{"id":39426,"date":"2021-07-21T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T21:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=39426"},"modified":"2021-07-21T16:11:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T23:11:21","slug":"leslie-grace-officially-casted-as-barbara-gordon-in-batgirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=39426","title":{"rendered":"Leslie Grace Officially cast as Barbara Gordon in &#8220;Batgirl&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/leslie-grace-attends-the-opening-night-premiere-of-in-the-news-photo-1623429915.jpg?crop=0.732xw:0.552xh;0.173xw,0.142xh&amp;resize=1200:*\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After reports of the short list narrowed to less than five actresses, <strong>DC Films<\/strong> and <strong>Warner Bros.<\/strong> have zeroed in and made their decision. <em><strong>In the Heights<\/strong><\/em> star <strong>Leslie Grace<\/strong> has been officially cast as <strong>Barbara Gordon<\/strong> in the upcoming <strong><em>Batgirl<\/em><\/strong> film. Barbara Gordon is the first Batgirl and would later become <strong>Oracle <\/strong>in the comics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seems that Grace&#8217;s audition really wowed the casting directors, or that due to her start in<strong> Lin Manuel-Miranda<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Broadway <\/strong>hit. It made her a stronger contender against actresses <strong>Isabella Merced<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Zoey Deutch<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Haley Lu Richardson<\/strong>, who also auditioned for the role. The <strong><em>Batgirl<\/em><\/strong> film will be grapple-swinging directly to <strong>HBO Max<\/strong> as an exclusive. Details regarding a plot or synopsis have not been released at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grace is also happens to be a singer and songwriter. She has currently released two studio albums and her work has awarded with her numerous Latin Grammy nominations. Her music has landed her nominations at the Billboard awards and it&#8217;s worth noting that in 2015 Sony Music Latin signed to her a distribution deal for her music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/07\/batgirl-leslie-grace-lands-role-in-warner-bros-dc-film-1234797608\/\">Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThe up and coming actress aces the superhero landing for the role of Barbara Gordon in &#8220;Batgirl.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=39426\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Leslie Grace Officially cast as Barbara Gordon in &#8220;Batgirl&#8221;&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":39430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"page-template\/_sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[1523,5755,1181],"class_list":["post-39426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-batgirl","tag-leslie-grace","tag-warner-bros","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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