Milly Alcock gets candid about dealing with trolls ahead of 'Supergirl'

Milly Alcock, who has previously helmed House of the Dragon, is set to become a new face of another major franchise: DC's Supergirl.

Though she is excited for her upcoming tentpole. Yet she is also bracing for a flood of trolls, she says, because a woman is leading a superhero movie.

“It definitely made me aware that simply existing as a woman in that space is something that people comment on,” she tells Vanity Fair, adding, “We have become very comfortable having this weird ownership of women’s bodies. I can’t really stop them. I can only be myself.”

Alcock, who has previously experienced attacks from trolls, told Nylon in 2022 that she avoids engaging with them “because it doesn’t benefit me.”

“It just makes me incredibly anxious,” she said at the time. “Me seeing my face constantly is straining. No one should have to do that. It f*****’ sucks, man."

"I don’t know how the socialites of the world can do that. It’s kind of driving me off the wall. It’s an incredibly difficult space to navigate.”

Ignoring the trolls, what about the criticisms from Hollywood heavyweights such as Martin Scorsese and Ridley Scott, who had dismissed the superhero cinemas as "boring."

“I get it,” she said in response. “They’ve been around for f****** ever making phenomenal films. … Not every film is for everyone. The beauty of art is that you can be selective.”

Supergirl rolls out in the cinema on June 26.