How Gotham Knights Crafted Their Own Robin Costume (& How Much Was Bird-Inspired)
By Robert King
Carrie Kelley made her DC Comics debut way back in 1986 in the legendary book "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns." Since then, writer Frank Miller's addition to the Robin lineage has appeared in several print stories, even taking on the moniker of Batwoman for a time. Nevertheless, Navia Robinson's "Gotham Knights" interpretation is the first live-action adaptation of Kelley to date. While one might imagine that Robinson would want her portrayal to stick closely to the source material, she actually went for the total opposite.
"It's great to be able to do a completely new interpretation of her. It was amazing to take some notes and characteristics from the [other] interpretations and take that in, but I ultimately wanted to let that all go," Robinson explained in an interview with CBR. Instead, she focused on finding the throughline between Kelley and her fellow Robins, using that connection to form the basis of her performance. As for the costume, Robinson describes it as going for a "practicality over presentation" look, despite its comic book Robin and bird-inspired touches.
It may not be the most comic-accurate Robin costume to ever reach a screen, but no one can deny that, at the very least, it's pretty unique.
