The star of the shelved “Batgirl” is defending the film. In an interview with Variety, actress Leslie Grace responded to the recent claim by DC Studios co-head Peter Safran that the superhero film was “unreleasable.” READ MORE: Leslie Grace Shares Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Axed ‘Batgirl’ Film On TikTok: ‘I Couldn’t Resist’ “I saw the movie, and there are a lot of incredibly talented people in front of and behind the camera on that film,” Safran had told Variety in an earlier interview. “But that film was not releasable, and it happens sometimes.
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.” But that view seemed to be news to Grace, who said she had her own meetings with Warner Bros.
executives, who shared their views about the project. “They weren’t really specific on anything creative in terms of what they felt about the film and how it would’ve hurt DC creatively,” she said. “But I’m a human being, and people have perceptions and people read things.
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