Brendan Fraser insists that Batgirl did not get a fair chance to impress audiences after it was cancelled before release by Warner Bros.
The superhero movie, starring Leslie Grace as Batgirl, was filmed to be part of the extended DC Universe and was actually near completion before Warner Bros. decided to pull the plug. Speculation was rife as to why it was cancelled, with the general assumption back then being that Warner Bros. did so as a tax write-off due to a change in strategy within the studio.
However, Discovery CEO David Zaslav later explained that the studio ultimately did not "believe" the movie would succeed.
Fraser, who played Firefly in Batgirl, believes the footage stdudio heads saw wouldn't have reflected the final product.
The thing about it was it was screened in a garden-variety test screening," he said on The Howard Stern Show.
"It was a director's cut, a first cut, it wasn't finished. I mean, I don't know about you, but I don't eat half-baked cake. I don't want to see something that's not ready yet.
"The sad thing is that I don't know if it was judged on merit. It wasn't shown in the best light that it could have been. I mean, yes, once you give a film to the people and the world, it's open season to criticize or praise it or whatever you want. But this didn't even really get a fair shake."
Fraser upset for Leslie Grace
Fraser believes that one of the most upsetting aspects of the cancellation was that little girls were denied the opportunity to look up to a young, female superhero.
"Little girls are gonna have to wait longer now before they can see a Batgirl who they can identify that says 'hey she looks just like me too' in Leslie Grace and she was wonderful," he added.
"Oh gosh, she was good, really terrific. She's a firecracker. Like dynamite comes in small packages for a reason. She's a dynamo."
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