BATWOMAN: A Brand New Character Will Inherit The Cape & Cowl From Ruby Rose's Kate Kane

BATWOMAN: A Brand New Character Will Inherit The Cape & Cowl From Ruby Rose's Kate Kane

What's believed to be a casting call for the second season of Batwoman is doing the rounds online, and it seemingly reveals that whoever replaces Ruby Rose in the lead will not be playing Kate Kane!

By MarkCassidy - Jun 02, 2020 04:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Batwoman

We recently found out that Ruby Rose had parted ways with Batwoman, and will not be returning for the already renewed second season. We were told that The CW had already begun the search for another actress to suit-up as Gothan's Scarlet Knight, but some new info has come to light which suggests that they may actually be planning to replace Kate Kane with an entirely new character.

What's believed to be a leaked casting call has been doing the rounds online, and it seemingly confirms that the mantle of Batwoman will be passed from Kane to a woman named Ryan Wilder (this could be a placeholder name).

UPDATE: THR has now confirmed that the casting call is legit.

The character is described as "likable, messy, a little goofy and untamed. She’s also nothing like Kate Kane, the woman who wore the batsuit before her."

"With no one in her life to keep her on track, Ryan spent years as a drug-runner, dodging the GCPD and masking her pain with bad habits. A girl who would steal milk for an alley cat could also kill you with her bare hands, Ryan is the most dangerous type of fighter: highly skilled and wildly undisciplined. An out lesbian. Athletic. Raw. Passionate. Fallible. And very much not your stereotypical All-American hero."

This is bound to disappoint Kate Kane fans, but some may feel it's a better option than replacing Bruce Wayne's cousin with another actress. Rose recently released another statement commenting on her departure from the role, but she still hasn't elaborated on what exactly happened.

What do you guys make of this? Drop us a comment in the usual place.

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McGee
McGee - 6/2/2020, 4:33 PM
Get Amber Heard. From what I hear, she knows how to kick ass.
tmp3
tmp3 - 6/2/2020, 4:36 PM
@McGee - Ezra Miller for season 3. Super Bat-choke action!
KWilly
KWilly - 6/2/2020, 4:43 PM
@McGee - Or Ezra Miller. Crossdressing is his thing anyway.
McGee
McGee - 6/2/2020, 4:47 PM
See? We figured this out in like ten minutes. I don't know why this is hard for the CW. Someone contact Ezra Miller's agent.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 6/2/2020, 4:51 PM
@McGee - Ezra's agent is probably getting choked rn
dracula
dracula - 6/2/2020, 4:52 PM
@McGee - kevin spacey



although seriously get the girl from krypton
Battabing
Battabing - 6/2/2020, 9:39 PM
@McGee -
OMG!😂😂😂
DannRamm113
DannRamm113 - 6/2/2020, 4:34 PM
I dont watch the show.

But hey, it works as an explanation. Maybe Rose appears in first episode, provides closure. Perhaps severely injured to point of retirememt
dracula
dracula - 6/2/2020, 4:53 PM
@DannRamm113 - no Ruby is fine, she just didn't like vancover or the work schedule
DannRamm113
DannRamm113 - 6/2/2020, 5:11 PM
@dracula - I meant as an in show reason for her to pass on the cape. Like, she's fighting a villain and the villain breaks her spine or something, so she can't fight but can pass on the torch
dracula
dracula - 6/2/2020, 5:13 PM
@DannRamm113 - Oh, yeah that can work. Although they would still have to give a reason for her leaving Gotham
Origame
Origame - 6/2/2020, 5:57 PM
@DannRamm113 - assuming shes willing to do that extra episode that is. And possibly being open to return later on. Seems more likely theyll keep her off completely. Especially since this sounds like theres been a lot of issues behind the scenes.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 6/2/2020, 10:19 PM
@DannRamm113 "the villain breaks her spine or something"

- You can't have that! Bruce Wayne came back from a broken spine. This is a CW show Batman has to be inferior to Batwoman.
SpiderFanMan
SpiderFanMan - 6/2/2020, 4:35 PM
Hmmm, not too sure about this. Kate is practically connected to everyone in the show, as well as the Arrowverse characters. Recasting would probably be better
Nebula
Nebula - 6/2/2020, 4:40 PM
@SpiderFanMan - I imagine they're trying to pull a Legends and reinvent the show after an embarrassing first season.
dracula
dracula - 6/2/2020, 4:54 PM
@SpiderFanMan - yeah will be weird, going to have to find a way to connect her to the other character, cause without any connection, there really wouldnt be a reason to have them on the show
GAThrawnIGF
GAThrawnIGF - 6/2/2020, 4:59 PM
@Nebula - Using that logic, Legends should have been reinvented after last season and definitely after this current one.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 6/2/2020, 4:35 PM
that....seems like a waste. it's like Barry passing the mantle of the Flash to Wally, but after just one season. I mean, I get the need for a new actress, but I don't think a recasting would be that scandalous.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 6/2/2020, 4:36 PM
Is recasting that hard?
McGee
McGee - 6/2/2020, 4:43 PM
Yeah. Ever since the MeToo movement banned the casting couch method of hiring actors, the process has been more focused on actual talent. We're getting there though...we're getting there...
Nebula
Nebula - 6/2/2020, 4:39 PM
Strange route but okay.
dracula
dracula - 6/2/2020, 4:56 PM
@Nebula - hopefully she is replaced by a comic character. Betty Kane or Harper Row could work
kider
kider - 6/2/2020, 4:39 PM
So is it going to be an original character? Will be weird how both Batwomen will be lesbians seeing as they are such a small percentage of the population. Not impossible though I guess. Guess she will inspire another lesbian or something like that.
GAThrawnIGF
GAThrawnIGF - 6/2/2020, 4:59 PM
@kider - They missed a HUGE opportunity to just make random teenage lesbian she allied herself with to replace her.
patgreyc
patgreyc - 6/4/2020, 8:57 AM
@GAThrawnIGF - ^THIS^. Honestly, though, that description sounds like a hot mess. I don't know if it will be an improvement unless they find someone with serious acting skills.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 6/2/2020, 4:40 PM
That’s just a stupid decision to me. It sucks the actress wants to leave but just bite the bullet and do it, recast the role. Alice is a major part of the show and one of the best parts but she has a special relationship to Kate Kane, one that can’t be replicated with some random new Batwoman. And Kate Kane’s father hates Batwoman and runs the Crows which is an interesting dynamic. If it someone else under the cowl who cares if he hate Batwoman? Not to mention his number two and all her history with Kate. It’s a completely different show that really should need a whole new supporting cast. We still going to have Kate’s other sister running around?
pintoman
pintoman - 6/2/2020, 4:40 PM
So, show runners are allowed to create any new character they want to wear a “bat suit” and viewers will go for that? Simply because they use the words “bat”, “Gotham” or “wayne” in the dialogue is enough to make fans happy? Wow.
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