‘Batgirl’ Actress Ivory Aquino Begs David Zaslav to Reconsider Releasing the Film: ‘She’s Always Been the Underdog’
thewrap.com“Batgirl” actress Ivory Aquino is hoping Warner Bros. Discovery head David Zaslav might reconsider his decision to scrap the superhero film, considering the outpouring of support for the movie since its demise this month.
In an open letter on Twitter, Aquino asked Zaslav to “consider releasing” the film, because really, Batgirl has “always been the underdog.”Earlier this year, Aquino was cast in the film as Alysia Yeoh, a trans woman and roommate of Barbara Gordon’s (Leslie Grace) who was introduced in the “Batgirl” comics by writer Gail Simone and artist Ardian Syaf in 2011.
Aquino’s character would have marked the first transgender character ever in a DC Comics film.Her thoughts came in response to reports of “Batgirl” screenings happening on the Warner Bros.
lot this week, said to be exclusively for people who worked on the movie as well as representatives and executives. Those reports also indicated that, following the screenings, there’s a possibility that Warners will outright destroy the footage of the unreleased film.
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