Los Angeles: Actress Jena Malone will reportedly play Carrie Kelly - “female" Robin - in the upcoming film “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice".
WILX-10 News station reporter Kirk Montgomery spoke with a source at Michigan State University, where a scene involving Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) was being recently filmed.
“I've learned that the character of Robin is now female,” he said, reports variety.com.
Warner Bros. (WB) declined to comment.
Malone, who appeared in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” has been seen on the WB set.
“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, co-starring Henry Cavill and Gal Gadot, opens March 25, 2016.
