THE FLASH: Grant Gustin Talks 'Reverse-Flash', Mark Hamill, Season Two Renewal, And More
Grant Gustin talks here about what's next for Barry Allen after being defeated by Reverse-Flash, how the public learn of the Scarlet Speedster's existence, his excitement to work with Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Mark Hamill, the season two renewal, and much more...
Talking to IGN TV recently, The Flash's Grant Gustin went into great detail about what's to come in the second half of season one, with one of the most revealing points being how the public learn that The Fastest Man Alive is protecting Central City. He also drops some hints about what's to come following the battle with the Reverse-Flash, and the arrival of Mark Hamill's Trickster.
The actor also goes into detail about the somewhat unsurprising season two renewal of The Flash, and shares his thoughts on a possible crossover with the Greg Berlanti produced Supergirl which will debut on CBS. Much more from the actor can be found by clicking on the link below, but here are just a handful of the highlights. What do you guys make of Gustin's comments?
On What's Next For Barry After Being Defeated By Reverse-Flash:
I think because of the talk that Barry has with Joe after that fight and everything, I think he’s not necessarily down on himself. I think he’s ready to move forward. Cisco has come up with new ways for Barry to train and Barry’s kind of refocused his energy on being ready for the next time and not really beating himself up too much for losing the first battle. He also gets distracted, as usually happens - he’s distracted by other villains coming in and other personal things in his life. Barry isn’t really weighed down by anything. I talked about it a lot earlier on, but in general with Barry -- Geoff Johns said it best -- is with an anchor you don’t cut it off and leave it at the bottom of the ocean, you pull it up and carry it along with you. He lost that battle with the Reverse-Flash but it’s not going to stop him. He’s going to keep moving forward and he’s going to be ready for the next time.
On How Captain Cold And Heat Wave End Up Outing The Flash:
It changes things. it’s unexpected, first of all, initially. It does prove to be too much in some ways and Barry needs some help, some back up, and many more people are about to find out about the Flash’s existence and not just the rumor of ‘The Streak’ but that there is this superhero protecting the city. And that is because there is, as you saw, a very public battle that’s going to take place.
On Upcoming Episode With Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Mark Hamill:
It’s unbelievable, kind of. All the guest stars have been really amazing. Victor Garber, the fact that we got him blew my mind. Clancy Brown, who’s been in so many award-winning films and Tom Cavanaugh is a series regular, and Jesse L. Martin I’ve been a fan of my whole life. But Mark Hamill, that’s kind of a different type of holy s**t, you’re one of the most legendary iconic characters of all time. So it’s really f**king cool and I’m really excited to meet him and his storyline has some really cool twists involved that are connected to his stint from 25 years ago on the Flash which is cool that we’re doing that nod. It’s really exciting.
On The Flash Being Renewed For A Second Season:
I hate to say - it’s not like we expected it, but it’s also not surprising me, I guess. It’s why I was so excited to get to be a part of this early on. I knew it was a character that was long overdue, and that if they did the effects right, which seemingly they were going to do with early stuff they showed me… I’ve been excited since the very beginning because I knew that we had the potential for this type of success. We all feel really fortunate and I’m having so much fun. I’m just glad I get to do more of it. It all feels like one, big experience thus far. I don’t think I’m going to really be able to look back and appreciate each little moment until this first season’s over. Maybe even later down the road, I don’t know. It’s all just one big thing that I’m kind of a day at a time right now. It’s hard to look at the big picture.
On Whether He Would Be Interesting Crossing Over With Supergirl:
Supergirl, yeah. It also is exhausting to think about. But, if they’re like, “Hey we’re doing Supergirl now and we want the Flash to be on a Supergirl episode,” I’m going to get excited about that and then after that worry about how we’re going to make it work. But yeah, of course! I’m down. I’m down for any type of cool crossover as long as we can make it work.