Crisis on Infinite Earths contained a lot of major surprises, but by far the biggest came when Ezra Miller made a cameo appearance as the big screen Flash. It was kept under wraps before airing, and showrunner Marc Guggenheim has already talked about the logistics of making that happen.
In a new interview with Fake Nerd Podcast, the Arrow boss has explained the difficulties of being granted access to the previously off-limits DC Extended Universe.
"There were certain things that we knew were not touchable and the cinematic universe fell into that category," he said. "The nice thing about doing something for years is you're there for all the changes. You're there for the personnel changes, and you're there for the philosophical changes and the changes in policy, and this was one of those situations where people changed their minds."
"I was so glad that they did, even though the change of mind did come after we were wrapped on the whole crossover. So it came very late, but as they say, better late than never."
Asked how it felt to finally get his hands on a superhero from the movies, Guggenheim explains that he was "thrilled" as "the cinematic universe was the one that got away." He added that it was his dream to be able to include the DC Extended Universe in Crisis on Infinite Earths, and revealed that getting Miller to play the Fastest Man Alive was surprisingly straightforward.
"The funny thing is, once we got the approval, it came together almost easier than any other cameo. I mean, certainly, there were other cameos that were a lot harder to pull off, that required a lot more scheduling creativity or financial creativity or logistical creativity, you name it! This sort of all came together really nice." As for Miller, it was "series of phone calls and some time at the keyboard."
Crisis on Infinite Earths wasn't perfect in the eyes of every fan out there, but getting to watch Miller's Flash interact with the one played by Grant Gustin was an undeniable treat.
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THE KICKOFF TO THE EPIC TELEVISON CROSSOVER EVENT, CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS - The Monitor (guest star LaMonica Garrett) sends Harbinger (guest star Audrey Marie Anderson) to gather the worlds' greatest heroes - Supergirl (Melissa Benoist), The Flash (guest star Grant Gustin), Green Arrow (guest star Stephen Amell), Batwoman (guest star Ruby Rose), White Canary (guest star Caity Lotz), The Atom (guest star Brandon Routh) and Superman (guest star Tyler Hoechlin) - in preparation for the impending Crisis. With their worlds in imminent danger, the superheroes suit up for battle while J'onn (David Harewood) and Alex (Chyler Leigh) recruit Lena (Katie McGrath) to help them find a way to save the people of Earth-38. Jesse Warn directed the episode with story by Robert Rovner & Marc Guggenheim and teleplay by Derek Simon & Jay Faerbe.