HELEN SLATER Shares the Difficulties Taking on SUPERGIRL At Such a Young Age

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    Helen Slater (Supergirl, The Legend of Billie Jean) joins us this week to talk about her experience being thrust into the iconic role of Supergirl at 18 years old and the many different pressures and difficulties that came along with it. Helen was so open this week - she gets candid about her desire to act and the deep fulfillment that she receives in studying mythology. We also talk about her deep bond with Helen Hunt, the hurdle she had to cross to get her parents’ acceptance for acting, and memories of iconic scenes while appearing in Smallville.
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    HELEN SLATER Shares the Difficulties Taking on SUPERGIRL At Such a Young Age #insideofyou #helenslater #supergirl

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  • @freddysmith1471
    @freddysmith1471 Рік тому +54

    "Fair is fair!"
    She will always be Billie Jean to me. I must have seen that movie 50 times.

    • @MysteryManfrom79
      @MysteryManfrom79 6 місяців тому +2

      Never understood how that film never became an 80s icon like other rebellious films of that period. It has all the hallmarks of a well-known 80s film yet fell into obscurity...

    • @michaeljasinski1906
      @michaeljasinski1906 5 місяців тому

      Helen should Re-Boot...call it...SuperWoman! No, seriously, SuperWoman and the Return to Kandor Yes a 60 year old wise sage who via a Ship from Earth returns to the shrunken city of Kandor held captive by Braniac , of course she has No Super powers ( only on Earth) so she uses the Braniac to restore Kandor to an Alternative Planet i.e. Mars and becomes Terraformed .because of Space/ Time/ Alien Tech knowlogy All inhabitants are Super human.in Earth prospective. But they are all equal on Mars, so in essence they have No"Superpowers"

    • @Summon256
      @Summon256 4 місяці тому

      I remember her mostly as love interest for young Patrick Dempsey in "Happy Together" 80's romantic flick...loved that film and they were both young and full of youthful energy at the time and Patrcik wasn't dickhead at the time, that he became later on...

    • @Fctsdntcarebouturfeelings
      @Fctsdntcarebouturfeelings 4 місяці тому +1

      Just finished watching it on UA-cam and ended up here😂.

  • @animatorFan74
    @animatorFan74 Рік тому +38

    She's sooooo pretty even all these years later. Doesn't look like she aged much. :)

    • @cjpatz
      @cjpatz 4 місяці тому +5

      It just boggles my mind why anyone would go the “Madonna” route and inject and implant all kinds of chemicals in order to stay young, when you can still look great being older.

    • @garethjd78
      @garethjd78 4 місяці тому +1

      Some people like Madonna don’t age well naturally. Madonna’s physically exhausting life and touring didn’t help, but looking at her younger sisters - Madonna had to.

    • @cjpatz
      @cjpatz 4 місяці тому

      @@garethjd78 I guess, but it’s not like she’s turning into an ogre. What’s is she gonna get? Wrinkles, some sagging skin, gray or white hair, crows feet? And I get getting some work done, but the best ones are the ones you can’t tell. She obviously overdid it.

    • @Summon256
      @Summon256 4 місяці тому

      I don't mean to sound like dick, but she aged a whole lot lmao...especially in the last 5 or 6 years...the last time she appeared as cameo in Supergirl episode she still looked okay, but since then she was starting aging rapidly, so no she doesn't look you g at all...if anything she looks just loke her age, just like you would expect 60 years old person to look like actually, maybe only slightly younger...

    • @raul0ca
      @raul0ca 2 місяці тому

      60 year old teenager

  • @sakaridis
    @sakaridis 11 місяців тому +16

    Such a gorgeous woman! And what a lovely, soothing voice! 🥰

  • @cjpatz
    @cjpatz 4 місяці тому +18

    To let you know how perfect she was for Supergirl, she was the first girl to audition and just seeing her, they already made up their mind; she’s the one!

  • @luckrequired5382
    @luckrequired5382 Рік тому +30

    She's amazing, there's something special about her, it's a crime she only got one outing as Kara.

    • @JessicaChastainFan
      @JessicaChastainFan Рік тому +3

      Two. She did motion capture for her brief appearance in The Flash movie.

  • @MarcAmAlb
    @MarcAmAlb Рік тому +13

    Still as beautiful and lovely as 40 years ago.

  • @petergabriel8448
    @petergabriel8448 Рік тому +17

    She has such a calm and pleasing voice and attitude.

  • @MrMisuma
    @MrMisuma Рік тому +30

    I refuse to call it a guilty pleasure. I love the movie 💙

    • @billywashere6965
      @billywashere6965 Рік тому +5

      Same here. Cheesy as it may be, the movie has a lot of charm.

    • @DanielAppleton-lr9eq
      @DanielAppleton-lr9eq Рік тому +1

      @@billywashere6965Superman 3 was OK, even though it got turned into a comedy vehicle. They WERE planning on introducing Supergirl in it.

    • @kevin10001
      @kevin10001 9 місяців тому +2

      @@DanielAppleton-lr9eqthe original idea of having a love triangle between brainiacs Superman and supergirl was the reason supergirl turned out like it it did cause Christopher was supposed to be in supergirl but refused over how they were going to introduce her in Superman 3 cause he knew they were cousins and didn’t want Superman falling in love with his cousin and Superman 3 being more of a Richard Pryor movie is the end result of a Terrible first idea then Margo asking for less screen time

  • @floretionguru2977
    @floretionguru2977 Рік тому +6

    When I was young I had a list of "top 5 most beautiful women of the 80s"- since then some have popped in and out of the list but she and Mia Sara have always been "permanent members" and are both still stunning to this day.

  • @rafaelvieri2161
    @rafaelvieri2161 Рік тому +7

    Just watched for the First time and, you know what, It was pretty good. Deserved better box office, and If anything, more recognition.

  • @Mild_Peril
    @Mild_Peril Рік тому +13

    She was my first ever crush as Supergirl. Still very beautiful

  • @nebularain3338
    @nebularain3338 Рік тому +9

    Supergirl gets a lot of heat, but it was a genuinely good and entertaining film. People shit on it becasue the scale was much smaller and more intimate than the Reeve films, but I felt that made it very unique and fitting for the "innocent girl in a strange place" vibe they were going for.
    Also, the musical score and production design were incredible, plus this movie EASILY has the best flying scenes in all of the "Super" franchise.
    Sad we never got a Reeve/Slater team up movie, but that shouldn't take away anything from the Supergirl film.

  • @noahpartic7586
    @noahpartic7586 Рік тому +13

    I remember Helen Slater in The Supergirl film in the 80's, worth it.
    18 when she did the film? Incredible.

    • @DanielAppleton-lr9eq
      @DanielAppleton-lr9eq Рік тому +1

      The script was rewritten several times. They'd originally planned to use Superman 3 as a " launchpad " for Supergirl & instead used it for Richard Pryor's character.

    • @noahpartic7586
      @noahpartic7586 Рік тому +1

      @DanielAppleton-lr9eq Interesting.
      I wish Supergirl could go as far as The Superman films with Christopher Reeve. Why should he have all the fun? Helen looks like she could still do it today.
      Anyway, Richard Pryor did good too. RIP😭.

    • @DanielAppleton-lr9eq
      @DanielAppleton-lr9eq Рік тому

      @@noahpartic7586 I'm just glad that they didn't have her as part of Superman 3 like they planned to. I heard that they were going to have a FUBAR storyline for it that would make the Gus Gorman / Richard Pryor storyline seem like Shakespeare.

  • @TeXXicJA
    @TeXXicJA Рік тому +7

    Billie Jean! 🎶"We will be INVICIBLE"🎶

  • @eddierascalhaskell4954
    @eddierascalhaskell4954 Рік тому +6

    Helen's Supergirl is the closest to age appropriate Supergirl they've had so far.
    I never got into the show and one of the main reasons is that I couldnt wrap my mind around a mid-20, almost 30 something woman still calling herself "Supergirl".

  • @tonymanero7428
    @tonymanero7428 6 місяців тому +2

    I just realized the Podcast guy is Lex Luthor! 😂

  • @survivor648
    @survivor648 4 місяці тому +3

    I think it’s really cool that they chose her to play Supergirl’s mom on the series 😊

  • @Andmusicforall-y5t
    @Andmusicforall-y5t 6 місяців тому +2

    Helen is, and will always be the woman who changed my life in the sense that even today Supergirl is my fave comic book character, I love blondes and would love to meet her in one Comic Con. I would die happy there!

  • @SupermanForeverFan-nw6pr
    @SupermanForeverFan-nw6pr 11 місяців тому +2

    I've watched Supergirl on DVD twice and Helen Slater is so beautiful

  • @DimitriYar
    @DimitriYar 7 місяців тому +1

    Helen Slater was my Supergirl until Laura Diane Vandervoort hits Smallville. It was Helen´s first movie ever. Thanks to Lynn Stalmaster i know her. I had a crusch on Helen and collest many movie´s with her. Helen also aged superfine like fiune vine. Ilove Helen the same as Laura. Also she is super nice and a good human being. I have a hope that Laura carries the torch forward! Because they both are the best ever !

  • @justinsmith4941
    @justinsmith4941 11 місяців тому +3

    My first was Helen Slater when I saw her in supergirl

  • @DaveMiller2
    @DaveMiller2 Рік тому +4

    She's still beautiful.

  • @DavidCooper-cb4zp
    @DavidCooper-cb4zp 4 місяці тому +1

    Jerry Goldsmiths score was amazing!

  • @paul5331
    @paul5331 Рік тому +3

    Supergirl is great had the biggest crush on her and still do❤️watched secret of my success a could of weeks ago haven't seen it in years she always looks amazing

  • @MrAwesome84
    @MrAwesome84 4 місяці тому

    She´s born in 1963, and Supergirl is from 1984.

  • @octaviocastro198
    @octaviocastro198 Рік тому +4

    She still looks amazing

  • @spikeep6141
    @spikeep6141 3 місяці тому

    Tracy Eddon...!! I know Tracy Eddon! (Her Work, I mean -- )
    She was also, a few years later, Sophie Aldred's stunt double,
    used to be the BEST Stuntwoman workin' in The Business back in her prime --

  • @Starlexis8
    @Starlexis8 Місяць тому +1

    @Helen Slater

  • @jugghead82
    @jugghead82 Рік тому +2

    Super Girl was a GREAT movie loved IT

  • @amandapaisley4802
    @amandapaisley4802 2 місяці тому

    I adored "Supergirl". Also, she was fantastic in " The Secret of My Success". "Who are YOU calling a bimbo?!?" Wonderful...for as soft-spoken as she seems, comedy seems to come naturally too.

  • @brendanbannon78
    @brendanbannon78 Рік тому +1

    Helen Slater Portrayed Supergirl from 1984 Flim Before Melendy Britt voiced She-Ra in the Secret of the Sword (1985),Terri Hawkes and Stephanie Sheh Voiced Sailor Moon in the anime movies and Tara Strong Voiced Bubbles in The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002),with Red Boots,Blonde Hair,Red Cape,Blue Clothes,Heat and X-Ray Vision

  • @schtoop
    @schtoop Рік тому +1

    It was objectivly bad movie but I must've watched it 100x. I was in "teen" love with Billie Jean :-)

  • @RobertsDigital
    @RobertsDigital 3 місяці тому

    I came here because I watched her in the movie "12:01" which has remained within my top 10 favorite movies of all times.
    I developed a crush on her as Lisa Fredericks.
    I'll have to check out her other movies when I can.

  • @Billionaireben
    @Billionaireben 2 місяці тому

    When I saw Supergirl, Helen Slater was only 38; that's so young.

  • @Graniteheart
    @Graniteheart 11 місяців тому +1

    Helen Slater as Supergirl was arguably my first childhood crush along with Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia

  • @codycrossman
    @codycrossman 3 місяці тому

    This movie and Helen will always be close to my childhood and heart. The scene in The Phantom Zone with Peter O'Toole always fascinated me when I was young. (I was born the same year the movie was released.) 😊

  • @Rab_Daddy
    @Rab_Daddy Рік тому +2

    Who didn’t crush on Helen Slater!

    • @r0bw00d
      @r0bw00d 4 місяці тому

      Indeed. I knew several straight girls who would've gone gay for her.

  • @Horizon25
    @Horizon25 2 місяці тому

    Helen is so kind, she is so thoughtful and a very cool woman

  • @Fctsdntcarebouturfeelings
    @Fctsdntcarebouturfeelings 4 місяці тому

    Still so beautiful. I wish I aged like her 😅.

  • @tsrbrad
    @tsrbrad Рік тому +2

    Ruthless People!

  • @LilyQueenmas
    @LilyQueenmas Місяць тому

    She is insanely beautiful, not on the outside but inside as well

  • @mrjoemikeymercado8197
    @mrjoemikeymercado8197 15 днів тому

    Helen slater supergirl,, 💓💓💓

  • @phillaysheo8
    @phillaysheo8 14 днів тому

    Secret of My Success is her best movie

  • @BatmanFan2274
    @BatmanFan2274 Рік тому +1

    Still love her as Supergirl

  • @roughroadrunner88
    @roughroadrunner88 7 місяців тому +1

    Still beautiful ❤

  • @D00R
    @D00R 4 місяці тому

    The Salkines messed this movie up, they did Reeves dirty with Superman 3 so he didn’t want to be part of supergirl and the script had him in it. Then they edited the movie that it ended up incoherent. There was multiple versions of the movie.

  • @jimmorrish6771
    @jimmorrish6771 3 місяці тому

    such a beautiful lady

  • @GravyGoodbread
    @GravyGoodbread 4 місяці тому

    That’s her?!?!?!☠️☠️☠️

  • @legotimefuntime5438
    @legotimefuntime5438 7 місяців тому

    Maybe James Gunn should cast her as Martha Kent in Superman Legacy.

  • @joshuaburns3167
    @joshuaburns3167 6 місяців тому

    She was so hot

  • @mikehess4494
    @mikehess4494 Рік тому +1

    👍

  • @cullenkehoe5184
    @cullenkehoe5184 Рік тому +9

    Supergirl was kinda weird. The villain was a witch and the whole thing was kind of ocultish. I saw it was I was 7 or 8. The lead actress (her) was good.

    • @andrewmurray1550
      @andrewmurray1550 Рік тому +2

      pretty much all superhero movies have supernatural elements to them, why is Supergirl any different? Whether it be Thor or Green Lantern or Spiderman. (and on that subject why is Toby McGuire's Spiderman SpiderMAN where Helen Slater's Supergirl is SuperGIRL. Even the WB series doesn't portray Kara as a school student, she's a journalist working for Ally McBeal (sorry...Cat Grant).

  • @blajesse
    @blajesse Рік тому

    I never saw it and grew up in the 80s. Always thought she was a hot actress and just kinda poised. ❤

  • @jfearless3420
    @jfearless3420 Рік тому +1

    Trampolining???

  • @Sean-l4i
    @Sean-l4i Рік тому

    Really good news and I guess she has close to my age and thank you and really 😘 team work 🙏

  • @sie4431
    @sie4431 Рік тому

    Did she get her dates wrong? According to Wikipedia her 19th birthday was december 82, around six months before filming started and 18months before the premiere

    • @Pogol13
      @Pogol13 11 місяців тому

      She said that she was 19 when they started filming.

  • @thebadgamer1967
    @thebadgamer1967 4 місяці тому

    She was awesome in ruthless people

  • @MegaCunnie
    @MegaCunnie Рік тому

    1984.

  • @cordatusscire344
    @cordatusscire344 Рік тому

    Heh. Gaining weight for a role. Shh.. careful Icarus, they might be listening.

  • @bobbylee_
    @bobbylee_ 4 місяці тому

    I remember being in the 6th grade and reporting on the Supergirl film for my current events assignment.