The new television show "Supergirl" starring Melissa Benoist will cover a lot of interesting issues, but one thing it will avoid touching on is the subject of sex.
"Honestly, for us it's more about somebody who has never quite felt right in her own skin and that's prevented her from having (opportunities)," executive producer Andrew Kreisberg told Entertainment Weekly about the love and sex life of Kara Zor-El (a.k.a. Supergirl).
"It's not that she's never dated before and never had the occasional boyfriend, but she's never really been in love, and never really truly had a relationship, because she didn't feel comfortable doing that, and opening up, and sharing something that she's kept hidden for so long," he added.
Kreisberg explained that the subject of love is something that they are interested in seeing Kara pursue, but they know it's going to be a rough road ahead for her given her responsibility of saving their city.
"Now that she's not hiding (her real identity), she's finding herself more torn between what kind of person do I want," Kreisberg said. "Do I want someone who is aware of all the things that I can do, somebody like Jimmy Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), or are there other people out there who just like me for me, for Kara? And the complications that ensue when Kara Danvers is on a date with a guy and she suddenly has to go fly and put out a building fire. For right now, those are more of the questions that we're wrestling with more so than the aerodynamics of superhero nookie."
Meanwhile, during an interview with Comic Book. Kreisberg said that fans of the show should not expect Kara's cousin Superman to take on a bigger role in the show anytime soon, even though he made an appearance in the third episode.
"The show's call Supergirl and it's about Supergirl. It's not like we've been jonesing to have Superman on it," he said. "We also didn't want to...you know, if you're going to cast Superman, you've got cast Superman right! Just like when you think about all the time and effort and energy that's gone into finding the cinematic Superman over the last thirty years."
Kreisberg said that they were happy to have Superman "swoop in" to save Kara, but the real story is that Supergirl defeats Reactron afterwards.
"She's the one that takes him down, and that's what much more important for us," he said.
