Misha Collins has his next TV role planned and it’s no angel.
The Supernatural vet will play Harvey Dent (aka villain Two-Face) in The CW’s Gotham Knights pilot series.
Collins broke the news herself on Twitter Wednesday morning, alongside a photo of Aaron Eckhart’s reprise of Harvey Dent on The Dark Knight. “I asked if my version of the character could wear a beige trench coat over the gray suit. (I’m just not sure I’ll be comfortable in front of a camera without one.)” Collins wrote, referring to his Supernatural character Castiel’s usual ensemble cast.
Gotham Knights, which landed a pilot assignment on The CW in February, is set after the murder of Bruce Wayne when his (unspecified) rebellious adopted son forges an unlikely alliance with the children of Batman’s enemies… if they’re all framed for that Killing the Caped Crusader. Now branded as the city’s most wanted criminals, this “renegade band of misfits must fight to clear their names – but in a Gotham without a Dark Knight to protect them, the city sinks into the most dangerous form it has ever been “, says the official logline. But this team of unlikely escapees will become Gotham’s next generation of saviors, known as the Gotham Knights.
Chad Fiveash and James Stoteraux (both from Batwoman and Gotham) wrote the pilot, starring Natalie Abrams (Batwoman), but Gotham Knights is not a Batwoman spinoff.
Gotham Knights will be Collins’ first post-Supernatural TV appearance, having played Castiel in 12 of the drama’s 15 seasons. The pilot’s cast also includes relative newcomers Fallon Smythe and Tyler DiChiara as siblings Harper and Cullen Row.