First Look: Ruby Rose in Batwoman on the CW DC Crossover

CW has released its first look at Ruby Rose in Batwoman costume, the iconic superhero of DC Comics. Rose will debut as Kate Kane / Batwoman in the crossover of three shows between CW, "Arrow", "The Flash" and "Supergirl". Production begins Tuesday in Vancouver, reports ET.

Rose wears a black and red jumpsuit and a cape with a red bat badge on her chest. She also has long red hair on the picture. Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood was behind the meeting.

Rose's version of Batwoman will be different in that her iteration will be a lesbian. Finally, Rose will be the star of her own series "Batwoman", which should enter the airwaves of the television season 2019-2020. If the project ends in a series, Batwoman will be the first major gay character in a live superhero TV show.

Producers Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schecter and star Caroline Dries describe the character as complex: "Army of a passion for social justice and a talent for thought, Kate Kane hovers in the streets of Gotham under the name of Batwoman, a qualified lesbian and street fighter ready to quell the criminal resurgence of the failing city, but do not call her a hero yet In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must defeat her own demons before to go to the call of Gotham's symbol for hope. "

In August, Rose wrote online that she was happy that her character was openly talking about her sexual orientation, stating, "The bat is out of the bag and I am beyond enchanted and honored. an emotional wreck .. because it's a childhood dream, it's something that I would have died seeing on television when I was a young member of the LGBT community and I I've never felt represented on TV either alone or different. "

But soon after, Rose was criticized by trolls who said she was not "gay enough" because she had identified herself as being a "sex-fluid" "and that she was not Jewish (Kane is a Jewish character). Rose has therefore left Twitter.

The three-night crossover event with DC begins with "The Flash" on December 9 at 8pm. ET / PT, followed by "Arrow" on December 10 at 20h. ET / PT and "Supergirl" on December 11 at 8 pm ET / PT on the CW.