Are These Helen Slater & Dean Cain's Roles In SUPERGIRL?

Let's file this as a rumor for now, but we may have just learned the identities of the mystery Supergirl roles Helen Slater & Dean Cain landed late last month.

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By RohanPatel - Mar 13, 2015 02:03 PM EST

Filed Under: Supergirl

Source: IMDb (via KryptonSite)

Late last month, we learned that CBS' Supergirl, which stars Melissa Benoist as the titular heroine, had cast Helen Slater (Supergirl) and Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman) in mystery roles. Well, thanks to KryptonSite's keen eye, we may have learned who the duo may be playing.

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has the pair listed as playing Fred & Sylvia Danvers, Kara's foster parents.

It'd probably be wise to take this bit of news with a grain of salt for now as IMDb is not always the most reliable source, but it wouldn't be surprising for the show to take this route especially after CW's The Flash, another Greg Berlanti-run show, cast former Flash, John Wesley Shipp, as Barry Allen's father Henry. We likely won't get official word for a while, but if proven true, it's likely we'll see the pair in a recurring capacity, similar to Shipp on The Flash.

Both actors previously guest-starred on CW's long-running Smallville, which starred Tom Welling as Clark Kent/Superman and Erica Durance as his lady love Lois Lane. Slater played Lara-El, Clark's birth mother, and Cain played the villainous Dr. Curtis Knox.

What do you guys think? Like their casting? Would you like to see other Superman alums return? How sweet would it be if we saw Tom Welling cameo as Kara's famous cousin? Sound off with your thoughts below!

The hourlong drama centers on Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, who was born on the planet Krypton and escaped amid its destruction years ago. Since arriving on Earth, she has been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin. But now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be.

Supergirl will feature:
Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl
Mehcad Brooks as James 'Jimmy' Olsen
Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant
David Harewood as Hank Henshaw
Chyler Leigh as Alexandra 'Alex' Danvers
Laura Benanti as Alura Zor-El
Jeremy Jordan as Winslow 'Winn' Schott/Toyman
Faran Tahir as The Commander
Helen Slater in an undisclosed role
Dean Cain in an undisclosed role

Supergirl is slated to premiere Fall 2015

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29 Comments

McGee - 3/13/2015, 2:46 PM

CherryBomb - 3/13/2015, 2:46 PM

Yeah I'm sure they're playing her foster parents.
I pretty much thought that as soon as they were cast.

It's a nice somewhat incestuous nod to the previous material.
Still can't get excited for this pilot

Tuuralihn - 3/13/2015, 2:49 PM

Damn, I was hoping Dean Cain would be this universes version of Superman.

FrozenDiamondz - 3/13/2015, 2:55 PM

IMDB? yikes

DraculaX - 3/13/2015, 3:05 PM

I think it was obivous that they were playing Kara's foster parents. Dean Cain does look like Mario Lopez a bit.

Parkerluckpersonified - 3/13/2015, 3:08 PM

But why is she starting ff as a 24 year old (according to the yellow bit)?

yonny616 - 3/13/2015, 3:10 PM

@Parkerluckpersonified Do you really want her in High School?

nikgrid - 3/13/2015, 3:50 PM

"How sweet would it be if we saw Tom Welling cameo as Kara's famous cousin? Sound off with your thoughts below!"

No. That would NOT be sweet at all, Tom Welling sucks, f uck him and his "Superman costume-less show".

KillerTomato - 3/13/2015, 3:55 PM

Dean Cain is a handsome man, no?

MisterSuperior - 3/13/2015, 4:08 PM

These ten year olds using the word 'yikes' need to quit it.

Also, Dean Cain just doesn't look like a "Fred" to me.

StreakOfBlue - 3/13/2015, 4:08 PM

I don't get all the hate for Dean Cain.

StreakOfBlue - 3/13/2015, 4:23 PM

Does this work?

Donovan - 3/13/2015, 6:31 PM

...seriously, this show looks like a good idea going bad, I'll watch anyways, but it doesn't seems too appealing, regardless the cast...& I think we just need one single show with flashbacks as a way to tell every single episode...

BlackIceJoe - 3/13/2015, 8:26 PM

If so that is really cool. Hopefully Michael Rosenbaum and Tom Welling make a cameo in this show too.

cyclopstb - 3/13/2015, 10:31 PM

If Welling make that cameo, it better not be linked to "Smallville" because their Supergirl lives in the future.

MJPETTY7 - 3/14/2015, 1:01 AM

I'd love for Welling to be the Superman of Supergirl. Obviously it wouldnt be related to Smallville in any way, but it would be very cool. I'd really like Cavill to do it but I doubt that'll happen.

case - 3/14/2015, 4:15 AM

@cherrybomb - I hear you dude. I love my weekly doses of Flash and Arrow, I don't know why I'm not more excited for this.

UltimaRex - 3/14/2015, 4:50 AM

"How sweet would it be if we saw [redacted] cameo as Kara's famous cousin?"

...

*twitches*

Stop talking about [redacted].

Stop it.

I have spent YEARS explaining on this site and others why [redacted] is nothing but POISON for Superman.

Don't make me start writing paragraphs on why I hate this bozo.

Don't make me start copy/pasting like Dexter.

Don't do it.

mayhem101878 - 3/14/2015, 6:33 AM

I think that many people's lack of excitement for this could be because it's on CBS and not the CW like Arrow and Flash. It most likely won't have anything to do with either show.

TheDarkwolf - 3/14/2015, 7:05 AM

great news but agrees with mayhem, wish it was going to be on the CW too

campblood - 3/14/2015, 9:13 AM

Gotta love Helen slater I'll never forget Billie Jean

Highflyer - 3/14/2015, 2:51 PM

I really liked Dean Cain's superman show.

Parkerluckpersonified - 3/15/2015, 6:22 AM

@yonny616 Yeah i do lol no reason why it would have to take up any more time than Oli running the club did in Arrow or Barry working for the police in flash.

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