Dylan O’Brien Was Not Okay With The Nightwing Rumors

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While promoting Not Okay, Dylan O’Brien reveals how he really feels about those persistent Nightwing rumors. Fans have continuously waited for O’Brien to play a superhero movie character. Early in his career, during the search for a young actor to play the MCU’s Spider-Man, O’Brien’s name frequently came up as a worthwhile candidate. Since then, the Teen Wolf alum has been falsely rumored to play the Flash, but more than any other comic book character, O’Brien is frequently cited by fans as the right performer to portray Nightwing in a live-action film.

Those calls hit a fever pitch earlier this year, leading O’Brien to repeat his stance on the superhero genre. He’s long argued that, although he understands the appeal of the genre, he would be much more content to have a relatively smaller profile that would allow him to focus on the projects he’s most passionate about. In new remarks, O’Brien is opening up about how easy it has been for fan castings to morph into endless rumors that need to be debunked.

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In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant to promoteNot Okay, which is currently streaming on Hulu, O’Brien discusses why the Nightwing rumors bothered him, and how that connects to his new movie. Written and directed by Quinn Shephard, with O’Brien in a supporting role as Colin, the dark comedyfollows a photo editor (played by Zoey Deutch) who makes up a huge lie that spirals out of control. It’s easy to see how that premise resonated with O’Brien, who is often the subject of online speculation that gets out of hand. He talks about how he feels vindicated now that enough time has passed to prove the Nightwing claims were false:

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