From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
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   Joss Whedon says he will cast an unknown as the lead in 'Batgirl' movie   
   Whedon says that Batgirl will sell the movie and he wants an actress to fit   
   the roll.   
      
   When joss whedon was signed to direct the new DC Comics adaptation of   
   "#batgirl," long-time fans knew that the right man was signed for the job.   
   Whedon did a spectacular job at popularizing the female action hero thanks   
   to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and now he has his eyes set on doing it again   
   in a female-led superhero movie. In an interview with Variety, Whedon said   
   that he plans to cast an unknown as Batgirl and feels that a fresh face will   
   help make the project better.   
      
      
   When Joss Whedon created the television show for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer,"   
   he chose Sarah Michelle Gellar to play the lead role on the show. Outside of   
   soap operas and minor movies. Gellar was a relative unknown when "Buffy"   
   started but soon became one of the biggest female action stars in the world   
   and proved that she could kick as much butt - or more - than her male   
   equivalents.   
      
   Whedon then created the series "Dollhouse," with "Buffy" alumni Eliza Dushku   
   in the lead. The most recent example of a tough female action hero was when   
   Scarlet Johannson played Black Widow in "The Avengers" movies. While Whedon   
   had no role in casting Johannson for Black Widow, he did more to make her an   
   important character than Jon Favreau did in the "Iron Man" movies. Now,   
   Whedon gets the same chance with Batgirl, a supporting character in the   
   Batman universe that has never received a fair shot on the big screen in a   
   movie.   
      
   The only other time that Batgirl appeared in a movie was in the horrible   
   "Batman & Robin" film from the '90s, where Alicia Silverstone played the   
   character. Instead of making her Commissioner Gordon's daughter Barbara,   
   that movie made her Alfred Pennyworth's niece and Silverstone brought her   
   ability to portray an airhead into the performance. While Buffy was   
   partially an airhead in the television show, Joss Whedon creates female   
   characters that are much bigger than just a single one-dimensional   
   character.   
      
   Joss Whedon said that when DC Comics and Warner Bros. hired him, he   
   immediately started to have his own dialogue with the character of Batgirl.   
   Whedon said that he will learn who his Batgirl is and then find an actress   
   than can fit that role. This is Joss' second chance to make a female-led   
   movie, as he originally pitched a Wonder Woman movie to Warner Bros., but   
   they rejected it. Now that he is getting this second chance, Whedon said   
   that he is very excited to bring the character to the big screen.   
      
      
       [what makes him think he will have better success with Batgirl than he   
   did with Wonder Woman? And BTW, why not Batwoman?]   
      
      
   David   
      
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