Alan Ritchson has confirmed he’s had conversations about becoming a member of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU.
Ritchson is understood for taking part in the titular character in Amazon Prime Video’s Reacher collection. He additionally performed Arthur Curry/Aquaman in a handful of episodes of Smallville and starred as Hank Corridor/Hawk within the Titans collection. His Hawk character appeared in various different DC collection as nicely, together with Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow.
What did Alan Ritchson say in regards to the DCU?
Ever since Gunn and Safran’s DCU kicked off in late 2024, Ritchson’s identify has always come up in relation to Batman fancasts. Now, talking with ScreenRant, Ritchson has confirmed he’s having discussions about becoming a member of the shared DC universe; nevertheless, he seemingly isn’t circling the function of Batman, as he says he desires to play any individual “a bit messier.”
“Yeah,” Ritchson mentioned when requested if there was an opportunity of him becoming a member of the DCU and if he’d probably be concerned about taking part in a villain. “Sure. That’s the dialog that I’ve been having with them is like, ‘I need to play any individual a bit messier.’ And I informed them, I mentioned, if I’m going to do that, I described to them the form of character that I’d need to play and what that might imply to their world, and I believe it’s one thing all people desires to see proper now over there. So sure, I need to play any individual a bit dirtier than your typical clean-cut protagonist.”
For now, there’s no telling what function Ritchson is perhaps circling or what DCU mission he would possibly seem in. Clayface, Lanterns, and Supergirl all appear unlikely (except they have been in a position to hold Ritchson’s casting a secret, a near-impossible activity in 2025 when set pictures incessantly get leaked), on condition that these initiatives are nicely into growth and popping out subsequent 12 months.
Past that, it’s anybody’s guess. There’s been no official announcement from Gunn, DC Studios, or Warner Bros. Photos about Ritchson starring within the DCU at the moment.
Initially reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.