It does seem somewhat fated that Glau ended up being such nerd royalty. She's a huge nerd herself. Well, sometimes. Whilst the role of Cameron in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was written specifically for her, because Josh Friedman was such a fan of her fight scenes in Serenity, she had never seen a single one of the time-travelling murder robots before she got the job, necessitating a crash course. She may not have much time for James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger's epics of red eyes and Guns N Roses, but she's a tried and true comic book junkie. She appeared as a villain in The CW's critically acclaimed superhero show Arrow, donning a costume inspired by classic DC villain Deathstroke under the name Ravager. Before she indulged her bad side, however, she got to voice one of her favourite comic book characters in the direct-to-DVD animated movie Superman/Batman: Apocalypse. Glau was pretty much a no-brainer to play Kara Zor-El, better known as Supergirl, the long-lost cousin of the Man Of Steel. Any chance she might reprise the role in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice...?
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
