Actor Keiynan Lonsdale, best known for Divergent and set to play Wally West in The
Flash's secound season, recently did an interveiw with "The Wrap" that focuses on his Flash character and talked about the show. He revealed that he does not start filming until October, meaning that we will probably not see Wally until the fifth of sixth episode of The Flash's secound season. Read On Below for the full interveiw.
What was your audition process like for “The Flash”?
It was interesting. I auditioned for a different TV show that was still in the same universe, and then I got a call a couple weeks later and my team said I wasn’t going any further for that role, but the creators of “The Flash” wanted to see me for Wally West. And I was like, “Oh that’s crazy, I’ve just been watching the whole season,” so that was pretty cool. And then I went in and met Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg and they seemed really cool and really excited about the potential for the character. I had a couple of auditions and it spanned over a couple of months. So I really didn’t know what was going to happen. I’m one of those people who doesn’t like to assume I have anything until it’s completely announced, so once it was announced I was like ok cool, I got it for sure.
So were you keeping this giant secret for a while before it was announced to all of us?
Yes and no. It’s the same with a lot of jobs. You kinda have a job, 90%, and that’s almost enough to celebrate, but not really. I’d been in situations where I had the job and thinking it was 100% and then a week before it’s fallen through, so you just never know. For me I don’t like to get too excited too quick. My team had told me some good things so I was like, okay, that’s cool, and I’m just gonna relax on it and not think about it. So I guess I had known it was a possibility for a while but I didn’t know for sure.
When do you start filming?
I start filming in October, but I don’t know the exact date yet.
So what can you tell us about Wally and how he’s connected to the “Flash” universe, particularly Iris?
Everything has been kept under wraps, even to me, which I think is really cool. Since watching the show I’ve become a massive fan, so when I found out I got the part, one part of me was like “oh but now I’m going to know all the spoilers and stuff, I don’t want to know that!” [laughs] But yeah, they haven’t even told me the exact details yet in terms of the relation to Iris or how exactly Wally is going to be connected into the storyline and how he’ll weave through the different storylines, so I’m not really sure. But I’m sure I’ll find out soon. It’s going to be a hard secret to keep!
Have you met your cast mates yet?
No, the only person I met was Candice. I got to meet her in my final auditions, which was really cool. It was awesome. She was great to read with, she had a great energy, so I’m super excited to work with her, and everyone.