The new HBO series adapts the publisher's Green Lantern lore into a gritty, grounded detective drama, set in a small Nebraska town bristling with extraterrestrial paranoia.
Probing her own mysterious past, Hal tells Sheriff Kane that her accent and general demeanour doesn't "scream Rushville" – an observation she swiftly bats away, calling Hal a "snob".
Macdonald spoke to Radio Times about her Lanterns character's notable hometown, recalling it was "quite thrilling" to learn that Kane would be tied to the setting of so many iconic DC Comics stories.
View Green Video on the source website"I had discussions before we started shooting with James Hawes, the first block director, when we were talking about the fact that she was from Gotham and accent-wise where to place her."
Of course, at the time of writing, The Penguin and Matt Reeves's The Batman is classed as a separate universe to Lanterns and James Gunn's Superman. But there's another reason why Hawes advised taking Sheriff Kane's voice in a different direction.
"But it was very difficult when I was watching [The Penguin] not to just want to emulate the voices I was hearing on that. I caught myself a few times before I went on set when I was just practicing."
Martha Kane was, after all, the maiden name of Bruce Wayne's ill-fated mother. Her niece, Kate Kane, would go on to follow her cousin into vigilantism under the moniker of Batwoman.
Quizzed on whether she'd like to see Sheriff Kane visit Gotham, whether in flashback or as a homecoming, Macdonald added: "It would be great. I mean, if they could make me look younger as well…
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