Keiynan Lonsdale
(Insurgent) recently talked to
Blastr about his role as Wally West on
The Flash. Lonsdale has signed on as a series regular so you can be certain he will be around for a lot of episodes. The new series regular revealed that Wally would not have powers at first, although he indicates that there definitely is plans about giving him powers in the future.
”He’s just a regular kid at this point, and he doesn’t become Kid Flash or anything just yet. But, he’s into drag racing. That’s his ‘thing,’ or his ‘job’ as you might say, at the moment. That’s his passion. Plus, it leads in with the speed and all that [laughs]. That’s the kind of cool thing, introducing him as a regular kid, because you get to see how someone goes from a regular guy and developing into that and into their future. Everyone is very excited about it. It’s going to take some getting used to for him, to get used to all these people and being introduced to this new world, and the fact that there’s metahumans everywhere, and finding out Barry is The Flash.”
Furthermore, Lonsdale commented on the prospect of him suiting up and taking over the mantle of
The Flash, and it does not seem like he is hoping to take over the mantle but rather work alongside Barry Allen to fight crime.
"Personally I’d love to be him working side by side with Barry Allen, with The Flash. To me, that’d be the most exciting kind of thing, to see that. There’s so much to love about Wally West and Barry Allen, and it would be cool to have a partner in crime, or really the opposite, to defeat crime [laughs]. That’s what I want, to see what kind of craziness they can get into together."
Also, Keiynan Lonsdale talked about Wally West's relationship with Barry Allen and described it as being a sibling rivalry.
"I will say, it’s not an easy relationship. You might see some sibling rivalry develop, because he’s stepping into a family he doesn’t know, and he has a father and sister he doesn’t know. But they have someone else, where Wally feels he should be, in Barry’s position, because Barry is already in their family and has their love."
Lastly, Lonsdale was asked to describe the second half of
The Flash Season 2 in six words.
”Intense, scary, hilarious, Zoom, family, and speed,” was what he said. It certainly seems like we have a lot of amazing stuff to look forward to in the coming spring. However, you can watch Keiynana Lonsdale as Wally West as early as tonight when the midseason finale of
The Flash airs!
MARK HAMILL, WENTWORTH MILLER AND LIAM MCINTYRE RETURN; KEIYNAN LONSDALE JOINS THE CAST AS WALLY WEST — When Mark Mardon AKA The Weather Wizard (guest star Liam McIntyre) returns to break Leonard Snart AKA Captain Cold (guest star Wentworth Miller) and James Jesse AKA The Trickster (guest star Mark Hamill) out of Iron Heights, Barry (Grant Gustin) must stop these rogues from taking over Central City during Christmas. Meanwhile, Joe (Jesse L. Martin) and Iris (Candice Patton) meet Wally West (Keiynan Lonsdale). Kevin Tancharoen directed the episode written by Andrew Kreisberg.
Watch The Flash Season 2, Episode 9 ”Running To Stand Still” tonight on The CW!