Kate Kane (Ruby Rose) may be leaving Gotham, but it looks like Batwoman is here to stay. In the wake of recent news that Rose has exited Batwoman after one season, Deadline now reports that instead of recasting her character; it will introduce a new lead character instead.
The series is reportedly casting a character named Ryan Wilder, who will take up the Batwoman mantle in Season 2. Ryan will be in her late 20s and is described as "likable, messy, a little goofy and untamed," but "nothing like Kate Kane, the woman who wore the batsuit before her," according to Deadline.
A former drug-runner, Ryan is reformed, sober, and living out of her van. She is an out lesbian, like Kate, but that's not the only thing they have in common.
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