Ruby Rose admits the pandemic played a part in leaving Batwoman: 'There was a lot of thought and reflection'

Ruby Rose is going into more detail about her decision to leave Batwoman after one season.

The Orange Is the New Black actress, 34, who was cast as Kate Kane, reflected on her on-set back injury in 2019 contributing to her decision. But it wasn't the sole reason for her departure.

"That definitely made going back to work, you know, so quickly tricky. But they really accommodated trying to help me out the best they could, going back so early. Cause we wanted to obviously meet the release date of the show," the actress said on SiriusXM's The Jess Cagle Show.

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Rose admitted the pandemic played a role in her questioning her choice to star in the CW show.

"I think what played a bigger part was more, we got shut down early," she said. "We didn't get to finish the first season, which is such a shame, especially for a first season show… and then we went into lockdown with COVID and thinking of in quarantine and locked down, there was a lot of thought and reflection and kind of everyone did it. You know, we all kind of thought about where we're at."

She continued, "I love that character and the whole experience, but we did have a discussion and we sort of mutually agreed that probably what was best for the show, um, at the time was they go in a different direction and I go in a different direction."

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The CW show marked the first lead TV role for Rose. She previously starred in Netflix's Orange Is the New Black and been cast in supporting roles for feature films like Pitch Perfect 3, and John Wick.

Javicia Leslie stepped into the cape and cowl for the show's second season.

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