Huesario.

La Super Pareja de "Legends of Tomorrow" sobre las escenas de sexo, las discusiones y quién está mejor preparado
Por Damian Holbrook 27 enero, 2016

As the original angry birds on DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Ciara Renee and Falk Hentschel aren't just winging it. Their Carter Hall and Kendra Saunders—better known as oft-reincarnated soulmates Hawkman and Hawkgirl—are rooted in deep DC Comics lore, dating all the way back to their 1940 debut in Flash Comics #1. So how does the pair compare to the colorful, combative characters they play? We sat down with Renee and Hentschel for a little he said-she said session and it turns out, these birds of a feather really do work well together.

As actors, how different are you from one another?

Ciara Renee: As actors?

Falk Hentschel: Oh.

Renee: [Laughs] Oh! Actually, I think we're similar in a lot of ways.

Hentschel: Yeah, we...

Renee: We have actually been on a very similar wavelength from the beginning. It's just been great. But I think that it helps us be able to differ on screen. [Laughs]

Who's the more prepared one?

Hentschel: I would say she is.

Renee: No, I don't prepare anything. I'm just really good at learning lines.

Hentschel: We're the same! [Laughs]

So you're just good at memorizing on the spot?

Renee: Really quickly, yes. I learn it all in the makeup trailer the day of.

Hentschel: I just don't learn them. [Laughs]

Renee: I fill him in on his lines.

Hentschel: I want to stay fresh, you know? By the time you've rehearsed it for the fifth time [on set], I feel like you know the lines.

You guys have had some steamy love scenes. Who was the most uncomfortable one while filming them?

Hentschel: [Laughs] I would say you.

Renee: Why me?! I mean, yeah, I was. [Laughs] That's really true. But it was my first time ever doing that.

Hentschel: Her first love scene!

Renee: So it was like, "WOAH!" Pasties! [Laughs]

Hentschel: I was, too.

Renee: Yeah, but you were like, "Woah, pasties...urrgghh."

Do those scenes ever get comfortable?

Hentschel: No.

Renee: Noooo! [Laughs]

Hentschel: I feel like they're never sexy.

Renee: I don't know how you can get into it.

Hentschel: I've done a couple. The last one I did in a movie, the director kept calling out, "All right and now be sexy, okay? Smoldering!" And like, while we're doing it, you know?

Renee: Like, don't talk to me while we're nude! Don't do that! [Laughs]

So what were your first impressions of each other?

Renee: The first time that we actually had a full discussion was via WhatsApp, like we were just talking to each other. And we started fighting about everything!

Hentschel: We WERE Carter and Kendra! We disagreed...I started some conversation and she disagreed.

Renee: We were talking about feminism...

On your first conversation?!

Renee: Yes! [Laughs]

Hentschel: We went deep. And I sort of was like, "Oh, this is going to be easy. This is cast perfectly!" And just to be fair, like, we didn't "fight" in the sense of the not liking each other.

Renee: No, no, no.

Hentschel: It was bickering.

Renee: Yeah!

Hentschel: And I think we're pretty good with accepting the other for their opinion...and having an opinion on it. [Laughs]


http://www.tvinsider.com/article/69075/ ... -prepared/

¿Qué es lo que hace a 'Vandal Savage' un villano aterrador?
Por Megan Vick | 27 enero, 2016 7:59 PM EST

Why does it take 8 heroes (or at least 8 people attempting to be heroes) to take down Vandal Savage (Casper Crump)? That's a question that still hasn't been fully answered in DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Savage was initially introduced in the massive The Flash/Arrow crossover in November, but the full extent of his powers and the motives behind his villainy are being explored in the time-jumping context of Legends.

"The Vandal character didn't have much of a story [in the crossovers]. He was just being introduced as a knife-throwing villain," Crump explains to TVGuide.com. "I always tried to take responsibility for [my] character, to make him three dimensional instead of being bad or evil. He has a sensitive side. He has a human side to him as well. Hopefully, as Legends develops we can get more into that."

Part of that complexity will come from Savage's connection to Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee) and Hawkman (Falk Hentschel). He's been hunting them for 4,000 years and only lost one of their over 200 battles. As long as one shred of the immortal exists he can be resurrected to go after his Egyptian foes over and over. However, as Legends progresses more of Savage's history with the Egyptian couple, specifically with the Priestess, will show a softer side.

"It is complex being in love with someone that you can't get and your life depends on killing her. That's one of Vandal's soft spots that I am trying to develop more," Crump says. "I'm trying to transform that weakness onto different [relationships] that he has with different characters."

Those characters happen to be a team of ambitious people eager to make their mark on history. While they are still trying to gel as a family, they all agree that Savage is someone that has to be taken down. The immortal super villain is more excited than worried by the challenge though.

"These guys make his life difficult. He sees it as a challenge and he likes a good challenge. That's what he does. That's what his motivation is -- a good challenge," Crump says. However, there is one legend that raises his blood pressure more than the others. "Rip Hunter [Arthur Darvill], of course. They have a thing because Vandal killed his family and now he's coming back to take revenge."

A team of people coming after you with powers that include fire blasts, super strength and freeze guns could intimidate anyone, but Crump sees it as a compliment to how powerful Savage has become.

"They are really trying hard [to bring me down]," he says. "Maybe they'll succeed, but we don't know yet."


http://www.tvguide.com/news/dcs-legends ... interview/

Legends of Tomorrow: Entrevista con Caity Lotz Interview
Por Fred Topel 28/01/16

We talk to Caity Lotz about her breakout on the Arrow spin-off, Legends of Tomorrow, White Canary, and her favorite time period.

This article contains a mild spoiler for Legends of Tomorrow episode 2.

Arrow season 4 spent a good deal of time resurrecting Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), just in time to have her join the cast of Legends of Tomorrow. She doesn't stick around Star City for too long, though. Within the first few minutes of Legends of Tomorrow, Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) recruits her to join a team of time traveling superheroes.

We had some time to ask Ms. Lotz about the newest CW superhero show, and what's next for Sara Lance...even when it's in the past.

Is Sara still dealing with her bloodlust throughout Legends of Tomorrow?

Caity Lotz: Yes. It’s something they carry on and deal with and I think we eventually will address and hopefully cure.

Were you hoping for more of that on Arrow? Are you excited to delve further into it?

On Arrow it was hard because they were like, “We’re going to chain you in this basement and you’re like a feral animal and then you’re going to run around killing people.” It was nice to be able to speak again and not just be a crazy killer.

Who does Sara get into it with the most on the ship?

Rip. They fight a lot. [Those scenes] are just dynamic and we get to bounce it off of each other. It’s fun.

Did you feel that chemistry right away?

I think Rip Hunter is a very frantic person like this and Sara challenges him. So when he comes back at her flailing about, she doesn’t back down. So they do, they go at it.

How did you like the ‘70s go go boots?

You know, it’s funny. I feel like I was so into the ‘70s kind of thing that I couldn’t even hide it. You’d look at me like, “All right, Sara. You kinda like the ‘70s.” And I think she did.

At that point too, she wasn’t taking things too seriously. In the ‘70s, this was fun and like, “Oh, hey, young Stein, like he’s kinda cute” and knew that it would bother Victor [Garber]. She’s just having fun. I think the go go boots were fun. It was like Halloween, dress up for her. She’s not so into heels and dresses and stuff like that.

What have been your favorite time periods to visit?

I really like the ‘70s. That was pretty cool. Sara hates the ‘50s. The ‘50s is, like, not the biz, but it was kinda cool seeing all the cars and stuff like that.

We saw a still of a very high kick. How hard is that for you to kick your leg up that high?

Really easy.

How long do you hold that position for a photo?

That’s a live action photo. You don’t hold it.

How did you feel the first time you tried the new costume and saw yourself in the mirror?

I liked it. I liked it a lot. It’s very similar to the other one, just different color and different cuts. They used a little bit thinner material so it was easier to move in. No wig, no mask was really nice because that’s just itchy and annoying. I mean, it looks cool but it’s nice to not wear a wig and mask.

What’s one thing from the comic books that you hope you get to do as Sara in Legends?

White Canary is a very lesser known villain in the comics, so there’s not that much about her. If I ever did a mask, I wouldn’t mind how the White Canary has a face mask like that [over her nose and mouth].”

Was there one thing you discovered in the comic books that really helped you with Sara?

No. There was no Sara Lance in the comics. I read Black Canary comics and stuff but Sara really has her own backstory and where she came from.

Is there a formula to the fights where there are points you have to turn it over to an acrobatic stunt double?

No. I usually do all my own fights. On Arrow I used a double for motorcycle riding, jumping off backs of cars or having a bunch of stuff fall on top of you, jumping through glass.

Things that are really dangerous, they won’t even let me do even if I wanted to. But the fighting stuff I like to do.

On Arrow, when we saw your shriveled corpse, was that based on a cast they took of you?

That actually is a body double, a very, very, very skinny woman and they superimposed my face.

When you emerge from the pit, was that a challenging scene to do?

It was fine. I was soaking wet in this Lazarus Pit hot tub. The water was warm so it wasn’t too bad, but then you’re dripping wet in your leather super suit having to go crazy. It was fun.

http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/caity-lotz/2 ... -interview

Brandon Routh sobre las mejoradas habilidades de Atom
Por Eric Goldman 28 enero, 2016

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow continues tonight with the second hour of its two-part premiere, as we see more of the first adventures involving the eclectic, time-traveling superhero team.

On a visit to the set of the show, I spoke to Brandon Routh about how Ray Palmer/The Atom is fitting in on the team, Ray’s growing skills in combat, the threat of Vandal Savage, the potential for crossovers with The Flash and Arrow and more.

I should note this interview was done before the show debuted, and Routh was protecting a bit of information about Ray and Martin Stein (Victor Garber) having actually known each other previously.


IGN: What does Ray make of his teammates?

Brandon Routh: I think Ray is certainly wary of Rory and Snart to begin with.

IGN: Understandably.

Routh: Understandably! He kind of knows Sara but not really and everybody else is new to him. He’s heard of Professor Stein and what not. But he’s eager, so he kind of just rolls with it, I think is just his mindset with the whole thing.

IGN: Let me address the facial situation. [Editor's Note: Routh had come from set with makeup on giving Ray some notable wounds] Suffice to say there’s a fair amount of action on this show and Ray maybe didn’t come out so great from one encounter?

Routh: Yeah, you know, against all odds. He’s still alive, thankfully! But we definitely have a lot of fighting, a lot of explosions. You get roughed up every once in awhile.

IGN: How is Ray doing as far as his skill set? When he was introduced on Arrow he had the suit but it was mostly a flying suit and strength. You just introduced the whole shape- changing concept. He invented this stuff but is there still a learning curve as far as what he’s able to do with his abilities?

Routh: I think we’re ramping up the learning process that kind of happened from the transition from Arrow to here. I’m sure there will be things done down the road. We haven’t run into any issues so far, with storyline with that. His fighting ability has definitely been increased from all his activity, learning and working with Green Arrow. Physical combat, hand to hand combat, he’s leveled up, although instances like [these wounds] can happen. There’s definitely been a lot of fun, miniaturization stuff done so far. But there’s not… You will see, when everybody gets to see the show, that it paces so quickly that a lot of things happen because they have to happen and questions are asked later and explanations are made later.

IGN: Can you talk about the threat of Vandal Savage? The team is brought together because of this guy, so it seems safe to assume he’s a pretty heavy hitter. Are they quickly learning just how much of a threat he poses?

Routh: Definitely. He’s very wily and very strategic. He’s thought his plan out generations and generations ahead, as he’s time travelling. So we’re really playing catch up a lot of the time. When we’re not messing up and having to fix our mistakes, we’re having to play catch up even further with him. And sometimes we’re causing big mistakes that he can capitalize on because he’s adapting to what’s happening in the moment better than we are sometimes. His villainous ways are finely crafted over thousands of years of effort so he’s definitely a big time opponent for us and is a challenge.

IGN: This is a very ambitious thing going on here as far as this is the third show in this shared universe. There’s already been crossovers. A lot of the team members are being introduced out of this big crossover between the other shows. Moving forward, are you having fun with just how big of a reach you have and the fact that you can maybe pluck some characters here and there and touch upon what’s been established in Flash and Arrow?

Routh: Yeah, the whole thing is very exciting, creating the world and now seeing Earth 2 on Flash and everything that’s bringing into their storyline. I’m sure that’ll have impact on us as we are travelling the timeline and they are crossing worlds. It’s all going to interplay. I’m sure they have big plans to come. We haven’t had as much of that thus far, because we had the Flash/Arrow crossovers, but we’ve been mostly keeping to our show, so far. But I think it’s all really building and building toward those big events…. Well, even bigger events, I would guess. I look forward to it because I’ve been on both shows and I love working with all those actors so I look forward to having them be aboard our project as well more.

IGN: You have long work days and there’s a technical side to everything but are there moments that you’re all there costumed up that you look around and go “This is all pretty cool, huh?”

Routh: Definitely. And I do my best to have those moments more often than not. You do get kind of in your head about just getting the work done, but It’s a pretty amazing, unique experience, this life. And having played two super heroes and getting suited up into robotic armor, there are very, very few people that have had that experience and none the experience I’ve had. One of the ways that is brought home and really kind of settles in is when you meet fans at conventions or other events where people might be around. You’re not just in this dark studio putting stuff on camera but it really affects people and it’s doing something. It’s a very cool form of entertainment.


http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/01/28/ ... sed-skills

Drameh Explica como Firestorm de ''Legends of Tomorrow" honra la historia
Por Scott Huver 28 enero 2016

There's a new Firestorm on the block, played by British actor Franz Drameh. But don't expect to hear the "Attack the Block" alum's London accent when he takes flight as Firestorm. Just like his comic book counterpart, this superhero is all-American.

In "Legends of Tomorrow," the 23-year-old actor plays Jefferson "Jax" Jackson, the new half of Firestorm's two-person dual identity. The Nuclear Man previously made his live-action TV debut on "The Flash" as a composite of the scientist Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and S.T.A.R. Labs engineer Ronnie Raymond (Robbie Amell). After Ronnie's death, former high school football standout Jefferson "Jax" Jackson (Drameh) was merged into the Firestorm matrix, joining with Stein.

A longtime comics, Drameh told CBR News that he actually saw through the secrecy during his blind audition and guessed the identity of the hero. Now Drameh, along with co-Firestorm actor Garber, are part of the ragtag "Legends" lineup of time-traveling heroes and villains recruited to avert an approaching apocalypse. In this interview with CBR News, Drameh reveals how thrilled he was to bring part of Firestorm's persona back to its roots.

CBR News: What got you excited about playing this new version of the character?

Franz Drameh: I've been a comic book fan my whole life, so when I was auditioning, the character breakdown they gave me was "Mystery Hero Michael." So I was like, okay. So I had a bit of a read of it, and I was like: "Stein -- this is Firestorm! But there's already a Firestorm! How is this going to work?" So I kind knew early on that's who I was playing. I was just so excited. I was like, "Are they going to do this? Is he going to have transmutation powers? Are we going to see Fury?" I was like -- I was so excited, and so, so happy to be a part of the whole DC Universe.

Central to your job is working out your relationship with Victor Garber's Martin Stein. What was it like finding that dynamic and making it work on screen with him?

I think me and Victor, we got on so well. Like, we have great banter together. He's always taking the Mick out of my accent, and I'm always teasing him about things and trying to get him to play silly games, which he hates. So I thought that kind of shows through from camera to on screen. It's just fun. He's just fun to work with. I mean, he's a great actor and we just have fun bouncing off of each other and just feeding off each other's energy. It's just great.

Franz Drameh: I've been a comic book fan my whole life, so when I was auditioning, the character breakdown they gave me was "Mystery Hero Michael." So I was like, okay. So I had a bit of a read of it, and I was like: "Stein -- this is Firestorm! But there's already a Firestorm! How is this going to work?" So I kind knew early on that's who I was playing. I was just so excited. I was like, "Are they going to do this? Is he going to have transmutation powers? Are we going to see Fury?" I was like -- I was so excited, and so, so happy to be a part of the whole DC Universe.

With such a large cast, it's apparent that the showrunners are going to mix and match the characters as the show progresses. Who have you had a spark with among the other cast members or the other characters?

I feel like Jax and Kendra [Saunders, Hawkgirl] have a natural affinity towards each other, as they're both the youngest members of the team and both kind of thrown in the deep end into something they weren't expecting or wanting necessarily. Kendra was a barista, just kind of living her day-to-day life, and Jax was just a mechanic doing the same. So they've been thrown into this crazy world. So I feel like they understand each other.

Tell me where you see him fitting in with the group dynamic. Do you have a notion of what he brings to the team?


With Jax, I feel like he's almost kind of the voice of the audience at times. Like when the craziness is happening, he's the one to be like, "This is insane. Let's not do that." And he's also kind of a little bit of the heart as well. He kind of -- he's really about more team, like team aspects, once he kind of really gets into it and kind of matures, because he grows a lot during the show. He starts as this kid who doesn't want his powers, who doesn't want to be on this mission to save the world, [and goes] to kind of realizing his part in the grand scheme of things and where he fits into the team, and really embracing his role as Firestorm.

How this Firestorm is different from the previous Firestorm we've seen?

So this version of Firestorm is more like comic book Ronnie Raymond. He's a jock, basically. He doesn't come from a scientific background, which is another one of the reasons why him and Stein are kind of at loggerheads a lot of the time. Where Stein wants to take this smarter option and Jax is more like rough and ready and like, let's just go all out and do it. So yeah, this version is very different from Robbie Amell's portrayal of Ronnie. He's a mechanic. He's a jock. He doesn't come from any form of scientific background whereas Ronnie did.

Did you get to dig into old Firestorm comics for research?

Yeah, just a little bit. I kind of focused on some stuff in The New 52.

When did your personal love of comics start? What did you get most passionate about at its peak?

My dad was a massive comic book fan, so growing up all us boys watching the animated things, "Batman: The Animated Series." Amazing, with Mark Hamill voicing The Joker! Which, when I think of The Joker, that's the voice that I think. As soon as that Joker -- when I'm reading "Batman" comics, that's the voice that I'm picturing. That really got me into "Batman," and then I started reading all the comics: "The Killing Joke," which is one of my favorites. "The Court of Owls," I like that. "Hush." Batman's my favorite superhero, in a nutshell. I like how messed up he is. I feel like sometimes we forget, Batman, he's not well. He went through this crazy trauma, and he never got over it and has just gone off the deep end.

Which is why I feel like The Joker is such a perfect villain for him because, in essence, this one psychopath against another, because Batman is crazy. He's this…he's a man. He's just a man who was trained to the point of perfection and it's almost like Bruce Wayne is gone. He's left Bruce Wayne. He is always Batman. Bruce Wayne is now just his cover. That's what I love about Batman.

Caity Lotz sobre el interpretar a una muy diferente Sara Lance
Por Terri Schwartz 28 enero 2016

The Sara Lance who Caity Lotz is playing on DC's Legends of Tomorrow already feels like a step away from the character who she portrayed on The CW's Arrow.

Ever since she was introduced as a full-fledged character in Season 2 of Arrow, Sara has gone through the storytelling gamut. She even died in Season 3 of the series before being brought back to life via the Lazarus Pit earlier in Season 4.

The pilot for Legends of Tomorrow shows Sara ready to strike out on her own journey, and already she's shown a lighter, more carefree side of herself than viewers saw on Arrow. With Sara playing a more central role on this new The CW spinoff of Arrow and The Flash, audiences can expect to get to know a whole new side of Lotz's character.

In a recent interview, Lotz opened up about getting to play this different side of White Canary, how we haven't seen the last of Sara's Lazarus Pit-induced bloodlust and which Arrow character she'd most like Sara to cross paths with after Legends concludes Season 1.

IGN: When you were initially pitched on Legends of Tomorrow, what was the draw for you? Obviously Sara's been through the gamut throughout the years. What was the appeal about getting a show that was more focused on her?

Caity Lotz: Well, I've always love the character. She's a cool chick, and I like the idea of the show having a bit more levity, a little bit more fun, lighthearted, and it being an ensemble cast -- and also that it wasn't going to be 22 episodes, which was also very appealing. And I loved working with our producers and stuff, and they've just turned out great show after great show. So yeah, to be able to work with them again and bring a character back that I loved and the fans have loved so much was cool.

IGN: When they did kill you off on Arrow, did they do it with saying, "Hey, we have a plan to bring you back"?

Lotz: No. And I asked the producers, "Hey, did you know that you were going to have this spinoff when you killed me?" They were like, "Yeah." I was like, "What!? What the f**k? Why didn't you guys tell me?" And then they were like, "Because it wasn't for sure. It wasn't greenlit. We couldn't be like, 'Hey, we may bring you back.'" So yeah, no, I didn't know.

IGN: Coming back -- because you've lived with her for so long -- you have this opportunity for more levity. Was there anything you talked to the producers about, like, "I want to explore the more flirtatious side of her," or bring any other lighter elements in to get to know her?

Lotz: It was really interesting, because the first two episodes are very different for Sara, her voice, and then it went back to Sara. At first I thought, when I read it, I was like, "Whoa, this is a whole new Sara," because all the dialogue was very lighthearted, "let's party." So I was like, "Wait, is this a whole new person now? What's happened?" They were like, "No, no, no. We still want Sara to be Sara. It's the same Sara."

I think it's the same, it just like, whereas before I didn't allow Sara to have any joy, because she wouldn't allow herself to stop feeling guilty or bad about anything. Whereas now I think she's just like, "F--k it. I've been dead, been this, seen it all. Go with it a little more," and allow her to -- if she wants to have fun, have a little fun.

IGN: I feel like some of the bonus of having an ensemble this big is you can shine the light on different characters at different times throughout the season. We've dealt some with Sara coming back from the Lazarus Pit and what that did to her, but will we get to delve into that more later in the season and how that has changed her?

Lotz: Yeah, the bloodlust thing will definitely be something she deals with for quite a bit of this season. My favorite part is seeing the different dynamics. When Snart and Ray go off together, because that's a weird combo. Each character has such a different chemistry. When Sara is with Snart, what happens with that, and what happens with Sara and Rip, it's really interesting to explore those.

IGN: Sara and Snart are characters that people have loved so much separately, it's fun to see them come together and for him to have an obvious crush on her. It allows those two characters to show a little bit of a different side than what we've seen before. How did you two play with that, and what can you about where that goes?

Lotz: You know, I don't think the producers were really pushing for that at all. But there's an episode where we have some really sweet stuff together, and it's nice. But I also think Sara doesn't really like this Snart character, you know what I mean? She's also not trying to -- she's not looking for a relationship or anything like that. So it's interesting. They're interested, but I don't know if that'll ever be anything.

IGN: What do you think is Sara's goal or purpose in joining this team? What does she hope to get out of this experience?

Lotz: I think it's to find a purpose. I think she's wandering, never having felt like she belonged, never knowing what she's supposed to be doing with her life, never felt like everything she's gone through meant something, has brought something good. She hasn't been able to achieve the alchemy of taking something that was terrible and turning it into something good. It's always just haunted her. I think with this she's hoping to maybe finally take all the terrible things that have happened to her in her life and make it mean something and be, "That happened for a reason."

I think that's a big thing for her, is that she looks back at what she went through, and she doesn't go, "Well, maybe it's the person I've become" and "I wouldn't be the same person without it." She doesn't feel like that at all, and that's a hard thing to live with. I think that's why that's such a darkness. So I think the hope is to find a purpose and that maybe one day she can look back and be like, "OK, I'm glad that that happened to me, because it made me who I am."

IGN: I'm sure that is jarring for her when there's that reveal they aren't actually Legends, but instead a bunch of nobodies. She's the first one who's like, "Well, let's change our destiny. Let's go back and do something." How much is that a thrust for her going forward, with the goal to become a person who people remember as a positive thing?

Lotz: I don't think Sara gives a f**k about being a Legend. She's a prideful person, but she doesn't want it to be about her and for people to know who she is. That's not her at all. When she finds out that they're not Legends, it's not like, "Oh my God, what? I'm not famous?" It's the fact that they've been lied to. I think that's a hard thing, being lied to. But for her, I think it's all just about making her s---ty life have a purpose, so that she can look back on it and be proud of something and accept who she is and what's happened to her. It's not about becoming a Legend or the world remembering her.

IGN: If Sara was to go back to Arrow, is there one character who you would most like to see her interact with after she's gone through the experience of this season?

Lotz: So many. I would like Nyssa. I think there's something there that needs some kind of closure, something. So Nyssa, and I always thought her and Felicity were funny together. That would be cute to explore again.

IGN: I would love to see Felicity on your show. Could you imagine her reaction to the science of time travel and all of that?

Lotz: Yes, definitely. But they need her on Arrow. I feel like they need that levity, for sure. IGN Logo


http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/01/27/ ... sara-lance

Falk Hentschel sobre la historia de Hawkman con Hawkgirl
Por Linda Ge 28 enero 2016


“Legends of Tomorrow” brings together a disparate group of heroes and villains to form a reluctant team, but two members already have some complicated history between them.

Carter Hall (Falk Hentschel) and Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renee) are destined to be together – and destined to die at the hands of their greatest foe, Vandal Savage (Casper Crump).

As first introduced in the “Arrow”-“The Flash” crossovers, Carter and Kendra have had plenty of practice at dying and being reincarnated, but it’s going to take more than a few episodes to dig deep into their hundreds of years of history.

Luckily, “Legends” is all about time travel.

“Obviously, there’s time travel, there’s reincarnation, there’s flashbacks that Kendra is having,” Hentschel told TheWrap. “So I think there’s a lot of opportunity to get to know our past selves and all kinds of stuff.”

Below, Hentschel discusses how he and his co-star found the right chemistry for the complicated couple, where they go from here and the difference between filming “Legends” and the crossovers.

TheWrap: We got to know Carter and Kendra first in the “Arrow”-“Flash” crossovers, but where are they now?
Hentschel: They’re in the “training phase,” I would call it. They’re trying to help people, they’re being superheroes, but Kendra just hasn’t had her awakening yet. He’s sort of schooling her, in his way.

Will we learn more about their very long history together?
Obviously, there’s time travel, there’s reincarnation, there’s flashbacks that Kendra is having. So I think there’s a lot of opportunity to get to know our past selves, and all kinds of stuff.

Did you feel there was a marked difference in filming the crossovers to now filming the show itself?
Yes, because the crossovers were crazy. They were absolutely nuts, in the sense of the workload. We got whisked from the “Legends of Tomorrow” set to “Arrow” then to “Flash” and back. At some point, for me at least, you just go, “Just tell me where to stand and what to say and let me just focus on that scene,” because I just came from “Legends” and had to go back to “Legends” afterwards. It was just a whirlwind. I was amazed at how they pulled it off. There were so many of us, and Kendra and Carter were being used so much, so it was just an acting marathon.

So even though this show is crazy in and of itself with the time travel and all, it’s a more smooth process.
Yeah. Every show finds its groove, I would say. The first season is the season to figure out the dynamics, the workflow.

Carter and Kendra are such a unit. How did you and Ciara approach playing these characters and how did you find that chemistry between them?
It just came naturally. We started talking, at first via text or Twitter or something like that, and that’s when we discovered we already had a natural banter. That bickering you see on screen, we have that but in a positive way. We’re not scared to just be blunt with one another. We have a lot of fun working on these scenes together. We’re really aware of the fact that they’re – I think – the first-ever superhero couple, this dynamic duo, they’re a unit. So we really wanted to make sure we didn’t come from my own ego, but sort of bring it together and do what’s right, not only for the show, but this team.


http://www.thewrap.com/legends-of-tomor ... -hawkgirl/

Entrevista con Falk Hentschel de "Legends Of Tomorrow"
Por Craig Byrne 28 enero 2016

Falk Hentschel plays one of the two winged warriors on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, playing Carter Hall a.k.a. Hawkman, one of the most famous characters from the DC Comics universe.

We recently spoke with the actor about the role and what we can look forward to from Carter Hall in the future. Don’t miss a new episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow tonight (January 28) at 8PM ET/PT on The CW!


What was your reaction when you put on the costume for the first time?

That was amazing. I loved it. I was like — that part of you as a kid that makes you want to be an actor, that just wants to play and pretend and run around in costumes… I was just jumping for joy. I stood in front of the mirror, and then I put the helmet on, and it fit perfectly!

That’s the other thing: I put it on, and there wasn’t too much to be done other than slight alterations. Where other cast members had difficulty, it was just perfect.

At any point did you pretend you were Wolverine?

[Laughs] I’ve read that it’s like I’m the version of Wolverine. No, I didn’t connect to that until later on.

Were you grateful that your costume wasn’t shirtless?

That’s a great question. Yes, because that famous cross that he wears and nothing else…! I was like “Okay. So that cross is only held by somebody like The Rock. But no, I was very happy about that.

Before you started filming the role, were you given any backstory of what Carter was doing before he met Kendra?

To be honest with you, no. I asked, obviously. Let’s put it this way: I was filled in when I needed a backstory, but when there isn’t given one because we don’t have time or there was no opportunity to talk to somebody, I just made it up. That’s the wonderful thing about imagination; you fill it with life.

Can you talk about how Carter is so much more into the reincarnation thing than Kendra is at this point?

Since Carter remembers more, I keep calling him “the uncle of humanity” because he’s sort of been there all along. Not all along, but for 4000 years, he’s had the chance to see the evolution of society: good and bad. So, I think he’s just naturally been formed by that, being able to remember, always, whereas for Kendra it’s been a new discovery every time. Memories come back, but who knows how long they made it before Vandal Savage came around.

In a selfish way, that’s what I gravitated towards, because that’s a fascinating part about him, because what is that like to be around for that long that you can face all of your demons? Just on a personal level… we all have these issues that we deal with throughout our whole life, whether it’s our parents, or relationships… we have our demons. Now that he’s been able to do that 206 times, what is that like? Has he dealt with them? He’s really getting to know humanity. On the other hand, he’s super lonely, because nothing lasts but Kendra, which is why he’s mad about her, more than just being in love. I think she’s a life line for him.

Do you think Carter is aware that Kendra knows or remembers more than she’s letting on?

I think he has a hint. I think in the crossover episodes, you’ve seen it. Otherwise, why do you say these things? He’s pretty aware of it.

Do you think Carter has any past lovers that were not incarnations of Chay-Ara?

Personally speaking, I would hope so. I’ve always had this idea in the character prep…. I wanted him to be open-minded. I wanted it so that he flies in and at some point finds her and she has a family. She has kids. A man. And he leaves her be. I’m assuming the same for him, as well. And then, I think he’s like “all right. I’m going to enjoy my life as much as I can.” And I think that’s what I’m really drawn to. These two have a chance to really look at all these values and rules of society because they can’t apply to them. I’m just having a blast thinking about what he’s gone through.
How does it feel to be one of those few actors to appear in both DC and Marvel productions? (Falk Hentschel did an episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..)

It’s really cool. To be honest with you, both of them came at a surprise. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. obviously was a shorter run… [but] it was open ended; I was told that they don’t know if he comes back or not. This one, obviously, was so much more immersive. And then being a villain, and then being a superhero… that was really cool to be able to flip flop from that. I was like “yeah! I get to be a good guy for once!”

Can you talk about some of the actors you get to work with on Legends?

The entire cast is lovely. Not just as actors, but also as people. It’s rare that you just naturally gel with everybody. Obviously, some more, some less. Casper [Crump] and I… he’s become a really close bud. Our roots lie in Europe, so we connected over that, and Franz [Drameh], as well, is a really cool guy. Wentworth… you know, honestly, it’s so hard to pick any one [out]. All I can say is that it is nice to have chemistry on screen and off screen, and just have an easy ride.

Is it hard when you’re such good friends with someone who is trying to kill you on screen?

What I think it does, it creates a comfort and a willingness to play, because you feel safe to be silly, which is what acting is, making a fool out of yourself in front of everybody, and hope it goes well. I can’t wait for more scenes with Casper.


http://www.ksitetv.com/interviews-2/leg ... hel/94893/

(Spoiler) & Phil Klemmer hablan sobre el impacto de esta noche de la serie
Por Craig Byrne 28 enero 2016

The Legends of Tomorrow lost a member tonight — not a hoax, not an imaginary story… and on this show, it seems as though death sticks. Though how much will it stick in a show with reincarnation?

In any event — SPOILER WARNING if you haven’t seen Legends of Tomorrow Episode 2 yet, you might want to just stop here — we saw that in episode 2, Hawkman was taken down by Vandal Savage, and as a result, the team is now down to one Hawk.

We spoke with Falk Hentschel (Carter Hall) about what happened in tonight’s show, and additionally, EP Phil Klemmer gave us some insights as to what this all means.

DCLEGENDSTV’s CRAIG BYRNE: When you booked the role, did you know your character was getting killed in Episode 2?

FALK HENTSCHEL: Yes, I did. I was aware of that. I knew that there was a death in Episode 2, and I was told “but there’s all these ways of continuing to play with the character.” And I thought it was lovely. I think I was like “oh, that’s cool!” I think it’s cool because we’re so used to a character like Hawkman being safe — “oh, nothing’s gonna happen to him, he’s Hawkman” — but I think that was kind of cool, and I’m interested to see what the fans will say. Will they scream for more? We’ll see.

With reincarnation being a major part of Carter’s life, could we be seeing you beyond Episode 2?

Yes! I think there’s all kinds of opportunity. I think there’s reincarnation; there’s time travel. At the least, there are the flashbacks. I think we’ve established Kendra getting her memories back. So, I think there’s a lot of opportunity. Obviously, I can’t say yes or no. I have to say, I really like that about this, too. When I heard that I was going to die on the second one, I was like “that’s great.” Because I think we’re so used to have our regulars or people that we know being safe, that I was like “Oh. Okay, you’re Game of Thrones-ing that, a little bit.” I think it’s exciting.

Could it be possible for Kendra to meet a past incarnation of Carter, where she’s the one who remembers and he doesn’t?

Maybe, yeah. The producers know more about that than I do. I just know that there is plenty of opportunity for that.

If the producers were to call you up and say “would you like to appear next week,” would you be game for it?

Yeah! Here’s the thing: I had a blast. I want to go back and see my friends. It’s always a question of schedule… so many things go into making a show or a film. In the end, you never know if it works out. But as you can tell, I really enjoy everybody.

You can read more about Falk Hentschel’s Legends experience at KSiteTV. And now, the spotlight turns to Executive Producer Phil Klemmer, who makes it sound as though we’ll be seeing Hawkman again at some point, in some way:

How dead is Hawkman?

That Hawkman is absolutely 100% dead.

Considering he died in 1975, does he reincarnate in 1975 also?

No. He does not reincarnate until she dies as well. We had to come up with a conceit so they could roughly be the same age, and their fates are intertwined. So we have this sort of bittersweet notion that Kendra will never have the chance to love her immortal beloved until she dies. She has to fail at taking down Savage in order to meet Carter. She can have memories of Carter, which we’ll explore their past lives together in flashback stories, and we still like the idea of her encountering a Hawkman from a previous life.

So it could go the other way around, where she’s trying to convince him of who he is?

Yes. Absolutely. And then… you know, there is the idea that she could finally, for the first time in 4000 years, choose whom she wants to love, as opposed to having this curse determine it for her. So, there is a big wrestling match between free will and romantic destiny for her.

Intriguing, eh?
http://dclegendstv.com/2016/01/28/spoil ... w-shocker/

El equipo de la serie hablan sobre la decisión tras esa impactante primera muerte
Por Sydney Bucksbaum 28 enero 2016

It didn't take long for the Legends of Tomorrow superhero team to suffer their first casualty. In their second face-off with immortal villain Vandal Savage (Casper Crump), Hawkman/Carter Hall (Falk Hentschel) stabbed Vandal with the only weapon that can kill him... only to realize that Hawkgirl/Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renee) had to be the one to wield the dagger for it to work. Vandal pulled the ineffective dagger out of his body and then used it to kill Carter and wound Kendra before escaping.

Because Legends of Tomorrow is a time-traveling show, and Hawkman has been constantly reincarnating over thousands of years, this won't be the last viewers see of Carter on the DC Comics series.

"Before it's all over, we'd like to have Carter Hall back on the show even though he's dead in this current lifetime," executive producer Phil Klemmer tells The Hollywood Reporter.

"The show takes place all across time, so the possibility of meeting up with a previous incarnation of Carter in an earlier time [is] totally on the table," executive producer Marc Guggenheim adds. "Similarly, he reincarnates forward, so meeting up with a future incarnation is also on the table. The fun thing about combining time travel with reincarnating characters is the fact that you can really expect the unexpected."

The producers chose to kill off Carter in the second episode to prove that no one is safe.

"Very early on, we were talking about how do you establish the stakes particularly when you have time travel in the mix?," Guggenheim says. "There's always the possibility of the audience disengaging because with time travel, they can just go back in time and undo this or change that. We felt it important to really establish the stakes early on to submit exactly what it was our characters were facing. As with most ideas we come up with, killing off Hawkman began with a pitch that started off with, 'Well, this is probably too crazy, but… ' When we start off with that, we usually end up doing exactly that. Especially with this show, even more than Flash, even more than Arrow, crazy is a big part of the show's appeal."

Of course, that doesn't make the decision to kill Hawkman any easier on the showrunners.

"We love Falk but sometimes, letting your audience know that you mean business, you have to do horrible things," Klemmer says. "You sometimes have to cut off your nose to spite your face. I can't believe we actually followed through on it. But this is the kind of story audiences expect these days."

"It's pretty cold, isn't it?" Hentschel says with a laugh. "I knew Carter's fate when I signed on [to the show]. I had to do a pretty cryptic job with it. I was excited about it because it's not something the network does very often, killing a main character off. That's something generally reserved for cable, like Game of Thrones."

Hentschel promises there are no hard feelings about being the show's first casualty, since his character's death has such a major impact on the rest of the series moving forward.

"It's kind of fun, you know what I mean?" Hentschel says. "He's the catalyst for this show to kick into gear. It's not just about revenge, but it is a big motivator for everybody. Plus, I'm really used to dying onscreen and this was one of the cooler deaths I've gotten to do."

If Hawkman is brought back onto the show, either as a past or future incarnation, Hentschel has a request for the writers. "Whatever I do come back as, I hope the writers will put more of a lens on the humanity of all his reincarnations," the actor says. "He's been around for so long, what has that done to him as a person? "

The Legends team learned that Kendra has to be the one to wield the dagger to kill Vandal Savage only after Carter's failed attempt to kill him. It made his death more heartbreaking and feel almost wasteful.

"The first thing I thought was, 'If I'm going to die, can't we have a bigger fight?'" Hentschel says with a laugh. "But now that I've seen the episode, I kind of like how quick and out of nowhere it came. It was very beautiful. It was the strongest move for this character. Anything else would have felt wrong. It's going to motivate Kendra to avenge me."

The fact that Kendra has to be the one to kill Vandal will be both "a blessing and a curse" for her, according to the showrunners.

"She hardly got to know him," Klemmer says of Carter. "She lost him just when she was coming around to believing in the inevitability of their love for one another. But the progressive, 'I am woman, hear me roar' version of her is unlike every other lifetime she's lived where she too had died and they were reborn together all over again. What makes this version of Kendra different is she has the other Legends. She can be a hero without him, and she has to stand up to Savage alone and vanquish him by herself."

Having survived Vandal's attack (albeit majorly injured), this will also open up another part of Kendra's life now that Carter is no longer by her side.

"In 4,000 years, she hasn't gotten to choose for herself who to love," Klemmer says. "Over the course of the season, we'll play with the idea that Kendra essentially is a widow, so is she doomed to live out the rest of this lifetime alone? If she kills Savage, does that mean her eternal life ends or will Carter still be reborn? Or can she, for the first time in her long life, choose who to love? You can't be on a spaceship with eight other people facing life and death situations without the possibility of romance. Numerous characters will face that over the course of the season."

Both Klemmer and Guggenheim reveal they're not shying away from romance between different members of the Legends team despite various "complications," as Klemmer calls them, including Stein's (Victor Garber) marriage and Mick Rory's (Dominic Purcell) inability to love.

"The Waverider is like Big Brother, where these people are living together in this close proximity with the intensity of life and death stakes and it's a very natural thing for there to be romance, or at least lust in the trenches. 'F--k it, we could be gone tomorrow, let's take a roll in the hay,'" Klemmer says. "There will be romance aboard the Waverider and romantic interludes throughout the ages with civilians they encounter along the way."



http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ce=twitter

Jefe de ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ explica ese giro descorazonador del episodio 2
Por Laura Prudom 28 enero 2016

Spoiler warning: Do not read on unless you’ve seen the second episode of The CW’s “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.”

When you’re tasked with changing the future, the stakes couldn’t be higher, a lesson that the “Legends of Tomorrow” team learned the hard way in episode 2, when Vandal Savage (Casper Crump) succeeded in killing Carter Hall (Falk Hentschel), just as his reincarnated soulmate Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renee) was finally starting to come to terms with her feelings for him.

Why Carter? According to “Legends” executive producer Marc Guggenheim, the painful choice also seemed to make the most sense, from a storytelling standpoint.

SPONSORED

With 3 films at Sundance, Natasha Lyonne goes beyond "Orange is the New Black"

Find out how she has made a career of playing complex, odd-ball characters.
Sponsored by Autograph Collection Hotels
“The first thing we were searching for was, how do we establish very quickly the stakes of the show, particularly when you have all these people who are so powerful? The idea of losing one of their own spoke to us very strongly,” he told Variety. “It’s always a decision based on what’s gonna give us the most story, and the idea of Kendra losing the person who is helping guide her through this brand new experience of being a reincarnated hawk demigoddess, taking that support system away from her so that A: she’d have to deal with it and B: she’d have to lean on the other members of our team… that really spoke to us. We realized, as with all things, an idea comes up and if we start going ‘oh, then this can happen, and this can happen, and this…’ that’s when we know it’s the right idea.”

Hawkman may be dead, but this is a time-travel show, so Guggenheim was willing to concede, “You haven’t seen the last of Falk Hentschel — I will say that in episode 3 we very clearly state that we can’t go back and just save Carter’s life. Because that would be way too convenient and also, quite frankly, completely vitiate the point of killing off a character in the first place. So we’re very clear about the rules.”

Renee admitted that losing Carter just when they were starting to grow closer is a devastating blow for Kendra, but since they’ll be traveling to other time periods, she’s aware of the possibility that she might run into another version of her reincarnated lover. “It’s absolutely something she’s hoping for, but the thing is, if she finds a past Carter, would he have already found [that time period’s version of] her?” Renee pointed out. “It’s not as if the romantic part of it can be realized for her. She understands that that part, for this incarnation, is done, and that’s really, really hard. But it’s also like, ‘if we kill Savage, does Carter ever get to come back, or is that it?’ We don’t know.”

Past or future versions of Hawkman might be a possibility, but Guggenheim confirmed that, at least in Kendra’s current life, Carter is gone. “The thing about Carter is, he doesn’t resurrect, he reincarnates, and when you reincarnate, you come back as a baby. You haven’t seen the last of Falk, but at the same time, we’re not doing Hawkbaby on the show,” he promised with a laugh.

Kendra and Carter already met — and lost — a son from one of their previous lives, after he was killed in last week’s pilot, and Renee noted that while loss is undeniably an ongoing part of Kendra’s journey towards becoming Hawkgirl, it also helps to narrow her focus towards defeating Savage.

“Losing all this, and meeting [her son] in the first place, it allows her to really understand the gravity of the situation, that it does affect other people,” Renee told Variety. “There’s a big part of her that wants to protect, even if it’s not necessarily a revenge thing; she wants to protect and she’s seeing that the only way that that can really be accomplished is to destroy Savage, because he’s constantly been recklessly destroying other people. I think that sparks something in her where she’s like ‘alright, I’m in this. I have to do this, because there are people out there who are counting on us doing this.’”

Carter’s death also serves as the catalyst that brings the team closer together, now that the realities of their mission have hit home, and Renee previewed that Kendra “gets surprised by a lot of people, because she is a bit of an outlier and we have villains in this, so I think she’s wary of a lot of people, but then gets surprised that she’s bonding with a lot of people. She bonds with Sara (Caity Lotz), she bonds with Firestorm (Victor Garber and Franz Drameh), she bonds with Ray (Brandon Routh), they’re all being thrown together in different ways.”


http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/legends ... 201691481/

Legends of Tomorrow postmortem: lo que esa muerte significa
Por NATALIE ABRAMS 28 enero 2016

Well, that didn’t take long.

During the second part of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow two-part premiere, Hawkman (Falk Hentschel) and Hawkgirl (Ciara Renée) went on the offensive to take down Vandal Savage (Casper Crump). Unfortunately, history repeated itself and Vandal — doing what he’s done more than 200 times before — killed Hawkman.

Carter Hall’s brutal death is meant to send a very clear message to Legends viewers: No one is safe. But that also means it’s possible we’ll see a whole new set of Legends should the show find legs. “We were talking about how do we establish stakes right from the jump?” executive producer Marc Guggenheim tells EW. “Normally on the shows, when we’ve killed off a character, it’s at the end of the season. We really wanted to show the audience that anything goes and no one was indispensable.”

“As we talked about it, the idea of having Hawkman die gave us a lot of story — that’s always the reason we do anything, not just for the shock value,” Guggenheim continues. “We’ve got the character of Kendra, who basically was drawn into this world very inexperienced with it, not a lot of recall with her past lives, not really any experience of being a superhero. Her one compass or one mentor was Carter. The idea of taking that support system away from her right from the very beginning, we saw a lot of story potential in that.”

Though Renée says it’s a traumatic experience for Kendra, the timing might be fortuitous. “Maybe it was almost better that she lost him early, because they didn’t really get to that point of quite falling in love,” she says. “They were getting there, but she wasn’t completely head over heels before she lost him.” Still, Carter’s death allows Kendra to find herself without her 4,000-year-old soulmate by her side. “Can I become my own human being on my own?” Renée says. “Or am I always destined to be the other half of someone and never complete?”

Either way, Carter’s death gives Kendra incentive to end the vicious cycle with Vandal, who must kill the Hawks in every lifetime to absorb their power. “She has this strong distaste for Vandal, but there’s almost a sympathy, even still with everything,” Renée says. “We’re all in this cycle together. We know it’s his fault, but it’s tragic. I don’t know that she becomes bloodlusty or anything like that. It’s hard for her at first; she gets a little nuts with all the emotions and how to deal with them. As much as she wants to end this cycle, and she knows that she has to kill Vandal, I don’t know that she is allowing herself to give over completely to the idea of revenge.”



http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/28/le ... kman-death

Marc Guggenheim explica qué es lo siguiente en el despertar del trágico giro
Por Matt Webb Mitovich / 28 enero 2016

There would appear to be a vacant seat aboard the Waverider.

This week on The CW’s Legends of Tomorrow, Rip Hunter’s team tracked Vandal Savage to an illegal arms sale, where during the ensuing, guns-a-blazing skirmish part of Ray Palmer’s Atom suit snapped off and got left behind. In Savage’s hands and if reverse-engineered, the tech is projected to fast-track the immortal’s fire-and-brimstone conquering of Earth for the year 2016 — 150 years sooner than feared!

As part of the team sought out a sensor (in the possession of professor Stein’s 1975 self) to track the missing tech, Ray and Snart set out to steal the ancient dagger that is capable of ending Savage’s long, long, lonnnng life. And though their thievery gets interrupted by the Big Bad himself, Hawkman aka Carter Hall ne Prince Khufu (played by Falk Hentschel) gets his hands on the artifact and plunges it into his arch enemy’s chest…

…only to see it have no effect.

Instead, a laughing Savage pulls the blade right out, unscathed, and then drives it into Hawkman, fatally. (As the hirsute menace explains, only Hawkgirl/Kendra/ Chay-Ara is able to use the dagger to truly and forever kill Savage.)

Since Hawkman is fated to be reincarnated, does that mean that the next baby born in 1975 will be his latest self? Putting him at about 40 years old when Kendra et al return to 2016? Not quite.

“It gets a little complicated because he died ‘out of time’ essentially. He didn’t die in 2016” but during a time trip, Legends executive producer Marc Guggenheim explains. “But the way that the reincarnation works is once they both die” — the latest incarnations of Khufu and Chay-Ara — “that’s when the clock gets reset for them, and that’s when two babies are born.”

Again (and again), Guggenheim notes that the specific circumstances of Hawkman’s latest death are “complicated.” So perhaps viewers won’t have to wait for Hawkgirl to also die — and then wait out/time-jump ahead 20 to 30 years — to see him again?

“It’s totally possible,” the EP allows.

http://tvline.com/2016/01/28/legends-of ... kman-dies/

Matar a Vandal Savage es 'más difícil que en ‘Los inmortales’
Por GEORGE DICKIE 28 enero 2016

It’s 2166 and immortal evil madman Vandal Savage is about to achieve his goal of the total annihilation of humanity. It’s up to time traveling rogue Rip Hunter to make sure that doesn’t happen.

In “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” airing Thursdays on The CW, Time Master Hunter (Arthur Darville, “Doctor Who”) travels 150 years into the past to assemble a carefully selected team of rogues and heroes to stop the threat. They are: billionaire scientist Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh, “Superman Returns”) — aka the Atom — whose exo-suit can shrink him to miniscule size; trained assassin Sara Lance (Caity Lotz, “Mad Men”), otherwise known as the White Canary; Professor Martin Stein (Victor Garber, “Alias”) and Jefferson “Jax” Jackson (Franz Drameh, “Edge of Tomorrow”), who together form the meta-human Firestorm; Leonard Snart and Mick Rory (played by former “Prison Break” co-stars Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell), known as Captain Cold and Heat Wave; and Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renée, “The Flash”) and Carter Hall (newcomer Falk Hentschel) — aka Hawkgirl and Hawkman — many-times-reincarnated souls who can fly — and who have the critical advantage of having a spiritual connection to Savage (Danish actor Casper Crumb).

Together, the “Legends” travel back and forth through time to stop Savage’s plans from being set into motion and to ultimately save the world. And ideally, that means killing Savage but since he’s immortal that’s a tall order.

“There’s a certain set of circumstances that have to be put in play in order for him to actually die … so he’s immortal with an asterisk,” explains Routh to Zap2it with a laugh. “But it’s harder than like ‘Highlander,’ where if you cut off his head he’s gone or something like that. And because he’s several thousand years old … he is incredibly intelligent and great at strategy and close to getting to all the powerful people in the world and trying to destroy the world or have all the power in the world, he amasses armies and despots at his command.

“Basically, because he’s been around so long he knows all the tricks of the trade of humanity, so he’s very wily,” he continues. “And he can also kind of sense the one or two people who can actually kill him because in the lore of the comics they’re all connected and he can sense that they’re around, so it’s hard to sneak up on him as well.”
Routh, who has experience playing superheroes through his 2006 turn as the Man of Steel and Clark Kent in “Superman Returns,” borrowed a little from that character to create Roy Palmer/The Atom.

“I think every superhero has a little bit of Superman in them, they just deny it a little bit,” Routh says. “For instance for Ray, Ray is not clumsy but he is very energetic and very excited and very passionate about what he does, so he comes off a little goofy because of his pure passion about his technology and about creating a suit and just even saving people, I would say. And that’s what makes him create the Atom suit, is to help people and to protect them the way he couldn’t protect important people in his life in the past. I mean, he makes a choice to do that.”


http://zap2it.com/2016/01/legends-of-to ... ighlander/

Showrunner Phil Klemmer sobre el destino de Hawkman
Por CHRISTINA RADISH 28 enero, 2016

Only two hours into the new CW series Legends of Tomorrow and this rag-tag team is already questioning what they’re doing together. Whether it’s going up against Vandal Savage (Casper Crump), dealing with younger versions of themselves, or learning to work together, this group led by Time Master Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) will clearly be tested, every step of the way.

While at the TCA Press Tour, showrunner Phil Klemmer spoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about that shocking loss, how these characters will evolve, unexpected dynamics, whether we might see new additions to this team, and what it’s like to tell a story about characters who don’t naturally take to being the hero. Be aware that there are some major spoilers discussed.

Collider: What’s it like to go from The Tomorrow People, which was a show about people who wanted to be heroes, to Legends of Tomorrow, which is a show about people who very begrudgingly want to be heroes?

PHIL KLEMMER: I can’t believe I was able to make a show about genetics. The Tomorrow People was a show about evolution. It was about young people coming of age and feeling like their own species, which was a very youth-oriented theme. I’m only two years older, but with Legends, time travel lends itself to looking into your past and future, which is very much a middle-aged, mid-life crisis. I have no idea if that has something to do with turning 40. To me, the idea of looking back on your past and wondering what you would have done differently, and what your future looks like, is much more the headspace I’m at right now.

I like Legends because we have some really, really fucked up characters. Stephen in The Tomorrow People was dealing with mental illness, shrinks and pills in the pilot, but quickly you realized that there was a reason for all of his psychological trauma. For Mick Rory and Leonard Snart, their scars go really deep. They are literally victims of child abuse and horrible loss. Their path towards heroism or even goodness, and not being a total wretch of a human being, is a much more difficult one. That’s such a great challenge, as a writer.

How are you going to save Mick Rory, an arsonist who burned his family in their house, and make him somebody who breaks your heart? To me, that’s really super exciting. It’s a long, slow road, and that’s what you can do on TV. We have actors, like Dominic Purcell, who play the knucklehead, but then you realize that they have these hidden depths and that there’s a total justification for their villainy that comes from a place of being hurt and trying not to be hurt again. I just love that.

You’re taking characters who were secondary characters on other shows and making them lead characters on this show. What can you say about what we’ll learn about them, that we haven’t previously been aware of before?

KLEMMER: The people who were villains on The Flash and Arrow, there was never time to get into their psycho-pathology. I think you will be surprised by that. Following her resurrection on Arrow, Caity Lotz’s character Sarah Lance has come back not feeling like herself and feeling like she’s lost that human part of herself. In the pilot, she was half-way around the world in Tibet, either trying to find herself or hide from herself. Rip has picked people not because they’re destined to be legends, but because they’re the obscuros who have no affect on the future. The idea that he’s found them at these spiritual crossroads, where the challenge is to give their life meaning, some people embrace that. The fun is just taking the insane optimists and breaking them down and pushing them to that point of disbelieving, as it is taking a nihilist and pushing them towards the point of believing in this team and their purpose. The people who come in high, like Ray Palmer, are going down, and the people who come in totally nihilistic, like Leonard Snart, are growing.

Will we see Hawkman again? And now that Hawkman is gone, will we discover who Hawkgirl is without him?

KLEMMER: I’m not positive, and I’m not just talking my way out of this. I know we would like to see flashbacks of their former lives together. In Episode 4, you’ll see how he was a mentor to her. He literally took her under his wing. The idea of her being the world’s youngest widow, even though she’s been widowed for the 208th time, and being stripped of a man you were destined to love but hadn’t actually come around to loving, for Kendra, it really is about free will. This curse with Vandal Savage has bound her and Carter in this cycle of love and death and rebirth. Their powers are entangled with Savage. So, what I’m interested about is, does killing savage mean the end of their immortality and rebirth? Does it mean that they’re free to love another? We are doing a show in the 21st century, so she should have an issue with the idea of a guy saying, “You’re destined to only love me.”

I do want to see her struggle with that, and she will have romantic options on the show. It’s interesting to wonder, “Am I just killing time until Carter is reborn again?” The truth is that Carter will only be reborn when she dies. She’s in this horrible predicament where she’s like, “Do I only get to love again, if Vandal kills me?” I would also like to find another version of Hawkman out there. Once our Kendra has found love within Legends, I would like her to be confronted with another Carter from a previous life, just to test the theory, does free will trump destiny? I’m not going to give away who her love interest is, but for that guy, it’s a super interesting story of knowing that you love this woman and knowing that she loves you back, but realizing that there might be a limit to that love. So, what will it mean when she meets Carter all over again? What does it mean, if Kendra says her heart belongs to you, but then the rubber meets the road and you have a 4,000-year-old romantic rival, right there? That’s a good love triangle.

Will who makes up this team be a bit fluid? Will we see different people help them out?

KLEMMER: We don’t have any new permanent members of the team yet. We will travel into the future, and Star City and Central City offer future versions of Arrow and The Flash, so we will be able to deputize those people to become ad hoc members of our team. But as far as permanent members of the team, all of our villains and allies are auditioning for Season 2 roles. In Episode 4, we have a character, Valentina Vostok, who’s played by Stephanie Corneliussen, who plays the icy Swedish Machiavellian wife to the computer business guy on Mr. Robot. She plays a Soviet scientist femme fatale. When we have villains who pop like that, it’s hard not to imagine how we could bring her back. When somebody pops on the show, that’s the challenge for us as writers. Who knows how many people the Wave Rider sleeps, but there’s always room. There are so many permutations. We wrote scenes in Episode 10 where we were like, “These three people haven’t had a storyline together yet, but here they are.” It’s amazing because this show never gets stale to write, and hopefully, it won’t get stale to watch.

Will this team surprise themselves at how much they might actually like and/or respect each other?

KLEMMER: For people like Mick and Leonard, they’ve only had one other person in their life. They’re kind of like an old, married couple. Even though Snart hates Ray, you can tell there’s a begrudging respect and a recognition that they’re not that different. Episode 3 focuses on those two. We break stories by going, “Who are the least likely people you could ever imagine breathing the same air?” That’s an interesting scene. And there’s definitely romance, or at least bromance, in the trenches.

http://collider.com/legends-of-tomorrow ... interview/?

DIRECTOR de "Legends of tomorrow" promete 'empujar los límites" de la acción de superhéroes
Por Bryan Cairns, 28 enero 2016

It's a mathematical fact: eight heroes are better than one. In the first two chapters of The CW's latest series, "DC's Legends of Tomorrow," time traveler Rip Hunter gathered a crew of misfits -- Atom, Firestorm, White Canary, Hawkgirl, Carter Hall, Captain Cold and Heat Wave -- to take down Vandal Savage, once and for all. Together, they traveled back to the past in Hunter's ship (christened Waverider) in order to change history. However, this isn't a well-oiled team, and there's a very real possibility that their best efforts may ultimately do more harm than good.

Director Glen Winter has become the go-to-guy for television superhero fare, having helmed numerous episodes of "Arrow" and "The Flash," as well as the "Supergirl" pilot. In a discussion with CBR News about tackling his most ambitious project to date, Winter opened up about the challenge and reward in finding the "Legends of Tomorrow" characters' voices while still delivering plenty of action.

CBR News: Most of these "legends" have already been established in "Arrow" and "Flash." Did that mean the characters didn't need much fine tuning?

Glen Winter: There were some places to fine tune. In the glimpses that we saw of Snart and Rory in previous episodes, we really didn't get a lot of backstory as far as the complexity of their characters and their emotional core. There was discussion about how to bring more out of them. That's going to play more over the course of the season than in the pilot, per se.

To answer your question, yes, it certainly helps that people weren't trying to find the tone of their characters. There was a shorthand that was brought to it.

Stephen Amell has stated that you push the limits in your fight sequences. How did you approach the action for this series?

In "Legends," we had a couple of complicated action sequences that we didn't have a lot of time to do. This is a part of the process that I actually really enjoy. You seemingly have something that is unshootable in the time and money, where you have to go, "Okay, how do we make this shootable and still make it dynamic?" I just break it down into variable chunks. I want to put the audience in the middle of the action. I try to think of a way to shoot each action beat within the scene so it's not necessarily always the same. I'll shoot one piece off a crane. I'll do one piece hand-to-hand. I'll do one piece off a camera car. I just see the movie in my head.

We had two days to shoot the arms auction sequence, plus all the exposition. A lot of it comes down to the finances. I could only afford to have a crane for one of the days, so I had to shoot every shot with the crane first. You have to know what shots you want to do. "From 10:00 to 11:00, we're going to shoot off this crane." You get rid of all the crane shots, which means you are shooting out of order.

For that scene, I really wanted the people to feel like they were in the middle of the action. I wanted it to feel visceral, but I also wanted it to have a flowing, video quality. The slow motion is something we don't get to do a lot of on "Arrow." That is a different tone, so I felt we could play with speed ramping and slow motion.

Was there one sequence which stood out for you?

The piece I'm most proud of is when Atom goes crazy on the place. He flies out of Stein's pocket. They write, "Atom basically comes in and shoots up the place." I'm like, "Oh, my God. How am I going to do that? What is that? What does that even look like?" I decided I didn't want to do it in a bunch of cuts. I wanted it to feel like one flowing, big piece. I shot it on the camera car. I shot it on high-res at 6k. We did it in one take. What you see there was literally shot in real time, in one take. They weaved it in and out in post. All those stunts, all those wire gags with stuntmen flying, they all were done in one queue as the camera zipped through the whole length of the warehouse, which was probably 150 feet. I like to try and push the boundaries of what we can achieve.

How did directing the "Supergirl" pilot and the "Arrow/Flash" crossover prepare you for "Legends of Tomorrow?"

Working on shows of this scope and size, one after the other, you just always think, "Wow. Nothing could be bigger than this episode." Then, there's another episode that's even bigger. I've been in this world a couple of years, and every episode gets bigger and bigger. You just realize anything is possible. I'll preface this by saying Episode 4 of "Arrow" last year, which was the Captain Cold one, and then going into the crossover -- those were the hardest two episodes I've ever done in my life. Even on its hardest days, the "Supergirl" pilot wasn't as hard as those days. So coming onto the "Legends" pilot, I just felt I was as prepared as I could ever be.

When you read the script, and it's so over the top and so action-packed, you just go, "Okay, we can do this." It's very easy to get overwhelmed, but all you do is break it down into all its components. You attack it as you would anything else. It's, "Right foot, left foot. How are we going to do it?" You hope there will be a new facet for every experience. The new facet for "Legends" was that there's no #1 [actor] on the call sheet. There are seven or eight leads. For me, that was the intimidating part. I wasn't as worried about the action and tone as I was with wrangling all these personalities and finding out how they all work together. Or, how to shoot a scene with eight people in the Waverider, day after day.

The other part of it that made it feel a bit different was, we sort of did two episodes in one. Originally, there was talk about airing that thing as a two-hour pilot. Sadly, it won't be, but we shot it like it was. That allowed us to cross board it and make it was more convenient schedule-wise than it normally would be. The schedule was one of the most logical, well laid-out schedules I've had on any show as far as efficiency was concerned, because we were able to shoot two episodes together, at the same time.

Did stretching the pilot into two episodes allow you to prep and pace yourself better?

On "Supergirl," we had a month to prep a 20-day shoot, and the same thing on this one. The only difference is, more of this was going to end up on the screen because we were shooting 20 days for a two-hour show. It did help us find a tone for the story a little bit more. The reality was, because we didn't shoot it in order, it's not like everyone learned from the first episode and could apply it to the second episode. There wasn't a lot of perspective or lessons that were applied to the second half, because it didn't matter.

It looked like a good chunk of these episodes were filmed on location instead of a soundstage.

As is typical with any pilot, most of the time you are going to shoot more on location. Because you don't necessarily know if you are going to have a show that's been picked up, they don't want to invest a lot of money in the infrastructure, so you end up shooting more on location. The only set that was built was the Waverider.

That being said, because we knew there was a pickup for the show, it wasn't a conventional pilot. All the resources of construction went into the Waverider. That's continuing into the series. I don't think they tend to build much. I think they tend to adapt locations because there's so much time travel and so many eras to create.


http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... ero-action

EW nos ha informado de que Stephen Amell repetirá en su papel de Oliver Queen en la serie DC’s Legends of Tomorrow de la CW, aunque habrá un giro: le veremos en un futuro lejano.

Amell aparecerá ennel episodio 1.08 de la temporada, que tendrá lugar en el año 2046, donde también veremos a Connor Hawke — lo que añade más leña a la especulación de que es su padre. Incluso más, Oliver tendrá un muy familiar look de los cómics.

“De vez en cuando, hacemos un episodio donde mi yo de niño tienen que pellizcarme. No sólo estamos introduciendo nuestra versión de Connor Hawke en nuestro universo, sino que vamos a encontrarnos con la versión del 2046 de Oliver Queen, y Stephen Amell va a repetir en su papel como Arrow. Como plus para los fans de los cómics, Oliver va a haber perdido su brazo izquierdo y llevará perilla, como un guiño al aspecto del personaje en Dark Knight Returns. Pensamos que este episodio muestra algunas de ls cosas más geniales que hemos hecho jamás”, dice Marc Guggenheim.


http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/28/le ... row-goatee

1.05 “Fail Safe” (18/02/16): EL EQUIPO ORQUESTRA UNA FUGA DE PRISIÓN — Después de que varios de los Legends sean capturados y arrojados a un gulag Ruso durante lo más alto de la Guerra Fría de 1986, Snart (Wentworth Miller) llidera al equipo en un elaborado plan para liberar a sus camaradas. No obstante, Rip (Arthur Darvill) le da a Sara (Caity Lotz) una misión secreta paralela que podría probar no sólo ser una carga, sino fatal para el equipo. Dermott Downs dirige el episodio escrito por Beth Schwartz & Grainne Godfree (#105).

http://dclegendstv.com/2016/01/28/legen ... th-miller/

No habéis visto lo último de Hawkman en DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Por Megan Vick | 02 Feb, 2016 10:19 PM EST

The DC's Legends of Tomorrow team was dealt a powerful blow when Vandal Savage (Casper Crump) killed Carter/Hawkman (Falk Hentschel) after the former Egyptian prince attacked him. That left Kendra/Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee) without a partner and the weight of killing Savage on her shoulders.

It was also a startling move for the series to kill off one of its heroes only two episodes in, but executive producer Phil Klemmer explains to TVGuide.com that Kendra will also be the key to Hawkman continuing on the show. "The tragedy is [Kendra] just came to believe what he was saying was true -- the fact that they were destined to fall in love in this life and every life that has preceded it. That happened on the eve of Vandal killing him," he says. "What we're going to explore in our show is her gradually remembering all the lives they had together in various time periods and how they inform this life, how everything she's learned in her 208 deaths will give her the strength and power and knowledge on how to not fail this time, when she will ultimately confront Vandal Savage."

So yes, Hawkman will live on via Kendra's flashbacks to their previous lives -- that's the benefit of having characters who reincarnate -- but he'll also be present if Kendra happens to fall in love with someone new in the current timeline. That means a reunion with Cisco (Carlos Valdes) could still be in the cards, but it won't be a walk in the park.

"You can imagine, should Kendra embark on a present-day romance story with someone aboard our ship or someone beyond our ship, that would really complicate things," Klemmer says. "You meet the guy you're destined to fall in love with over the past 4,000 years, that seems like a pretty juicy love triangle that we'd like to get to some day."


http://www.tvguide.com/news/mega-buzz-d ... lashbacks/

Arthur Darvill maestro del tiempo, ‘Legends of Tomorrow’
Por Curt Wagner 28 enero, 2016

Arthur Darvill isn’t a stranger to TV time travel, but he’s never been at the helm of a vehicle zipping back to 1980s Russia or forward to an apocalyptic future.

For three seasons of “Doctor Who,” Darvill starred as Rory Williams, who was the 11th Doctor’s reluctant companion in the British sci-fi hit. Rory and his wife, Amy Pond, sped through space and time with the Doctor aboard his phone booth-shaped TARDIS.

Now the English actor is playing Rip Hunter, a Time Master who pilots a time ship he calls the Waverider in the comic-book inspired “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” airing Thursdays on The CW.

The similarities of the two time travelers are not lost on Darvill.

“Obviously there is the time travel element and I’m an Englishman in a long coat. So there are parallels,” Darvill said. “When I got offered the job my concern was that it would be too similar. Then I got the scripts and it was not. It is very different.”

Darvill, sitting for an interview at the January meeting of the TV Critics Association in Pasadena, Calif., said Rip is not an alien like the Doctor. Unlike the Doctor, he uses a weapon—a ray gun—and isn’t afraid to throw a punch.

“I have had to learn to punch people in the face, which I’ve really enjoyed,” Darvill said, laughing.

Rip is a man of questionable morals, yet he can’t help but care about the people around him, Darvill said, even if he doesn’t act like it. “Rip is very much a human man who’s been damaged and he’s looking for revenge. I don’t think the Doctor’s ever looking for revenge.”

Rip wants to avenge the murders of his wife and son—who in the show’s premiere were killed by the immortal baddie Vandal Savage (Casper Crump) as he conquered the world in 2166. In order to defeat Savage and prevent the murders, Rip travels 150 years into his past—the current present—to assemble a team of eight not-quite-heroes to help him.

The super team includes Ray Palmer, aka the Atom (Brandon Routh); Sara Lance, aka the White Canary (Caity Lotz); Professor Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jax Jackson (Franz Drameh), who together become Firestorm; Leonard Snart, aka Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), and his partner in crime Mick Rory, aka Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell); and Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renée) and Carter Hall (Falk Hentschel), aka Hawkgirl and Hawkman.

Working with such a large cast has been a great experience, Darvill said, because each actor brings something different to the project. Another plus? “You never run out of conversation,” he said, laughing. “If something dries up with one person there’s always someone else to talk to.”

All the actors except Darvill appeared as their characters in The CW’s other comics-inspired shows, “Arrow” and “The Flash.” Greg Berlanti, an executive producer for all three series, said in Pasadena that “Legends” came about because he and his fellow producers wanted to give the actors and writers a chance to dig deeper into these characters’ lives.

When the producers decided to add the Rip Hunter character, whose first comic book appearance was in 1959—four years before “Doctor Who” debuted on British TV in 1963—they found a way to bring all the characters together.

“We got really excited by the sort of ‘Dirty Dozen’-‘Ocean’s Eleven’ style of mash-up or team-up of these characters on a singular quest,” Berlanti said of the characters, who had never been brought together in the DC Comics books in this way.

With nine main characters, the writers can group them in multiple ways for new missions throughout the season. Character dynamics change with each adventure, Darvill said, as does the tone of the show.

Darvill is especially excited about “Blood Ties,” airing Feb. 4, which he says has the feel of a classic Hammer Film Productions horror film. In the Feb. 11 episode, “White Knights,” the team travels to Soviet Russia in the 1980s.

“With eight, nine, 10 in the group, it’s a big changeable beast,” Darvill said of “Legends.”“There’s a real darkness but humor in all of it. Yeah, no two days are the same.”
Arthur Darvill

Franz Drameh (from left), Falk Hentschel, Ciara Renee, Caity Lotz, Victor Garber, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell and Brandon Routh in “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow .”

Arthur Darvill says:

“Character-wise this is so wildly different than anything I have had the chance to do before. I’m absolutely loving the challenge and exploring this quite dark, damaged person who has questionable morals [laughs] and ostensibly is the leader but also a hero. I think it’s such a complex thing and I’m loving getting the chance to discover who this person is.“


http://tvshowpatrol.com/interviews/arth ... -tomorrow/

Wentworth Miller sobre el llevar a 'animado personaje' más allá, el flirteo con Canary, grandes preguntas sobre Rip
Por Matt Webb Mitovich / 04 Febrero 2016, 8:17 AM PST

What becomes a Legend most? Can a cold gun-wielding maniac/thief become some semblance of a hero?

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (Thursdays at 8/7c, on The CW) raised that question from go, when Leonard Snart aka Captain Cold was among the more unlikely recruits for Rip Hunter’s assemblage of time travelers. (“I ain’t no hero,” Snart himself snarked at the time.) Nor does Wentworth Miller ever wish to see his alter ego don a “pristine white hat.” But becoming a Legend, somehow, some way? That’s an intriguing proposition, for both actor and character.

Here, Miller elaborates on how Legends‘ Leonard differs from the one we’ve spent time with on The Flash, the baddie’s suspicions about Rip and the prospect of shipboard romance.

TVLINE | How have you tweaked your performance as Snart on Legends versus the glimpses we’ve had of him on The Flash? How would you say he’s different?
I would say that comparing Snart on Flash versus Legends, it’s not a question of a tone shift but an expectation shift, for me as an actor and for the writers as well. On The Flash, I thought of Snart as a spice character — I get to come in, do a little dance, be funny and exit. On Legends, were spending a lot more time with him, so the question becomes: Well, what else is there? And how to supplement the charisma and the edge and the menace and the humor without telling me so much that all of that dissipates.

TVLINE | In Episode 3 (airing tonight), Snart runs into his childhood self. Is that the most emotional beat you’ve gotten to play?
So far — and it speaks to the core of the character’s journey, which began on The Flash, as far as his introduction into this universe. I think Snart was a model of a certain kind of man. He makes certain choices, this is what you can expect. Signed, sealed and delivered. Snart is Snart. And I think Snart has thought of himself in that way — “I’m a criminal and that’s all there is to me and for me.” On Legends, the door opens a crack and he realizes that maybe redemption is possible, maybe change is possible, maybe growth is possible. Washing your hands clean after you’ve committed X number of crimes, maybe that too is possible.

TVLINE | I can’t imagine you’d want full-on redemption, though.
I’m not talking about Snart wearing a pristine white hat. I hope that never happens, because I love him where he currently lives and breathes. I’m talking about Rip’s invitation to join this journey and become a hero. Snart rejects that, immediately, because he can’t conceive of himself as a hero. He doesn’t feel that that’s available to him. Yet he likes the idea of being a legend — that seems appealing and within his grasp. This adventure, bringing down Savage and saving humanity, is a noble cause — perhaps the noblest. And if Snart decides that he can be a part of that and help facilitate that, maybe redemption is possible.

TVLINE | Which dynamic outside of Snart and Mick (played by Miller’s Prison Break bro, Dominic Purcell) have you found to be most interesting to explore thus far?
I think Snart is focused on White Canary (Caity Lotz), for sure. I think he respects her as a badass, but he also sees that she’s got a code, and she’s wrestling with her own demons in a way that he can relate to. But he’s also intrigued by Rip (Arthur Darvill). Rip rubs him the wrong way A) by calling himself “Captain” and B) Snart’s not used to be being told what to do.

TVLINE | Rip is very much about rules, Snart not so much.
Exactly. And C), Snart sits in his shades of gray, and I think he sees that in Rip as well. So he begins to wonder: What is Rip willing to do, what is he willing to sacrifice — who is he willing to sacrifice — in order to take down Savage? Snart certainly doesn’t want to be one of the casualties.

TVLINE | Regarding White Canary, do you see the basis for anything romantic there?
I don’t know…. We’re having fun with the flirtation of it. They’re both primal characters in their own way, so that will be what that will be.

TVLINE | Then again, we haven’t seen a hint of a romantic bone in Snart’s body.
Right, we haven’t spent enough time with him to see him in that mode. I’m interested to explore that — if not with White Canary, then with some other character.


http://tvline.com/2016/02/04/wentworth- ... w-preview/

Cómo el interpretar a Superman ayudó Brandon Routh a convertirse en Atom en ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’
Por Sheri Block, 04 Febrero, 2016

Brandon Routh may have traded his red cape and blue tights for a high-tech suit that allows him to shrink down to miniscule size in “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” but the actor says his previous role as Superman proved to be extremely helpful when becoming the Atom.

Routh had the starring role in 2006’s “Superman Returns” and says he learned so much from the experience he could write a book about it.

“The biggest is just patience and knowing how the whole process works and understanding how a big film works and the part you play in it, the demands of getting in and out of a suit … having other people manhandle you to a degree to get into the suit and the stunt requirements, all of those things,” says Routh, during a break from filming his new superhero series in a Vancouver suburb.

He says since he knew what he was getting into this time around and has been able to handle things with more grace and compassion for the people around him.

“I think 10 years ago I had so much pressure, so much going on, it was hard for me to wrap my head around all of it and I can appreciate it a little (now), even more than I did then.”


(The Atom stands with other heroes and villains in a scene from 'DC's Legends of Tomorrow')

While he enjoyed playing a character that many other great actors before him have played, including the early days of George Reeves and the beloved Christopher Reeve, along with TV’s Dean Cain and Tom Welling, he is excited to be one of the first to bring the Atom to life in a non-comic book or animated form.

“I kind of get to make (the Atom) him. Of course he’s well known in the comics, but I was one of the first guys to really be him in live action so that’s a cool, unique opportunity.”

Routh says the armored suit definitely helps him embody the character, just as the iconic Superman suit did.

“You feel a little bit robotic in that thing. Powerful. The close-fitting nature of it definitely makes you feel your body a little bit more so it makes you feel bigger … and similar with the Superman suit, so it does help in the fact that it looks cool, it looks legit, I believe that I’m in that and have all these capabilities which is a big part of it.”


(A scene from 'Superman Returns.' (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures/David James))

So which suit does he prefer?

“The Superman suit is iconic and you can’t go wrong with that. It’s pretty amazing.”

That being said, he still really loves the Atom suit…

“They’re both beautiful, amazing suits. They’re very expensive, a lot of great people, craftsmen, did amazing work to make them be what they are and they actually fit fairly similarly. They have the same structure. The underbody of them is very similar, the way it makes you feel, all very similar.”


http://www.etalk.ca/news/2016/february/ ... h-become-t

Ciara Renee sobre Hawkgirl y la lucha contra Vandal Savage
Por Christina Radish 04 Feb 2016

On The CW series Legends of Tomorrow, Time Master Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) travels 150 years back into the past from2166, to assemble a carefully selected team of heroes and rogues that he hopes will be able to stop the immortal villain Vandal Savage (Casper Crump) and save the world from total chaos and destruction. If they’re ever going to succeed, this team must find common ground and a way to work together.

While at the TCA Press Tour, actress Ciara Renée (“Kendra Saunders”/“Hawkgirl”) spoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about what she most enjoys about playing this character, getting to see herself with wings, exploring the woman and the superhero, being the protector, finding dynamics within this team, and who Kendra just can’t get along with. Be aware that there are some spoilers.

Collider: What have you most enjoyed about getting to play Hawkgirl?

CIARA RENEE: As an actor, it’s been a challenge. I’ve gotten to, in flashbacks, play other versions of myself, and I might meet other versions of myself. As an actor, it’s an awesome challenge to decide how you would change in 4,000 years, or if you would, at all. Also, who doesn’t want to be a superhero? I get to fly. I get to be up on wires. To see yourself transformed with wings, and the effects that go into it, it’s pretty stunning. The first time I saw it, I was like, “Woah, we have wings! That’s amazing!”

Is that something you ever get used to?

RENEE: No, I’m never used to it, at all. It’s like, “Oh, right, yeah, I have big, huge wings!” It’s totally different. It changes how you move and how you see yourself, for sure.

What’s it like to get to explore who this woman was, as a person on The Flash, while also figuring out what it means to be a superhero?

RENEE: It’s nice. I loved working on The Flash. I love the team there. I loved working with Carlos [Valdes] and Grant [Gustin]. They’re so funny and so supportive. It was really fun, getting to bounce ideas off of them, figuring out what our relationships were, and how she fit into this group. It’s interesting because we started her as a bit of a blank slate. For most of her life, she had just been feeling as if there was something else, but had no idea what it was. I think a lot of young people can relate to that.

What’s Kendra’s interest in this team?

RENEE: There’s a part of her that’s very protective. She wants to protect people. She doesn’t want to get anyone hurt. She doesn’t want to be the cause of anyone’s pain. On Arrow, she was like, “Well, what if we just kill ourselves, then nobody has to get hurt. I don’t want to risk other people.” She’s beginning to understand that her position is important and that she can protect other people. But I think the biggest draw for her is to be able to rewrite her destiny and break this cycle that they’ve been in. Not only is that helping people and stopping Vandal Savage from hurting people, but it is doing the one thing that she has always been trying to figure out for herself, and that’s her destiny. She’s hoping that she’ll get to pick it.

Can Kendra come to terms with all of her past lives, in the present?

RENEE: There’s a grounded-ness in knowing where you come from, but each of her lifetime has been totally different. Sometimes they had children, sometimes they didn’t. Sometimes they only lived to 20, sometimes they lived to 80. Everything has been very different and who she was has been very different. So, reconciling all of that into one thing is difficult for her.

Who is Hawkgirl without Hawkman?

RENEE: My hope for her is that instead of needing to be the other half of something, she can be a complete human on her own. Just in general, as human beings, we very easily fall into relationships where we get comfortable and we think, “This is who I am, in this relationship,” and not, “This is who I am, and also, I’m in this relationship.” So, I think it’s really great and it could be a really empowering storyline for females, in general, to see that a woman can be on her own, making her own choices, and finding out who she is, in some pretty super circumstances.

Will she also have to find new dynamics within the team?

RENEE: I think so. Everyone is really helping each other and has each other’s backs. We’ve all saved each other’s lives, in some capacity. I think it’s really nice for her because I don’t know if she’s had relationships like this team is becoming for her.

Do you see a friendship forming between Kendra and Sara?

RENEE: You’ll definitely see Sara interact with Kendra. Everyone wants them to be friends. I think they’re a little bit of an odd couple, but they do want to be friends. They compliment each other. Kendra is a bit lighter and more of a protector, and she wants to find good. Sara is obviously on the other end of the spectrum. But I think they definitely want us to be friends, and we want us to be friends, too.

Is there anyone on the team that Kendra really can’t get along with?

RENEE: I think the only person that Kendra really cannot get a handle on or find the good in is Mick Rory. From the very beginning, there is something about that character that has ticked her off. They haven’t really interacted, and that’s been on purpose because she doesn’t want to be around him. I think it would be a great growth point for her to see good in Rory and be forced to really have to work with him. I think that might be an interesting dynamic because, at present, she’s like, “He is lost. I don’t like him.”

What sort of relationship does Kendra develop with Rip Hunter, especially knowing that he’s hiding so much from this team?

RENEE: I think she’s weary of him. Duplicity is never a good thing, but I think she has respect for command. Even if he doesn’t always do the right thing, she respects that he is the captain and he’s leading them. He knows a lot about what’s going on with Vandal Savage, so she trusts that, at the very least.

How challenging is it to be fighting a villain that you already thought you’d taken out once before?

RENEE: He comes right on back, so we’ve gotta be a little craftier with our schemes to get rid of him. We’ll see what happens!


http://collider.com/legends-of-tomorrow ... interview/

Arthur Darvill sobre Rip Hunter y el unirse al DC Universe
Por Christina Radish 04 Feb 2016

On The CW series Legends of Tomorrow, Time Master Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) travels 150 years back into the past from2166, to assemble a carefully selected team of heroes and rogues that he hopes will be able to stop the immortal villain Vandal Savage (Casper Crump) and save the world from total chaos and destruction. If they’re ever going to succeed, this team must find common ground and a way to work together.

While at the TCA Press Tour, actor Arthur Darvill spoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about what most appealed to him about Legends, that there are more practical sets than green screen, why his 8-year-old self is going nuts over this role, how excited his family is that he’s a part of the DC universe, how often Rip Hunter regrets having put this team together, and that we might see new people help out, along the way. Be aware that there are some spoilers.

Collider: With so many cool elements to this show, what most appealed to you?

ARTHUR DARVILL: What appealed to me the most is that [Rip Hunter is] such an interesting character. He’s arrogant and he’s cocky, but he’s also a bit hurt. He thinks that he can be the thing to change the world and right all the wrongs of his time, and then he realizes that he can’t really. Only with everyone’s help, can he do it. It’s a complicated journey that he’s on, and that’s what really appealed to me about doing this. I had Marc [Guggenheim] and Andrew [Kreisberg] and Phil [Klemmer] on the phone to me, before a script was written, trying to describe this character, and I got so excited by that. I was also excited about getting to be a part of these worlds that have been created. You couldn’t have made these programs five years ago. The scale of the ambition is so huge and it’s really exciting to be a part of something new that’s pushing boundaries.

If anyone has watched Arrow and The Flash and thought they were big, they’re going to have their mind blown by this series.

DARVILL: It is so huge, and it only gets bigger. It’s great. I really enjoy it.

Do you enjoy playing pretend and using your imagination for all the stuff that isn’t there?

DARVILL: There is a bit, but not as much as you’d think. I haven’t been stuck in front of a green screen for too long. Yes, they’ve got amazing special effects, but they make as much as possible. You walk onto the set and go, “Oh, wow, I am really on a spaceship!” It’s great. They know what they’re doing.

How cool is it to get to play a character that has a spaceship that can travel through time?

DARVILL: My 8-year-old self is going absolutely, completely nuts! I’m a big Star Wars fan and a fan of lots of action-adventure stuff, from when I was a kid, with things like Back to the Future, and this appeals to my inner child so heavily. I get to go to work and FaceTime my friends and family and go, “Hey, I’m just showing you around my spaceship!” It’s great to be able to do that. I’m having a ball!

With as successful as comic book and superhero TV shows and movies are now, who in your life is most excited about you joining the DC universe?

DARVILL: My sister and my sister’s boyfriend are really excited. It’s definitely their kind of thing. And I’ve gotten a cousin who lives in Dallas, and I know he’s very excited. My parents are funny. My mom is like, “Oh, you look so heroic!” She’s a proper proud parent. Everyone back home is pretty excited.

Even if you know nothing about the comic books, you can still get excited about spaceships, time travel and meta-humans.

DARVILL: Definitely! It’s great if you’ve watched the other two shows, and then come to this show, but it stands alone as a really good piece of television. I think Rip’s story is so interesting. You don’t need to have seen the other shows to know what’s going on, so I think it will bring a lot of new viewers, as well. It stands alone as its own thing, which was a worry, going into it. You wonder, is it just going to be a spin-off of a spin-off? But I’m really pleased that it has its own tone, its own pace and it’s own voice.

Rip Hunter brings very different people together for this team, thinking it’s the answer to solve all of his problems. How often does he regret that choice?

DARVILL: Hourly! Those issues come up quite a lot. There’s a big power struggle within the group, at various points. He’s lost all of their respect, at this point. By the end of Episode 2, they’ve been through a lot together, but he’s totally lost their trust and it takes him awhile to regain that. You can only lead if the people that you’re leading want to be led. He’s got quite an uphill struggle. As we get to know more of what Vandal Savage is like, the team realizes what they’re up against and that galvanizes them and makes them want to fight as a team because they’re facing such a horrific bad guy.

Does Rip become more of a member of the team than just being their leader?

DARVILL: Yeah, he does, but reluctantly, though. I think he wants to stay distant from them. But inevitably, he gets pulled into them as human beings because he has empathy and a heart, which he’s led by. He really tries to distance himself from people, at every corner, but is not always successful at it. I think he’s very affected by Hawkman’s death, or Carter’s death, but he won’t show that to the rest of the group. He feels that he has to keep an air of being that leader and being above everything, and thinking more of the higher calling.

As the mission goes on, could Rip add to this team, depending on whose talents he might find useful?

DARVILL: That’s an interesting question. There are definitely other people that can help him throughout different time periods, and we do get to meet various other people along the way. Whether the team increases or decreases is something that we’ll have to wait to see.


http://collider.com/legends-of-tomorrow ... interview/

Arthur Darvill – Legends of Tomorrow
Por Jamie Steinberg 04 Feb , 2016

Q) What are the recent projects that you are working on?

A) I am currently in Vancouver filming “Legends of Tomorrow.” We’re about two-thirds the way through with filming. It’s going great!

Q) Are you enjoying instant fan feedback you have been receiving to the episodes on social media?

A) Yeah, it’s weird. I can’t watch it when it goes out. I get all nervous and self-critical. It’s funny, isn’t it? You used to do a TV show and then you kind of get reviews and your friends message you. Now, you get instantaneous responses. As soon as it is on screen, you get fifty people going, “Whoa,” on social media. I am still getting used to it. I tend not to keep track of it while it is happening, but kind of skim at the end. The responses have been so positive so far that it is quite overwhelming actually. We’re hold up making this show and working hard and it’s sometimes difficult to get an outside perspective. It’s really nice to be able to put it out there for the viewing public and it feels like a big relief. You work hard and want it to be received well. I have got to say the response has been amazing.

Q) How was your character Rip Hunter originally described to you?

A) I didn’t have a script to go on. It was just a handshake and a promise, really, that it was going to work out. I got a little scene to read to get a taste of the character. He got described to me as a bit of a rogue, a man with a lot of secrets and they kind of described him by mentioning people like Han Solo. I think that was to make me do the job. I think they were just appealing to my childhood self. He is someone who is definitely the leader of the group and has a lot of secrets. He is on a quest for revenge, but also for the greater good. I was intrigued by the layers he has, how many secrets he keeps and what the different relationship with the group will be. It’s not one big happy family. There is a lot of conflict there, which is obviously enjoyable for everyone to play.

Q) Well, you did have to con them into joining you.

A) Oh, he’s an absolute liar! The thing is, what I love about him is the morality is so up in the air as far as what Rip is doing. I think as things progress, he starts doubting his own judgement. The big question of what right and wrong is (which comes up in all the best drama, TV, film, theatre, storytelling and life) where is the line between right and wrong and good and evil? If you are a good person, do your actions define who you are? Do your intentions define who you are even if you mess up? All of these big questions are being asked. What I love about this world of the show is that because the stakes are so hard all of those things are exaggerated and brought far more to the surface and into question. I think what people can relate to in small ways in all of our lives we have these questions that we are constantly asking ourselves. This is like a blown up version of that.

Q) He has lost two important people in his life. That’s initially going to blur lines for him because of an emotional reaction. Is he really acting on his feelings or does he truly have intentions to save the future?

A) I think it goes back and forth throughout the series. I like how it progresses throughout the series. It gets to a point where I don’t think he really knows if he is right or wrong. There is a lot of convincing himself. It’s really interesting to be able to play that.

Q) How do the dynamics shift this season with him?

A) I think they go to many different time periods that it obviously has an effect on the past. A lot of mistakes are made. It’s not plain sailing. So, the consequences of what happens comes into question a lot. The dynamics are really hard. As far as Rip is concerned, he always thinks when he started the mission he isn’t getting a group of people together who he thinks will all get along and work together and he’ll be able to lead a big team. He thinks they’ll be able to get the job done and then go their separate ways. He expects it to last an episode and they’ll get it done, end of series. It doesn’t go according to plan. His personality isn’t conducive to being with a large group of people either. He doesn’t suffer fools. He is quite impatient with people. He can be quite sarcastic at times and cutting. He also knows he needs to remain top dog and keep his status. I think that’s a really tough dynamic considering who else he has on the shift and there is a bit of a struggle with who has authority at times. He has been through a lot. What I like he finds out (and the group finds out) more into the series as it goes on that influence of opinion of him and how they view him in terms of the team.

Q) It is quite a large cast. Was there instant chemistry when you all began working together or was there time spent to bond?

A) We were all thrown into this massive experience together and what is lovely about it is that people of all different ages and experiences – everyone has had their own journey to get there. We’re all on this big journey together. It’s quite amazing. Normally when you are in a cast like this, whether it is on stage, a TV show or movie, there is always one or two people who you are like, “I don’t really want to hang out with them.” On this there really isn’t. We’re all respectful of each other because everyone is so different. The nice thing is you never run out of conversation. Two of you will be having a conversation and then there are more people you can turn to and have a chat with. We’re all very excited about making this the best that it can be as well. We do have a lot of fun, yeah.

Q) What scene this season are you most looking forward to seeing a fan reaction from?

A) I am really glad that the two pilot episodes are out of the way. In the next couple of weeks, you really get into the meat of the show. I think the show really grows in those two episodes because you pass the setup. It’s a very huge setup that it goes by so fast. It’s very exciting and action packed. You get glimpses of that chemistry and those relationships. I think in the next couple of episodes that really starts to grow. We go back to the Wild West in the episode we have been shooting. I’m looking forward to people seeing that. Every episode has its moments and it is funny because we’re working on episode eleven. We’re all like, “What happened in episode six or seven,” because we’ve all kind of forgotten and then started going, “Oh that happens!” We all got really excited about what we have already done that it is easy to go forward. Thinking back to what is going to come out on screen in the next couple of weeks is so exciting. The spectacle of the show is amazing, the scale of it is amazing, the effects are brilliant and the questions at the heart of it is really great. The cast is brilliant. What I think keeps people there and really love this show is that dynamic between the characters and how it shifts. I’m excited about people seeing those moments and those relationships grow and change.

Q) Was there anything you added to your role that wasn’t originally scripted for you?

A) I don’t know. It’s funny because when I think you are doing anything that goes on for this long, the initial episode is written as they see it. I’m very respectful as to what is written, but I think there are a few bits that I have added. I think the writers write to our strengths after a while, after they see what we’re doing. I’m very aware. I don’t know if I want to make him likeable. I definitely want there to be moments of humor in there because I think his story is so dark and they have written some funny lines. But I’m always pushing for some lightness in there because he has such a dark past and a lot of stuff has happened to him. He’s obviously survived that and gotten through it. He has a personality that can deal with that and I think that without the lightness the darkness doesn’t really work. I think to combat his dark past there is some humor to it. I don’t know how much is me or the writing. I have very strong opinions about who this person is and where he has come from. There has been a constant dialogue. I’m always pushing to have the coolest costume. [laughs] I noticed everyone was getting very cool costumes for a certain bit and I stormed into the costume department the other day and said, “Is everyone else getting a cool costume? I need a cool costume as well!” So, I’ve put my foot down as well. [laughs]

Q) What do you think it is about “Legends of Tomorrow” that has captured viewers so quickly?

A) I am so excited about that because I think with a cast this big and a story so huge that I think the set up is quite a delicate thing. It’s quite a tricky thing to get your head around as a viewer, I imagine. I’m so encouraged that it has been such a hit so far. I really, honestly, believe it gets so much better over the next couple of weeks. I’m not saying the pilot was bad. It was brilliant! It’s an amazing piece of work and I’m really proud of it, but I’m so excited for people to see what happens next. There are various things, I suppose. Because of the relationship between those characters and because it looks impressive and poetic, there is no second you are bored or wondering what you’re having for dinner tomorrow. It’s a rip roaring adventure and it has a lot of heart. I think people will be interested because a lot of the characters have been a part of other shows that there is a real interest in how those characters will develop and become big players in this show. There are a lot of surprises for people. I think every character goes on quite a big journey. If I was a teenage boy at this point, I’d be so excited about this show. I have mates my age that are so excited about this. I have people back in England that are demanding my download of the show, which I’m not doing. I’m making them all wait. It feels likes one of those big TV events. I think it is new. I think it is a different side. There are superhero shows and team-up shows, but I think the tone of the show is so unique. I don’t think anything else is quite like it on TV.

Q) You often work in dramatic roles. What continues to draw them to you?

A) I’ve been acting for a long time. I grew up going to the theatre and listening to stories and watching people pour their heart out on the show. I’ve been a fan of adventure films and all of that. I think I like getting in the heads of people who are very different to me. I think nothing beats a good drama to lose yourself in. I think through stories we get to look at ourselves in different ways and you see people make decisions that you would or wouldn’t make.

Q) What would you like to say to everyone who is a fan and supporter of your work?

A) It’s kind of weird. I don’t deal well with the idea of having fans I’m very honored. I’m really surprised someone comes up to me in the street and asks for a picture or autograph. The novelty of that hasn’t worn off and I am constantly humbled by that. Thank you and I think people have got a lot of good stuff on the show to look forward to. I’m a big fan of the old horror films, the British old horror films that used to be made. I think episode three has a real hint of that old proper horror genre. I’m really excited for people to see it. I think it will be a real good one.


http://starrymag.com/?p=8374

Marc Guggenheim ha compartido en su cuenta de twitter el título y créditos del episodio 1.12:




https://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/ ... 0472650752


El episodio 1.12 tendrá por título “Last Refuge”. Está escrito por Chris Fedak & Matthew Maala, y dirigido por Rachel Talalay.

1.06 “Star City 2046” (25/02/16): EL EQUIPO SE ENCUENTRA CON UN MUY DIFERENTE OLIVER QUEEN – Cuando un mal funcionamiento envía al Waverider a estrellarse en la Star City del 2046, nuestros héroes se enfrentan a una asombrosa versión de su propio futuro donde ellos nunca detienen a Savage (la estrella invitada Casper Crump) y nunca regresan a casa. La ciudad está en ruinas e infestada de criminales, lo que emociona a Rory (Dominic Purcell). Sara (Caity Lotz) se siente abatida por la destrucción de su hogar y se queda impactada cuando descubre lo que le pasó a su viejo amigo, Oliver Queen (la estrella invitada Stephen Amell). Steve Shill dirige el episodio escrito por Marc Guggenheim & Ray Utarnachitt (L106).

http://dclegendstv.com/2016/02/04/legen ... est-stars/

¿Pueden los Legends of Tomorrow alguna vez realmente derrotar a Vandal Savage?
Por Natalie Abrams 10 Feb 2016

Though Rip Hunter’s group of disparate heroes and villains almost seem destined to fail their mission, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow boss Marc Guggenheim promises the series is not one big wash-and-repeat in trying (and failing) to kill Vandal Savage (Casper Crump).

in just three episodes — and the crossover with Arrow and The Flash — various members of the team have already faced off with Vandal and/or his cronies roughly half a dozen times and ultimately came up unsuccessful. How will the show prevent the repetition when Vandal is seemingly all powerful? “Very simply, by the fact that they do not try to go after Vandal Savage and fail each week,” Guggenheim says. “We recognize that it could very easily become this Sisyphean exercise and be really boring for the audience. In [Thursday’s episode], you’ll see that their primary objective is not to capture or kill Vandal Savage. Similarly, 105, 106, 107, in none of those episodes is their primary objective to capture or kill Vandal.”

“You’ll see that even in the episodes where they are trying to kill Vandal, the episodes themselves play out very differently,” Guggenheim continues. “Part of that is by virtue of the fact that Vandal is immortal, only specific items will kill Vandal, and they have to be wielded by very specific people, so the window of opportunity is very narrow. That itself is going to limit the number of instances where it’s a true try-and-fail.” Those “specific people” actually equates to one specific person, Kendra (Ciara Renée), who must use an artifact from the event that gave them their powers, or else Vandal can just be resurrected.

Guggenheim says the writers have ways in mind for how Vandal could eventually go. “Certainly, I don’t want to say how the season is going to end, but if we didn’t envision at least a couple different ways that that could happen, then we certainly wouldn’t have crafted a very clever shape for our first season,” he says, noting that Vandal’s story does have an end point. “Just like with the big bads on Arrow or Flash, they have their story with the beginning, middle, and end, and those stories are over at the end of the season, the same thing with Vandal. The Vandal Savage storyline will be resolved by the end of season 1.”

For now, the Legends are heading to the ’80s behind the Iron Curtain, where Ray (Brandon Routh) tries to charm Soviet scientist Valentina Vostock (Mr. Robot’s Stephanie Corneliussen) to disastrous results. “You really feel like this is a journey,” Guggenheim says. “Episode 4 has three separate movements in the 1980s and they’re all very, very different. You really start the episode in one place and end it in a completely different place. Episode 4 and 5 are basically a two-parter, but they’re very different kinds of episodes.”

That’s because the second hour, which will air next week, features Captain Cold and Heat Wave (Prison Break alums Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell, respectively) attempting to spring Ray from a chilly Siberian gulag — where EW was on set in early November. “There is, in fact, a prison break in episode 5,” Guggenheim says. “And, as one would expect, a very terrific line regarding that. I said to the writers, ‘If we’re going to do a prison break episode, that’s perfectly fine, but we better come up with a goddamn funny line for either Dominic or Wentworth to say, or we’re all fired.’”

Meanwhile, the Firestorm matrix is threatened as tension rises between Stein (Victor Garber) and Jax (Franz Drameh). “We finally take a moment to explore the conflict between these two guys,” Guggenheim says. “Jax is discovering, ‘Wait a second, Stein gets to backseat-drive the whole time and boss me around, but every time we take a punch, I’m the one who feels it.’ From Jax’s perspective, he’s the only one with skin in the game, really, and is tired of being bossed around. The arc really is Stein’s, because it’s Stein who has to recognize what it’s like to be on the other side of this equation. Stein develops a different and more empathetic understanding of what Jax’s side of the partnership is.”



http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/10/le ... ison-break

Marc Guggenheim sobre la última misión de Ray & Snart, entrenando a Kendra & el Protocolo Omega
Por Jolie Lash 11 Feb, 2016 10:40 AM PST

"DC's Legends of Tomorrow" heads to 1980s Russia as the would-be heroes continue their quest to try and stop Vandal Savage and save the world.

Thursday's new episode will see Ray Palmer/The Atom (Brandon Routh) and Leonard Snart/Captain Cold attempting to cozy up to a Soviet scientist named Valentina Vostock (Stephanie Corneliussen) to get more information on where to find the villainous Vandal.

While the "Legends" continue to chase Vandal, there will also be time for a little fight training for one of the team in this week's episode, and leader Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) will find himself confronted by a fellow Time Master. Access Hollywood hopped on the phone with Executive Producer Marc Guggenehim to find out more.

Access Hollywood: Let's just start with the simple stuff, which is that you have Ray Palmer and Leonard Snart looking pretty darn dapper in suits this episode. Is this our little bit of a Valentine's Day episode because you've got [a character named] Valentina and they're going to [try and] charm her?
Marc Guggenheim: You know, they both do take their swings. They both take their shots with Valentina and I don't want to say who gets the better of that exchange, but that was an enormous amount of fun to write and film. It's got a little James Bond to it, which we liked a lot.

Access: And also, it's kind of keeping up – it's not quite a rivalry, but there's a little competitiveness between Ray and Leonard that's starting to build there, right?
Marc: Yeah, it's a very interesting dynamic between the two of them because... Snart enjoys tweaking Ray a bit, and kind of making fun of him, but at the same time, buried under layers and layers and layers of it is the fact that Snart kind of respects Ray in some respect -- that there's an element of Ray that kind of intrigues him.

Access: I was kind of curious -- going back a couple of episodes -- what you think Leonard thinks of Sara Lance? He stood back and watched her just [fight] in that bar after she had [a] dance, and he just seemed fascinated by her.
Marc: I think he's very intrigued by her, and I think she's intrigued by him. They're both complex individuals, but I think as you'll see in future episodes, they have chemistry. They straight up – they've got chemistry and we're playing that in a… in keeping with their characters being very unusual, we are playing with that in an unusual way.

Access: [The 'Legends'] aren't fully trained for this mission [of taking down Vandal]. Are there plans to do some training? Sara's supposed to do some Kendra training, at least physically, right?
Marc: Yeah. I think the person who really needs the training is Kendra because Kendra's the one who ultimately has to deliver the death blow as we learned in [Episode] 102. She's the one who has to do the deed, so starting in 104, Sara's going to begin her process of training Kendra and getting her ready, but it's going to be a process. It's not going to be a piece of cake.

Access: There's a clip for this week's episode and it's got a Time [Master] in it. What are the consequences for Rip [for what he's done]? Is there some sort of Time [Master] law and order? Is there some sort of... Time [Master] purgatory or jail or something like that?
Marc: In the latter half of the season, you're going to learn about something called the Omega Protocol, which is basically -- that's like the death penalty. That's the most severe punishment that the Time Masters can give out, and it won't be just Rip facing that. It'll be the entire team.



http://www.accesshollywood.com/articles ... -protocol/

Caity Lotz dice que la vida de White Canary no se ha relajado
Por Scott Huver, 11 Feb 2016

If you think teaming with a group of fellow heroes in "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" has delivered the White Canary to a lighter place, Caity Lotz assures you: Sara Lance is just as tortured as ever.

After living through her harrowing death, rebirth and subsequent bloodlust on "Arrow," it actually looked like the newly rechristened superheroine was actually having fun as one of Rip Hunter's ragtag group of time-traveling, would-be world-savers. She smiles! She jokes! She flirts! But as Lotz reveals to CBR News, Sara still faces her share of rough road ahead.



CBR News: You were involved a very shadowy storyline for a long time on "Arrow." What's it been like to bring Sara into an entirely new context?

Caity Lotz: It was a little confusing at first, actually, because the first two episodes are kind of different for Sara than all the other episodes. They're like less normal Sara, I felt like. When I first got the script, I was like, "Wait, where are we going with the character? This is just a totally different direction or what?" And they were like "No, no, no. It's still the same." It felt like it was almost written for a different character, and they're like, "It's still the same Sara. We want to keep it that way."

So there was a little figuring out for me, I think, in the first two episodes -- but those first two were all about setting everything up, too. I really get moving, more into the season, There's some really cool Sara stuff. But yeah, it was weird at first. I was like, "Oh, my God!" I just let her have fun.

So there's a method to the slightly different Sara?

I think you just get to see a little bit more of the old Sara -- you get to see some more of that in further episodes.

It was fun to see her interactions with new characters. Tell me about that, who you had a spark with.

It's fun -- whenever we get scripts, we always get excited. We're like, "Oh, we get to have scenes together this time" I mean, I loved all the stuff we did with Young Stein. When Sara goes out with Firestorm, all of that stuff was super fun. And Sara and Rip have very dynamic relationship -- very feisty, and they fight a lot and they butt heads, and that's a lot of fun too. We have a lot of fun doing that. And then -- I think Sara and Snart have some similarities that are fun to explore.

Physicality has always been a part of your role. Are you having fun playing with that and taking it in a new direction?

This has been challenging, because I do more fighting and bigger fighting than on anything else I've ever worked on -- even versus "Arrow." "Arrow" is more contained and hyper-realistic, whereas "Legends" is more cinematic, like movie fighting -- big giant kicks and flips and stuff like that. It's more challenging, shooting a huge fight scene with swords, which I'm looking forward to, if I can be awake for it! But it's cool. It's definitely a challenge. It really pushes me to get better.

We're in a great moment in pop culture where female action heroes are finally beginning to thrive. What does that mean to you, to be part of that?

I guess the problem before is they said they tried to do like female-driven action movies, and they didn't sell tickets. And now, you look at "Star Wars [The Force Awakens]," where [Rey's] female and it's made, like, a trillion dollars. I think it's very clear now that people want to see female action heroes.

I don't know what's changed -- I guess a lot of things have changed, but I also think that it's just writing them as a person. It doesn't matter if they're a guy or a girl, just make them a complicated, interesting character that is badass and believable. It's fun to be a part of it. Yeah. I think it's great, and I love doing all the action stuff. I'm so glad people want to see it.

How closely do you want to hold onto Sara's darker qualities? Or do you want to see her move past them?

One of my favorite things about Sara is how complicated she is, and I think that comes from the darkness of the torn, tortured kind of soul part of her. One of the biggest things that comes from is just, she's very hard on herself, and she doesn't really accept herself or accept her past. She doesn't look back on things and go like, "Well, that's made me who I am today, so it's all worth it." She looks back at it and regrets it and would do anything to not have had to go through what she had to go through and become who she became. I think she doesn't like who it turned her into. I do think that there is a future, hopefully, for her. She can look back and be like, "Okay…"

That's why, on "Legends," having a purpose, something to use her talent and skills and put that towards something, would make it all worthwhile -- why she went through everything she had to go through. That acceptance would bring along a peace to her. So yeah, I would like to see her evolve, but I like the darkness, and the tortured soul of her is interesting.

Her romantic life is complicated and diverse. What can you predict for her on this show?

She has a love interest kind of fling for an episode -- that's fun -- with a girl. But this season is not about Sara finding love. Sara needs to find Sara, to figure out who she is and kind of deal with her own demons. She's not out there looking for the love of her life. She needs to kind of find herself first.

How much room do you have to return to "Arrow?"

I would imagine tons. I mean, Sara's dad, Sara's sister, ex boyfriends, friends -- there's so many [reasons to go back]. That is her past, that is her life outside of on the ship and "Legends." I definitely think she could pop back in there.

What does the title of White Canary mean to you?

I think Laurel, her sister, says it best. "You've been in the shadows long enough. It's time to be a hero in the light." For her, being White Canary is in hopes of stepping out of the darkness of her heart and of dealing with the blood lust and becoming a presence of light. Bringing goodness and being a hero, and not hiding behind a mask and a wig. Just being able to be who she is and putting herself out there and consciously trying to make the right choices.

What's it like, having a passionate fan base that follows The CW/DC shows?

It's weird to get noticed more, recognized. At first, it was really, really fun, always. Then, sometimes people just look at you, stare at you and stuff, and it's weird. You feel uncomfortable because you feel like they're watching you.

But everybody's super supportive and nice. I'll go and do comic cons and travel around the world and meet people who are fans of the show and hear such inspirational stories from people and what the show has meant for them, what a bisexual character has meant for them. Army vets who were wounded and couldn't get out of bed and watched "Arrow" and were driven to rehab and things that just bring you to tears. It's really special, [having] people coming up and saying how happy they are for their daughters to have a tough super hero, a girl to look up to. It's really inspiring and it's touching.

And it can be weird. I'm on Instagram a lot at night, and I share a lot, and I like to share with people, but it's weird. It's changing now, because you start to be like, "Oh, maybe I need to watch the privacy a little more." Some people feel like they know you, and then people feel like you're not a person either. Whatever they say or do, you're not an actual person to them, so there's no accountability. But mostly, our fans are die hard and supportive, so that's definitely nice. We're lucky. We're lucky to have them, and that's why we can make these great shows.

Is there anything from the comics you've seen that you want to do -- a scene or a storyline?

Well, White Canary's a very little known comic [character]. There's not much known about her. She's a villain in "Birds of Prey." I would like to see some more stuff with White Canary and Black Canary. But in the comics, they're always fighting against each other, and I like it when we're friends -- when sisters can be friends!

You and Katie Cassidy work really well together.

I feel like we're really sisters. We hang out a lot, so there's definitely some real sister stuff that happens. Hopefully, we get to do more of it.


http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... ghtened-up