Birds of Prey
DC’sBirds of Prey ( And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)director Cathy Yan and manufacturer Sue Kroll reveal the film will cut into deeply into Harley Quinn ’s ( Margot Robbie ) role and shift it up within the DCEU . First appearing in 2016’sSuicide Squad , Harley became a buff - favorite character and was regularly cited as one of the good parts of the film . Robbie is one of the few actors fromSuicide Squadto remain within the DCEU , next appearing in James Gunn ’s rebootThe Suicide Squad .
First , though , she will play a adult role inBirds of Prey . get in February 2020 , the picture will see Harley teaming up with a radical of women as they protect a young girl from a villainous crime lord . The cast include Jurnee Smollett - Bell , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Rosie Perez , Ella Jay Basco , Chris Messina , and Ewan McGregor . Despite Harley ’s major front in the trailer and bill sticker , the film producer insistBirds of Preyisn’t a " Harley Quinn " motion picture , but instead an ensemble film .
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Screen Rant had the opportunity to inflict the determined ofBirds of Preyduring output and talk to those involved with the film about Harley Quinn ’s character . She starts the film in an interesting blank space , having just broken up with the Joker . Yan and Kroll both spoke about Harley Quinn ’s mental health issue and how the photographic film might plow them , as well as where her character might go . Yan said :
I suppose there ’s such a dichotomy in Harley Quinn , even in just the blue and the pink , and Dr. Harleen Quinzel versus Harley Quinn . Both sides of her are there , and she ’s still very much the smart doctor that she once was . She ’s still capable of armchair diagnose anyone - we say that ’s part of her superpower . But then she can be so easy manipulated and has really low self - esteem and has all of the consequence that Joker really wreak out in her . So I think this is a bang-up chance to explore the woman behind ' Harley Quinn , ' and explore that duality , and dive deeper into her psyche .
On the subject of Harley Quinn ’s morality and whether hearing will be sympathetic to the type , Kroll said :
I think it ’s complex . I think the movie is very nuanced , when it add up to precisely that . What ’s also interesting , and you ’ll start to see as time depart on , is that you’re able to experience that through all these other characters in the film as well . She comes away as somebody who ’s much more complicated rather than sort of singular … ‘ nuts . ’
InSuicide Squad , Harley was very much under the Joker ’s spelldespite his opprobrious nature . Having her take several steps aside from him is promising for her character , and it ’ll be exciting to see how she grows from it . The first trailer already hinted at a more independent Harley as she recover from her breakup . During Screen Rant ’s located visit , Kroll also saidBirds of Preywill basically push aside the outcome ofSuicide Squadand instead focus on Harley ’s journey ( aka her titulary emancipation ) from this point forrader .
Harley is a fascinating case , and it will be interesting to see her development inBirds of Preyand beyond . Since both Yan and Kroll recognize Harley ’s mental health issues , it can be assume the cinema will present them somehow , even if it is just a slight bit . Hopefully this will be done in a beneficial wayas they get into Harley Quinn ’s psyche . Aside from Wonder Woman , Harley is arguably the DCEU ’s most prominent female character right now , and it ’s crucial that this moving-picture show does her justice , especially if she is going to stay on within the DCEU . Harley ’s future beyondThe Suicide Squadis uncertain , but it ’s not idiotic to think that ifBirds of Preyis a winner , she ’ll vex around , offering mickle of opportunities to see her grow .
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