Difficulties Taking on SUPERGIRL At Such a Young Age #insideofyou #helenslater #supergirl

[freddysmith]

"Fair is fair!"

She will always be Billie Jean to me. I must have seen that movie 50 times.

[cjpatz]

To let you know how perfect she was for Supergirl, she was the first girl to audition and just seeing her, they already made up their mind; she’s the one!

[petergabriel]

She has such a calm and pleasing voice and attitude.

[luckrequired]

She's amazing, there's something special about her, it's a crime she only got one outing as Kara.

[floretionguru]

When I was young I had a list of "top 5 most beautiful women of the 80s"- since then some have popped in and out of the list but she and Mia Sara have always been "permanent members" and are both still stunning to this day.

[MarcAmAlb]

Still as beautiful and lovely as 40 years ago.

[MrMisuma]

I refuse to call it a guilty pleasure. I love the movie 💙

[Mild_Peril]

She was my first ever crush as Supergirl. Still very beautiful

[animatorFan]

She's pretty even all these years later. Doesn't look like she aged much. :)

[survivor]

I think it’s really cool that they chose her to play Supergirl’s mom on the series 😊

[Horizon]

Helen is so kind, she is so thoughtful and a very cool woman

[nebularain]

Supergirl gets a lot of heat, but it was a genuinely good and entertaining film. People shit on it becasue the scale was much smaller and more intimate than the Reeve films, but I felt that made it very unique and fitting for the "innocent girl in a strange place" vibe they were going for.

Also, the musical score and production design were incredible, plus this movie EASILY has the best flying scenes in all of the "Super" franchise.

Sad we never got a Reeve/Slater team up movie, but that shouldn't take away anything from the Supergirl film.

[codycrossman]

This movie and Helen will always be close to my childhood and heart. The scene in The Phantom Zone with Peter O'Toole always fascinated me when I was young. (I was born the same year the movie was released.) 😊

[Graniteheart]

Helen Slater as Supergirl was arguably my first childhood crush along with Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia

[paul]

Supergirl is great had the biggest crush on her and still do❤️watched secret of my success a could of weeks ago haven't seen it in years she always looks amazing

[DimitriYar]

Helen Slater was my Supergirl until Laura Diane Vandervoort hits Smallville. It was Helen´s first movie ever. Thanks to Lynn Stalmaster i know her. I had a crusch on Helen and collest many movie´s with her. Helen also aged superfine like fiune vine. Ilove Helen the same as Laura. Also she is super nice and a good human being. I have a hope that Laura carries the torch forward! Because they both are the best ever !

[tonymanero]

I just realized the Podcast guy is Lex Luthor! 😂

[MrAwesome]

She´s born in 1963, and Supergirl is from 1984.

[DR]

The Salkines messed this movie up, they did Reeves dirty with Superman 3 so he didn’t want to be part of supergirl and the script had him in it. Then they edited the movie that it ended up incoherent. There was multiple versions of the movie.

[sie]

Did she get her dates wrong? According to Wikipedia her 19th birthday was december 82, around six months before filming started and 18months before the premiere