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Supergirl is ditching the skirt!

Melissa Benoist took to Instagram to share a photo of the new super suit, and she’s now wearing blue pants, instead of a red skirt.

“We’ve been talking about pants since season 1,” she told EW. “Every time a writer from the show has come up, and it’s freezing cold in Vancouver, I’m like, ‘Guys, please can I not wear tights?’ I love [Kara’s old costume]. I haven’t changed it because it so works, and I think it is very Kara. I’ve always felt that — until recently, I’m like, ‘Something’s gotta give.’”

“I just think it’s more adult,” Melissa added. “Part of my goal in this whole series for whenever the show ends, I just want there to be a very clear arc for this character that she evolved as a woman and found her femininity and her adulthood, just a self-discovery.”

A new Supergirl suit with pants was teased in the season four finale. You can see those pics in the gallery!

Melissa Benoist is moving to the other side of the camera!

The 30-year-old actress will make her directorial debut with the 17th episode of Supergirl Season 5, EW reports.

“I’ve been wanting to direct since Season 3, but couldn’t last year because of scheduling conflicts, so [star] David Harewood did it first,” Melissa said. “I just felt really drawn to it for a couple of seasons now, just because you know the show so well, and you get to know the character, and the world, and the tone of the show so well that you can’t help but envision certain scenes in a certain way. I want to play with that.”

Melissa says that making her directorial debut on a huge superhero show like Supergirl is daunting, but she’s been learning from the best.

“These shows are so massive that it’s not like directing any other show on TV, I would imagine, and everyone has said as much to me. I’m literally trying to be a sponge, and I will learn something new every single day I’m shadowing,” she explained. “It’s just a matter of talking to actors, making sure everyone feels creative and collaborative even though we have these massive constraints with budget and special effects. It’s like a chess game, I’ve realized. You move your pawn one way, and then someone knocks your rook down because you can’t do a certain stunt you wanted to do. It’s all about compromising and trying to be as creative as you can within those boundaries, which is a cool challenge.”

Find out exactly how Melissa Benoist nabbed the lead role in Supergirl here!

Melissa Benoist can not wipe the smile off her face while walking with her fiance Chris Wood out in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon (June 3).

The happily engaged couple, and once Supergirl co-stars, were seen heading to a coffee shop in West Hollywood.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Melissa Benoist

If you missed it, Melissa stepped out at the Dior Backstage party just last month looking totally chic.

See the cute pics of Melissa with Chris in the gallery inside!

Maia Mitchell and Sabrina Carpenter are looking too cute!

The stars joined Bella Hadid, Billie Lourd, Jaime King, Georgie Flores and Melissa Benoist on Wednesday (May 8) at the Dior Backstage Party in Los Angeles.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Bella Hadid

Mackenzie Foy, Ella Balinska, Gideon Adlon, Sabrina Carpenter, Skai Jackson, Maia Mitchell, Odeya Rush, Alexa Demie and Isabel May were also in attendance at the event.

Camila Coelho, Amanda Steele, Janice Joostema, Rose Bertram, Kailand Morris, Myles O’Neal, Mamoudou Athie and Cordell Broadus looked chic at the party.

“🖤Back in LA launching our new @diormakeup backstage collection with @peterphilipsmakeup 🖤 See you tonight #DiorBackstage … video by @joachimjohnson 📹,” Bella wrote on her Instagram.

Melissa Benoist has been nailing the role of Supergirl since the start and it’s not hard to see why.

Casting director David Rapaport spoke with Entertainment Weekly in a new interview and opened up about recruiting Melissa for the part.

For the series title role, the prototype was actually Jennifer Lawrence.

“There’s a quality about Jennifer Lawrence, an openness, a goofiness. She’s relatable,” he shared, instantly remembering that Melissa had all of those qualities. “I got to know Melissa, and she seemed to encapsulate all these qualities they were looking for.”

As for finding Natalie Maines for Nia Nal, aka Dreamer, she was a bit harder to find.

“I was scared because I wanted to get it right,” David shared of casting the first transgender superhero role.

He added that Natalie was “from Maine, so she took a little bit of digging to find. But this was such a great opportunity to tell an amazing story, and Nicole is a great actress and an outspoken activist. She’s such a hero to me.”

SuperGirl airs Sundays on The CW.

Danielle Panabaker just recently made her Hallmark Movie premiere last year in Christmas Joy, and she’s looking forward to more.

In a new interview, the -year-old actress revealed the three other Arrowverse stars that she’d love to do a Hallmark movie with, and her first pick was Supergirl‘s Melissa Benoist.

“I would like to do one with Melissa…It’s just a dream to work with her,” Danielle shared with IBT. “She laughs every day. She’s so fun to be around. She’s got great energy. So, I think she would be my first choice.”

Her second pick went to Tom Cavanagh, who currently stars in a movie series called Darrow & Darrow.

Danielle‘s final pick was Wally West portrayer Keiynan Lonsdale.

“These are all totally selfish about who do I think I would have fun with. I think Keiynan, actually. I think we would have a great time,” she added. “I think we could laugh and enjoy ourselves. I think that would be — I think we would enjoy it.”

What do you think of her picks?

Congrats to Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood – they just got engaged!!!

The longtime couple, who starred as on-screen couple Kara and Mon-El on Supergirl, just revealed their engagement to fans on social media.

“The happiest. ♥️,” Chris captioned a pic of the two on his feed, showing off Melissa‘s gorgeous ring.

Melissa added on her own account with the same pic, “yes yes yes it will always be yes♥️.”

Just moments later, Chris teased that their upcoming nuptials would be “soon”.

Melissa was previously married to Blake Jenner. They divorced in 2017.

Congrats to the happy couple!