Luke Wilson Joins Cast Of DC Universe Series ‘Stargirl’

Luke Wilson has been cast as Pat Dugan in the DC Universe show Stargirl, a role that was specifically crafted for him without the actor even knowing it.

“When I first moved to Los Angeles in 1996 and saw Bottle Rocket, I became a huge fan and admirer of Luke’s,” Geoff Johns, the creator of Stargirl and executive producer of the show, told Deadline.

“And I literally wrote this part for Luke, hoping that someday and somehow he’d play Pat Dugan. I only envisioned him. And now I feel like I won the lottery! Luke’s talent, humor, compassion—his presence and professionalism—and his creative collaboration, his ideas—we’re so lucky to have him alongside Brec in Stargirl.”

The show’s official description of Wilson’s character: “Pat Dugan once went by the less-than-inspired superhero name of Stripesy, sidekick to a young hero known as the Star-Spangled-Kid and later Starman of the legendary Justice Society of America. Today, Pat has left his sidekick life behind him. But when his new step-daughter, Courtney Whitmore, discovers Pat’s secret past and takes on Starman’s legacy to become Stargirl, Pat is forced to come out of retirement and once again become a sidekick — to his step-daughter — this time piloting a 15-foot robot called Stripe.”

Luke Wilson joins a cast that also includes “Lou Ferrigno Jr. as Rex Tyler/Hourman, Brian Stapf as Ted Grant/Wildcat, and Henry Thomas as Charles McNider/Dr Mid-Nite,” according to the trade, as well Joel McHale, possibly, as Sylvester Pemberton/Starman.. The show does not yet have a release date as at the time pf writing this report