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.
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."
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."
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.