Dick Grayson Casting Thread

[Airwings]

Honestly @Airwings, first name that came into my head.

Ok, not that bad of a choice, to be honest.

But he can't be the Boy Wonder if you get want you want (meaning Batman not getting his sidekick before the 2030s)? You know that, right?

 

[Brotherhood]

Ok, not that bad of a choice, to be honest.

But he can't be the Boy Wonder if you get want you want (meaning Batman not getting his sidekick before the 2030s)? You know that, right?

Oh for sure, I'd have to look into it more to consider a Robin who appears later, as obviously I'm not as aware of actors of that younger age. Its why you see a lot of fan casting for Robin being the most well known young actors.

 

[Airwings]

Sunny Suljic?

Great that you suggested him. You've gone beyond the usual few actors that people here are suggesting all the time. We need someone like you, Lautox!
I 've mentioned Sunny in this thread before but no response, neither positive or negative.

I think the actor could do well in the role. I have to ask... what made you think of him?

 

[Airwings]

Oh for sure, I'd have to look into it more to consider a Robin who appears later, as obviously I'm not as aware of actors of that younger age. Its why you see a lot of fan casting for Robin being the most well known young actors.

I think you could come up with suggestions for Grayson

But, as you want the character to wait for a long time, the actor will have to be more than ten years younger than Fionn. It limits the choices very much. I'll give it a try.
Have you seen the Belfast film? I'd plan to do that when comes to my country.
Could the lead, Jude Hill, be suitable for Batman's sidekick? I've heard that he's praised for his performance. Is it possible to go from a European family drama, shot in black and white, to an American cbm with superheroes? Will he still be as good?

Another young Irish one is James Quinn Markey (The hole in the ground).
Since I'm bringing up horror films, how about Antlers? There's several child actors in the cast.

 

[Lautox]

Great that you suggested him. You've gone beyond the usual few actors that people here are suggesting all the time. We need someone like you, Lautox!
I 've mentioned Sunny in this thread before but no response, neither positive or negative.

I think the actor could do well in the role. I have to ask... what made you think of him?

Thanks! I thought of him because I saw Killing of a Sacred Deer a while ago and he had great chemistry with Colin and Barry. Also he is an actor who can play serious in dark tone films and be more light hearted in family friendly films like the christmas one he appeared on and that is basically Robin. Elliot Rose of the northman is a good choice also

 

[Airwings]

Thanks! I thought of him because I saw Killing of a Sacred Deer a while ago and he had great chemistry with Colin and Barry. Also he is an actor who can play serious in dark tone films and be more light hearted in family friendly films like the christmas one he appeared on and that is basically Robin. Elliot Rose of the northman is a good choice also

He has range. I've seen in him Mid90s and a couple of young adult adventure films. Interesting that he first did serious roles and then moved to lighter, more adventurous stuff..

Elliot Rose is in Robert Eggers' Northman yes but it hasn't finished post-production stage.
It's good to be ahead of things!!!
I add a photo of him below. It looks like he could fit Grayson.

Btw, how about Tobin Cleary for the role? He's another one of these child actors popping up everywhere.

 

[Airwings]

"The Big Robin Actor You Likely Missed Early In The Batman"
https://www.looper.com/787554/the-big-robin-actor-you-likely-missed-early-in-the-batman/

Not someone I want to see. It would feel really cheap if they used him for Dick Grayson.
I don't think Jay Lycurgo is someone Reeves would make his Robin either.
But what actor do you think he will go for?
Looking back at his previous work can reveal something. He's worked with Kodi Smit-McPhee two times.
I think I'm on the right track here. If Reeves had made his Batman film back in 2014, the sidekick would definately have been played by Kodi.

Obvisously, it's too late for that. The same likely goes for Fionn Whitehead.
We have to go younger.
Jared Gilmore is a suggestion I've seen elsewhere. I doubt he'll be a good choice.
If people his age are considered, then I suspect Lino Facioli is going to work better. It's a feeling I have.

There's also the left-field choice Charlie Plummer who's good at playing troubled youth. Unfortunately, time is running out for him when it comes to being a possible Boy Wonder.

 

[Airwings]

With Robin candidates now popping up in another thread, I'll try again here.

There's a risk that Matt Reeves thinks of Dick Grayson as a silly character and wants to point that out in a sequel.
Will he go as far to prove that point as to give the role to Ferdia Shaw from the live action Artemis Fowl adaption by Kenneth Branagh (a film that seems to be universally disliked)?

If not, maybe Arlo Hajdu (Antlers) or Will Angarola (Licorice Pizza) could be considered?

 

[Airwings]

What about

Hayden Byerly (The Fosters)
Logan Allen (Bernie The Dolphin 1 and 2)
Cole Springer (The Good Wolf)
Luke Doyle (The Song of Names)

 

[VonRomberg]

I doubt Reeves would use a character who he thinks is silly and use their inclusion as nothing more than an opportunity to snicker at their silliness.

Dick Grayson’s story being a version of Bruce’s but that ends better is a fairly compelling narrative aspect, if Reeves were to do it I’m sure he’d do it well.

 

[Airwings]

I doubt Reeves would use a character who he thinks is silly and use their inclusion as nothing more than an opportunity to snicker at their silliness.

That would not be a good idea, making sort a parody of the character but in a grounded world.

The casting is important. It must be the right guy.
But who's to say his previous work can't have been in a family film? Why does the actor need experience in playing edgy roles?

 

[Airwings]

Here's a whole list of guys. I think you have seen some of their work.
I don't support all of them. I just want to bring some awareness to these actors.
Is there a Dick Grayson among them?

It starts with Griffin Kane who's born 2003.

Then the following...
Lucas Bond (Summerland)
Dominic Boyle (A Monster Calls)
Harvey Weedon (The Alienist)
Tommy Rodger (Goodbye Christopher Robin)
Lincoln Jolly (Pen15)
Jonah Beres (Strange Nature)
Adam Michael Jordan (A Child’s Voice)
Marc Puiggener (Black Hollow Cage)
Luke Colombero (The Devide)
Ty Perham (West of Sunshine)
Jordan Poole (Birthmarked)
Xavier Loyer (Allure)
Avery Winters-Anthony (Wildhood)
Jack Fulton (The Kindness of Strangers)
Lucian-River Chauhan (Encounter)
Ricardo Ortiz (Gabby Duran & The Unsittables)
Mystic Inscho (The Mysterious Benedict Society)
Flynn Allen (The Last Boy)
Kaden Hinkle (A Feral World)

 

[Airwings]

I think I will soon come up with one actor suggestion that you people would like. Not everyone can be a bad choice

Here are more candidates.
(part 1/2)

Walker Scobell (The Adam Project)
Jude Manley (The Adventure of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend)
Evan Assante (Dinosaur World)
Luca Luhan (Danger Force)
Misha Handley (The Song of Names)
Kyler Charles Beck (The Adventures of Jurassic Pet)
Phoenix Wilson (Wild Indian)
Bradley Bundlie (Deviant Love)
Caleb Liban (A Feral World)
Jackson Gann (The Alienist)
Will Tilston (Bridgerton)
Max Fincham (Invasion)
Callum Booth-Ford (Peaky Blinders)
Harry Gilby (The Last Kingdom)
Spencer Jording (Firstness)
Braxton Alexander (The Black Phone)
Lyon Daniels (We Can Be Heroes)
Brady Jenness (The Seventh Day)
Sloane Morgan Siegel (Portal Runner)

 

[DarkKnight88]

As long as he keeps Robin a kid. Not a teenager. Not a man. A kid. Something never before seen seriously in a live-action comic book movie (Kick-Ass was more parody). That would definitely differentiate it from any Batman movie right there or, really any superhero movie.

 

[Airwings]

As long as he keeps Robin a kid. Not a teenager. Not a man. A kid. Something never before seen seriously in a live-action comic book movie (Kick-Ass was more parody). That would definitely differentiate it from any Batman movie right there or, really any superhero movie.

It's going to be really difficult to grant your wish. Someone who's a kid now will have hit 13 before he gets the role.
Also, there aren't many actual kids in Hollywood. If you saw any of those in a film last year, he's almost two years older by now.

I prefer a teen for Robin. It will be best, imo.
By that I mean a teenage character. Someone in his early 20s can play the role if he's one of those who looks young enough. Like Ralph Macchio used to do.

Btw, here's 2/2 of my last new suggestions. There are actors of various ages. Do you think it is a Grayson there?

Pierson Salvador (Better Nate Than Ever)
Andrew Diaz (We Can Be Heroes)
Tristan Riggs (The Seventh Day)
Miles Emmons (Mercy Black)
Huck Whittle (Jessie and the Elf Boy)
Oliver Cunliffe (Silverpoint)
Nathanael Saleh (The Letter for the King)
August Maturo (Slapface)
Rueby Wood (Better Nate Than Ever)
Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon)
Nathan Blair (We Can Be Heroes)
Ivan Mallon (Pen15)
Jonathan Matthew Wilson (A Child’s Voice)
Billy Barratt (The Other Me)
Aidan Langford (Remnants of the Fallen)
Jack Dullnig (The Good Wolf)
Taj Cross (Young Rock)
Bryce Lederer (Rapture in Blue)
Wesley Kimmel (The Hater)
Adrien Lyon (The Boy, the Dog and the Clown)
Owen Bruemmer (Aquaslash)
Jordan Isaiah White (The Black Phone)
Conor Leach (Preacher)
Sasha Knight (Cowboys)
Landon Edwards (Lost Child)
Jett Klyne & Julian Hilliard (both from Wandavision)

 

[Airwings]

What about these? Do they look like possible Robins?

Adam Greaves-Neal (The Young Messiah)
Finn Ireland (Measure For Measure)
Maxwell Jenkins (Lost in Space)
Teo Briones (Chucky TV series)
Malachi Barton (Under Wraps)
Dylan Kingwell (The 100)
Robert Daniel Sloan (Sinister 2)
Kenta Asars (Far Away Places)

 

[BMW 224]

How does everyone feel about a Black Actor being cast for Dick Grayson ?

 

[Airwings]

How does everyone feel about a Black Actor being cast for Dick Grayson ?

Depends on who it will be. The same goes for white actors. Some are fit for a part, others not.
But if they get a black actor for Robin, a character who's always been white, the pressure to get just the right guy will be higher. Warner Bros can't just cast a young actor of color who's popular at the moment and hope it will make the sidekick cool. No, it needs to be the right actor, even if it's an unknown or semi-known.

Have you any particular one in mind, BMW 224?

 

[CaptainWagner]

I could see Javon Walton as Dick. He's 15, did great work on Euphoria and he already has substantial fight training from his boxing career.

 

[Airwings]

I could see Javon Walton as Dick. He's 15, did great work on Euphoria and he already has substantial fight training from his boxing career.

Never heard about him but he appears to be suitable for the part. Also the right age (born 2006).
Judging the google pics, he looks like he will bring a lot of attitude and edge to the role. Don't try to mess with this Robin!

I thought I had listed every young actor possible, lol. But there's always some SHH poster who will find yet another name.

 

[Airwings]

Are there still people here who don't think it will be believable for Bruce to let a teenager fight crimes in the streets? Especially so in the very grounded Reeves-verse?
I thought about this for a while. The actor could of course be in his early 20s if he still is youthful enough. But he can't be too old either. He can't really look his own age if he's 22 or older.
I also think it has to be someone born this millennium, not in the 90s.

Let's take a look at actors born 2000-2001. It's a bunch of guys who have played a number of roles since they've started acting. They're quite different from each other.

Jared Gilmore
Lino Facioli
Griffin Gluck
Joshua Bassett
CJ Adams
Jace Norman
Ed Oxenbould
Judah Lewis
Arman Darbo
Harvey Scrimshaw
Tom Taylor
Hayden Byerly
Harry Gilby
Sloane Morgan Siegel
Aidan Langford
Finn Ireland

These are the ones the two years have to offer. There's hardly any actor else born exactly then (but I'm sure you can find someone)
One interesting case is an actor who appears to be just as old, but his birth year hasn't been revealed, is Conor Leach. Have you seen him before?
The only thing I could find related to his age is a page where it's stated he's “21 years old”.

There are also people who want the sidekick to be played by an actual teen, or even a child. We all have different opinions.
There are obviously many actors that are clearly younger than those in the list above.
I decided to mention out the ones that also seem to have a secret birth date. All of them are of various ages. The only sharing point is that they are somewhere in their teen years.
So with them, Dick Grayson would be played by a teen, at least. And because they haven't hit 20 yet, they may be able to hold the role for more than one film.

Reece Yates, Embry Johnson, Tobin Cleary, Elliott Rose, Sawyer Jones, Jesse Downs,
Arlo Hajdu, Owen Myre, Will Angarola, Milo Herschlag, Griff Giacchino, Luke Doyle

(there are more, I'll post them in a while...)

 

[Airwings]

(the list continues...)

There are so many of them. They appear to be a bunch of nobodies. It's just a block of text with a lot of names written.
But give them a chance! Here are the so-called "unknowns" that some people suggest (and want) for the role
It will be a real challenge to NOT find any suitable Robin here. Every kind of look and personality is represented.

You could also try to come up the suggestions of your own, and in that case go find actors who haven't been mentioned here before.

Now, why this particular list? It's the guys who are secretive about their age. I group them together as a collective.

I'll try first
Adrien Lyon seems fun-loving and bright in that family film about a clown. Maybe that's what's needed in this dark universe. The character should be different from Batman.
Among the others, I think perhaps Lucian-River, Misha, Cunliffe, Lederer and Kimmel are the strongest choices.

Harvey Weedon, Tommy Rodger, Adam Michael Jordan, Marc Puiggener, Ty Perham,
Jordan Poole, Xavier Loyer, Avery Winters-Anthony, Lucian-River Chauhan, Kaden Hinkle,
Jude Manley, Evan Assante, Misha Handley, Kyler Charles Beck, Phoenix Wilson,
Caleb Liban, Jackson Gann, Spencer Jording, Pierson Salvador, Tristan Riggs,
Huck Whittle, Oliver Cunliffe, Jonathan Matthew Wilson, Jack Dullnig, Bryce Lederer,
Wesley Kimmel, Adrien Lyon, Owen Bruemmer, Jordan Isaiah White, Landon Edwards,
Brady Jenness, Jordan Kronis, Marko Vujicic

 

[Airwings]

When coming up with guys who can play Dick Grayson, it's totally fine to want a more mature version in terms of age.
My personal opnion though, is that we can't suggest those born 1991, 1995 or 1997. It's too late for them. The oldest we can get is the guys below.

...actors born 2000-2001

Jared Gilmore
Lino Facioli
Griffin Gluck
Joshua Bassett
CJ Adams
Jace Norman
Ed Oxenbould
Judah Lewis
Arman Darbo
Harvey Scrimshaw
Tom Taylor
Hayden Byerly
Harry Gilby
Sloane Morgan Siegel
Aidan Langford
Finn Ireland

I guess Conor Leach also belong on that list.

Oxenbould is one of the more prominent ones here. He's grown into a decent actor. But he's not a Robin type.
I see Facioli, Gluck, Darbo (and perhaps Langford) as the only ones who can take on the character. The rest have either become too adult-looking, or were never suitable in the first place.
However, there's a chance for Lewis to be a wild card in the mix. Maybe he can work as a more untraditional Grayson?

But in case we want someone younger, an actual teen for a teenage Robin, there's these younger guys:

Reece Yates, Embry Johnson, Tobin Cleary, Elliott Rose, Sawyer Jones, Jesse Downs,
Arlo Hajdu, Owen Myre, Will Angarola, Milo Herschlag, Griff Giacchino, Luke Doyle

Lautox came up with Rose as a candidate. Good suggestion that stands out as the most Grayson esque (along with Cleary and Myre)

I also want to thank Eddie Dean for mentioning Giacchino for the sidekick. I will check out Licorice Pizza sometimes later

 

[Airwings]

Actors that turn 20 during this year are:
Levi Miller, Milo Parker, Lewis MacDougall, Graham Verchere,
Michael Barbieri, Finn Wolfhard, Kyle Catlett, Asher Angel,
Jonah Beres, Luke Colombero, Robert Daniel Sloan, Cameron Le Roy, Isaac Kragten

All experienced ones with years in the business. These have one last chance to be Dick Grayson because they're all about to grow out of the role.
Warner Brothers have to move fast and cast one of them for the Batman sequel NOW.
I think that more than half of them would work very well. Levi isn't the only suitable from the list despite being the only one (among them) who seems to be wanted by people here.

Another way is to go younger and get a 15 year old who can play the sidekick atleast once before he (the actor) leaves his teen years behind.
Here are a bunch of choices who are born 2007.

Charlie Shotwell
Justin Korovkin
Jack Veal
Mason Thames
Will Tilston
Andrew Diaz
August Maturo
Rueby Wood
Billy Barratt
Braxton Alexander
Lyon Daniels
Malachi Barton

Can't really pick one favorite. Maybe there are only 2-3 among them who don't fit the character?
You may only think of them as typical child/teen actors, no difference at all, but I can promise you that they aren't cast in the same mold.
Look them up and the stuff they've done. Maybe you'll be surprised.

 

[Airwings]

Do you think Matt Reeves is going to look for a Kodi Smit-McPhee type of actor?
They've worked together twice. Maybe he's going to cast someone similar?

Here's a list of actors. They're around 18-19 and have been in the business for some time but could still be able to play Boy Wonder in an upcoming sequel.

Jaeden Martell
Louis Partridge
Theo Taplitz
Aidan Gallagher
Emjay Anthony
Neel Sethi
Jackson A Dunn
Max Charles
Jack Dylan Grazer
Cole Springer
Griffin Kane
Dominic Boyle
Flynn Allen
Ivan Mallon
Marcel Ruiz

Some choice may stink, but let's focus on a good one.
Ruiz did a good job in the film Breakthrough. He's obviously a bit older now, but not 20 yet though. Maybe he's suitable for Grayson?