The Harley Quinn showrunner has revealed why Margot Robbie didn’t lend her voice to the new series

Although Margot Robbie played the legendary Harley Quinn in the 2016 film Suicide Squad and the upcoming Birds Of Prey, she hasn’t lent her voice to the upcoming DC Comics TV show.

Instead, The Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco filled the role after the Warner Brothers’ boss allegedly pitched her to the showrunners.

Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk about why Margot didn’t reprise the legendary superhero, executive producer Justin Halpern explained: ‘Margot was never going to be able to do it because she was doing the Birds Of Prey film and a million other things.

‘We talked with Margot a couple times but only in so much as, “Here’s what we’re doing, I don’t know what you guys are doing”.




‘I think they wanted to make sure there wasn’t too much overlap between this show and the movie.’

Justin added that Kaley wasn’t nervous to take on the role of Harley and that she was keen to make the character her own.

Margot played the iconic character in the hit 2016 film (Picture: DC)

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‘She was very specific about the take she wanted to do and I think that was probably because there have been so many different innervations of Harley,’ he said.

‘I think Kaley really, really did not want to do a version of Harley that would be a rip off of another version of Harley.’

The Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco has taken on the role of Harley Quinn (Picture: Getty)

According to Justin, Kaley threw herself into playing Harley and wasn’t afraid let loose and have fun with it.

‘It was quite different [role from The Big Bang Theory] but that’s what excited her about it,’ he told us.

‘We work with a lot of great actors, but also there are a lot of actors out there who they don’t want to try anything that might make them look silly, but Kaley would.

Harley Quinn is set to premiere on DC Universe on Friday 29 November.

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