‘Batgirl’: Ivory Aquino To Play Alysia Yeoh In HBO Max Movie
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Ivory Aquino (When They See Us, Tales of the City) has joined the cast of Batgirl, the upcoming superhero film that Bad Boys for Life‘s Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are directing for HBO Max.Aquino will star alongside previously announced cast members including Leslie Grace, J.K.
Simmons, Brendan Fraser, Michael Keaton and Jacob Scipio.Batgirl is based on the DC comics created by writer Gail Simone and artist Ardian Syaf.
While specifics with regard to the film’s plot are being kept under wraps, it will center on Gotham City police commissioner Jim Gordon’s (Simmons) daughter, Barbara (Grace).
Aquino will play Barbara’s best friend, transgender bartender Alysia Yeoh.Fraser is portraying the film’s as-yet-unnamed villain, as previously announced, with Keaton reprising his role as Batman from Tim Burton’s 1989 film of the same name and his 1992 follow-up Batman Returns.
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