The Batman: 10 Perfect Casting Choices For Robin

Robert Pattinson has finally been confirmed as Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, and the reception has been surprising, but mostly positive. There was some initial eye rolls from those who don’t know Pattinson beyond Twilight, but on the whole, most have been receptive.

The types of people who follow casting news also tend to have a big interest in movies, and so know of Pattinson’s terrific work elsewhere, carrying Remember Me and doing a brilliant job in things like Life and Good Time. There’s been many more people defending him from criticism than there has been criticism itself. It’s a funny old world.

Affleck’s departure has had a strange tone too; the actor never looked like he was enjoying himself and this had been a long time coming. That said, he’ll go down as one of the best Bruce Waynes, even if he was an average Batman.

Now though is the time to look to the future, and to Pattinson’s potential sidekick: Robin. There’s a wide range of actors who could fill the role, depending on Reeves’ vision. With a younger Batman, will we see a younger Robin too, or a Nightwing style character much closer in age to his mentor?

Abraham Attah is by far the youngest contender featured here, at the ripe old age of 17. Most entries here would age Robin up from his comic book age, one or two quite significantly and have him beginning in more of Nightwing mould.

Typically, a star of any significant name value or experience will be 25+, and it would be quite the risk for Warner Brothers to go for a debutant in the movie set to (hopefully) steady the ship of the DCEU. In Abraham Attah though, they do have a potential solution.

Attah has limited experience, granted, with only two features under his belt. Still though, it’s much more than the average 17-year-old. He’s even featured in another superhero movie too, as Peter Parker’s mathlete classmate in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Even out of the classmates though, he has probably the smallest part, so it’s nothing to really boost his chances with Robin.

However, the other movie was his debut picture; Netflix’s Beasts Of No Nation. His performance as child soldier Agu was mature beyond his years; if not for the Academy’s distaste for streaming he could have been one of the youngest Oscar nominees ever.