Back in May, it was revealed that Warner Bros. Television and Ruby Rose would be parting ways, with the actress vacating the title role of The CW’s Batwoman series in an exit which reportedly “wasn’t 100% her decision”.
Various rumours have been thrown around with regards to the reasoning behind Rose’s exit, ranging from the neck injury which she suffered during production to allegations of her being difficult on set, and now the actress has opened up to SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show about her departure from the show:
“It wasn’t [the neck injury,” said Rose. “I mean, that definitely made going back to work so quickly tricky. They really accommodated trying to help me out the best they could, going back so early. We wanted to obviously meet the release date of the show. I think what played a bigger part was more, we got shut down early. We didn’t get to finish the first season, which is such a shame, especially for a first season show.”
“We all kind of thought about where we’re at and, and, and so did Warner Bros. and Greg Berlanti, and we were discussing the show and we sort of mutually agreed that probably what was best for the show, at the time, was they go in a different direction and I go in a different direction,” she continued.
“I do believe that that’s what was best for the show. And I think that everything we set out to do, we accomplished, and I feel like as far as Kate’s story, it kind of made sense now that handing over the mantle to somebody else would be a very sort of creative process for the producers and for the show. And then for myself, of course, saying goodbye to that character is sad, but I also am excited for everything else that’s coming up.”
Despite Rose’s exit, Batwoman will be returning for its second season in 2021, with Javicia Leslie (God Friended Me) donning the cape and cowl as the new character Ryan Wilder [check out a first look image of Leslie in the Batwoman suit here].
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