Mary Elizabeth Winstead Comments on Playing Huntress in Birds of Prey

Mary Elizabeth Winstead spoke with The Wrap and has confirmed she will play Huntress in Birds of Prey. Winstead told the site that she is looking forward to playing Helena Bertinelli in the DC film, noting that while she wasn’t a big comic reader, she’s become interested in the character since being approached.

“I can’t say that I was a huge comic book reader, but when I met with Cathy Yan, who’s directing the film, and learned kind of the back story of the character, I was really interested,” said Winstead. “It’s a really strong, kind of emotional place to start from for a superhero character. I won’t go into too much detail now, but I think it’s interesting and an opportunity to do something cool with this kind of character,”

Winstead co-stars in the film with Margot Robbie and Jurnee Smollett-Bell, who will play Harley Quinn and Black Canary in the film. Winstead said of her prep, “I’m going to start training, and I’ll be learning how to shoot a bow and arrow, too — which is new for me.”

She added, “It’s really exciting, and even the process of going through getting the role and everything was a very different experience than I’ve typically been through,” Winstead said. “Being with the other actresses and a female director and just the whole energy behind this is so unique, so I’m really happy about that.”

The film will open in theaters on February 7th, 2020.