James Gunn is addressing rumors that he’s wanting into casting Adria Arjona as Surprise Girl within the DC Universe.
In a brand new interview, the DC Studios co-head was requested about following Arjona on social media, which prompted followers to query if she would tackle the superhero position.
“I comply with Adria on Instagram however everyone got here out [and said], ‘He simply adopted her, which means she’s Surprise Girl,’” Gunn mentioned in an interview with Additional. “She’d be an important Surprise Girl, by the best way.”
Gunn continued, “She was in a film that I made seven years in the past. We’ve been buddies and have recognized one another since that point. I adopted her then, I didn’t simply comply with her.”
The movie Arjona starred in was 2016’s The Belko Experiment, directed by Greg McLean and written by James Gunn, who additionally produced it alongside DC Studios accomplice Peter Safran.
In an interview from earlier this yr, Arjona was requested about followers casting her as Surprise Girl after they observed Gunn adopted her on social media.
“I really like James Gunn,” Arjona mentioned in an interview with CinemaBlend in April. “He gave me my first film ever, which was like my first studio film, so I owe him loads.”
When requested if Gunn’s social media comply with meant something, Arjona mentioned, “I don’t know,” and crossed her fingers.
The actress who will get solid within the Surprise Girl position would comply with Gal Gadot who first performed the position in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice. Gadot would reprise the position within the 2017 Surprise Girl characteristic movie and 2017’s Justice League. Gadot would go on to play Diana Prince within the 2020 Surprise Girl 1984 sequel and have a cameo in 2023’s Shazam! Fury of Gods and The Flash.
Gunn’s DC Universe has already kicked off with the animated sequence Creature Commandos, however the first live-action movie within the Chapter One: Gods and Monsters sequence might be launched with Superman, starring David Corenswet within the title position.
