Why Does Tek Knight From Gen V Look So Familiar?

Derek Wilson has indeed gravitated toward wildly offbeat comic book fare throughout his career. That includes a brief, but memorable role in one of DC Comics’ adaptations — 2020’s Harley Quinn-centric crime caper “Birds of Prey.” 

In the context of his adventurous career, Wilson’s “Birds of Prey” role feels pretty tame. In fact, given the colorful cavalcade of heroes and villains that work their way into and out of the “Birds of Prey” narrative, his decidedly average, and slightly dim-witted Gotham City Police Department detective should hardly stands out. Yet Wilson makes Tim Monroe more than memorable in the film’s early moments, which find the boot-licking, over-confident detective undermining the efforts of his more seasoned female partner, Rosie Perez’s hard-nosed Renee Montoya. 

Again, Wilson doesn’t have a ton of screen time in “Birds of Prey.” He doesn’t have a ton of dialogue either. But he makes the most of every contentious moment of screen time he can grab, peppering each with low-key comic flourishes often earned with little more than a sideways glance, or a quizzical look. One could argue Wilson brought the same mix of smarmy machismo and unearned hubris to the role of Tek Knight. And we’re really hoping we get to see more if it in future episodes of “Gen V.”

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