Sensing that a change in style might help her career, Slater played against-type in the raunchy 'A House in the Hills' in 1993, sizzling on the screen with Michael Madsen. That led on to 'No Way Back' in 1996 with Russell Crowe, but she was still finding big parts few and far between. During this time, though, the original 'Supergirl' movie was being revised by a new audience and accepted as a cult hit.
Eventually, shows set in the 'Superman' and 'Supergirl' films returned to television, and Slater decided to go with the flow. She had a recurring part as Superman's mother in 'Smallville,' and now she's gone completely meta as Supergirl's mom in the TV version of 'Supergirl.' If people are going to link you with one role forever anyway, you might as well take the money and embrace it!