One of the cast members of the recently cancelled superhero movie, Batgirl, is speaking out about its future. Following a report in The Hollywood Reporter that "funeral screenings" of the unfinished film were being held on the Warner Bros. lot before the footage was put in the studio's vault—and possibly even destroyed—actress and outspoken trans advocate Ivory Aquino wrote an open letter to David Zaslav, head of Warner Bros. Discovery, on Twitter.
"As one of many who poured our hearts into the making of this movie, I ask that this measure be reconsidered," In his letter, Aquino alluded to the notion that Warners would destroy the existing material in order to obtain a tax write-off for the production that was terminated. "As much as I’ve tried my best to be strong these past few weeks, I’d find myself crying, for lack of a better term, from grief, and tonight was one of those nights."
Leslie Grace played Barbara Gordon in the movie "Batgirl," which was directed by Belgian partners Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Barbara Gordon is the daughter of Gotham City police commissioner James Gordon (J.K. Simmons, reprising his role from Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League), and she joins the ranks of the city's after-dark cape crusaders, including Michael Keaton's classic Batman, in the hunt for the fire- (Brendan Fraser). Alysia Yeoh, a transgender Singaporean bartender who debuted in comic books in 2011, was portrayed by Aquino as Barbara's closest friend.
One of the cast members of the recently cancelled superhero movie, Batgirl, is speaking out about its future. Following a report in The Hollywood Reporter that "funeral screenings" of the unfinished film were being held on the Warner Bros. lot before the footage was stored in the studio's vault and possibly destroyed, actress and outspoken trans advocate Ivory Aquino wrote an open letter to David Zaslav, head of Warner Bros. Discovery, on Twitter.
"As one of many who poured our hearts into the making of this movie, I ask that this measure be reconsidered," In his letter, Aquino alluded to the notion that Warners would destroy the existing material in order to obtain a tax write-off for the production that was terminated. "As much as I’ve tried my best to be strong these past few weeks, I’d find myself crying, for lack of a better term, from grief, and tonight was one of those nights."
Leslie Grace played Barbara Gordon in the movie "Batgirl," which was directed by Belgian partners Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Barbara Gordon is the daughter of Gotham City police commissioner James Gordon (J.K. Simmons, reprising his role from Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League), and she joins the ranks of the city's after-dark cape crusaders, including Michael Keaton's classic Batman, in the hunt for the fire- (Brendan Fraser). Alysia Yeoh, a transgender Singaporean bartender who debuted in comic books in 2011, was portrayed by Aquino as Barbara's closest friend. Batgirl marked her DC Extended Universe debut, and promised to be one of the most diverse DC adaptations yet.
Naturally, that diversity triggered a vocal minority of comic book fans who regularly push back against so-called "woke" takes on popular superheroes. And Aquino directly addressed that predictable reaction in her open letter, writing: "As much as Batgirl has been labeled a woke film, it simply came together that way because of writing that reflects the world we live in." The actress also revealed her intensely personal connection to the story that El Arbi and Fallah hoped to tell.
"More than anything, it is a father-daughter story which hits close to home as my Dad passed a year ago, shortly before I booked this project," she revealed. "I was hoping it would resonate with other children around the world, grown and not-so-grown, who hold their fathers in the highest esteem and who could see Batgirl as a story of that special bond." Aquino added that she spoke with Grace the day word came down that the movie was being shelved. "[She] only had words of comfort and support. I’ve dared not ask since if she’s spent nights holding back tears like I have because she has had to be the face of our Batgirl family and has had to put on a brave face as a way of taking care of us the way she gracefully steered our film."
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