Harley Quinn

I’ve been thinking about who might play Harley Quinn should they decide to include her in the next Batman movie. For a fun Harley, I’d choose Drew Barrymore. She can do the sweet innocent who’s also very creepy and possibly homicidal. We can just forget that she was one of Two-Face’s hench-women in Batman Forever.

But if you’re going for the dark stuff (which Batman Begins did, and its sequel should too), I’m becoming more and more convinced that Six from Battlestar Galactica would make a good Harley. She’s sexy, strong, twisted, and manipulative, yet very vulnerable. She’s proven that she makes a good foil for an insane genius. And she would probably be able to pull off a definitive transition from Harlene to Harley better than Barrymore. Strong, self-assured psychiatry student interning at Arkham slowly turning into a woman whose entire world revolves around an insane clown.

My only problem with her is that she’s kind of tall. Finding a body double for her to do Harley’s gymnastics may prove difficult. But I may be willing to sacrifice the gymnastics if it means doing justice to her character otherwise.