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Who is Our New Batwoman?
I was obviously disappointed to hear that Ruby Rose is exiting CW’s Batwoman after a single season. She was born to play Kate Kane, and her amazing portrayal is going to be a hard act to follow.
The CW, not wanting to kill a show with decent ratings after one season, initially said they were going to recast Kate Kane.
Then they abruptly backpedaled, and informed us that instead a completely new character, Ryan Wilder, will be putting on the cowl.
On Wednesday, we found out who will be playing the new lead.
Who is Javicia Leslie?
Javicia Leslie is a 33-year-old German-American actor. She is bisexual (which I believe is a good choice when a key part of the show is that the lead is not straight. Like Kane, Wilder is openly lesbian). Oh, and she’s also Black (is this why the abrupt change? Did they not think we could handle a change of race on a recast?)
She just finished work on CBS’ God Friended Me, a show that didn’t interest me, but which is apparently a dramedy that ran for three seasons. The tagline is “An atheist’s life is turned upside down when God adds him as a friend on Facebook.”
In fact, most of her chops lean towards comedy. This might indicate that the show is going to go in a lighter-hearted direction? Part of me hopes so…