‘Supernatural’ Alum Misha Collins to Play Harvey Dent in The CW’s ‘Gotham Knights’ Pilot
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Supernatural” alum Misha Collins, who played the trench-coat-wearing angel Castiel on the long-running CW series, has been cast on the network’s “Gotham Knights” pilot, Variety has learned.Collins will play District Attorney Harvey Dent in the project, which is based on DC Comics characters.
In DC canon, Dent is known for later turning into the Batman villain Two-Face.Per the official description for the “Gotham Knights” character, “Dashing, with a swagger, Harvey Dent is Gotham’s charismatic, hard-charging District Attorney.
With a rigid sense of right and wrong, Harvey’s idealism and single-minded quest for justice will ironically and tragically transform him into one of Gotham’s most feared supervillains, Two-Face.” “I’ve asked if my version of the character could be wearing a beige trench coat over the grey suit,” Collins tweeted Wednesday, along with a picture of a Harvey Dent/Two-Face figurine. “(I’m just not sure I’ll be comfortable in front of a camera without one.) #newTVgig #GothamKnights.”Written by Chad Fiveash, James Stoteraux and Natalie Abrams, the CW drama pilot — which is notably not a spinoff of the CW’s “Batwoman” or based on the upcoming release from Warner Bros.
Games.– takes place in the wake of Bruce Wayne’s murder, as his rebellious adopted son forges an unlikely alliance with the children of Batman’s enemies when they are all framed for killing the Caped Crusader.
