Ivory Aquino will play bartender and Barbara Gordon’s best friend Alysia Yeoh in the HBO Max film.
Batgirl’s latest casting addition marks another step forward when it comes to Hollywood opportunities for transgender actors.
We likely have HBO Max to thank for this.
Ivory Aquino joins ‘Batgirl’ as Alysia Yeoh, the first trans character in a live-action DC Comics movie.Steve Zak Photography/FilmMagic; DC Comics
In the television space,Nicole Mainesalready playedthe small screen’s first trans superhero, Dreamer, on DC’sSupergirl.
No other details have been revealed since then.
Aquino joins Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon, a.k.a.
Grace recently revealeda first lookat herself in the Batgirl costume on social media.
Deadlinewas the first to report the news.
