One of the stars of Batgirl is speaking up about the future of the recently shelved superhero film. Actress and outspoken trans activist Ivory Aquino penned an open letter to Warner Bros. Discovery head David Zaslav on Twitter following a report in The Hollywood Reporter that "funeral screenings" of the uncompleted movie were being held on the Warner Bros. lot before the footage was placed in the studio's vault — and possibly even destroyed.
"As one of many who poured our hearts into the making of this movie, I ask that this measure be reconsidered," Aquino wrote, referencing the suggestion that Warners might destroy the existing footage in order to secure a tax write-down on the canceled production. "As much as I’ve tried my best to be strong these past few weeks, I’d find myself crying, for lack of a better term, from grief, and tonight was one of those nights."
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"More than anything, it is a father-daughter story which hits close to home as my Dad passed a year ago, shortly before I booked this project," she revealed. "I was hoping it would resonate with other children around the world, grown and not-so-grown, who hold their fathers in the highest esteem and who could see Batgirl as a story of that special bond." Aquino added that she spoke with Grace the day word came down that the movie was being shelved. "[She] only had words of comfort and support. I’ve dared not ask since if she’s spent nights holding back tears like I have because she has had to be the face of our Batgirl family and has had to put on a brave face as a way of taking care of us the way she gracefully steered our film."
