CHRIS WOOD (as Mon-El)
Credits: Made-for-TV movie Browsers (2013) and, among other TV shows, as the main antagonist Malachai “Kai” Parker in The Vampire Diaries
What do you find interesting about your character?
“Mon-El is sort of a fun-loving guy, he likes the party and to make jokes and to go out. His whole arrival on Earth is mostly filled with discovering what this planet is like, what his role is gonna be, what he’s gonna be doing in terms of work, in terms of life. And he’s got to get used to the other characters to find out how Earth works.”
In the first episode, Superman gave Mon-El his name. Would Mon-El need perhaps a mentor?
“Mon-El definitely is a guy who was like Kara when she was coming into this planet. So it’s an entirely different place, entirely different planet, there are different rules and what his, sort of what his body is like even on Earth, it’s gonna be different than it was on Daxam (the planet where Mon-El, a superhero like Superman and Supergirl, came from). So finding out what he’s like if he has powers, what his powers are and how he’s gonna use them, obviously he’ll need some of a mentor.”
How do you feel about becoming a superhero in real life?
“It’s exciting. I grew up watching comic-book movies and reading comics. I’m a really big Batman fan more than a Superman fan but obviously I love the concept of flying and having superpowers. There’s an athleticism that the show sort of demands and it actually caught me by surprise when I got here because there’s so many stunts and so many action sequences. So just watching you go through the gauntlet you sort of brace for impact yourself and you try to be as prepared as you can be.”
If made to choose what other character in Supergirl you would like to play, which one would it be?
“That’s hard. I don’t know if I would swap, I’m having a lot of fun with the character and I think he brings a really exciting different dimension to the show. I think they’ve found a nice little pocket that was missing and built this really cool character to fill it up.”