Mary Elizabeth Winstead will be playing the Huntress in new film ?Birds of Prey.? Winstead is excited for the role, especially in being able to learn how to use a bow and arrow. According to Comicbook.com, Winstead may have meant a crossbow and not a bow and arrow. Winstead said she?s looking forward to showing her character?s ?interesting? backstory. The actress said the Huntress?s reasons for doing what she does is rooted in something real.