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Doom Patrol Showrunner on Casey Brinke, "Beauty" of Danny the Street

Published Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:59:11 -0600

Last updated Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:00:10 -0600

As fans of HBO Max's Doom Patrol already know, Madeline Zima's Casey Brinke/Space Case made the jump from Dorothy's (Abi Monterey) favorite comic book to the all-too-real world. But it wasn't for a social call. With Danny the Street under attack from the Bureau of Normalcy, Dorothy & Maura Lee Karupt (Alan Mingo Jr.) call upon the hero to help save the day. But Casey realizes that the real world is a much darker & more complex world than one of the panels & pages that they originated from. Speaking with EW, showrunner Jeremy Carver explains how that will factor into Casey's growth over the course of the season. In addition, Carver discusses the role that Danny the Street plays and the need to show that the fight against hate & intolerance continues within the LGBTQ community.

Doom Patrol Showrunner on Casey Brinke, "Beauty" of Danny the Street — Image: HBO Max

Casey Will Impact & Be Impacted by Their New Home: "Madeline gives an incredibly funny performance playing this big character who comes out with comic book bravado. But I think what's really incredible to watch as the season progresses is the nuance she brings to the character as she is more and more enveloped in the natural world. I can't speak highly enough of the bright-eyed nuance that she brings to the character. It's really wonderful to watch that character and Madeline progress over the course of the season."

Danny the Street Shows Both the Beauty & the Struggle: "It was very important to us and Tom Farrell, the episode writer, to go above and beyond this episode to show that the struggle very much continues and it's ongoing. Even the safe space isn't always entirely safe. I think we were just trying to convey that there's a certain beauty in a character and a place like Danny, but what I call the 'veil' that you pass through to get into Danny is a very thin filament between 'safe' and 'not safe.' That's what we were hoping to express along with everything else."