Batgirl Movie Will Explore Jim Gordon As a Father, Says JK Simmons
J.K. Simmons says the Batgirl movie will explore Jim Gordon as a father to the titular heroine and praises Leslie Grace's performance. The Oscar winner first brought the Gotham City Police Commissioner to life with the theatrical cut of the DC Extended Universe's Justice League, in which he briefly appeared to talk with Batman to learn of the world-threatening enemies in the metropolitan city. He would return for Zack Snyder's extended version of the film released on HBO Max last year.
Batgirl will mark the DCEU debut of Barbara Gordon, Jim's daughter who becomes an officer in the GCPD but eventually turns to a life of vigilantism as the city comes under attack from the sociopathic pyromaniac Firefly. In the Heights' Leslie Grace leads the cast in the titular role alongside Simmons as Gordon, Brendan Fraser as Firefly, Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Ivory Aquino as Alysia Yeoh and Jacob Scipio, Rebecca Front, Corey Johnson and Ethan Kai in undisclosed roles. As production trucks alongs on Batgirl, those behind the film are offering some insight on what's to come from their characters.
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While speaking with the Academy Awards' A.Frame, J.K. Simmons offered new insight for his return as Jim Gordon in the upcoming Batgirl movie. The star teased that the film will see his character granted an expanded role and that it will explore Gordon as a father to the titular heroine. See what Simmons shared below:
«The tiny role that Commissioner Gordon played in Justice League was very businesslike and very, 'Let's see if we can stave off the end of the world!' What appealed to me about this movie was from Jim Gordon's point of voice, it's really more a story about
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