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Batgirl: 7 Actresses Who Should Play the DCEU Heroine

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Our picks for who Joss Whedon should consider to don the cape in the just announced solo film.

dauntingpixel2582d ago

ok.. i';ve seen about 4 different sites with their "who should be batgirl" commentary. most of it is trash but one thing they all seem to have in common is changing race. can we all agree that doing this would be utterly foolish? it's not a racist thing. it's a STICK TO THE GODDAMN SOURCE. i feel like joss would stick to that but based on how everyone seems to think changing barbara gordon to a black woman is a half way decent idea and it's not.

Porcelain_Chicken2580d ago

Lol agreed! I'm ok when it's an obscure character that gets a race change. Like Deadshot for instance who transitioned well. Not jut race-wise but personality wise. But someone like Johnny Storm who not only changed race but because of that, had to have his entire relationship with with his sister Sue altered and his entire lore to boot! Established characters should stay as so. J.k Simmons is already James Gordon, we don't need an adopted Batgirl... Please WB. PLEASE. Don't f--k this up! >.< Joss being involved brings me some level of comfort though.

annoyedgamer2579d ago

The mere suggestion that we should stick to source material is racist.

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Oddmania2580d ago (Edited 2580d ago )

I was really enthusiastic about the Black Peter Parker and the Chinese Superman (yes, I actually was), but Barbara Gordon simply has got to have fair eyes and red hair. This is part of her character. Just like Poison Ivy.

The first actress I thought of was obviously Emma Stone, but I'm assuming they're going to depict Batgirl as a young college graduate (as in the latest issues of the comic book), and so they're probably going for someone slightly younger. What about Shailene Woodley? She looks the part and has great dramatic skills (I still haven't gotten over the fact that her scenes as Mary-Jane got cut off The Amazing Spiderman 2). Evan Rachel Wood would be a great pick too. Chloe Grace Moretz is already involved in the live-action version of 'The Little Mermaid', so I doubt she'd do it.

dauntingpixel2580d ago

sooo... i'm confused by this

on one hand you seem to like the idea of sticking to the characters original designs, but on another you think a chinese Superman and black spider-man is awesome. why?

Oddmania2579d ago (Edited 2579d ago )

This is subjective, I guess. When I think of Peter Parker, I think of a lonely, self-taught teenager. Period. I wouldn't mind him being blonde-haired, Black or Asian. Think of The Flash: he's got blonde hair in the comics, but no one cares, because that's not important. I was excited about the Chinese Superman, but I never saw him as Clark Kent. It was just a new superhero series set in Hong Kong, so I thought it sounded cool. Batgirl's red hair is what makes her iconic, though. I just think of DC characters as more iconic and less 'flexible' than Marvel characters: Superman is dark-haired, Wonder Woman is dark-haired, Poison Ivy is red-haired. That's just who they are.

WelkinCole2580d ago

Shailene Woodley is over rated. Seen her in Divergent and she was terrible.

Oddmania2579d ago

Well, the movies are terrible. You should see her in dramas like The Spectacular Now or HBO's Big Little Lies. She's the real deal.

level 3602580d ago

Courtney Eaton from Gods of Egypt

xer02579d ago

This film will bomb badly.

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