Poison Ivy
Another of Batman’s rogues who works in a similar vein of Joker is Dr. Pamela Isley. Poison Ivy is an anti-hero who cares more about the life of plants than of humans. She’ll happily trade the life of a living being made to flesh to create life in a plant.
While she harnesses supernatural energy called the Green, she also uses her own concoctions. As far as the movie is concerned the story can see her taking a job as a Botanist.
Her job is to research various plant life for the betterment of medicine. However, she finds a plot where her findings are actually to be made into weapons.
Pamela’s research is stolen and her workstation is destroyed, killing all plant life. Add in her being the only woman in the team and being underestimated and harassed.
Pamela decides she’s done and goes for vengeance. Since this is a grounded take there’s no Green but she does have the ability to make poisons.
The idea of Poison Ivy is that she can use her brains, as well as her looks to get what she wants. Seeing Pamela turn into Poison Ivy means her using her sexuality against those who wronged her.
This is akin to Gone Girl where a man’s primal desire is his downfall.
It can also act as a wallflower-type movie. The first half sees a timid Dr. Pamela Isley who lets everyone walk over her. Once her work is destroyed, the wallflower blossoms and Poison Ivy, the confident seductress with a penchant for poisoning.
Another interesting idea to note is that it can also become a parable for the current climate issues. This is something Pamela Isley can take an interest in and use her newfound being to become an eco-terrorist.
To play Poison Ivy, she needs an actress who can play shy and meek then become confident. She needs someone who’s able to go from scared to scary. Pamela Isley needs somebody like Bridget Regan.
Her role as Dottie Underwood in Agent Carter is a perfect example of how to play this version of Ivy.
In Agent Carter, Dottie is a spy who pretends to be a ditzy and timid woman at a boarding house. In actual fact, she’s a confident woman with brains to match her looks. She’s also shown in Jane the Virgin how great she is at being sexy yet smart at the same time.
She’s the perfect candidate for Poison Ivy in this movie.
