BUMBLEBEE Star Dylan O'Brien Shares Frustrations Over Persistent NIGHTWING Casting Rumors

BUMBLEBEE Star Dylan O'Brien Shares Frustrations Over Persistent NIGHTWING Casting Rumors

Maze Runner and Bumblebee star Dylan O'Brien has shared some of his frustrations with constantly being linked to the role of Nightwing despite there never being any truth behind those persistent rumours.

By JoshWilding - Aug 02, 2022 11:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Nightwing
Source: Screen Rant

Casting rumours often take on a life of their own, and in some cases, the furore and excitement surrounding the reports actually lead somewhere. You need only look at Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool or John Krasinski as Mister Fantastic for proof, but someone who didn't appreciate being at the centre of all that speculation is Maze Runner star Dylan O'Brien. 

For years, we heard rumblings online that he was being eyed to play Dick Grayson/Nightwing in the DC Extended Universe, and the actor has been asked about the possibility on multiple occasions. 

However, enough was enough when Screen Rant spoke to O'Brien about his new movie, Not Okay.

"No, no, never, never [any truth to the Nightwing rumors]," he stated. "I’m glad that time has passed and people can see that I was telling the truth. There was so much doubt and speculation and theories and all just from, I don’t even know who originally put...I think that they just post sh*t. They have no source. It doesn’t come from anything. It’s crazy actually to see it catch fire."

"That’s not really fair, is it? It is [like the message of Not Okay]," O'Brien continued. "Yeah. I mean, it was like an account that has a following. It’s somewhat of a credible source and they’re just making sh*t up. That’s interesting, isn’t it?"

The actor has spent nearly a decade making it clear that superhero movies don't interest him, so we're not surprised he's sick and tired of hearing about this role. O'Brien would have been a good fit for the hero, but even when it looked like a Nightwing movie was happening (from The LEGO Batman Movie director Chris McKay), it seemingly never got close to casting an actor as the former Robin.

Since then, Brenton Thwaites has suited up as Dick Grayson in Titans, and it doesn't appear as if Nightwing will be spotlighted in any other movies or TV shows beyond the upcoming third season of the animated Harley Quinn series.    

Do you think O'Brien would have made a good Nightwing in the DCEU?

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Lem1
Lem1 - 8/2/2022, 11:47 AM
He was in Bumblebee?!
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 8/2/2022, 11:47 AM
@Lem1 - he was the voice actor for Bumblebee
thewanderer
thewanderer - 8/2/2022, 11:56 AM
@Lem1 - no this is Josh just trying to make this article interesting.



As for Dylan O'Brien, give me him as Nova.
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 8/2/2022, 11:49 AM
Maze Runner is a better credit for him than his role for Bumblebee.
The1st
The1st - 8/2/2022, 11:52 AM
@TheSuperMex - Yeah, I'm always curious what the rationale is when journalists do that. It's like saying Anna Taylor Joy (New Mutants) when there's any number of roles she more well-known for.
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 8/2/2022, 11:54 AM
@The1st - well you try to cater to your audience. Most people in a nerdy community like this would more widely know about her comic book movie.
The1st
The1st - 8/2/2022, 11:58 AM
@TheVandalore - Exactly, which is why I find 90% of the arguments and or gripes on the subject to be rather silly. The metric/demographic wins because it's still a business.
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 8/2/2022, 12:02 PM
@The1st - you lost me. It's still to early for those big words and fancy ideas. I probably agree with you, though. You sounded smart, so you're probably right.
The1st
The1st - 8/2/2022, 12:41 PM
@TheVandalore - Sorry about that. I just meant that a comic book movie will never be what hardcore fans want, so it's mostly pointless to complain about it. Like you said, they're catering to a larger broad audience and so they cast a wide net in terms of trying to make the story appeal to as large an audience as possible.
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 8/2/2022, 11:52 AM
People watched Bumblebee?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/2/2022, 11:53 AM
"I don’t even know who originally put...I think that they just post sh*t."

All the weird Tumblr fangirl and Twitter fan pages dedicated to Lerman as Nightwing casting:
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 8/2/2022, 12:48 PM
@GhostDog - I never saw the Lerman as Nightwing fan castings. Always thought they were for him as Tim Drake
Forthas
Forthas - 8/2/2022, 11:57 AM
Joseph Gordon Levitt

Forthas
Forthas - 8/2/2022, 12:03 PM
@Waddles - He is 41 but even if he was 45...what is wrong with that?
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 8/2/2022, 12:05 PM
@Forthas - that ship has sailed.
Forthas
Forthas - 8/2/2022, 12:16 PM
@Waddles - So do you have a problem with 26 year old Tom Holland playing a teenager?
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 8/2/2022, 12:38 PM
@Waddles - no way in hell they should cast anyone older than 25 to be nightwing . The whole point of him is he’s Robin that moved out and went to college lol why would we want to see a 40 version of that
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 8/2/2022, 1:25 PM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - moved out and went to college lol why would we want to see a 40 version of that

I don't know, I'm sure there's a significantly vocal portion of the fanbase that can relate to a 40 year old not having left their parent's home and only just stepping out into the real world.
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 8/2/2022, 2:39 PM
@Forthas - YES!🤣
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