THE FLASH: Greg Berlanti Talks 'Gorilla Grodd', Time Travel, And A New Costume
Greg Berlanti reveals plenty of new details about The Flash in this interview, including the small screen debut of Gorilla Grodd, how time travel will factor into the series, giving the Scarlet Speedster a more faithful costume, the chances of seeing another Arrow crossover, & more..
"I wouldn’t say teased," The Flash executive producer Greg Berlanti told TV Line in a recent interview when asked about Gorilla Grodd's recent appearance in The CW series and whether they're just teasing us with an appearance rather than planning anything definite. "I would say we’re going to deal with it this year. The comparison I make is a little bit to Slade the first year on Arrow in the sense of we started with the mask in the pilot and then we saw which way we were going. He was, ultimately, in the back half of that first season even more than we would ever do with Grodd this first year because… We’re going to have to get the technology right and all the stuff right to make it look and feel real. But a lot of times, we do this stuff not as a tease as much as a challenge to ourselves of, “Can we do it?” Grodd’s definitely one of those, so we hope we pull it off." Talking of teasers, he was then asked about whether or not we'll see any additional powers from Barry as he continues to hone his skills. "Definitely. We’re holding back on some big ones still. He famously can phase through things. We haven’t seen him do that yet."
One big question from fans is when we might see The Flash get a new suit which is a little closer to the version seen in the comic books, and it appears as if some changes are indeed on the way. "We’ll keep evolving it and tweaking it as we go. I think people are waiting to see when it’s going to be a white emblem versus a red." Of course, time travel is an element which has also been hinted at numerous time now, and with Reverse-Flash coming to the show in the midseason finale, it appears as if that will be directly addressed in that episode. "That is the one that we deal with directly in the winter. We, obviously, hint at it from the pilot episode. That is a big — “theme” is the wrong word for it — but that is a big part of the DNA of who The Flash was, so we do deal with that." Finally, with the big crossover between Arrow and The Flash just weeks away, the site quizzed Berlanti on whether there are already plans in the works for another next year in the latter half of the season. "We just started talking about that. It’s so much fun to do. They’re so hard to do. But I think they’ll be so rewarding for everybody, ultimately, that that’s our hope, for sure."