Rumors that former Teen Wolf star Dylan O’Brien had been provided the lead function in DC Movies’ NIghtwing film circulated on-line earlier this yr earlier than, seemingly, sputtering out. And nobody is happier about that than O’Brien himself.
Whereas selling his newest venture, Not Okay, a comedy drama concerning the perils of influencer and web fame, O’Brien put that Dick Grayson nonsense to relaxation. Or no less than he hopes he did.
“No, no, by no means, by no means [any truth to the Nightwing rumors],” he informed Display screen Rant. “I am glad that point has handed and folks can see that I used to be telling the reality. There was a lot doubt and hypothesis and theories and all simply from, I do not even know who initially put… I believe that they only submit shit. They haven’t any supply. It would not come from something.”
What could have begun as little greater than fancasting acquired a lift in January from the Twitter account Huge Display screen Leaks, which wrote, “I do know he was undoubtedly approached concerning the function. Undecided if something was made official although.” That was sufficient to maneuver the O’Brien/Nightwing chatter from mere rumor to “report” because the story gained traction on-line.
Even Dylan O’Brien Puzzled If the Nightwing Rumors Had been True
O’Brien responded in March to no less than the fancasting side of the Nightwing chatter, saying, “I am conscious of it, I’ve seen plenty of it. I’ve not heard something about it on the skilled facet, nevertheless it’s cool that it made its method to me, to the purpose the place I requested my supervisor ‘Is that this even an precise factor?'”
It wasn’t, however the ubiquity of the rumor was sufficient to trigger even O’Brien to have doubts. “It is so humorous every time I see these, rumors like this have ever popped up, I even begin considering, I am like, ‘Am I simply lacking emails or one thing?’ Like, what is going on on, you already know?” O’Brien mentioned in March. “Yeah, it isn’t true. I have never heard it. I believe it is all the time so humorous to report again to followers or hypothesis that there is zero fact to it, as a result of it is actually, like, underwhelming.”
Chatting with Display screen Rant, O’Brien noticed similarities between the Nightwing rumors and the plot of Not Okay.
“It is loopy really to see it catch fireplace. That is probably not truthful, is it?” he mentioned. “It’s [like the message of Not Okay]. Yeah. I imply, it was like an account that has a following. It is considerably of a reputable supply, and so they’re simply making shit up. That’s fascinating, is not it?”
Discuss of Nightwing surfaced in early 2017, with The LEGO Batman Film director Chris McKay behind the digital camera. Following months of updates, and assurances, from McKay on social media, Nightwing was left in limbo in early 2019, amid Warner Bros.’ reshuffling of its DC films slate.
Supply: Display screen Rant