Harley Quinn show boss explains Catwoman casting shake-up ahead of explosive lesbian love triangle

THE Harley Quinn show boss has explained why he chose to include Catwoman in what has proved to be a big casting shake-up ahead of an explosive lesbian love traingle.

Catwoman was introduced in the second series of the animated superhero program and she's already proven herself as a force to be reckoned with, as she betrayed Harley (Kaley Cuoco) and her crew during a break-in at Doctor Trap's museum.

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The Executive Producer of the series Patrick Schumacker spoke to  about introducing the new character and he revealed that he "thought it was a really great choice to make her black instead of white."

The showrunners have previously teased that Catwoman could be a disruptive influence in the budding relationship between Harley and her best friend Poison Ivy (Lake Bell), saying that Ivy "looks up to" Selina, which could play out as a lesbian love triangle.

Schumacker said: "Ivy is so cynical, Ivy doesn't care about much either, but she cares about Catwoman's approval."

"Harley's watching Ivy, like, melt in front of Catwoman because she's so f***ing cool. That was really fun to play with."

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The writer decided to make Catwoman African-American, saying that it was a good opportunity to take for the sake of diversity.

He explained: "It felt important, and it was an opportunity to do that with a character that has been primarily – at least in the comics, and in most of the film and television work – portrayed as Caucasian. So if you can do it, then why not?"

Schumacker added that when the show's team made the choice they "had no idea that " in the upcoming Batman film.

They said: "When we wrote it and we cast it, we actually had no idea. Like with the Birds of Prey film, we were sort of out of the loop with that development process."

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Just last month, the voice of Harley Quinn Kaley Cuoco has revealed Harley Quinn ‘is gonna need calamine lotion’ after her lesbian romps with Poison Ivy.

The 34-year-old quipped: "Let me put it this way: Harley’s gonna need some calamine lotion."

She added: "That was a funny joke! I just thought of that off the top of my head."

In case her joke needs explaining, calamine lotion is used to treat the effects or symptoms of poison ivy.