Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic
When Ruby Rose left Batwoman after its first season—during which ratings plummeted by 60%—it was ostensibly because of ill-health resulting from the intense workload; or not. She has recently stated that she would be willing to return to the series in her role as Kate Kane. But not to usurp Javicia Leslie in her titular role. Splendid.
The CW has announced that Kate Kane will, indeed, make a comeback to the sinking ship; and she'll be played by Wallis Day, with the tired old surgery trope being used to account for the physical change. Oh dear, Ruby. I think that's a no
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“I’m sorry I didn’t congratulate @wallisday yesterday,” Rose said on Instagram, in response to a photo tribute to her version of Kane. “I knew about the casting beforehand and didn’t know when it aired so I forgot to. “I’m seeing all the things I’m tagged in with people sad or wondering how I felt,” she added. “I feel great I have nothing but good vibes.”
Matt Grobar, Deadline
Still, despite your slightly disingenuous tone, you've taken it sportingly enough. And, in the interim, you've developed a stellar feature film portfolio to fall back on—The Doorman, 4.5; SAS: Red Notice, 4.7; Vanquish, hotly anticipated. So it's their loss.
In British rhyming slang, another Ruby, the Northern Irish singer Ruby Murray, lent her name to the alternative word for a curry. Although, strictly speaking, she didn't so much lend it, as it was taken.