Alicia Silverstone isn’t shutting the door on the DCU.
Twenty-six years after she performed Batgirl in 1997’s “Batman and Robin,” the “Clueless” icon instructed IndieWire that she is open to reprising the position.
“If anyone needs me to play Batgirl, and so they’re unimaginable, I’m in,” Silverstone instructed IndieWire throughout the Tribeca Film Competition whereas promoting horror film “Perpetrator.”
Writer-director Jennifer Reeder added, “I’m not achieved along with her, now that I’ve received her shut. I maintain promising to make extra movies along with her, which we’ll completely do. Perhaps ‘Batgirl.’”
Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck seem as two variations of Batman within the upcoming multiverse movie “The Flash,” opening the door to quite a few iterations of the identical characters. George Clooney portrayed the Caped Crusader reverse Silverstone in “Batman and Robin,” directed by Joel Schumacher. A “Flash” sequel is rumored to be within the works.
“I really feel like I may do a a lot better Batgirl now than I did then. It will be enjoyable to sort out it once more as a result of I’m older and my appearing is healthier,” Silverstone instructed USA Today in 2017. “I do know I might convey a lot extra to it. I used to be only a child. It was a distinct factor. However I had enjoyable again then. And I believe it will be enjoyable to do it once more.”
Silverstone took a quick appearing hiatus following the 1997 movie and later appeared in “The Artwork of Getting By,” “Diary of a Wimpy Child,” and notably “Killing of a Sacred Deer.” Silverstone’s TV stint in “American Lady” was adopted by horror movie “The Lodge” and a task in “American Horror Tales.”
Her upcoming movie “Perpetrator” premiered on the 2023 Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition and hosted a New York premiere at 2023 Tribeca. Silverstone performs the elusively mystical (and ageless) Aunt Hildie who teaches her niece what it means to return of age of their bloodline. Up subsequent, Silverstone is about to star in “SNL” alum Kyle Mooney’s “Y2K” comedy, Grant Singer’s whodunit “Reptile,” and college shooter drama “Tunnels” reverse Patrick Wilson and Anna Faris.
As for the destiny of the Batgirl character, Warner Bros. was set to launch a standalone “Batgirl” film starring Leslie Grace however the function was shelved indefinitely in August 2022 below new Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
“I noticed the film,” DC Studios co-head govt Peter Safran said in January 2023. “There have been a whole lot of extremely proficient individuals in entrance of and behind the digicam on that movie. However that movie was not releasable. It occurs generally.”
Lead star Grace defended the film, saying, “There are a whole lot of issues that I discovered via the expertise about moviemaking, that as an actress you haven’t any management over.”
