Brendan Fraser says BATGIRL shouldn’t be judged on its unfinished early test screenings

AS Brendan Fraser is making the press rounds for his Oscar nomination for The whalea lot is asked of him Bad girl. In a recent interview on The Howard Stern Show, the actor, who played the villain Firefly in the film, offered some insights into the film’s screening process and how the film shouldn’t have been judged in its early, unfinished form. He claims that the film did not have a good showing.

This comes after the DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran he said “the film was undistributable” and that it “would hurt DC”. If the movie was unfinished, then yeah, sure, that makes sense. But, had the film actually been completed, I’m not so sure that would have been the case. frazer said:

“Everyone’s saying really good things about it. But the thing is, it was shown at a garden variety test screening. It was a director’s cut, a first cut, it wasn’t finished. I mean, I don’t know you, but I don’t eat half-baked pies. I don’t want to see something that isn’t ready yet. The sad thing is, I don’t know if it’s been judged on its merits. It hasn’t been shown in the best light it could have been. I mean, Yeah, once you give a movie to people and the world, it’s open season to criticize it or praise it or whatever you want. But that hasn’t even had a proper hit shake.”

Fraser went on to say that the decision to ax the film was “disappointing” and added that he is sad that fans won’t be able to see it. Leslie Graceof Batgirl’s performance and praised her saying:

“Kids will have to wait longer before they see a Batgirl they can identify who says ‘hey she looks like me too’ in Leslie Grace and she was amazing. Oh my gosh she was good, really great. She’s a firecracker. Like dynamite it comes in small packages for a reason.She’s a dynamo.

Safran said: “I actually think so [president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery David] Zaslav and the team made a very bold and brave decision to cancel it. Bold and brave so that we can cancel it for tax purposes? OK. I’m not buying it. I was actually excited about this movie, and it would have been nice if it had a good shake, but what’s done is done.