According to Deadline, Fraser will provide the voice of the character in Doom Patrol, while Riley Shanahan will play Robotman on-set in a full body costume. Another recent addition to Doom Patrol's cast was Jovian Wade (The First Purge) as Cyborg - so at least Robotman will have a kindred spirit to talk to. The show will also feature Diane Guerrero (Orange is the New Black) as Crazy Jane, while Kelsey Grammar is rumored to be a top pick to play Robotman's surgeon and the leader of the Doom Patrol, Dr. Caulder.
Fraser is a particularly appropriate choice for the role of Cliff Steele, given the physical toll that his stunts in movies like The Mummy took on his body. Speaking to GQ in a profile published earlier this year, Fraser said that by the time he made 2008's The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, "I was put together with tape and ice—I was building an exoskeleton for myself daily." He had numerous back surgeries including a laminectomy, which had to be repeated a year later, and a partial knee replacement, and at one point had to have his vocal chords repaired. Depending on how far you stretch the definition, Fraser could be considered an actual real-life cyborg. Now that's authentic casting.