DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television are looking for a teenaged Asian actor to play the role of Beast Boy for the “Titans” live-action TV series, based on DC Comics’ “Teen Titans”.
The casting call for the role, posted on casting site Cast It Talent, stated that the production is in search of a 13-15-year-old Asian male.
While the actual post names the character Jax, previous descriptions identified the role as Beast Boy, according to Bleeding Cool.
Earlier announcements, as the one posted on IMDB, called for an actor with “open Ethnicity,” also indicating “Asian preferred”, but the latest post now just mentioned Asian:
To audition for the role, check out the casting call breakdown below:
PROJECT: Titans, Ep. 101 STUDIO: Warner Bros Television / DC Entertainment DIRECTOR: Brad Anderson CASTING DIRECTORS: David H. Rapaport CSA, Lyndsey Baldasare, CSA LOCATION: Toronto, Canada SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: September 12th, 2017”
As the deadline is quite near, interested parties may check out this page for audition details.
The character Beast Boy, which made his first appearance in 1965, was created by Arnold Drake and Bob Brown for DC comics.
Beast Boy (left) in ‘Teen Titans: The Judas Contract’ (Photo via YouTube / CARTOON TIME)
Warner Bros. announced in April 2017 that the “Titans” live-action series would make its debut in 2018 on DC’s own direct-to-consumer digital service.
Teagan Croft, Anna Diop and Brenton Thwaites have earlier been cast as Starfire, Raven and Nightwing respectively, while Alan Ritchson and Minka Kelly were later cast as the superhero duo, Hawk and Dove.
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