Major comic book franchise fans
can be very opinionated when it comes to who might be cast to portray their
characters from print to screen, especially if it is live-action. Thus, the
furor regarding the casting of Australian model-actress Ruby Rose as “Batwoman”
on The CW has been quite notable. While Rose is already established to TV
audiences recently for her prominent role in “Orange is the New Black” on
Netflix, her taking on the role of Bruce Wayne’s crime-fighting cousin has been
bogged down by the feminist-leaning promotion of her series. But the physical toll
of being Batwoman became apparent with Rose’s revelation of a recent stunt work
accident.
Comic Book Resources tells us that Ruby Rose shared details on
social media of a surgery she had during the production of “Batwoman” on The
CW. This came in the form of a video she posted on her Instagram account, which
showed her undergoing an emergency procedure following a stunt accident that
came close to leaving her paralyzed. In her video caption, Rose noted that the
incident took place during shooting of her new show, two months ago. The
actress notes that this surgery explains her new back scar, which she described
as “Pez dispenser-shaped.”
“A couple of
months ago I was told I needed an emergency surgery or I was risking becoming
paralyzed,” Rose wrote on Instagram. “I had herniated two discs doing stunts,
and they were close to severing my spinal chord(sic). I was in chronic pain and
yet couldn’t feel my arms.” The “Batwoman” lead star remarked that she was
inspired by an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” to have her surgery recorded, both
as an insurance that the procedure happened uneventfully and to satisfy her own
curiosity on what happens to a patient under general anesthesia. She also
thanked her surgeon, a Dr. Bray, for his work.
Ruby Rose must
be hoping that her Instagram update on her stunt-related injury might drive
home to standoffish audiences the risks she undergoes as a physical and
action-oriented main character on a DC TV series on “The CW.” “The Batwoman”
has been criticized for its heavy-handedness of feminist themes, particularly
the way Rose’s character Kate Kane assumes control of a skeleton Wayne
Enterprises following the disappearance of her cousin Bruce, and her taking
over his secret crime-fighting duties while redesigning the bat-costume to be
feminine.
Rose’s Batwoman
first appeared in the “Elseworlds” inter-series crossover of the “Arrow-verse”
shows in late 2018. Her own series premieres October 6, and will also figure on
the next crossover event “Crisis on Infinite Earths.”
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