'I am extremely proud to be the first Black actress to play the iconic role of Batwoman on television, and as a bisexual woman, I am honored to join this groundbreaking show which has been such a trailblazer for the LGBTQ+ community'
Javicia Leslie, Batwoman! Photo: Getty Images In May, Ruby Rose left the CW’s Batwoman after just one season, possibly because the titular role demanded too much work and required her to live in a city she disliked . Who knows what happened, really? But perhaps you have been wondering, these past few months, who will wear the bat-catsuit next? Well! On Wednesday, the CW announced Rose’s successor: Javicia Leslie, most recently one of the stars of the CBS series God Friended Me.
“I am extremely proud to be the first Black actress to play the iconic role of Batwoman on television,” Leslie said in a statement. “And as a bisexual woman, I am honored to join this groundbreaking show which has been such a trailblazer for the LGBTQ+ community.” Batwoman is, per the Hollywood Reporter, “the first first scripted live-action TV series to feature a lesbian superhero at the top of the call sheet,” and showrunner Caroline Dries and executive producer Greg Berlanti did not want a straight actor to take over the character.
Leslie’s pre-Batwoman credits include starring roles on the BET series The Family Business and in the film Always a Bridesmaid. And underscoring the purported lack of bad blood between her and the show she left, Rose celebrated Leslie’s casting on Instagram. “OMG!! This is amazing!!” she wrote. “I am so glad Batwoman will be played by an amazing Black woman. ❤️ I want to congratulate Javicia Leslie on taking over the bat cape. You are walking into an amazing cast and crew.
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