But when you put it on, there’s a feeling or armor this suit has on me when I’m acting. I watched the movie. There’s also Kory’s sadistic sister, Blackfire, rumored to be appearing later in the season. Though the episode served to help Dick Grayson finally (and brutally) lay his Batman-shaped demons to rest, season 2 merely retconned the Titans' history and gave Dick even more demons to brood over. ", One of my favorite movie stars is here today. "When I signed on to Nightwing, I was inquiring about the film," he said. That’s one of the lessons he wants to teach the younger Titans. He comes to us in search of his own identity. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least 13 years of age, and have read and agree to the Comicbook.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, By Nicole Drum THWAITES: Some of them are. In order to distance himself from Bruce, the hero game, and get a handle on his violent tendencies, Dick left Gotham for Chicago. Season 3 will also see Curran Walters' Jason Todd transition away from Robin to become Red Hood and earlier this week fans got a taste of what that transition will look like with an official first look at Red Hood. The Bo Staff is something I’ve used for a while, since Season 1. Am I Robin? John Atkinson has been a news and feature writer for Screen Rant since late 2018. He was working for the Detroit Police Department. Deathstroke took Jason Todd hostage. So, Robin decides to beat the shit out of them. Many fans assumed that transition - which would see him officially adopt his Nightwing persona from the comics - would culminate at the end of season 1. When I signed onto this, in an early meeting, they were telling me in the first season, it would be about the transition of Dick becoming Nightwing. But, the way the story had it, we had other elements to deal with, so we went down a different path. All rights reserved. After much teasing throughout season 2, however, Dick Grayson finally evolved into Nightwing during the Titans season 2 finale. A graduate of the University of London, John was raised on a small island by television and movies. Am I a cop? He’s stronger. Before that, he had articles published across a number of different outlets. They see Robin and they relax a little bit. As he did so, he revealed that it was his original ambition to play a more cinematic version of Nightwing. BRENTON THWAITES: I was initially grabbed by the fact that it seemed like Dick Grayson was in a gray space. THWAITES: We understand why there’s been a black cloud over the Titans’ Tower over the last five years. What kind of training did that require on top of the fight choreography? He also offered to train Dick to be his sidekick, Robin. The iconic Season 1 line wasn't even in the script. We spent a lot of energy and time explaining to the audience how dangerous and serious this villain is. However, as Dick noted, Bruce weaponized his childhood by turning him into another means to punish the guilty. Furthermore, whatever runtime Nightwing would have had, it would pale in comparison to the time he's already got to play the role across two seasons of Titans — with plenty more to come. We could both do a lot more stuff than we thought. That hope only grew when, in a cathartic moment, Dick burned his Robin suit. Bruce eventually let his warn in on his big secret: He’s the Dark Knight, Batman. Before the first season, I did a month of hand-to-hand combat, of kicking and general fight choreography and Bo Staff and Kali Sticks. Though Titans is very much an ensemble story, a bulk of the action and drama has centered on Dick Grayson (Thwaites) as he departed from beneath Batman's wing and forge his own heroic identity. He is also lost and needs mentorship and support. When that happens, we feel a sense of confidence watching it. Are they considering crossing that moral line? This season's bombshell involved Deathstroke shooting Garth. Her father, Deathstroke, is basically the Titans’ answer to the bogeyman. THWAITES: Well, if it’s anything like myself, very aware. As such, he pursued a career in screenwriting and film journalism when it became apparent that actually becoming Spider-Man was impossible. “People are going to beat the shit out of me.” But it was made with flexible material and the costume designer, Laura Jean Shannon, did as much as she could to help us [the cast] out, so we could do a lot of our own stunts. When his parents perished in a tragic circus accident, the 12-year-old was adopted by billionaire playboy, Bruce Wayne (Iain Glen). The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Or, if it was, it was on a version I never read. Saying “Fuck Batman” in the scene it’s in retaliation to the drug dealers being afraid of Batman and not Robin. Furthermore, that's what he imagined he was potentially in line for. Though not without some lingering issues, Titans season 2 largely improved upon the first and expanded its popularity. In turn, the second “cut” is called, you return to feeling like an idiot again. What lessons, good or bad, do I want to instill in this team?” The challenge of having younger, temperamental, more inexperienced Titans in his grasp is making him realize that good intentions aren’t enough. cost involved as well as the time spent designing and perfecting the suit. Recently Deathstroke resurfaced and is hellbent on making all the Titans suffer… especially the former Boy Wonder. You see Jason shout on TV, “Titans are back.” That gives us an idea that the younger kids becoming Titans don’t understand the world they are about to be thrown into. I think he knows very much of the danger, but sometimes his emotions take a hold and acts a little irrationally. It creates a lot of tension throughout the series. Robert Pattinson is now set to take over the Caped Crusader role in The Batman. That’s where all that training came from, in the preparation that I would become Nightwing. There might be some disappointment in not making it to the big screen. Copyright 2020 ComicBook.com. "I was originally inspired by Nolan's Batman, and, in my brain, I imagined doing this amazing Nightwing film.

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