I think it’s fair to say your character also gets the best one-liners; how much fun is it as an actress to work with such scene stealing dialogue?
It was really cool. I’ve been asked, ‘What’s your favourite line?’ and I’m like, ‘I don’t really have one because she just lets out such a lot of them.’ That’s what I loved about the whole thing anyway that she just blurts her stuff out. It's like, ‘Did they hear me? Did they not? Whatever!’ [Laughs] It was fun, and I just remember when I was in the booth with Wes and Butch, they told me just to have fun with it and go to town. They would dial me up or dial me down if needed, so that was always fun too.
Without getting into any spoilers, I feel like this is probably the most powerful version of Black Canary we’ve seen on screen. What did it mean to you to explore that?
It’s freeing [and] fun. On a performance level as Elysia the actor, it was just really riveting to go there, especially in the booth. I think the challenge for me was seeing how it would all come together playing against the other characters because we didn’t get to work together. It’s just like, ‘Okay, trust your director and trust the team because they know where everything’s going.' I think that’s a big process for me that I love to do. I love giving myself over to other people that way and being like, ‘Alright man, [Laughs] drive this car, but I’m in it with you!’ It was all around good and fun vibes, and I left my sessions just elated.
Talking of your recording sessions, did COVID have an impact on your work at all?
I was really fortunate that I recorded back in 2019 live in the studio in Los Angeles with the guys. The only impact that I felt was last year when we did a little ADR pickup session, and I was, and I hate to say it like this, but I was stuck in Vancouver (even though it’s my hometown). I was up here because of the travel restrictions. So, we did an ADR session out of an amazing studio here which is where I got to see the animation for the first time. That was really rad. It didn’t impede much, to be honest. It was more just waiting about timing and figuring out how to manage with "COVID protocol." That was the time everything was shut down; no one was in an office, no one was in the studio. I think it was just waiting for people to say, ‘Okay, this is how we will proceed.’
Between this and Arrow, you’re certainly making a home for yourself in the DC Universe, but are there any other characters you’d like to play, possibly in a live-action setting?
I think listing them would continue our interview into a two-hour conversation because, yes, there are so many! [Laiughs] There’s so much I’d still like to explore as a performer or an artist, and so many people I’d like to collaborate with. I did get to play She-Hulk in a little moment of time, and when they came out with the live-action release and Tatiana Maslany got the part, I was so elated. That is so cool. That would be a cool role to play, for sure, if only because physically, what a dope challenge. Who knows what they’re going to do, but I would love to play and have the opportunity to do something where you can totally transform your body. Like, physically! That character speaks volumes to me. It’s She-Hulk, right? Who knows. I’m always open and wide-eyed to whatever comes my way, so we’ll see...
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