More Titans set photos surface as actress speaks out against backlash and hate speech

A few days ago some photos from the set of DC’s Titans arrived online, giving us our first look at Ryan Potter’s Beast Boy, Teagan Croft’s Raven and Anna Diop’s Starfire from the upcoming live-action Teen Titans series.

Fan reaction to the leaked photos was overwhelmingly negative, but unfortunately some morons decided to add a little hate speech into their criticism, directed at 24: Legacy star Diop and her appearance as Koriand’r / Starfire.

In response, the actress has taken to Instagram to speak out against the disgusting harassment she has received, as well as taking the opportunity to defend the show and its designs and production values.

#Breezy 🖤 To the ‘Titans’ fans: Yesterday a photo of me on set leaked online. And it was unfortunate because fans have been waiting MONTHS for a photo of ‘Starfire’ and a sloppy (😐) photo of me on a curb in 15 degree weather is what they got instead 😂 For the sake of our incredible fans – I hated that this is the first picture people are seeing. It’s out of context and it’s a misrepresentation of the incredible character I get to play. And also a misrepresentation of the phenomenal production behind it all. With that said – the hate speech that followed was deplorable. And though I am highly unbothered 💅🏿 I do want to use this as an opportunity to say that tearing people down is not something that I tolerate. For myself or anyone else. Too often social media is abused by some who find refuge in the anonymity and detachment it provides: misused as a tool to harass, abuse, and spew hatred at others. This is weak, sad, and a direct reflection of the abuser. Racist, derogatory, and/or cruel comments have nothing to do with the person on the receiving end of that abuse. And because I know this – I’m unfazed 🙂 But for anyone out there who may not – I am here to remind you that whatever ugly and negative thing anyone ever chooses to say about you is always a reflection and revelation of themselves- it does NOT define you, and it certainly does NOT make you any less perfect than you are – Be you! Stay beautiful! Live breezy 🙂 As always, Much love 💕

A post shared by Anna Diop (@the_annadiop) on Apr 12, 2018 at 2:11pm PDT

Meanwhile, another batch of set photos have surfaced, which sees Brenton Thwaites’ Dick Grayson alongside his Titans teammates; check them out here…

[BREAKING] More leaked photos of the cast on the set of #Titans ! Including Starfire (Anna Diop), Robin (Brenton Thwaites), Beast Boy (Ryan Potter) and Raven (Teagan Croft) pic.twitter.com/n8qhA8329d

— teen titans (@badpostitans) April 11, 2018

From executive producers Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter, TITANS is an all-new live-action drama series that follows a group of young soon-to-be Super Heroes recruited from every corner of the DC Universe. In this action-packed series, Dick Grayson emerges from the shadows to become the leader of a fearless band of new heroes, including Starfire, Raven and many others. TITANS is a dramatic, live-action adventure series that will explore and celebrate one of the most popular comic book teams ever.

Titans sees Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) leading the cast as Dick Grayson, alongside Teagan Croft (The Osiris Child) as Raven, Anna Diop (24: Legacy) as Starfire, Ryan Potter (Big Hero 6) as Beast Boy, Alan Ritchson (Smallville) as Hawk, Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights) as Dove and Lindsey Gort (Lucifer) as Detective Amy Rohrbach. It is set to air on the new DC streaming service later in the year.