Interview: Hannah Rose May Talks Harley Quinn, Rogues’ Gallery and Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Television audiences recognize actor Hannah Rose May after her roles in shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ballers, and Altered Carbon. However, she’s quickly establishing herself as a rising star in the comic book industry too, having written stories for both Harley Quinn and Star Trek. Her creator-owned series, Rogues’ Gallery, which features the talents of a creative team including Justin Mason, Tríona Farrell, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, also made quite the splash upon arrival. In fact, Don Cheadle’s This Radicle Act optioned the story as a television series, as per Deadline.

Fortress of Solitude chatted to May about all the latest happenings in her comic book career, while also finding out more about Rogues’ Gallery and if there’s more to explore in that world. In addition, the actor discussed what would be her reaction if the opportunity to play Harley Quinn for DC films materialized as well as what’s on the horizon for her.

Fortress of Solitude: Congrats on the contribution to Harley Quinn #35. How did this opportunity present itself?

Hannah Rose May: Thanks! This came to me through a good ol’-fashioned DM from none other than the amazing DC editor, Arianna Turturro. I’m all for people sliding in my DMs… especially if they’re editors! Arianna had read my creator owned book, Rogues’ Gallery, and was a fan of it! She asked if I’d be interested in writing for DC and more specifically for Harley Quinn. I couldn’t believe it. By far, my favorite DM I’ve ever received. 

I’d like to chat more about the story since there were established parameters in place. How much free reign did you have over the story and characters chosen?

I was given some awesome creative freedom. The only parameters I needed to stay within were that these were all dream sequences but beyond that, I could pretty much do what I wanted with whatever characters I wanted to use. As a lover of action-adventure tales and dinosaurs, I wanted to find a way to weave those two together while also