Leslie Grace, who played Batgirl in an aborted HBO film, has now released some exclusive behind-the-scenes videos. To witness Grace throwing punches and generally making the most of her time on set for a film many people were looking forward to was a treat. The actress has now posted the music heard in the background of the clip along with a social media message explaining why the project was scrapped. Warner Bros. surprised everyone in August by cancelling the release of the Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi-directed picture, despite having invested a lot of time and money into it.
New Warner CEO David Zaslav said the decision was made for tax reasons and that the studio wouldn’t release a film until “we believe in it.” Gunnar Wiedenfels, the company’s CFO, said he thought the media “blew out of proportion” the reaction to the cancellation. Fans and fellow cast members including Michael Keaton and Brendan Fraser have come out to express their dismay at the choice, which the studio’s top brass may not fully comprehend. Character Grace, who portrayed the hero, admitted that she and her co-star Lauren LaRue wrote the song “Bad Girls Get Lonely Too” over Zoom “three months into the epidemic” in 2020. Actress also admitted that was her “new theme tune.”
In addition, Grace disclosed that she did not create her unreleased song in isolation, but rather shared it with the cast and crew of Batgirl. “I recorded a preliminary vocal remotely and over time reviewed the demo because we all thought there was something unique about it,” the actress explained. “Fast forward — when filming [Batgirl], I listened to it regularly since I had a practice of sharing unreleased music with some of the cast and crew as we travelled, especially on lengthy night shoots around delirium hour. The actress went on to write that the more she listened to the song, the more she heard “Bat Girls Get Lonely Too,” and that in light of recent events, the song now had new significance. S
he said that the song’s meaning had changed dramatically during the past few weeks. “It’s as though they wrote it bearing in mind everything that’s happened recently! therefore I felt compelled to tell you!” Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam, Ezra Miller’s The Flash, Zachary Levi’s Shazam!, and more are all part of DC’s effort to stake out a distinct niche in the marketplace. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, starring Jason Momoa, and Fury of the Gods. DC Films president Walter Hamada allegedly considered resigning before the release of Rian Johnson’s Black Adam but finally decided to stay there.