Is her connection to the present-day Black Canary mentioned at all?
No, but we had a discussion that this is Smallville Black Canary’s mother. At one point we were going to do Black Canary instead of Doctor Fate, and have that whole mother/daughter thing, but because I think [Alaina Huffman] was unavailable at the time, that was off. That was just a very preliminary idea, so that went on the shelf. [Editor’s note: Alaina Huffman was starring in Stargate: Universe and just gave birth to her third child] Did you speak to any of the actors directly about how to portray their roles? I spoke to Britt [Irvin, who played Stargirl]. We had production meetings where we talked to Glen and Tom, because they were the ones directing the actors and going into the characters. Like with Hawkman – Carter Hall – and how he’s two different people. He’s Carter Hall, this guy who’s kind of shut-in and reserved and distant, and then you put his Hawk-helmet on and he becomes a warrior. He flashes back to 500 years ago, when he was fighting like a barbarian. [We were] going t
