Transgender actress Ivory Aquino (“When We Rise”) joins DC’s new “Batgirl” as Barbara Gordon’s best friend and bartender Alysia Yeoh.
This is also the first transgender character in a DC live-action film.
Leslie Grace as Barbara, J.K. Simmons returns as Chief Gordon & Barbara’s father, Michael Keaton returns as Batman, Brendan Fraser as the villain Firefly, and Jacob Scipio also stars.
“Batgirl,” directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah, with a script by Christina Hodson (“Bumblebee”, “Birds of Prey”), will be available on HBO Max.
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Several characters in the comics have used the title Batgirl, most notably Barbara Gordon.
She has no superpowers, is good at fighting, is also a computer expert, and has all kinds of cool auxiliary equipment like Batman.
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