15 Women Who Would Kill It as Catwoman or Poison Ivy in Gotham City Sirens
Who to pick, who to pick...
Justin Carter
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Published: Dec 14, 2016 01:31 pm
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Salma Hayek
Thandie Newton Evan Rachel Wood Katie McGrath (yes, I know it’s Lena) Erica Luttrell Bryce Dallas Howard Stephanie Beatriz Gina Torres (because she’s Gina Effing Torres) Lucy Lawless Zoe Kravitz Kate McKinnon
Natalie Dormer
Lucy Liu
Aja Naomi King
Gabrielle Ruiz
Yes, she’s in a Marvel show right now, but if Ryan Reynolds can universe hop, then so can she. Catwoman in particular is often underestimated and is known for being ruthless on occasion, which is something Wen has done time and time again. Anyone who watches Brooklyn Nine-Nine knows that Beatriz is equally deadly and also pretty good at comedy when the situation calls for it. Also, let’s be real here: if Rosa has a big ass knife, then she more than likely has been wanting to use a whip or control plants as Poison Ivy as well. We all saw Westworld, right? There doesn’t really need to be more said about Newton, who pretty much dominates every scene that she’s in and would definitely match wits with both Margot Robbie and Ben Affleck (let’s be real, we all know that he’ll eventually show up in the Gotham City Sirens movie). Plus, it’d be worth every penny to watch her throw shade at Leto Joker.
There doesn’t really need to be a reason for Gina Torres to play Catwoman or Poison Ivy. She’s Gina Effing Torres, and she does what she wants. Ghostbusters showed that McKinnon will just throw herself into any role that’s offered to her. If Gotham City Sirens is going to be anything like Suicide Squad and get goofy with its lead characters, McKinnon is someone you want in your corner.
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Ming-Na Wen
Yes, she's in a Marvel show right now, but if Ryan Reynolds can universe hop, then so can she. Catwoman in particular is often underestimated and is known for being ruthless on occasion, which is something Wen has done time and time again.
Stephanie Beatriz
Anyone who watches Brooklyn Nine-Nine knows that Beatriz is as deadly as she is skilled at comedy, when the situation calls for it. Also, let's be real here: if Rosa has a big-ass knife, then she more than likely has been wanting to use a whip or control plants as Poison Ivy as well.
Kate McKinnon
Ghostbusters showed that McKinnon will just throw herself into any role that's offered to her. If Gotham City Sirens is going to be anything like Suicide Squad and get goofy with its lead characters, McKinnon is someone you want in your corner.
Lucy Lawless
She's killing it on Ash vs. Evil Dead right now, she killed as Xena back in the day. There doesn't need to be any more said beyond whether as Selina or Pamela, Lucy would likely kill it.
Katie McGrath
She's in Supergirl as Lena Luthor, and she's great in it, but there's a playfulness and vulnerability in her performance that would lend itself well to a woman like Ivy, who does sometimes have fun with her plant-controlling powers. As Lena, she's always straddling the line between doing right and wrong, not entirely unlike Pamela herself.
Lucy Liu
It's been a while since we've gotten to see Liu kick ass in a movie, and Sirens sounds like it'll deliver plenty of women beating the crap outta bad guys. Seriously, can you imagine her one-on-one with Leto Joker?
Bryce Dallas Howard
Bryce is more than likely busy with that dinosaur movie to get on this, and she may not even want to, given how her last venture into superhero films went. But if she was available, she should definitely give the world of costumed weirdos another shot.
Aja Naomi King
The How to Get Away with Murder star has an adorable demeanor that hides her craftiness (and in some cases, outright rage). If nothing else, she'd sell the impassioned activist thing that Ivy is sometimes known for, or the right amount of passion that'll eventually come when Harley needs to be told to leave Mistah J in the dust.
Gabrielle Ruiz
If you watch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, you know that Valencia can be kinda mean sometimes, while other times, she just needs a friend. Ruiz manages to get that across perfectly in two seasons, so it's not hard to imagine that she could do that again in two hours.
Evan Rachel Wood
One has to imagine that the Westworld stars are in need of something to do until the series returns in late 2018. While there was plenty of standout acting in the show, Wood was one of the best of the whole ensemble. Would she be a better Catwoman or Ivy? Who knows, but she'd crush it either way if she was cast.
Zoe Kravitz
Zoe's star power is only gonna rise and rise with each movie she's in, and it more than likely won't be long before offers for some superhero movie wind up being thrown at her. Margot Robbie seems like a fun person to hang around, ditto Kravitz, so one has to imagine the two of them together would be a blast.
Natalie Dormer
Following her stint on Game of Thrones, it's time to get Dormer to play mischievous on the big screen. Catwoman seems like more than a good place for Margaery Tyrell.
Salma Hayek
If Gotham's supposed to have been full of weirdoes and freaks for decades, then that'll require an older woman who looks like she's been around the crime block. Movies like Everly in 2014 show that Hayek has action chops, so it's not like she couldn't hold her own alongside an acrobat or a jacked up ninja.
Gina Torres
There doesn't really need to be a reason for Gina Torres to play Catwoman or Poison Ivy. She's Gina Effing Torres, and she does what she wants.
Thandie Newton
We all saw Westworld, right? There doesn't really need to be more said about Newton, who pretty much dominates every scene that she's in and would definitely match wits with both Margot Robbie and Ben Affleck (let's be real, we all know that he'll eventually show up in the Gotham City Sirens movie). Plus, it'd be worth every penny to watch her throw shade at Leto Joker.
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Justin was a former Staff Writer for Twinfinite between 2014 and 2017 who specialized in writing lists and covering news across the entire video games industry. Sometimes a writer, always a dork. When he isn't staring in front of a screen for hours, he's probably reading comics or eating Hot Pockets. So many of them.
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Published: Dec 14, 2016 01:31 pm