Rumors are circulating that Holly Hunter will play Leslie Tompkins in Batman vs. Superman.The rumor, picked up by the Latino Review, suggests that Hunter will play Batman’s ally, a doctor who went to school with Thomas Wayne. The studio may change the name to make her a different character, but she will fulfill the same role of maternal protector to Bruce Wayne, as Alfred is his paternal protector.In Batman comics, Tompkins was a peer of Thomas Wayne and, in some versions of Batman’s origin, was there to comfort the young Bruce Wayne when his parents died. Tompkins runs a clinic out of a building on Crime Alley, where the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents took place. She knows Batman’s identity and often provides him with medical assistance.Earlier reports on Hunter’s casting said that she would be playing a brand new character. These rumors seem to fly in the face of that, unless they’re justifying changing Tompkins’ name as creating a new character. If that’s the case you have to wonder why they would bother rather than just using Leslie Tompkins.Batman vs. Superman is scheduled for theatrical release on May 6, 2016.
