supposedly a casting call went out for jessica cruz for my adventures with green lantern and this was the description:
“[ JESSICA CRUZ ] – 18 and older to play 14-15, Latina. PLEASE NOTE: This role will sing in the series, looking for talent who can sing.”
looking for voice actor that sings is. inch resting… it sounds really random but i saw someone on twitter suggest it could be cause she’s in choir which is a lot more reasonable than my musical loving ass jumping to the conclusion that “wtf it’s a musical!?!?!” and then thinking that we’re getting the music meister or something else ridiculous.
“Jessica had a normal childhood: she played softball, hung out with her best friends Kyle and Nikki, and stayed out of trouble. But Jess’ life collapsed when everyone around her hit puberty and got mean. Betrayed by friends and bullied out of softball, Jess withdrew. Better to be small and safe than to be yourself and get hurt.”
not gonna lie, this bit made me laugh. it’s such a G rated version of her origin story but it makes sense considering how jessica is only a first year in high school for this series.
“We meet Jess at the top of high school: a chronically anxious freshman who starts the year hoping to keep her head down and get by… but who ends up being chosen by a magic ring to be the cosmic champion of all life–the Green Lantern. Despite her fear, anxiety, and her low opinion of herself, Jess will find that she does have the tenacity and courage to meet this challenge, to become the world’s greatest hero. KEYWORDS: Lovable, relatable, plucky, overthinker, ball of anxiety. SERIES REGULAR. VOICE OVER”
really hoping the series does a good job depicting her struggles with mental illness and just do her character justice in general 🥹 i really want more people to love jessica the way i do for reasons similar as i do and not just love an alternate version of jess that’s dissimilar to her comic counterpart.
i’m also on my knees begging for the mawgl team to make simon another main character or at least a supporting character. i’m so tired of animated projects excluding him especially when they include jessica. jess and simon should not be separated!!!
and for anyone unfamiliar with my adventures with superman, this show takes place in the maws universe so it’s not a dcu project. it’s also also why jessica is so young in mawgl. clark is only in his early 20’s in the maws universe and i highly doubt jessica will be the first earth gl but even if she were she’s still supposed to be younger than clark.
