![]() When I first met Dinah, I was playing the Injustice 2 video game and didn't know this film was being made, or anything like that. So it was an honor to be the vessel through which she was brought to film. JSB: It's an honor! She was written over 70 years ago and the Black Canary is one of the most iconic characters in the DC universe. I felt an incredible amount of freedom to make her my own." "The beautiful thing about the DC universe is there are so many origin stories for the characters. PS: Love that! How does it feel to be the woman to play her big film debut? But she really has to go on a path of owning her true power, not apologizing for who she is, and truly owning her true potential in spite of her loyalty to him. And because Roman was the only person who took care of her after her mother died, she has this false sense of loyalty to him. She's kept it a secret but she just keeps getting sucked into this meta world more and more. She's not thriving and is going against her nature, because the Dinah Lance in the comics is the one who's all hard with a high moral compass, and in the film, she's not willing to own her power yet. She's working at Roman Sionis's Black Mask nightclub as a lounge singer, and because she lost her mother to crime fighting, she wants nothing to do with cleaning up Gotham. When we meet Dinah in the film, she hasn't become the Black Canary that we know her to be - at this point she's working for the devil. Jurnee Smollett-Bell: Oh man, we tried to capture the essence of Dinah Lance from the comic books as a street fighter raised in Gotham, the daughter of a crime fighter. POPSUGAR: This is the first time Dinah's depicted on the big screen what do you want fans to come away with after seeing the film? ![]() The New Birds of Prey Trailer Has the Chaotic Girl Gang Energy We've Been Looking For While the role is almost completely different from Smollett-Bell's previous work, it sounds like it might be one of her favorites! Read on to find out exactly how insane that iconic carousel scene was to film and who Smollett-Bell would love to see put on the green tights as Green Arrow one day. While the notably unstable villain is a right menace throughout the film, he has a soft spot for his lounge singer, which leads to a chaotic series of events resulting in Dinah landing right into the path of Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) and the Birds of Prey. That devil happens to be Ewan McGregor's hilariously ridiculous Roman Sionis, aka the Black Mask. "At this point she's working for the devil." "When we meet Dinah in the film, she hasn't become the Black Canary that we know her to be," Smollett-Bell explained to POPSUGAR during a chat about the film over the phone. The Underground actress takes on the role of DC's famed vigilante with the supernatural cry and adds a tortured soul and songstress spin that enhances her air of danger. Dinah Laurel Lance has had many iterations on the small screen, but there's never been a portrayal of everyone's favorite Black Canary quite like Jurnee Smollett-Bell's in Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).
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