Margot Robbiewants to bring more female characters to the spotlight.
That was her motivation for makingBirds of Preyher next project, even though Robbie, 29, had two movies in development that featured herSuicide Squadcharacter Harley Quinn.
“DuringSuicide Squad,when we would go to Comic-Con and such, I started to realize there was just such a huge fan base for Harley,” Robbie recentlytoldNerdist. “Whilst I was researching the character I started to readBirds of Preyand first I fell in love with Huntress, and I started looking into all of that. I was like, ‘Wow, there’s so many cool female DC characters and no one knows anything about any of them!’ So what if we had a platform for fans to get to know and fall in love with some of these other amazing women?”
This led her to prioritizeBirds of PreysinceGotham City Sirensfeatures Catwoman and Posion Ivy, two characters fans already know pretty well from previous movies.
Birds of Preyfeatures Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary and Rosie Perez as a Gotham City Police detective hunting down Ewan McGregor’s Black Mask.
“Focusing on theGotham City Sirens, there were only three of us and we were all well known, whereas withBirds of Preyyou can pick any grouping for that, and I thought that might be the perfect platform to introduce some female characters who might really have some legs in the DC Universe,” she added.
Birds of Prey.Claudette Barius
“It’s definitely less male gaze-y,” Robbie toldVogue, while trying on some of Harley’s wacky new wardrobe, in the magazine’sJuly cover story.
Birds of Preyhits theaters Feb. 7, and Robbie will appear as Harley Quinn again in James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squad, due Aug. 6, 2021.
source: people.com
