She played badasses in Cleopatra 2525 and Joss Whedon’s Firefly, but Gina Torres portrays a whole new breed of sexy evil as Superwoman in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, out Tuesday. That’s because when it comes to powerful women seeking to reign over comics, there’s one simple rule.
“There aren’t really any skinny bitches in the world of comic books,” Torres said in a press release Tuesday. “They’ve got muscle.”
And curves, plenty of them. But while those sensual, muscular curves may be a knock on the mostly masculine comics multiverse, Torres is cool with it. In fact, she thinks it kicks ass.
“What I love about superheroes, and Superwoman in particular,” Torres said, “is that in that comics world they’re all curvaceous. They’re strong. And it’s important to have strong images of women out there, women who aren’t afraid of expressing themselves, women who aren’t afraid of taking chances, women who aren’t afraid of their own power.”
Like Superwoman, Wonder Woman emerges as one of Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths’ most powerful figures.
Batman spends much of his screen time getting smacked down, mostly by Superwoman, who in one scene breaks his ribs with a flick of her malicious fingers.
The female superheroes inform much of Crisis on Two Earths’ light-speed action and cultural analysis.
Which is as it should be, said Torres.
“Unfortunately, being a woman in society means that sometimes you have to sort of quell what is instinctually broad and magnificent and magical about you,” she said.
“I don’t know if that’s necessarily relegated to being a woman, because we’re all so worried about fitting in and not sticking out. [But] what’s great about this whole genre is that it’s all about sticking out. It’s all about being magnificent to the highest power.”
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