Mon-El actor Chris Wooden recollects the foolish “stunt” that resulted in him breaking his jaw whereas filming Supergirl. The Arrowverse collection has loved a future, however it will likely be coming to an finish very quickly. Supergirl, which stars Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers, began out on CBS earlier than shifting to The CW for season 2. In the course of the present’s 6-season run, Supergirl has confronted numerous enemies and teamed up with fellow Arrowverse heroes like The Flash (Grant Gustin) and Batwoman (Ruby Rose). The sixth and remaining season is at present airing and can conclude in November.
Supergirl has featured a large and eclectic group of characters through the years, however some are extra memorable than others. One of the vital controversial is maybe Mon-El, a Daxamite prince who joined the collection in its second season. Mon-El initially hid his royal heritage from Kara, however after they fashioned a romantic relationship, he got here clear. Wooden remained a collection common on Supergirl for two seasons earlier than departing, although he is come again a number of instances as a visitor star. He’ll even be amongst these returning for the collection finale, together with Jeremy Jordan (Winn Schott) and Mehcad Brooks (Jimmy Olsen).
Throughout this weekend’s DC FanDome occasion, Supergirl obtained a particular farewell panel that includes all the forged. When trying again on among the wildest stunts from the present, Wooden talked about a scene from season 2 when he needed to chunk into 10 pancakes without delay. His castmates have been fast to giggle, however Wooden identified that it wasn’t all that humorous as a result of “my jaw type of dislocated a bit of bit.” The Supergirl forged additionally teased him for deeming it a stunt, however he defended the qualification. “It was an enormous stack of pancakes and I used to be like, ‘Oh, that is gonna be so humorous,’ after which my jaw went like,” Wooden stated earlier than demonstrating the painful second.
Accidents on the set of a superhero manufacturing aren’t unusual, and the Arrowverse itself isn’t any stranger to those sorts of incidents. Earlier than departing Batwoman, Rose needed to get emergency surgical procedure after sustaining a neck damage on set. When contemplating that instance, Wooden’s Supergirl expertise is not as drastic. Nevertheless, a dislocated jaw is much from enjoyable, and to have it occur throughout an innocuous kitchen scene in all probability got here as fairly a shock.
Whereas Supergirl‘s finish is bittersweet for the followers and people who labored on the present, there are some causes as to why that is the proper time to conclude it. Kara has been on fairly the journey over these previous 6 seasons, and hopefully she’ll exit on a excessive word. For her half, Benoist admitted in the course of the DC FanDome panel that she is going to miss enjoying a superhero, although she’d stated earlier than that she is not going to be sorry to go away Supergirl‘s flying scenes behind. This forged has endured loads of bumps and bruises, however now they’ll relaxation and content material themselves with a job effectively accomplished.
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