I think the only one I ever saw wasHalle Berryas Catwoman.
Washington wishes she could have seen someone like Beth Chapel on TV when she was younger.
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ANJELIKA WASHINGTON:Yeah, it 100 percent is, which is super-exciting for people to finally see it.
How much did you know about theStargirlcomics or this character before you landed this role?
Oh, I knew nothing, absolutely nothing at all.
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I actually didn’t even know when I was auditioning that I was auditioning for a superhero!
It was so under wraps.
I mean, the character’s name was Rachel.
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And I just thought that she was like Courtney’s [Brec Bassinger] best friend.
I just could not figure out who I was.
She has a friend in the actual comics and I thought maybe I was her.
But I wasn’t sure because there’s no Rachel anywhere.
So all that was so new to me, I had no clue.
That first day, I did look her up immediately.
I was like, “Wait, I’m not in shape enough to be a superhero.
I don’t look like a superhero.”
It really is: Anyone can be a superhero.
Anyone can be a part of it.
You just have to be willing to step up and be courageous and do the work.
Beth also feels so revolutionary because of her unflinching enthusiasm.
No matter what, she’s excited about everything, which feels so perfectly teenage girl.
What has it been like bringing that kind of energy to the team?
It’s really fun to be that excited all the time.
It also takes a lot of green tea to be that excited all the time.
But she really is a lot like me; I’m naturally excited just about everything.
I think passion is really the heart of it.
So it’s just like a new level of me.
She just goes for it, she’s fearless, and I love that about her.
We haven’t seen Beth in any action scenes yet, unlike Courtney or Yolanda [Yvette Monreal].
What are we going to see from you in that regard this season?
You’ll see Beth develop a love for her goggles and the love for the JSA like none other.
Right now she’s kind of out of place.
And then there’ll be lots of fun twists along the way.
DC’s Stargirlreleases new episodes Mondays on DC Universe and airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CW.
