Update 6/8/20: Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries has weighed in on the series' decision to create a new lead character for Season 2 after Ruby Rose's surprising exit.
As part of the virtual ATX TV…from the Couch festival, Dries credited executive producer Greg Berlanti with the decision to give a new character, reportedly named Ryan Wilder, the chance to take up the Batwoman mantle, rather than simply casting someone to take over Rose's role of Kate Kane."Greg helped me make this call, he is way smarter than me about this sort of stuff.
He said, 'You know, we should just reboot the character in terms of reboot Batwoman as a different character, and also respect everything that Ruby put into the Kate Kane character,'" Dries said. "And I.
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