RUNAWAYS Star Virginia Gardner On The Show's Ending, Playing An LGBT Superhero, & Possible Return (Exclusive)

RUNAWAYS Star Virginia Gardner On The Show's Ending, Playing An LGBT Superhero, & Possible Return (Exclusive)

Talking to us about her role in Fall, Virginia Gardner reflects on playing Karolina Dean in Runaways, what it meant to be the MCU's first gay superhero, and whether she thinks a return is possible...

By JoshWilding - Oct 13, 2022 02:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Runaways

Produced by Marvel Television, Runaways was one of a number of shows to end prematurely when Marvel Studios took charge of any and all MCU small screen offerings. Luckily, the Hulu series ended on a satisfying note, though fans remain optimistic that the team will eventually return either on the big screen or on Disney+. 

Virginia Gardner played Karolina Dean in the show and made history by portraying the first gay superhero - alongside Lyrica Okano's Nico Minoru - in a live-action Marvel project. 

Talking to us about her role in new thriller Fall, the actress confirmed she would be open to reprising the role should the opportunity come her way. Gardner also reflected on Runaways' cancellation and what it meant to her to be part of that groundbreaking LGBTQ+ couple. 

"She was the first!" Gardner said about Karolina coming out in the series. "To be able to play the first openly gay superhero for Marvel was a dream come true. Lyrica and I, my girlfriend on the show, really pushed to explore that storyline because we felt it was so important that people have gay superheroes to look up to."
 


"It meant the world to us that we were given that opportunity to bring those really iconic characters to life," she continues in the video above. "It was so fun getting to fly on the wires, light up, and use all those superhero powers. It really is such a fun world to be part of." 

"I would feel so fortunate to ever come back to that world. I think when the show ended, it was really wrapped up nicely and it was around the time a lot was changing with the Disney+/Marvel world. I think it all came to an end when it was meant to."

For years, there was talk of Marvel Studios developing a Runaways movie so, with any luck, these heroes are still on Kevin Feige's radar. The cast did a great job too, so if there are future plans for them in the MCU, we'd like to think the original cast will be given the chance to return. 

Like everyone else, Gardner has moved on to other projects, including Fall. In that, she delivers a must-see performance, and you can check that out for yourselves as the movie is now available on Digital and hits Blu-ray and DVD on October 18 from Lionsgate. Check back here next week for our full conversation with Gardner and her co-star, Grace Caroline Currey.
 


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Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 10/13/2022, 2:06 PM
For the people who watched the whole thing were seasons 2 and 3 good?
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 10/13/2022, 2:13 PM
Didn't realize she was in Fall (didn't see that movie but saw clips).

First season of Runaways was terrible and I quit 2/3 of the way through.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 10/13/2022, 2:18 PM
Thought the first season was good, but the following seasons were meh. Wish they interacted with Cloak and Dagger more.
HAUSMAN01
HAUSMAN01 - 10/13/2022, 2:28 PM
The 1st season of the show was good but it went downhill from there. I wouldn't mind seeing her and the team in the MCU but with the way the MCU has been writing these DISNEY + shows I'm not too sure it would even be all that much better if anything I'd like to see them mixed in with the likes of Ms. Marvel and the other younger MCU charters like Iron Heart and American Chavez. If anything I wouldn't mind seeing her recast as another MCU character say Gwen Stacey, BLACK CAT, or a young version of Emma Frost
MasterMix
MasterMix - 10/13/2022, 2:30 PM
Has anyone seen Fall? I really enjoyed the movie despite its flaws. The sense of danger was really good, but the plot needed some work.
Matador
Matador - 10/13/2022, 2:31 PM
Not sure which worse getting your arm stuck in a rock and having to cut it off with a dull knife or being stuck on that tower with no parachute?

Corruptor
Corruptor - 10/13/2022, 3:00 PM
I never looked up to Captain America and Iron Man because they were hetero, I looked up them because they were Captain America and Iron Man. But I suppose this is a thing for some people.

Actually didn't look up to them much at all really because they were just pen and ink drawings on a page and not real.
SolarSoldier
SolarSoldier - 10/13/2022, 8:13 PM
@Corruptor - Then...don't speak on things that don't apply to you? I've never had a period and I don't comment on tampon commercials.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 10/13/2022, 4:06 PM
I wasn't aware she was in Fall! :O Now I wanna check it out.
comicfan100
comicfan100 - 10/13/2022, 6:00 PM
Of all the Freeform characters I want to see return the most, it's her, Nico, Cloak and Dagger.
SolarSoldier
SolarSoldier - 10/13/2022, 8:14 PM
I'm about to start Season 3 and loved the first 2.

The humor among the parents is the best part of the show.
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