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DC’s ‘Titans’ Cast ‘Home & Away’s’ Brenton Thwaites As Dick Grayson

by Dave Elliott
DC's 'Titans' Cast 'Home & Away's' Brenton Thwaites As Dick Grayson

DC’s ‘Titans’ Cast ‘Home & Away’s’ Brenton Thwaites As Dick Grayson

The cast for DC’s new Titans live action series is shaping up, as they cast ‘Home & Away’ star Brenton Thwaites as the group’s leader, Dick Grayson.

Written and produced by Akiva Goldsman (‘Star Trek: Discovery’, ‘The Dark Tower’, ‘Fringe’), DC God Geoff Johns (‘The Flash’, ‘Arrow’) and the Arrowverse’s Greg Berlanti, the tv series will centre around Dick Grayson, aka Batman’s partner, Robin. After years as part of the Dynamic Duo, Dick struggled to find his place outside the Dark Knight’s shadow. Finally striking out as his own man, he emerges as a leader, mentor and father figure to his new family, the Titans. The show is based on DC’s ‘Teen Titans’ & ‘Titans’ comic book series, which started in the late 60’s, and has gone through a number of team members since its inception.

“Dick Grayson is one of the most important and iconic heroes in the DC universe, and it wasn’t easy to find him but we have,” comments DC OverlordGeoff Johns. “Brenton has the emotional depth, heart, danger and physical presence of Batman’s former protege and the Titans’ future leader. We’re extremely lucky he’s chosen to bring his talents to this project and this character.”

Thwaites is probably best known in the UK for playing Stu Henderson on ‘Home & Away’, but has also starred in movies such as ‘Gods of Egypt’, ‘Maleficent’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge’. He joins the already announced cast of Anna Diop (’24: Legacy’) as Starfire, and Teagan Croft, another actor from ‘Home & Away’!

It’s interesting to note that the most recent press release from DC seems to have dropped any mention of the name Nightwing, only referring to Dick as having “once been Batman’s famous sidekick, Robin.” Whether there is a story reason for that, or just because Dick Grayson is better known as Robin to the non-comic book reading populous remains to be seen.

Titans is set to air on DC’s new digital streaming service, along side a revamped version of the animated series ‘Young Justice’, titled ‘Young Justice: Outsiders’. It’s still not entirely clear if this service is going to be US only, or if it will be available worldwide, or whether the show will be connected to the rest of Greg Berlanti’s Arrowverse, but we’ll bring you more updates as we get them.

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