DCU’s Hawkgirl Will Sport a ‘Sick’ & ‘Badass’ Costume According to Superman Actress

Hawkgirl’s “badass” go well with is “so sick,” based on Superman (2025) co-star, Isabela Merced. The Sicario: Day of the Soldado,Turtles All of the Approach Down, and Madame Net actress will quickly make her big-screen debut in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s extremely anticipated DC Universe. However, in the mean time, Merced is busy making the rounds selling her newest cinematic triumph on the press tour for Alien: Romulus. And she or he gushed about her superhero costume when requested about Hawkgirl in a brand new interview with Deadline. Merced mentioned (under):

“Effectively, there have been some leaked footage on-line.
Nonetheless, I feel James is aware of what he needs, and this particular go well with is for this particular timeline within the story.
I don’t know what else I can say, however I gotta say, the helmet was my absolute favourite.
It’s so sick. It’s so badass. It’s good.”

In July of 2023, the thrilling information broke that Merced could be portraying the winged, Thanagarian Mace-wielding superhero alongside each Edi Gathegi’s Mister Terrific and Nathan Fillion’s Inexperienced Lantern/Man Gardner in Gunn’s first big-screen installment of the DCU, Superman.

The character of Hawkgirl is among the oldest superheroes, and she or he (Shiera Sanders earlier than she married Carter Corridor) was initially launched within the pages of Flash Comics No. 1 again in 1940. The milestone, Golden-Age subject additionally marked the primary look of Jay Garrick’s Flash, Hawkman and Johnny Thunder.

Isabela Merced Discusses Enjoying Marvel & DC Superheroes

Isabela Merced was “geeking out” every time she tried on Hawkgirl’s spectacular costume for James Gunn’s Superman. And whereas the actress will doubtless obtain a a lot hotter and extra deserving reception from the followers after starring within the Man of Metal’s first DCU journey, Merced nonetheless has to stay with the truth that she starred in one of many worst Sony and Marvel superhero collaborations, Madame Net. However the actress who portrayed Anya Corazon, aka Spider-Lady, has come to phrases with the movie being a flop. Merced mentioned whereas showing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast:

“I really feel like each actor that I do know, that I like, has that one film that I’m like,
‘So camp, it’s so camp [laughing], it’s so like —’ […]
I feel just like the group chat was enjoyable after, when all of the tweets would come out and the memes we’d see, the group chat was very enjoyable.
However, on the identical time, it does have a tragic style in my mouth,
as a result of there have been folks that labored on it that labored actually exhausting
— and like possibly this was their alternative to have an enormous break.”

Merced continued:

“And I simply can’t assist however take into consideration these folks that put within the work.
I’m fortunate sufficient to produce other alternatives proper now.
That’s what I really feel actually blessed about, however I do like really feel unhealthy for the opposite folks that put their all into this,
and there’s so many cooks within the kitchen, so you possibly can’t…

So, regardless that you may imply effectively, any individual else won’t perceive the task.”

Loads of images of Merced and her Superman co-stars draped of their uniformed costumes are available on-line, and the Hawkgirl actress gushed over her on-screen cohorts in crime preventing already. However Merced additionally shared with Glad Unhappy Confused’s host, Josh Horowitz, that she notably loves and is “so excited” for followers to see Nathan Fillion’s model of Inexperienced Lantern.