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Warner Bros. has cast actor Leslie Grace as the lead in its new DC movie Batgirl, bringing Barbara Gordon to the big screen - and bringing her full circle from her origins as a character created for the 60s Batman TV show.
That s right - before she was a comic book icon with her own legacy and decades of stories under her belt, Barbara Gordon started out as a glimmer in the eyes of 60s Batman TV producer William Dozier, who envisioned a female hero to expand the show s cast and form a trio alongside Adam West s Batman and Burt Ward s Robin.
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