Batgirl Cast Adds Ivory Aquino as Barbara’s BFF

The forged of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s HBO Max movie Batgirl retains rising, immediately including a greatest good friend for Barbara Gordon: Ivory Aquino, who’ll play bartender Alysia Yeoh—a former roommate of Barbara’s who additionally occurs to be certainly one of DC Comics’ most notable trans characters.

Previously, Aquino performed transgender civil rights chief Cecilia Chung in ABC’s 2017 docuseries When We Rise, which explored the historical past of LGBT activism within the United States; she additionally appeared in Ava DuVernay’s 2019 Netflix collection When They See Us. Here she joins a forged that features Leslie Grace (In the Heights) within the title position and J.Okay. Simmons as Batgirl/Barbara’s father, Gotham City police commissioner Jim Gordon.

In addition: Michael Keaton is (famously) set to reprise his position as Batman circa the Tim Burton films, whereas Brendan Fraser is taking part in the villain (though we don’t know but which villain). With a script from Christine Hodson (Bumblebee, Birds of Prey), tailored from the comics by author Gail Simone and artist Ardian Syaf, Batgirl is anticipated to reach on HBO Max later this 12 months.

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