I found who should play Dick Grayson!

[seriousfic]

In case you don't know, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, nee Robin, Batman's old sidekick partner all grown up and trying to follow in his adopted father's footsteps while still being his own man. This involves a surprising amount of having sex with hot alien princesses that lack nudity taboos.

Also pictured is Sam Witwer, who was in The Mist, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Battlestar Galactica, and most notably the Doomsday bartender EMT in Smallville. And somehow, he took the cliched, crack idea of Doomsday really being a sexy twentysomething and elevated it into complete awesomeness.

However, it's Smallville, so that shit didn't last. And now that that's done, what SW really needs is a role he can really sink his teeth into, where his natural charisma, propensity for being really really ridiculously good-looking, and HOLY CHRIST PUPPY DOG EYES can find a good home.



It's a match made in heaven. C'mon, can't you just see him having some totally awesome shouting match with Bale? And really, who would you rather have? The Heroes guy? Maybe if movie!Dick's backstory is that he had a stroke that left half of his face paralyzed...

But what about acting?

Weapons-grade woobieness detected! All pretty people, proceed to Defcon Comfort Sex! Whoa, way to throw yourself on the grenade, Sergeant Sullivan...

Thus, all you high-power Hollywood casting agents who follow this blog should totally get on the horn to the guy in charge of making things not suck. I mean, this is Patrick Stewart = Professor X, Peter Dinklage = Tyrion Lannister type perfection here.

Plus, Chloe is kinda the Smallville universe's version of Barbara Gordon. Dick Grayson sleeps with the regular DC universe's version of Barbara Gordon. It may be an acting stretch to go from "protect tiny blonde!" to "protect tiny redhead!", but SW can manage.

Comments

[talksick42.livejournal.com]

Yes, but is his butt art?


That's the true deciding factor of a Dick Grayson.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

I think the abs have already hinted at the answer you seek.

[mneiai.livejournal.com]

Personally, I always hoped they'd find some gymnast or parkour guy with acting ability to play Dick. So that they didn't have to have every single minor stunt performed by a stunt double. Since pretty much any stunts that are true to Nightwing would require at least some decent flexibility.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

By that same token, they should cast a body-builder to play Superman. You can teach someone parkour, but acting... not so much.

[mneiai.livejournal.com]

How so? Superman doesn't do anything outside of normal human limits, just with added flying, etc. We never even see him do a split and any time he does any sort of acrobatics it's in the air, which ANTM has taught us that anyone can do on wires.

I think it's actually kinda prejudice of you to talk as though a parkour guy couldn't be able to act. I mean, fuck, even Johnny Depp started out as a musician before considering acting. People can be multi-talented.

[chlavis333.livejournal.com]

SW as Dick Grayson when he's Night Wing? I think you may be on to something. He's dark, broody, and had a thing with oracle. Sound familar.

I'd love to see SW in more heroic things.
And he's acting is superp he good to anything.

[morwen_peredhil]

Yes. This is brilliant.

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly he's a no-go for me on playing Dick. He just has something about him distinctly NOT Dick Grayson. If I had to pick an already famous actor, it would be Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli on Heroes.) I think he looks the part, more so than "Davis" here. I'm not sure why but I just can't see it. Milo has also mentioned that he would be interested in playing the character.

If I had to choose though it would be someone who is a gymnast that resembles him and could do the stunts himself. I think when stunts are done mostly, or completely, by the actor the movie would feel more "real."