Leslie Grace addresses comments that Batgirl was unreleasable – and the character's potential DC future
Leslie Grace, star of the scrapped Batgirl movie, has addressed comments that the HBO Max film was not releasable.
DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran recently criticized the movie, going as far as claiming it would have hurt the brand had it seen the light of day. "I saw the movie, and there are a lot of incredibly talented people in front of and behind the camera on that film," he said. "That film was not releasable. 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."
When Variety (opens in new tab) asked Grace about the comments, she responded by revealing she met with Warner Bros. bosses Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca, who she said explained "what they felt about the project, things that were out of their hands, plans and budgets that were set in place before they were even part of the team," but "weren't really specific on anything creative in terms of what they felt about the film and how it would've hurt DC creatively."
Grace added: "But I'm a human being, and people have perceptions and people read things. And when words are expressed very lightly about work that people really dedicated a lot of time to – not just myself but the whole crew – I can understand how it could be frustrating." She also confirmed that she has not spoken to Safran or co-CEO James Gunn.
As for Batgirl's quality, Grace only had positive things to say. "I got to see the film as far as it got to; the film wasn't complete by the time that it was tested," she revealed. "There were a bunch of scenes that weren't even in there. They were at the beginning of the editing process, and
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