Leslie Grace Shares Her Thoughts on Being Cast as Barbara Gordon in DC's BATGIRL Movie
A couple of months ago we learned that In The Heights star Leslie Grace was cast in the role of Barbara Gordon in DC’s upcoming Batgirl feature film. There were a lot of mixed reactions from the fans in regards to the casting, but I’m looking forward to seeing how it turns out because I like Batgirl!
Variety ended up doing a brief interview with Grace at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, and they asked her how she learned she would be playing Barbara Gordon in the adaptation. She goes on to share her thoughts on landing the role, saying:
"It was an incredible moment. When I mean incredible, I mean the textbook definition of, I could not believe it. My brain actually broke when I got the news. The directors actually called me, and the producers were on the line. They called me under the pretense, or had me hop on a Zoom link under the pretense that I was doing a final test -- that this was just another step in the process. It was the middle of the day, and I was looking crazy, and they were like, 'Get on the phone really fast; this could be a final test or some news or something.' So I hop on, and I only see our two directors, Adil [El Arbi] and Bilall [Fallah], who are so sweet. They were like, 'Yeah, we just want to do this final test,' but at the bottom I can see that there are eight participants, and it's recording, and I'm like, 'Alright, I don't know what this is.' And then they broke it to me like, 'We just want you to read this text; we're going to send it to your email.' And I open it and it says, 'I'm Batgirl, love Adil,' and my brain broke."
That’s pretty awesome. It’s got to be an incredibly cool and overwhelming feeling to get some great news like that!
The movie is being directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah from a script written by Christina Hodson, who previously wrote Bumblebee as well as DC’s Birds of Prey and The Flash. Kristin Burr, who recently worked on Cruella, is producing the film, which is going to be released exclusively on HBO Max. Burr said in a previous statement:
‘With Batgirl, we hope to take the audience on a fun ride and see a different side of Gotham. Christina’s script is crackling with spirit. Adil and Bilall have an excited and joyous energy which is infectious, making them the perfect filmmakers for this Batproject. And I’m just psyched I get to be part of the DC universe, which is super cool.”
Are you excited or curious about seeing what DC and WB are planning for this new Batgirl movie?