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More and more Asian actors and actresses have been making their debut in Hollywood, i.e. the recent Simu Liu and Tony Leung about to star in Marvel’s upcoming Shang Chi movie. Now, another Asian actress is making her big screen debut too!
Meet the Filipino-Korean actress, Ella Jay Basco, who's set to play Batgirl in DC’s upcoming Birds of Prey movie!
Ella will be playing the character of Cassandra Cain aka Batgirl from the comic in the upcoming DC Extended Universe (DCEU) movie!
“The audition process was a month long and I had to go in about 5 times,” she revealed in an interview. “I watched a bunch of movies, practiced my martial arts skills, and even read some comic books about Cassandra Cain to prepare.”
“I was immediately in shock and couldn’t believe I booked it! I worked really hard on this role and got emotional because I wanted this part so bad! I mean I totally cried. I knew from that moment on, my life would change forever.”
She has previously appeared in TV series like Veep, Teachers and Grey’s Anatomy and she’s also talented in photography, tennis, singing and even composing original music and playing musical instruments!
Her uncle, Dante Basco, that voiced the character Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender recently shared a video of Ella singing and we have to admit, she’s really good!
The Harley Quinn spinoff will see the return of Margot Robbie and follow the story of Harley after she breaks up with Joker and decides to join superheroes like Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from the evil crime lord, Black Mask in Gotham City!
“I really want to represent the Asian community – that alone inspires me to act because representation and diversity in the industry is super important to me.”
Other Asian actors that have previously appeared in the DCEU include, Karen Fukuhara as Katana in Suicide Squad, as well as Ian Chen and Ross Butler as Eugene Choi in Shazam!.
We're excited to see Ella’s performance in Birds of Prey, that’s set to release in February 2020!
Info via Next Shark
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