THE FLASH Season 5 Adds Kiana Madeira As A Gender-Switched Take On The Villainous Spin

THE FLASH Season 5 Adds Kiana Madeira As A Gender-Switched Take On The Villainous Spin

Sacred Lies actress Kiana Madeira has joined the cast of the upcoming fifth season of The CW's The Flash as Spencer Young, a.k.a. Spin. In the comics, this character was a male villain named Auerbach...

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By MarkCassidy - Aug 09, 2018 02:08 PM EST
Filed Under: The Flash
We know Barry Allen and friends are already going to have their hands full when The Flash returns for its fifth season, and now it looks like they're going to have to contend with yet another threat.

Deadline reports that 25-year old Canadian actress Kiana Madeira (Sacred Lies, Taken, Dark Matter) will play a gender-swapped incarnation of the villainous Spin.

In the comics, Spin was a metahuman with the power to manipulate emotions, which he used to amp up the public's anxiety and "spin" it into what he wanted. Though this small-screen take may eventually go down that road, she'll be introduced as "a young aspiring social media influencer who seizes the opportunity to make herself famous when she discovers there is a new hero in Central City."

The Flash season 5 premieres on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.
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tripttwe
tripttwe - 8/9/2018, 2:41 PM
This guy
Asturgis
Asturgis - 8/9/2018, 3:14 PM
I don't remember her from Taken, nor from Dark Matter. Those must have been some very, very small parts.
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/9/2018, 6:04 PM
@lilbuddy67 - SJCW strikes again.
dezdigi
dezdigi - 8/9/2018, 6:09 PM
@marvel72 - you must prefer sausage parties.
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/9/2018, 6:21 PM
@dezdigi - No,Why can't she play a female Flash/DC villain? Why does she have to play a male villain?
dezdigi
dezdigi - 8/9/2018, 6:28 PM
@marvel72 - is there any?
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/9/2018, 6:46 PM
@dezdigi - OK if there isn't a female Flash villain,There must be 1000's of female DC villains she could play.
dezdigi
dezdigi - 8/9/2018, 11:20 PM
@marvel72 - I suppose, I guess I’m not familiar enough with The Spin character to really care who they cast.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/9/2018, 4:20 PM
FINE. AS. HELL.
blitzburgh
blitzburgh - 8/9/2018, 5:03 PM
Sigh another gender switch character Jesus
2013venjix
2013venjix - 8/9/2018, 5:30 PM
@blitzburgh - Although I love the Flash, But I'm Glad I've Stopped watching this.
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/9/2018, 6:03 PM
@blitzburgh - SJCW at its finest.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 8/9/2018, 10:20 PM
@blitzburgh - Ant-Man and The Wasp did that with Ghost. This is just their 2nd one after Top and even then nothing rules out a male doppelganger out there.
djjoshuacarl
djjoshuacarl - 8/9/2018, 5:35 PM
So the question is the CW. Trying to Felicity the dc-cw’verse?

Or

They know comic book nerds love a sexy bird, so just pack em in!
#giggity
2013venjix
2013venjix - 8/9/2018, 6:45 PM
@djjoshuacarl - I think there's more to this. A lot more.
ManThing
ManThing - 8/10/2018, 9:01 AM
Terrible. The CW was fun for a while. Time to move on.

I don't know why CW writers have to foist their political beliefs in this way, but I'm just not interested.
SteveBosell
SteveBosell - 8/10/2018, 12:26 PM
I guess we'll never get a Rogues team-up season. I still feel like Mirror Master has not been handled right. He shouldn't be reduced to villain-of-the-week thief.
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