Grant Gustin Admits To Never Having Been Contacted To Cameo In THE FLASH

Grant Gustin Admits To Never Having Been Contacted To Cameo In THE FLASH

CW's The Flash star Grant Gustin, recently revealed that he was never even contacted to make a brief cameo appearance in DC's The Flash!

By JonathanDan - Dec 11, 2023 03:12 PM EST
Filed Under: The Flash
Source: flashfacts4real

Though the multiverse is a strong figment of superhero storytelling in modern-day filmmaking, several studios are merely exploiting the concept just to generate artificial praise and chatter from their audiences -- in what they "believe" will make for a well-told story.

Unlike Marvel, DC has not fully dipped their feet into this realm of storytelling; only telling a multiverse-story through the Ezra Miller-led The Flash film. 

The Flash was rumored to feature an extensive list of previous iterations of on-screen DC characters, and fans surely had long wishlists of whom they wanted to see.

For several, it was Grant Gustin, who played The Flash on the popular CW series; after all, he and Miller shared the screen together briefly during the Arrowverse's Crisis on Infinite Earth's event -- where both Scarlet Speedsters finally met one another. Fans just knew DC would have paid that moment off somehow during the film.

But alas, the film did not end up delivering the hoped Grant Gustin cameo, and though director Andy Muschietti stated that Gustin, among several other names were on the list in interviews, Gustin recently confirmed he had never even been contacted to make an appearence in the film!

Video credits go to @flashfacts4real:

It was truly a missed opportunity for the film to dismiss the idea of bringing Gustin in for a brief cameo appearence; especially in place of horribly-rendered CGI models of previous actors who have passed.

Do you think Grant Gustin should have been called to cameo in DC's The Flash?

Worlds collide when The Flash uses his superpowers to travel back in time to change the events of the past. However, when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, he becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation. With no other superheroes to turn to, the Flash looks to coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian -- albeit not the one he's looking for.

The Flash is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, Double Dream, and the Disco Factory, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the 13th installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film was directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson, based on a story by Joby Harold and the writing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein.

It stars Ezra Miller as Barry Allen / The Flash alongside Sasha Calle in her film debut, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, Antje Traue, and Michael Keaton. In the film, Barry travels back in time to prevent his mother's death, which unintentionally results in his being stranded in an alternate past.

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Forthas
Forthas - 12/11/2023, 3:59 PM
He should thank all of the executives at Warner Brothers for not asking him to cameo on the Flash!
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/11/2023, 4:00 PM
It’ll never not be the weirdest flex including every version of Superman in a Flash movie but not a single Flash.
ReverseFlasher
ReverseFlasher - 12/11/2023, 4:02 PM
@FireandBlood - lol facts
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 12/11/2023, 4:01 PM
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/11/2023, 4:04 PM
Way to disrespect the FLASH of this generation in your FLASH MOVIE

MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 12/11/2023, 4:10 PM
@GhostDog - I'll add John Wesley Shipp to that too. However, considering it's one of the biggest bombs in DC history, it worked out for the better.
In the end, it's best that they weren't in it.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 12/11/2023, 4:12 PM
@GhostDog - Hopefully the flash of the next generation will turn out better. Superman is off to a good start by casting Corenswet. Hopefully I can add wonder woman and green arrow to that list too.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/11/2023, 4:30 PM
@MCUKnight11 -

The entire leagues casting needs to be Corenswet level

ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 12/12/2023, 5:12 AM
@GhostDog - A Flash multiverse movie no less.

They only had one Flash in the multiverse sequence and instead of getting John Wesley Shipp or Grant Gustin to play him they got the [frick]ing vfx guy!
Amaru
Amaru - 12/11/2023, 4:13 PM
Of course not, can't show up in someone elses movie as a better version of their Character.
Knightrider
Knightrider - 12/11/2023, 4:15 PM
Strange choice as thematically it works a lot better having Grant be the other Flash rather than his younger self.

Grant has already tried to change the past and seen the consequences, imagine Grant trying to pull Ezra back, Ezra saying Grant gave up too quickly in attempt to save his mum.

Slowly building until we meet the Dark Flash where Grant learns he didn’t give up, Ezra learns you have to let go as they work together to take him down.

Also, it could let Grant train Ezra in using his powers rather than Ezra Flash just being a pro at everything
NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 12/11/2023, 5:44 PM
@Knightrider -
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 12/11/2023, 4:19 PM
Deadass a blessing in disguise tho.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 12/11/2023, 5:07 PM
@Doomsday8888 - was thinking the same thing. I wanted him to show up initially, but in the end I'm glad he didn't.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 12/11/2023, 4:39 PM
Despite the crap writing he got at times he was a solid Flash overall, shame.
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 12/11/2023, 4:44 PM
I think Andy Muschietti admitted that the only reason he took the Flash gig, was because of Keaton's Batman. So that basically explains why he wouldn't care enough, to include Grant Gustin's Flash. Damn shame. But that's how WB has been operating in recent years, and why their movies continue to flop.
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 12/11/2023, 5:10 PM
Dodged a bullet. The guy is THE Flash, gonna be a minute till anyone comes close
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/11/2023, 5:16 PM

Lucky!!!!!!!
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 12/11/2023, 5:50 PM
Shit movie but it would have been cool to see this scene elaborated on more
Batmangina
Batmangina - 12/11/2023, 6:00 PM
Fastest Man Alive dodged a bullet sitting still.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 12/11/2023, 6:09 PM
I don’t think this is surprise. Had he been contacted I’m sure he would be jumped at the opportunity
Himura
Himura - 12/11/2023, 7:33 PM
@MyCoolYoung - It's a surprise because Ezra showed up in Crisis
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 12/11/2023, 10:03 PM
@Himura - I'm saying him confirming isn't a surprise. I know if he would've been asked he would've been there
valmic
valmic - 12/11/2023, 7:01 PM
He should have been revealed as the flash running on the treadmill wearing the original comic flash costume. People would have gone nuts in the theater. It would have been a great nod to him and the character.
Arthorious
Arthorious - 12/11/2023, 7:06 PM
Grant count yourself fortunate:
OriginalGusto1
OriginalGusto1 - 12/11/2023, 7:44 PM
I've never been contacted to make out with Amy Shumer. Thank you, God!
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 12/11/2023, 8:09 PM
Not surprised at all. WB films always acts high and mighty as if they had been carrying live-action DC when it's the complete opposite.

And I'm not expecting Gunn to do some little justice about this either because at the end of the day Grant has left his indeleble mark.

They couldn't even give their cinematic Flash a proper suit, so they won't be surpassing Grant's and his legacy anytime soon.

2013venjix
2013venjix - 12/11/2023, 8:18 PM
Never Having Been Contacted?



GOOD!
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 12/11/2023, 9:16 PM
Dodged a bullet.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 12/11/2023, 11:27 PM
The most baffling decision was the lengths and costs they went to insert other variants of characters as Easter Eggs that most of the audience wouldn't get but not use a completed five minute scene that most of the audience would understand and just left it sitting in a vault.
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 12/12/2023, 12:25 AM
He would've literally stole the scene he was in and it would've made Ezra look like even bigger jackass than Ezra already is. ✅✅

No wonder they didn't even ask him for a cameo. 😆😆
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 12/12/2023, 12:54 AM
Not one scene in that movie came close to these.











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