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Supernatural Star Wants To Play Nightwing


Buzz about Nightwing, the leader of the Teen Titans and Batman's former sidekick, has gone up since DC officially greenlighted the development of his movie. A director, Chris McKay, has been signed on. While fans have begun to speculate on the actor who can play the dashing vigilante, one Hollywood star has admitted - at least on Twitter -that he wants to have a shot at the role.

Jared Padalecki of the hit horror-thriller series Supernatural has twitted his response to a fan who asked him what he feels about being potentially cast in the role.

Daniel J. Falconer tweeted:

@jarpad Would you consider playing Nightwing? #dreamcasting

Padalecki replied:

@DanielJFalconer I've always wanted to..

In his ten-year stint fighting ghosts, vampires, and other creatures of the night in Supernatural, Padalecki has honed his fighting skills and his funny quips, which both make him a likely candidate for Nightwing. He's not a lone wolf either as he's played the second part of a ghoul-fighting team with onscreen brother Jensen Ackles. Those boyish good looks and his reputation for winning the hearts of ladies don't hurt either.

It's not the first time that Padalecki has been considered by fans as a possible candidate to play the blue-clad vigilante who can actually give Daredevil a run for his money. A couple of years ago, BossLogic did design fan art showing how Padalecki would look in Nightwing's spandex.

Since DC has announced that a Nightwing movie will be happening, the fan base has been loud with their suggestions of lead actors like Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Steven R. McQueen. But it's the first time that an actor has publicly expressed interest in playing the part.

How do you feel about Padalecki playing Dick Grayson? Would you also consider Levitt and McQueen? Or do you have another actor in mind?

To see what an actor should do to live up to the role, check out Nightwing's history in the DC universe in the clip below.

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