As a part of his marathon Q&A with followers earlier tonight (carried out in lieu of a brand new episode airing on The CW), Arrow star Stephen Amell seemingly debunked long-standing rumors that actor Steven R. McQueen will play Dick Grayson (additionally recognized to DC Comics followers as Nightwing, the unique Robin) on the hit CW drama.
Requested in regards to the rumors in a put up that name-dropped McQueen particularly, Amell was dismissive.
“You gotta love the web,” he wrote. “I ought to begin tweeting Shonda Rhimes that I wish to play Kerry Washington’s lengthy misplaced brother on Scandal simply to see how shortly the rumor will take maintain.”
Clearly, this is not a agency denial…neither wouldn’t it be completely convincing if it was, because it’s fairly normal for writers, producers and stars to disclaim “shock” plot developments which have already leaked. Earlier within the Q&A, in actual fact, he informed a fan that they might be protected hoping for extra DC characters to indicate up this season, together with probably characters from Gotham and Metropolis (the fan’s phrases, not Amell’s).
Nonetheless, it appears pretty definitive.
The rumors started months in the past, when McQueen tweeted a picture of himself figuring out in November 2013, with a remark that urged he was coaching to be Nightwing. after all, he was carrying a Nightwing t-shirt, so it might have simply been good-natured joke that exploded everywhere in the Web. Two days later, although, he adopted up with one other tweet that he had been speaking, apparently with the Arrow writers and “executives,” about superheroics. Since then he is been principally quiet, however just lately stated in an interview, “Hopefully quickly Nightwing on a present referred to as Arrow, however nonetheless ready to listen to about that,” when requested about upcoming work.
It is laborious to inform whether or not it is a marketing campaign by McQueen (everyone is aware of the Arrow writers love Nightwing and hope to sooner or later use him, however rumors to this point have been that Warner Bros. haven’t allowed it) or one thing that’s/was in play in some unspecified time in the future. In any case, it appears unlikely to occur by the tip of the season, until it is the “particular announcement” teased for episode 19.
Nightwing is on the middle of Without end Evil, DC Comics’s currently-ongoing “occasion” miniseries, during which his secret id was uncovered to the world and his dying has at all times been a plot gadget that is in play. He seemingly died on the finish of final week’s situation, and his comedian will finish in April. Nonetheless, he is anticipated to have a major function in DC’s other-media choices going ahead, because the character has been rumored to make an look in Batman vs. Superman (Zack Snyder’s Man of Metal sequel) and DC Leisure just lately trademarked a brand new, Batman-inspired brand for the character to look on t-shirts and different merchandising.