The CW have big plans for The Flash, and the supporting characters and villains who have so far been announed as being part of the series have comic book fans extremely excited. One such addition is Firestorm, someone who is arguably the most surprising addition to date. Robbie Amell (cousin to Stephen) will make his debut in the third episode, and he'll be suiting up as Firestorm "sooner" rather than later according to producer Andrew Kreisberg. "Robbie has been so much fun to work with, and he’s so excited about it he’s like jumping up and down. Every once in awhile he’ll just be like, ‘The suit won’t be that yellow, right?’ Maybe! Maybe..."
Interestingly, not every villain who appears in the show will have gained their powers from the particle accelerator explosion. Geoff Johns confirmed that Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) won't be one of those affected by it, so perhaps we'll get to see him wield his iconic freeze gun. "He kind of just is this guy who pulls jobs very carefully, and suddenly there’s something else in the city and he has to change his game up," the writer teased. "He has to figure out how to deal with his new threat in Central City—[this threat] to him and his way of life. And so, it’s all about him evolving and surviving in the new world order, and with that guns aren’t going to do it, so he has to have something a little stronger." In other character news, it sounds as if Booster Gold may end up joining The Arrow and The Flash in this world, as Johns noted: "There’s no rights issues and quite honestly Andrew and Greg have a great Booster Gold script, and Booster Gold’s a beloved character, so I would say chances are good [he will appear]."
Talk then once again turned to the upcoming crossover episode, and Kreisberg teased some of the dialogue we'll hear when the two heroes end up coming to blows. "We have one of the biggest surprises on ‘Arrow’ of all time on ‘The Flash’ episode. And both episodes are really important for Barry’s growth… There’s a line in there that I will spoil because every time Grant said it, [I cracked up]. He goes, ‘When I fight you, it is literally like you’re standing still.’ And what’s hilarious about it is the unbelievable joy with which Grant delivers that line. When we were working on the script, we realized that the best part of ‘The Flash’ episode was this meta commentary on how serious everyone is in ‘Arrow,’ and so there’s a lot of jokes at Oliver’s expense in ‘The Flash’ side of it. But then what was fun was when we went to do the ‘Arrow’ side of it, it became the reverse, where Barry and Caitlin and Cisco… all have to face ‘Oh wow, what you guys do is serious.’ So they’re sort of playing at a different level." What do you guys think?
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