The Cape Milly Alcock Wears in Supergirl Was Made With Material Used for Christopher Reeve's Superman Suit

When Milly Alcock makes her standalone debut as Kara Zor-El in Supergirl later this month, she'll do so while wearing portions of the material used to make the cape Christopher Reeve wore in Superman. The star of the second feature-length DCU movie confirmed the touching tribute during an interview with the Raiders of the Lost Podcast. When asked if she had any favorite costume details from her upcoming superhero movie, Alcock revealed that part of her red cape had been crafted using material from one of the most important pieces of comic book movie memorabilia in history. "My cape in this film was remade using material from the original Superman cape," Alcock said. When asked if it was specifically pulled from the fabric for Reeve's suit in the 1978 Richard Donner-directed original film, she said, "Yeah, I think that they found there was like 16 meters of that material, so yeah, that's in the back of my cape now." Clark Kent's history in movies and TV pre-dates the four-part series that premiered through the '70s and '80s, but it's Reeve's version of the character that has remained in audiences' minds as the first real incarnation of Superman on the big screen. The actor, who pass