Mere days after CBS found its "Supergirl" in actress Melissa Benoist, she has found her love interest. Mehcad Brooks has joined the cast, as James "Jimmy" Olsen, Comic Book Resources is reporting.
Jimmy, based on the DC Comics character, is an attractive photographer at CatCo, the media company where Kara Zor-El works, as an assistant to Cat Grant, (who the producers have yet to find in terms of casting). Recently, Jimmy has been living and working in National City, though the reason is still a secret.
In the "Superman" comics, Jimmy was always a nebbish third wheel, but was close friends with Lois Lane and Kara's cousin, Clark Kent. The Olsen character was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and has been a part of other adaptations of "Superman" from the outset...the character being introduced in the radio show "The Adventures of Superman" in 1940, and debuted in comics a year later. Jimmy Olsen has also appeared many times in film, television, and animation, and even had his own comic, "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" that ran from 1954 to 1974.
"Supergirl" is executive produced by Greg Berlanti ("The Flash," "Arrow") and Ali Adler ("Glee," "The New Normal"), and hails from Berlanti Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. Berlanti and Adler wrote the hour long pilot.
Brooks is best known for his work in "Necessary Roughness," "True Blood" and "Desperate Housewives."
