So, the idea that Birds of Prey can just be another option of something to watch in these times just seemed appropriate and really smart. People are at home, and I think they’re longing to have entertainment since so much content has been completely shut down. So, I heard that Paramount was starting to do it, and I thought that was really wise, especially with the theaters shuttering.
Did you then get a call saying it was already in the works? How did things unfold from that initial tweet? So, you put out a tweet on March 16 regarding your hopes for an early VOD release. Even when I watch anything right now, I keep being like, “They are standing too close together.” ( Laughs.) It sounds strange, but seeing fully stocked shelves at the grocery store in your movie was quite jarring it felt like science fiction in a way. But, it’s actually made me more proud to be a New Yorker in a way by seeing how this city is trying its damnedest to make it okay. It’s definitely a tough time to be in New York - and to be a New Yorker.
In a conversation with THR, the filmmaker also looks back on not making an “exact” sequel to Suicide Squad and suggesting Huntress’ (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) fight down a slide. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Birds of Prey is one of a number of studio films that have arrived earlier than expected on home entertainment, so Yan is ready to dive deep into her filmmaking process. Now, she can fully cut herself off from him, and I thought it was a really important scene. It was more about Roman, what he’s capable of and Canary seeing him for who he really is for the first time. I think it’s a huge turning point for Roman it’s a huge turning point for Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), and the way that we shot it was hopefully not about the sexual violence upon the woman. “It was risky, and we had to fight to keep it at all. “I’ll be honest: We had to fight to keep that scene because it was uncomfortable,” the director admits.
Yan also opens up about the scene she fought for at Roman Sionis’ (Ewan McGregor) club where he humiliates a female patron out of sheer paranoia. But, I definitely do feel that everyone was pretty quick to jump on a certain angle.” So, yes, I think there were certainly different ways you could interpret the success or lack of success of the movie, and everyone has a right to do that. “That was an extra burden that, as a woman-of-color director, I already had on me anyway. There were also undue expectations on a female-led movie, and what I was most disappointed in was this idea that perhaps it proved that we weren’t ready for this yet,” Yan tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I know that the studio had really high expectations for the movie - as we all did. Filmmaker Cathy Yan, who made the jump from independent film to studio filmmaking with Birds of Prey, acknowledges some personal disappointment over the narratives that emerged reguarding its performance.
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