CW's Young Justice Fan Cast

CW's Young Justice Fan Cast

With the possibility of a live-action Young Justice heading to the small screen in 2015 I thought I would create a fancast, Hit the jump for my take...

By RedRider30 - Apr 09, 2014 10:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Fan Fic
Source: Screen Rant

When I heard the news that WB could be developing a live-action Young Justice I had mixed feelings.  I loved the animated show and love the idea of bringing it back, but anything that gets developed for CW has the potential for a Late-Season Smallville-esk style bleh.  Reservations aside, I know I will at least watch the first few episodes (or all).  So in that spirit I decided to put my ideal cast out there.  Now, I need to say right off the back that this a PLAUSIBLE fancast, meaning all the actors are already in WB's family and could be actually cast (its not like Chloe Grace Moretz will come in and play Artimis).






KALDUR'AHM aka AQUALAD

For the Team's noble leader I looked for someone with lots of acting expierience and a familiar face.  When it came to the look I tried to find someone with a carribbean feel. So I ended up with Disney alum Corbin Bleu.

 He is a little older but can still pull off the young look.  Despite High School Musical, he has been bouncing around dramas lately and could play the Noble Atlantian.  And at 5'11" he has the stature to realistically look like his Atlantian counterpart.






DICK GRAYSON aka ROBIN

Dick Grayson is THE standard for Sidekicks and everyone and their mother would try to publically flogg the WB execs if they got this cast wrong.   What I want to see in the Boy Wonder is a young unknown actor.  The reason behind this is that if they went with a known actor then the audience might immidiatly compare that actor with the Robin they know from their childhood. This could lead to people rejecting the character before they even watch it, which in turn could kill the series before it even starts.  So I scoured the interwebz and found Ian Nelson.

Mr. Nelson has been in both action (The Hunger Games) and teen drama (Teen Wolf) but is still fairly unknown enough to avoid that immidiate comparason.  I wathched the episodes of Teen Wolf featuring Ian and came out feeling whelmed (nudge nudge) with the choice. 






M'GANN M'ORZZ aka MISS MARTIAN

For Miss Martian I looked for a girl with that girl next door feel.  She has to be bubly, full of joy, easily excited and b-e-a-utiful.  I may be bias with this choice because the actress I chose is from one of my favorite little indy shows, VGHS (and I have a major crush on her), but I landed on Ellary Porterfield.


I could go on and on about her, but the main point is she is cute, knows how to play the part, and would probably look pretty hot in green.





SUPERBOY aka CONNOR KENT

I have to admit, this one was tough.  To find the actor with the right build, look, and acting expierince was difficult.  Connor is a very deep and confused character with one hell of a temper so the actor needs to be able to pull off terrifingly unpridictable and all-american boy at the same time.  I thought, what the hell, lets keep DC heros in the family so I chose the younger cousin of Green Arrow himself, Robbie Amell.


Honestly, I'm not sure why they don't just give him the part now.  He has the perfect look for the part, 6'2", athletic, he even has Connor's baby blue eyes.  He played Fred in a few Scooby-Doo made for T.V. movies which were as good as you would expect out of a Scooby-Doo made for T.V. movie, but I did catch him on How I Met Your Mother as... Scooby, and he was actually funny.  I think Robbie has the range to play daddy issues and broody (if Robert Pattonson can do it) and hope WB notices him.





WALLY WEST aka KID FLASH

With CW's Flash coming out soon this role may already be cast. But, seeing how I have no Idea who they will or have cast I'm going to pick anyway.  Wally is mostly they comic relief of the group, but has the biggest romantic connection in the show with Artemis.  Still, I looked for an actor with a mostly comedy background and laded on The Middle's Charlie McDermott.


He's funny, plain and simple.  But he can reach that dramatic level at the drop of a hat (Private Practice, What you do for love).    This role would be right up his ally and all he needs is a red die job and poof, Wally West.





ARTEMIS CROCK aka ARTEMIS

Artetmis is arguably the most important character with a lot of story surrounding her (her family, her "death", the whole mole thing, and, of course, Wally), so this is where I decided to throw in the big name.  For Artemis I looked for the Familiar face to throw into the unfamiliar role to give her the natural fish out of water feel when it comes to being a superhero, I chose Annasophia Robb.


Yes, yes... the girl from the Carrie Diaries. But I am trying to save this poor girl from a glittery hell with this cast.  She has the chops, and the look, and all she really needs is about 3 weeks in a basic training bootcamp.





ROY HARPER aka SPEEDY aka RED ARROW aka ARSENAL

Colton Haynes

If it aint broke, don't fix it.





ZATANNA ZATARA aka ZATANNA

I wish I could put the actual voice actor here, the stunningly georgeous Lacy Chabert but sadley she is not in the age range to be Robin's love interest.  So I tried to look for a new girl, since Zatanna is relativily unknown to the general public, I wanted to pick an Actress who is virtually unkown to american audiences so they could fully embody Zatanna, so I looked over seas and landed on Caitlin Stasey.

She is Austrailian born actress who has just begun to break out in the American market with Reign and (sadly) I, Frankenstein.   But her stand out role to me is the Austrailian Netflix gem Tomorrow, When the War Began.  She is capable in action and is very pretty, so even if she isn't featured that much she will give fanboys somthing else to drool over.






RAQUEL ERVIN aka ROCKET

I personally never knew Rocket outside of this show, but from what I've seen she is bold, straight forward, and not afraid to just go for it (Kaldur <3), so I actually looked to the new 90210 (I know, Iknow) and found a fairly bigger name in Keke Palmer.

 
The star of Nickelodeon's True Jackson, VP, Keke is no stranger to the small screen.  Her star has been rising in the 2 years since then and she is dipping her toes into the world of the silver screen but her connection to WB is still very fresh and they could lure her in to a few re-occuring guest spots with a development deal or somthing.

Well there it is, Sound off in the comments with your suggestions and reactions.
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Lhornbk
Lhornbk - 4/9/2014, 11:10 PM
Well, since I don't remember ever hearing confirmation of this project, I'm not going to worry about who they cast.
RextheKing
RextheKing - 4/9/2014, 11:26 PM
Most of your cast do have the looks to pull off the parts, but I can't say that I believe all of them could play the part well.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 4/10/2014, 2:06 AM
Really liked a lot of these choices :)
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 4/10/2014, 2:13 AM
Interesting choice of cast for each of these characters.
RedRider30
RedRider30 - 4/10/2014, 3:32 AM
@Lhornbk- check the source
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 4/10/2014, 8:08 AM
Ellary for Miss Martian is a good choice! But don't think she's worked for a while.
I'd suggest maybe Chloe Bridges

CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 4/10/2014, 8:11 AM
Also, my suggestion for Wonder Girl!
She's tall, beautiful, has a very nice athletic body and is a really talented actress.

tvor03
tvor03 - 4/10/2014, 8:18 AM
man, I miss this show.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 4/10/2014, 9:12 AM
You have some interesting choices. I really want to know when more info will come out for this show.
RedRider30
RedRider30 - 4/10/2014, 9:17 AM
@CherryBomb- Nice choice for Miss Martian, and I almost chose Claire Holt for Artemis but I thought she would be a bit too tall for my choice in KF. Great suggestion as Wonder Girl, that would be an awesome character to see on screen.
@tvor03- Me too buddy, me too
@GliderMan- I think, merely speculation, that DC is saving Red Hood for the BIG screen which would rock my freaking socks off, Fingers Crossed
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 4/10/2014, 10:59 AM
@RedRider

Thanks! :) yeah Claire is pretty tall, that's why she'd be great as an Amazon!
& you did a great job at selecting AnnaSophia Robb for Artemis, love that decision.
BATMANx
BATMANx - 4/10/2014, 12:58 PM
Well Done. Who would u cast for the other members like beast boy. and Nightwing.
RedRider30
RedRider30 - 4/10/2014, 2:25 PM
@BATMAN1X- Good question. For Nightwing there was one person that immediatly came to mind, Dylan O'Brian from The Internship and the upcoming Maze Runner. Dude has the chops, the look and the Stardom to really bring Nightwing to life.


For BB I would look again to the Disney channel for a young comedy actor to get that goofy, optomistic, just want to have fun character (basically every guy character on the Disney Channel). So I think I would use Jake Short from the shows A.N.T. Farm and Mighty Med. He looks the part and has the talent to play everyone's favorite green goofy goober.
BATMANx
BATMANx - 4/10/2014, 3:10 PM
Great casting.. I forgot who would u cast for Batgirl and the run aways
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/11/2014, 1:48 PM
I LIKE IT A LOT!

Sooo wanna see it on CW, damn!


Thumbs.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/11/2014, 1:50 PM
CARRIES DIARIES, never seen that, but think I will now tho yo :p
dbz123yj
dbz123yj - 5/4/2015, 10:46 PM
Awsome casting choice but for robin i think that logan lurman would play a better robin and as for kid flash i can see connor franta(big chance that wouldnt happen) but great choices!
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