Susan Sarandon cast as a villain in DC's Blue Beetle film
The Thelma and Louise star will be a mysterious new villain made just for the buggy movie
Farewell, Sharon Stone. Another star with an alliterative name has taken over the role as a villain in Warner Bros. Discovery’s Blue Beetle film. The Wrap reports that Thelma and Louise star Susan Sarandon has been officially cast as Victoria Kord—who Sharon Stone was previously in talks to play—a mysterious character created just for this film.
Though she doesn’t appear in the comics, there’s at least one hint to Sarandon’s character’s connection to the film’s titular hero Jaime Reyes AKA Blue Beetle. Before El Paso teenager Jaime Reyes took on the moniker, a guy by the name of Ted Kord held the title of Blue Beetle. He even had a power-hungry uncle, who Ted would go on and stop from taking over the world. There’s the possibility that Sarandon’s Victoria Kord could be a gender-bent version of Ted’s uncle, setting up an appearance for the bug suit’s previous wearer to meet Jaime.