HBO Max announced the addition of three new cast members to Titans season 4, confirming The Vampire Diaries and The Originals alum Joseph Morgan and The Conjuring 2's Franka Potente are joining as regulars. Lisa Ambalavanar will also join them in a recurring role.
The trio joins a Titans cast that also includes Brenton Thwaites, Anna Diop, Teagan Croft, Ryan Potter, Curran Walters, Conor Leslie, Minka Kelly, and Alan Ritchson, among others. The confirmation comes with news that Morgan will be playing DC Comics villain Brother Blood, an introverted, strong, intelligent man with a hidden darker nature.
Potente will be playing Mother Mayhem, a natural leader who always carries the threat of violence with her. May is a predator in human form with an unfettered belief in her mission in the world. Finally, Ambalavanar will take on the role of Jinx, a loner criminal who's a master of dark magic and enjoys manipulating others while creating chaos. They join a formidable list of villains that goes back to Titans season 1 with Trigon and then season 2 with Slade Wilson, a.k.a. Deathstroke.
The trio of villains is from the actual Teen Titans canon and is guaranteed to get fans excited. The group has its own fleshed-out mythology and sometimes that gets ignored. For instance, season 3 had some fans disappointed when Titans leaned too much into its Batman obsession when they relocated to Gotham where Red Hood (Curran Walters) and Scarecrow (Vincent Kartheiser) became the primary antagonists. Fans will rest assured now, however, that the new season will focus more on the lore of Teen Titans rather than The Dark Knight's villains.
When Tim Drake debuted on season 3 of Titans, the show had already alluded to Brother Blood's future arrival when the Church of Blood was briefly shown behind him. The inclusion of Brother Blood as one of the primary antagonists suggests that this might be one of the darkest seasons yet. Furthermore, Jinx is the latest of the Fearsome Five to have joined the HBO Max drama. This could be building to something quite interesting down the line.
Titans has explored everywhere these characters can go and when it started to veer a bit too far off the main path, it wisely course-corrected. With the news that Brother Blood, Mother Mayhem, and Jinx are joining Titans, fans can rest assured that they're in for a treat in the next season.
Titans season 4 will be released on HBO Max.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
