Brendan Fraser's Lost DCEU Villain Is A Criminal Mistake

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The recent cancellation of Batgirl when it was all but finished is a tragedy in many ways, but losing Brendan Fraser as the film's villain is a huge mistake made on WB's part. Brendan Fraser was set to star opposite Leslie Grace's titular character as the film's main villain, Firefly. Firefly is a character from DC Comics who often appears as part of Batman's central rogues gallery, with Fraser set to portray a different take on the character.

However, with Warner Bros. opting not to release the film in any capacity, audiences will no longer get to see Fraser's portrayal of the character. This would be unfortunate in any situation, however, given that Brendan Fraser is seeing a career resurgence after some serious past struggles, the loss of his portrayal due to Warner Bros. Batgirl cancellation is tough to take. It would have been great to see Fraserback in a big-budget, Hollywood franchise portraying a different take on a famous supervillain, and it is beyond disappointing that his performance won't be seen.

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While the cancelation of Batgirl is unlikely to completely derail Fraser's renaissance, as he will be appearing in Darren Aronofsky's The Whale and Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, it would've been amazing to see Fraser in another Hollywood movie after many grew up watching him in franchises like The Mummy, for example. Regardless, the cancellation of the film is now causing issues across the board, with the directors' work, the cast's performances, and the continuation of Gotham in the DCEU now taken completely off Warner Bros. slate.

Now that it is official that Batgirl won't be released, potentially spelling trouble for