Dick Grayson Casting Thread

[KevTravels]

Need someone whose at least 15 and probably no more than 25.

I recall 24/25 year old Chris O'Donnell playing Robin. I believe he was 16/17 in Batman Forever and it was played for straight.

 

[Kane52630]

Owen Teague... he played Patrick Hockstetter in IT.

 

[Kane52630]

Or Charlie Wright

 

[David H.]

You just posted the same guy twice, right?

 

[Vaibow]

I really want an asian kid to play Robin

 

[flickchick85]

Why are all these creepy-looking dudes in a Dick Grayson casting thread?

 

[THE WOLF]

He even looks like comic Grayson

 

[Deck Rickard]

Why are all these creepy-looking dudes in a Dick Grayson casting thread?

Skarsgard for Dick Grayson

 

[Silvermoth]

I really want an asian kid to play Robin

Same, it’s a shame Ryan potter is already beast boy because he would be perfect for this

 

[Aximili86]

Gah, hope we never get a Robin on film again. Probably will, if this is loosely connected to the Snyder stuff before continuity wise, but ehh.

Always just felt so out-of-character to me, Bruce exposing a protege to all the risks of his own pretty-insane life. Especially when they all seem to start out as kids. "Bruce Wayne taking a 12 year old with a staff out into Skid Row to fight La Cosa Nostra with uzis" kinda...automatically takes him out of "good guy" sympathetic territory to me, pretty much makes The Punisher of all people seem sane by comparison.

 

[terry78]

People in the books have brought it up for years.

 

[Boom]

So I think we can rule out Robin for at least the first film, considering how young Reeves supposedly wants to go for Batman.

 

[Aximili86]

Yeah, Terry. And it's a valid point.

If we're meant to be rooting for this dude, maybe just don't go down the "taking middle-schoolers on nocturnal field trips to confront murderers" route. Bruce started doing his thing at, what, 25 or something? He knows the risks, he knows the worst of people, and how dangerous it is doing it himself as an adult even with all his resources.

That's not a guy who's going to expose anyone else to all of that willingly, probably not even adults but certainly not a kid protege.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Or Charlie Wright

Who in their right mind wants an emo Dick Grayson?

 

[2kt09]

Who in their right mind wants an emo Dick Grayson?

I don't see emo. I see androgynous.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

I don't see emo. I see androgynous.

I see emo. Most people would see emo too. No thank you.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Robin in Matt Reeves' movie.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

I like this choice. He definitely has the build.

 

[Vaibow]

Gah, hope we never get a Robin on film again. Probably will, if this is loosely connected to the Snyder stuff before continuity wise, but ehh.

Always just felt so out-of-character to me, Bruce exposing a protege to all the risks of his own pretty-insane life. Especially when they all seem to start out as kids. "Bruce Wayne taking a 12 year old with a staff out into Skid Row to fight La Cosa Nostra with uzis" kinda...automatically takes him out of "good guy" sympathetic territory to me, pretty much makes The Punisher of all people seem sane by comparison.

That’s true of the comics and why I never got into the comics - for me. However - as an idea, a story - I think it’s cool and I like the way Nolan did it.
My idea or my perfect take - which is is just limited to my mind - Bruce takes the kid in and prepares him for the real world. Gets him fit, healthy and active with mma, sports and the community! He knows Dick is going to want to follow his footsteps so he beat prepares him - up until he is 18, Dick is at home, repairing bikes, gadgets, intel, investigating.. Dick is raised well and he isn’t stupid to put himself in a situation - but as a teenager as all teenagers do, they get mixed up in the wrong crowd or wrong place at the right time and he is able to come out unscathed. So yeah Robin has always been a side kick but helping in different ways and he becomes nightwing as the finished article!

 

[Marvel united]

Judah Lewis

 

[Da-Scribe]

I'd have Bruce bring in Dick and Jason at the same time. Have the story focus on him attempting to give these two orphaned kids a fighting chance. The intention was never to recruit them, but to give them the tools he never had at that age.

Only he can't get through to Jason, who steals a prototype Batsuit at night (similar to the Robin suit of course) and take his rage out on criminals. And then this is what thrusts Dick (couldn't help myself) into action, basically to try to intervene.

Honestly, it's kinda just a rip off of JoJo's Bizarre Adventures. You got these two brothers that grow up under the same roof, but with such wildly different ideologies that one eventually rebels against the father, only to "die" because of it.

 

[Vaibow]

I'd have Bruce bring in Dick and Jason at the same time. Have the story focus on him attempting to give these two orphaned kids a fighting chance. The intention was never to recruit them, but to give them the tools he never had at that age.

Only he can't get through to Jason, who steals a prototype Batsuit at night (similar to the Robin suit of course) and take his rage out on criminals. And then this is what thrusts Dick (couldn't help myself) into action, basically to try to intervene.

Honestly, it's kinda just a rip off of JoJo's Bizarre Adventures. You got these two brothers that grow up under the same roof, but with such wildly different ideologies that one eventually rebels against the father, only to "die" because of it.

This sounds cliche and done before... having said that, it still feels fresh and would look great on screen if done properly and actually sounds plausible in 'real world' terms... i like it a lot.

 

[Da-Scribe]

This sounds cliche and done before... having said that, it still feels fresh and would look great on screen if done properly and actually sounds plausible in 'real world' terms... i like it a lot.

Haha definitely cliche. Like I said, I ripped off the idea from JoJo which ripped it off from every other melodrama. Hell, Thor has clearly done this as well. But it'd be a nice way of diving into the Batfamily without having Bruce look like a repeat offender when it comes to child endangerment.

Plus I like the idea of this being something that comes back to Bruce and Dick 10-15 years later. This decades spanning tragedy and the mystery of how it has come back to haunt them. And also how drastically different Jason's death affected them both. Lots to play around with there dramatically and structurally even.

 

[Silvermoth]

Gah, hope we never get a Robin on film again. Probably will, if this is loosely connected to the Snyder stuff before continuity wise, but ehh.

Always just felt so out-of-character to me, Bruce exposing a protege to all the risks of his own pretty-insane life. Especially when they all seem to start out as kids. "Bruce Wayne taking a 12 year old with a staff out into Skid Row to fight La Cosa Nostra with uzis" kinda...automatically takes him out of "good guy" sympathetic territory to me, pretty much makes The Punisher of all people seem sane by comparison.

I reckon it makes sense. First of all dick isn’t just an average kid, he helps batman heaps and has saved his life many times plus it gives him someone to bounce off. And also, it shows Batman’s empathy because he and dick have both suffered tragedy and batman doesn’t want him to be alone like he felt.

Call me by your bat signal