Batgirl Star Leslie Grace Refutes DC Studio Boss' Claim That The Cancelled Movie "Was Not Releasable"
Contrary to what the Warner Bros Discovery bigwigs have said about the cancelled Batgirl movie being "unreleasable", Leslie Grace thought the movie was "incredible".
Grace, 28, was due to play the lead role in the US$90 million (S$120 mil) movie — directed by Belgian duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys for Life) — which had reportedly completed filming and was well into post-production before it was scrapped by Warner Bros Discovery as a tax write-off.
Early this month, DC Studios co-chair Peter Safran said, "On the Batgirl front, it’s not about late in the process of the film getting cancelled. I saw the movie, and there are a lot of incredibly talented people in front of, and behind the camera on that film.
"But that film was not releasable, and it happens sometimes. I actually think that [president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery David] Zaslav and the team made a very bold and courageous decision to cancel it because it would have hurt DC. It would have hurt those people involved."
Grace begged to differ.
Asked by Variety if she has seen the final cut of Batgirl, Grace said: "That's the one thing I asked for. I got to see the film as far as it got to; the film wasn't complete by the time it was tested. There were a bunch of scenes that weren't even in there.
"But the film I got to see — the scenes that were there — was incredible. There was definitely potential for a good film, in my opinion. Maybe we'll get to see clips of it later on."
Following news of Batgirl's cancellaton, Grace said she tried her best to see the positive side of the "deflating" news.
The In The Heights actress recalled: "It was like deflating a balloon. On that day, I was very much just taking it all in, but also so sure of the magic that happened — in my experience and what I saw in my cast, in our team — that I was like, 'This must be some crazy thing that we have no control over.'
"I tend to be a very optimistic and positive person in these types of circumstances, and I just really leaned on the beauty of the idea that I got to have this experience in my life.
"Even though I would've loved to share that with the rest of the world, nothing can take that experience away from us."
Meanwhile, if it's Bat-action you want, look out for The Flash, due in cinemas June 15, which features two versions of the Dark Knight Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton.
— BANG SHOWBIZ
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