Gotham: Is Harley Quinn Making Her Debut This Season?

04/10/2017 06:58 pm EDT

While Gotham may not adhere strictly to any one timeline in the DC Universe, it is fundamentally based off the expansive world. The Fox drama acts as a prequel to Batman's gritty days as a vigilante in Gotham City, and fans have watched Bruce Wayne undergo plenty of trials so far. When the show returns from its midseason hiatus, fans have been promised that Gotham will begin to show Bruce adopt an (albeit) immature take on Batman as characters like Nygma and Jerome start looking more like the Riddler and Joker.

However, those villains aren't the only one fans have been waiting to see full-on. Since Gotham premiered, audiences have waited to see if Harley Quinn might make an appearance, and rumors have persisted that the giggling vixen may very well appear. Now, a recent interview with the Gotham cast has hit the Internet, and it has fans buzzing about Harley Quinn's future on the show.

Over on Youtube, DC All Access uploaded a video which features cast interviews from Gotham. Cory Michael Smith had plenty to say about the Riddler and such - but it was Erin Richards who really piqued fans' interest. The actress, who plays Barbara Kean on the show, has long been asked if her seedy character would transform into Harley Quinn one day. And, in this recent interview, the starlet said Gotham would have a "massive character reveal at the end."

Fans have questioned if Harley Quinn would debut in the latter-half of Gotham's current season because of its focus on Jerome. Gotham has all but confirmed that the character will take up the Joker's role, and the psychotic villain will want a helper on his side. If Jerome or his posse of insane followers can convert Barbara after a promised fallout with Tabitha, then anything could be possible for the character.

In the past, Richards has said conversations have been on-going about whether Harley Quinn could be brought onto Gotham. Speaking with CinemaBlend, the actress said, "I think something major would have to happen to Barbara for her to fully become Harley Quinn. Because Harley Quinn is kind of...she doesn't, to me, have the motivation that Babs has."

"Harley Quinn seems to like destruction for destruction's sake, and that's wonderful, but I feel like Barbara has more of a plan. She's a little bit more intellectual in her approach toward climbing the ladder and taking over the underworld. And I think if she was to then morph into Harley Quinn, there would have to be something that happened that sort of stripped away that kind of scheming side of her so that she would just become, I guess, unhinged in the world."

Richards continued, saying, "That madness and mayhem that comes along with The Joker, because obviously they're a team." Clearly, Gotham has plenty of mad storylines in its future, so it's not like Harley Quinn would be too out-of-place. In fact, the vixen might just fit right in.

Right, puddin?

Gotham returns to FOX Monday, April 24 at 8 p.m. for the final eight episodes of the third season. No official season four pick-up has been announced yet for the series.

Kotobukiya Shows Off Gotham Oswald Cobblepot ARTFX+ Statue

Ranking The Top 5 Poison Ivy Costumes

Gotham: 5 Questions to Ponder During 3-Month Winter Hiatus

In crime ridden Gotham City, Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered before young Bruce Wayne's eyes. Although the idealistic Gotham City Police Dept. detective James Gordon, and his cynical partner, Harvey Bullock, seem to solve the case quickly, things are not so simple. Inspired by Bruce's traumatized desire for justice, Gordon vows to find it amid Gotham's corruption. Thus begins Gordon's lonely quest that would set him against his own comrades and the underworld with their own deadly rivalries and mysteries. In the coming wars, innocence will be lost and compromises will be made as some criminals will fall as casualties while others will rise as supervillains. All the while, young Bruce observes this war with a growing obsession that would one day drive him to seek his own revenge as The Batman.

Disclosure: ComicBook is owned by CBS Interactive, a division of Paramount. Sign up for Paramount+ by clicking here.