"Nuevo proyecto para la CW sobre 'THE FLASH'"

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- The Flash 1.16 "Rogue Time" Clip #1:

http://bcove.me/tqprt082


- The Flash 1.16 "Rogue Time" Clip #2:

http://www.ign.com/videos/2015/03/24/th ... ip-trouble


- The Flash 1.16 "Rogue Time" Clip #3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWKjBNhg_CA

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- The Flash 1.17 "Tricksters" Promo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IqY4XRChzA


- The Flash 1.17 "Tricksters" Extended Promo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkij00xF5Kc




Añadidos los rátings finales del 1.16 "Rogue Time". Podéis encontrarlos AQUÍ.

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- Descripción oficial del 1.18 “All-Star Team-Up”:

1.18 “All-Star Team-Up” (14/04/15): FELICITY SMOAK DE ARROW (EMILY BETT RICKARDS) Y RAY PALMER (BRANDON ROUTH) LLEGAN A CENTRAL CITY; EMILY KINNEY (“The Walking Dead”) ESTRELLA INVITADA COMO BRIE LARVIN — Barry (Grant Gustin) se ve sorprendido cuando Felicity Smoak (la estrella invitada Emily Bett Rickards) llega de Starling City junto con su novio, Ray Palmer (la estrella invitada Brandon Routh), que llega volando como the Atom. Ellos llegan para visitar S.T.A.R. Labs porque Ray necesita ayuda con su traje. Su momento resulta ser fortuito porque tienen que ponerse manos a la obra después de que una meta humana llamada Brie Larvin (la estrella invitada Emily Kinney) libere cientos de abejas robóticas para atacar y matar a sus antiguos compañeros de trabajo, incluída la Dra. Tina McGee (gla estrella invitada Amanda Pays). Una cena de grupo con Barry, Felicity, Ray, Iris (Candice Patton) y Eddie (Rick Cosnett) resulta ser un desastre. Kevin Tancharoen dirige el episodio escrito por Grainne Godfree & Kai Yu Wu (#118).

http://flashtvnews.com/flash-all-star-t ... isit/19661

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- Nuevas Imágenes bts nos revelan un nuevo crossover con "Arrow":

Gracias a una nuevas imágenes bts captadas por Nigel Horsley, hemos confirmado lo que ya se venía rumoreando desde hace tiempo: que tendremos otro crossover muy posiblemente hacia la season finale de "The Flash".

Las imágenes fueron tomadas en Vancouver ayer 26 de Marzo del 2015 durante un rodaje nocturno y nos muestran a un Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) sin máscara (lo que parece indicar que pronto sabrá la verdad sobre el hombre con el traje amarillo), el regreso de Firestorm (Robbie Amell) y a Arrow (Stephen Amell) con un nuevo traje (que podría también suponer una gran pista de lo que pasará en los próximos episodios de esa serie también, ya que está claramente inspirado en los de la "Liga de Asesinos").

Las imágenes también explican la foto que compartió Robbie Amell junto a Stephen Amell hace tiempo, ambos con sus respectivos trajes.

Parece que The Flash va a necesitar toda la ayuda posible si quiere derrotar a "Reverse Flash".






(gracias a grangustinnews y JustJared)

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- The Flash 1.17 "Tricksters" Producer´s Preview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xj5GjCqVK4


- The Flash 1.17 "Tricksters" Clip #1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Ye9hyXJoY


- The Flash 1.17 "Tricksters" Clip #2:

http://bcove.me/yeo57w5e



- The Flash 1.17 "Tricksters" Canadian Promo:

http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/03/the-fl ... rs_31.html






- Póster promocional del 1.17 "Tricksters":






- Nuevas imágenes BTS con Mark Hamill (30-31 Marzo, 2015):



(@HamillHimself: A long awaited reunion.... @JohnWesleyShipp #TheFlash #BarryAllen #TheTrickster
@HamillHimself: ....well worth the wait! #TheFlash tonight at 8-7c on @TheCWnetwork!
@rickcosnett: Don't miss @hamillhimself & @dgraye TONIGHT 8-7c on #TheFlash. Giving away 1 Star Labs & 1 Flash t-shirt 4 best QUOTE from the show so far. Send me yours!
@CW_TheFlash: RETWEET if you can’t wait for @HamillHimself's return as #TheTrickster! #TheFlash is all new in 45min! @starwars
@CW_TheFlash: #TheFlash. Watch and tweet LIVE NOW w @AJKreisberg & @HamillHimself!
@dpanabaker: @grantgust & I can't wait to hear what you think about tonight's episode!
@dgraye: So great working with the amazing @rickcosnett ... Not so great working with my other cast member -- the diabolical puppet, Lady Lalaine. #whatadiva)

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- Mark Hamill adelanta “Tricksters” (Ksitetv):

Mark Hamill adelanta “Tricksters”
Por Craig Byrne 27 Marzo, 2015

The CW hosted some very happy journalists this afternoon with a screening of the Tuesday, March 31 episode of The Flash, titled "Tricksters," followed by a Q&A with executive producer Andrew Kreisberg and the legendary Mark Hamill himself.

The episode brings Hamill back to the role of James Jesse, who he played for two episodes of the classic 1990-1991 CBS Flash series, and the new Flash installment also reunites him with John Wesley Shipp and Vito D'Ambrosio, two stars from the original show.

Being a fan of comics brought him into the four-color world, which has also seen him voicing the Joker and creating his own Comic Book: The Movie. (Hamill also attended one of the first-ever Comic-Cons in San Diego) When we spoke with him he talked about how he became involved with The CW's new Flash.

"When this version came on, my daughter Chelsea is a big fan, and I watched it from the very first episode," Hamill recalled. "In fact, I even thought, since they were doing Weather Wizard and various other Rogues' Gallery characters, I wondered if they were going to do the Trickster. And then, again, I got a call from my business people saying 'they want you to do something on The Flash.' And I was thinking, you know, like a colleague of John Wesley Shipp's; a professor… something age-appropriate. I'm not getting back into that one-piece jumpsuit; the spandex deal. So, I said 'well, who do they want me to play?' and when they said The Trickster, I just couldn't believe it. I couldn't figure out how that could be, unless it's some kind of weird time travel episode. I don't know. I was very skeptical, but then I called Andrew [Kreisberg]," he said, and the producer's explanation of what things would be surely pleased him, since he came back to the show.

"The one thing that impressed me about the show is how smart the writing is. It's got the fantasy element, the comic book elements… but it's really strong in characters, I think. The backstory with the father wrongly accused, from the very first episode, that's really a strong hold on the audience. And, you get to know so much about the personal lives of these characters… so I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when they had such an ingenious idea as having Devon Graye play a new Trickster," Hamill enthused.

Of course, having a new Trickster affected more than just Hamill's TV alter ego of James Jesse. "I mean, when I read the script, I said 'WHO'S THIS PUNK GETTING ALL MY STUFF?' You know. I reacted just like I was in character. Because he really gets to do all of the fun Trickstery things, with the parachute bombs and whatnot," he said, before praising Devon Graye, who plays the copycat Trickster.

"I'd seen Devon working, and he was very, very good, but there was a take where he confesses his devotion for me, and he was so real," he recalled. "It was astonishing in how troubled a kid this was. I'm just doing my crazy comic book guy that's just not tethered to reality in my mind, and he brought it so close to home, in terms of how emotionally damaged he was. I'm telling you, it just moved me beyond words. As far as I'm concerned, he's a worthy successor," he praised.


http://www.ksitetv.com/interviews-2/the ... ters/61800

- John Wesley Shipp habla sobre "The Flash," pasado y presente (cbr):

John Wesley Shipp habla sobre "The Flash," pasado y presente
Por Albert Ching 27 Marzo, 2015

John Wesley Shipp has had a prominent role on both TV adaptations of DC Comics character "The Flash" -- as the title character in the 1990-1991 CBS show, and Barry Allen's wrongfully imprisoned father Henry in the current CW series.

He's likely to talk both Friday afternoon at Emerald City Comicon in the "John Wesley Shipp: Back in a Flash" panel -- answering questions from Seattle fans at the Washington State Convention Center. CBR is there live, so keep hitting refresh for the very latest details.

The first question from panel moderator Patrick Reed asked if Shipp anticipated comic book-based fare to reach this level of success. "It was a bit of a hard fight to crack outside of our niche audience," Shipp said. "And I have to say CBS didn't do a very good job scheduling and doing that," saying that the show was opposite "The Cosby Show" and "The Simpsons."

"I went down to San Diego Comic-Con in 1990, and I walked through it in about three to four hours, and signed about a half-dozen autographs," Shipp continued, contrasting that to the vastly different experience of premiering the show at least year's show. "We had a great deal of critical success [in the original show], we just missed having commercial success. What I hoped for [current series star Grant Gustin] is that he would have the commercial success that we just missed. It's awesome to see that. And it makes me swell with pride in my father role."

"They've done everything right," Shipp said about the way the current "Flash" series has progressed, praising executive producer Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns and David Nutter. "When you're working as hard as they are, nothing is better than realizing that you're reaching the kind of audience you want to reach."

Shipp said the only real exposure to comics he had when starting the original "Flash" series was the '60s "Batman" TV series. "They had talked to me about doing a comic book interpretation for TV, and I was a little concerned about it, to be honest," Shipp said. "The broadly comic, cartoony -- I wouldn't have been good at it, and that's not where my aspirations were at the time."

On the current "Flash," Shipp's character is mostly seen talking on the phone with his son, divided by a glass partition. Rather than being limiting, Shipp said, "That can be seen as an advantage, because we don't have any business, we're connected to a wire. We've got a small, enclosed space. It throws us on each other. We have to listen and talk and respond. That's been the most rewarding experience."

Reed asked Shipp about his process in switching back and forth between different types of roles. "What people don't realize is that good guys are, in my opinion, actually harder to play," Shipp said. "The villains -- why do they stand out? They're the ones that move the plot. The challenge in playing a hero is, how do you keep this guy active? Basically, he's responding to the villains. How do you keep that interesting? I find villains easier to play."

Speaking of reuniting with original "Flash" cast member Amanda Pays, Shipp said, "Amanda and I have never lost touch. A year and a half ago, I did a movie with her husband, Corbin [Bernsen]. We've done a couple of conventions together." Shipp also hyped the imminent return of Mark Hamill as the Trickster, saying that this is a Trickster who has "lost his mind." "The poison has gotten quite acrid in his veins," Shipp said. "It's still fun, but it's really chilling what he's doing. I prefer this new Trickster, just because he's so demonic." Shipp also praised the rapport between Hamill and Devon Graye, who plays the show's new Trickster.

Does Shipp have any scenes with the Tricksters? "Yeah! I'm a sitting duck in Iron Heights."

Discussing his preparation for his current role, Shipp shared, "I knew I was going to be playing Grant's father, and I wanted to catch him on 'Arrow.' I watched him, and I thought, there's no acting here. It's just sincere. He's not acting. Who you're seeing is Grant."

Shipp discussed coincidences that Gustin noted between the two of them -- they were both born in Norfolk, Virginia, born in January and Gustin was born the same year (1990) that Shipp was playing The Flash.

Moving to fan Q&A, Shipp was asked if he gave Gustin any advice on playing The Flash. "None at all," he replied. "That would be insufferable." Continuing, he said he has had concerns and empathy for the many hours that Gustin has to spend in the Flash's suit, which leads to further "paternal" feelings.

Shipp again praised Gustin's work, talking the difference between Barry's interactions with his two father figures. "He comes to Henry as a little boy, because Henry raised him from birth to age 10," Shipp said. "Very emotional with Henry. Joe raised him from age 10 to manhood. They have very powerful scenes, but they're qualitatively different. I don't know if that's a conscious choice on Grant's part, but it's significant."

When asked by a fan to talk his time on "Dawson's Creek," Shipp said "it was a magical moment," and praised how the main cast were smarter than the average young actors.

A fan asked Shipp for his feelings on Ezra Miller being cast as The Flash in DC's upcoming feature films. "I think that the people behind the current DC incarnations obviously have their act together, and if they have picked him, even though I am not familiar with his work, they picked him for a reason," Shipp said. "I don't know why they're keeping the [TV and movie] universes separate. They seem to think it makes sense, and I'm not going to second guess them."

Speaking of the incoming end of The CW's first "Flash" season, "It's not going to let up between now and the season finale," Shipp said. "I go back to Vancouver at the end of the week to film the season finale." Shipp said an advantage of the show is that the executive producers are "writing what they want to see. They are delighted. They're writing things that they dig."

Next fan up asked what Shipp's reaction would be if he was asked to don a Flash suit one more time. "I would go, 'You want me to do it?' Hell, if Tom Cavanagh can wear the yellow suit, I suppose... I can't imagine. And I don't think it's going to happen. But it's amazing how often that comes up."

Did "The Flash" producers ever consider crossovers with other DC superheroes, if the show had continued? "We didn't get to that point," Shipp answered. "I have a feeling that probably was not in their consciousness at the time."

In the midst of answering one of the panel's final questions, Shipp received a phone call -- which he told the crowd was from the "Flash" production office. He picked up and said he was doing a panel at the Emerald City Comicon, prompting the crowd for a big cheer.


http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... nd-present

- Los productores de The Flash esperan traer de vuelta de nuevo al Trickster de Mark Hamill, y unirlo a otros Rogues (comicbook):

Los productores de The Flash esperan traer de vuelta de nuevo al Trickster de Mark Hamill, y unirlo a otros Rogues
Por Russ Burlingame 28/03/2015

During a roundtable interview with reporters Friday, The Flash showrunner Andrew Kreisberg admitted that there are plans to bring back Mark Hamill's Trickster beyond just this week's episode, perhaps to team him with

"Yes, that is the plan. What's so fun for us and why we were again so grateful to Mark for wanting to be part of this is, when I sit down and I think of Wentworth Miller and Mark in a scene together and watching the dichotomy of them," admitted Kreisberg.

Miller plays Captain Cold on the series and is expected to be one of the stars of the forthcoming, as-yet-untitled spinoff series featuring Firestorm and The Atom.

"I think that sometimes there's a tendency to just spit out the same villain week in and week out on these shows and for us, having people who are so different and having people who have powers and having people who are slightly unhinged but geniuses, it's...that's the other reason we wanted to do the Trickster, too," Kreisberg said. "You have so many villains who have these amazing abilities, either because they're metahumans or because they have this incredible weaponry. And what was always cool about The Trickster on both series is that he was smart. No matter how crazy he was, he was smart and he thought like four steps ahead. Watching The Flash and our team going up against somebody brilliant, a lot of the times our shows are about how to chemically or scientifically or how The Flash can use his powers to stop somebody, but this time it was, they really [have] to outthink him."

Hamill, who first played The Trickster in 1990's The Flash, will return to the role on Tuesday night in an episode that also gives him a chance to drop a memorable line from Star Wars, another project to which Hamill recently returned.

"Just the idea of being asked to play a part decades later," Hamill joked at the same screening. "...I mean, that never happens!"


http://comicbook.com/2015/03/28/the-fla ... r-back-ag/

- Mark Hamill habla sobre su regreso como The Trickster y el trabajar con John Wesley Shipp de nuevo (comicbook):

Mark Hamill habla sobre su regreso como The Trickster y el trabajar con John Wesley Shipp de nuevo
Por Russ Burlingame 28/03/2015

There's little to get your viewers more interested than Star Wars legend Mark Hamill making a guest appearance, and the producers of The Flash know that.

Hamill returns to the role of James Jesse, the Trickster, more than twenty years after his last appearance on 1990's The Flash, in which he starred with John Wesley Shipp, who plays Henry Allen in the show's current iteration.

Following a screening of this week's episode of The Flash, titled "Tricksters," Hamill and The Flash showrunner Andrew Kreisberg joined a group of reporters for a Q&A about the episode.

You can check out a selection of questions from that interview below. Hamill joins The Flash in Tuesday's episode, which airs at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.

Can you talk a little bit about how they got you to be on this version of The Flash and what you thought of when it came up?

Mark Hamill: Well, I'm a fan, you know? I loved the comics when I was a kid and I watched the original series before Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, who I should mention, and the casting director April Webster, I don't know whose idea it was, called me and got in touch with me and asked me to come over to meet and see if I wanted to do something on the show. If it weren't for Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, I'm sure I wouldn't be here at all, but...

Andrew Kreisberg: I wouldn't be here.

Hamill: But of course then when this version came on, my daughter Chelsea is a big fan and I watched it from the first episode. In fact, I even thought, since they were doing Mirror Master and Weather Wizard and various other Rogues Gallery characters, I wonder if they're going to do The Trickster.

And then I got a call from my business people saying that they wanted me to do something on The Flash. And I was thinking, like a colleague of John Wesley Shipp's, a professor, something age-appropriate, you know? I'm not getting back into that one-piece jumpsuit, you know? The spandex deal.

So I said, "Who do they want me to play?" And when they said The Trickster, I just couldn't believe it. I couldn't figure out how that could be, unless it's some kind of weird time-travel episode, I don't know.

I was very skeptical but then I called Andrew and the one thing that impressed me about the show is how smart the writing is. I mean, it's got the fantasy element and the comic book elements but it's really strong in characters, I think. The backstory of the father wrongly accused, from the very first episode that's really a strong hold on the audience. And you get to know so much about the personal lives of these characters. So I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when they had such an ingenious idea as having Devon Graye play a new Trickster with me appealing to -- all of these villains have unwieldy egos.

And it worked! When I read the script, I said, "Who's this punk getting all my stuff?" I reacted just like I was in character. Because he gets to do all of the fun, Trickster-y things with all the parachute bombs and whatnot...

Kreisberg: This time.

Hamill: Oh! Okay. Well, as far as I'm concerned, I am just so enamored of this young actor, Devon Graye. I just think he's so vulnerable. When I was on set, I did the EPK -- the electronic press kit -- just before we did our last scene....

Now I'd seen Devon working and I thought he was very very good, but there was a take where he confesses his devotion for me and he was so real, it was astonishing, how troubled a kid this was. I'm just doing my crazy comic book guy; it's just not tethered to reality in my mind, and he brought it so close to home in terms of how emotionally damaged he was, I'm telling you, it just moved me beyond words.

And I felt bad, because in the electronic press kit, I went on and on about comic books and I didn't mention Devon at all; I'm just so sorry because I think the world of him and as far as I'm concerned, he's a worthy successor.

Kreisberg: Devon actually starred in the pilot I did with Paul and Danny at Syfy.

Hamill: Is that right?

Kreisberg: Yeah. Red Faction.

Hamill: He's just tremendous. But all of the cast. One thing that struck me is how happy everyone seems to be. They all get along, and it's just a happy set. And having been on sets that weren't quite as happy, it makes the world of difference. I only got to work with Grant and Jesse and Candice, so Danielle and Carlos and Tom...well, Rick was in the scene, the mayor scene. And by the way, the mayor is played by Vito D'Ambrosio, who was one of the original cops on the '90s Flash. I kept thinking, "This guy looks familiar." [Laughs] Couldn't quite place it!

Kreisberg: You blew up his car!

Hamill: I did. You'd think I'd remember that. I actually had to ask him, "Why do you look so familiar to me?" Because this happens in this business I'm sure all the time: Do I know this person, or have I just seen him in a play or a movie?

And he said, "Mark, it's me, it's Vito." And I felt so embarrassed, but what great sense of continuity. I'm just very pleased and honored that they would think of me at all. And they were very gracious in terms of letting me play around and having a few of my own little...I was throwing those things out there. That's very much like Paul and Danny because they were comic book fans, too, and we were all on the same wavelength.

Usually I save it so you see it in rehearsal and you can say "Don't do that," or if they don't say anything just let it go and Ralph Hamaker who directed this episode was very congenial. What we would do is I would try to do it a little different each time so they had the different puzzle pieces and they could put them together in any way they like. It's just fun, it's just fun and so if it stops being fun I'll stop doing it, but I had a great time.

The last time though, we did it just over here on the Warner Bros. lot and I was just in awe of their history, you know? John Garfield and Jimmy Cagney and all that, and the backlot is just one of my favorite golden age studios. I was already saying yes to this before I realized you guys were in Vancouver. And nothing against Vancouver; I love that city. I usually love wherever I am; I hate getting there. It's awful, the airports and all of that.

Just the idea of being asked to play a part decades later. I mean, that never happens!

Was it easy for you to take on this role again? Was it fun for you to jump back into that wild and crazy mindset?

I loved it, but it is intimidating. It's like, the thing is, they asked me to do a cameo on The Neighbors, which was a series that I loved. Sort of a variation on Third Rock From the Sun, but very clever and witty and when they asked me to do the cameo, I said I'm going to ruin the show, for myself anyway. Because once you go down and you're on the set and you meet all the people, even though you know it's not real, it's like going down to see a live recording of All in the Family or something; you'll never see it the same way again as when you're seeing it in the studio. So I didn't want to show up and ruin a series I liked, and that's the danger. But I thought, "Well, if it's really terrible, it's only one episode so they can survive me." But yeah, it was terribly intimidating until I got there. Once you get into the spirit of it, it's like slipping into a comfortable pair of tennis shoes.

Is there any chance we'll ever see The Trickster in a scene with the other Rogues?

Kreisberg: ...Sir?

Yes, that is the plan. What's so fun for us and why we were again so grateful to Mark for wanting to be part of this is, when I sit down and I think of Wentworth Miller and Mark in a scene together and watching the dichotomy of them...

I think that sometimes there's a tendency to just spit out the same villain week in and week out on these shows and for us, having people who are so different and having people who have powers and having people who are slightly unhinged but geniuses, it's...that's the other reason we wanted to do the Trickster, too. You have so many villains who have these amazing abilities, either because they're metahumans or because they have this incredible weaponry. And what was always cool about The Trickster on both series is that he was smart. No matter how crazy he was, he was smart and he thought like four steps ahead. Watching The Flash and our team going up against somebody brilliant, a lot of the times our shows are about how to chemically or scientifically or how The Flash can use his powers to stop somebody, but this time it was, they really have to outthink him.

Hamill: One of the things that happened in the original run was, they were sort of avoiding costumed heroes in the beginning. And my older son, I remember he didn't come down one week til I said, "Come down, The Flash is on." And he said, "When he fights the villains, what are they going to do? Run? I told that story to Danny Bilson because he was fighting like motorcycle gangs and gangsters and stuff like that. You need to have a super adversary to match the extraordinary powers of The Flash.

Kreisberg: That's what we go through every week, and it's funny becuase Warner Bros. has been so incredibly supportive obviously to do Arrow and The Flash but then as soon as we say, "Okay, we're going to have the villains on," they're like, "Ehh..."

They kind of get worried about the villains being too cartoony or they look back and it's like the Batman '66 stink. We said, if The Flash can move at super-speed, he can't just be fighting bank robbers. Or if he is fighting bank robbers, they have to be able to do something pretty special. Again, that's one of the reason The Trickster in the comics and in the old show and hopefully people will think on our show is so cool, is because he doesn't have any of that, he's just really smart and he's able to use that smartness to outthink the gang.

Mark, you were one of the highest-profile fanboys before there were high-profile fan boys. Now that geek culture is so "cool," what does it mean to you to be here in this moment?

Like you say, I was back remembering when they were trying to get the film version of Batman made. And I knew they wanted it to be dark and like the original concept before it got stamped with that sort of Adam West look and feel. And I'm someone who loved the Adam West version. For little kids, I think that's the perfect entry point for comic book shows and I don't think anyone's ever been more delicious than Frank Gorshin as The Riddler; I just absolutely adored him.

But I never would have believed that it would become a whole genre of film. I've seen the slow evolution. As Andrew points out, they shied away. I remember them announcing in the trades that the film version of Batman and Robin has been cast with Bill Murray as Batman and Eddie Murphy as Robin. Michael Uslan told me there was a time when they were going to go full-on comedy with it.

And as much as I would love to see that film, and I would, I'm really happy that they were able to do comic book properties that are aimed at an older and smarter audience.

Kreisberg: What was interesting on the old show and I've always said this is, look at Frank Gorshin. If Frank Gorshin at the end of one of those scenes had slit somebody's throat, nobody would be saying he was silly. It wasn't the performance and it wasn't the costumes; it was the stakes always felt so small and again, that's what's so fun about what we can do now. We can have somebody like Mark come in and do their thing, but you see how dangerous it is and I think that's what keeps it grounded and real and scary and fun.

Hamill: I remember when I was on General Hospital and Kerwin Matthews came in to play a doctor and I just freaked out. It was Sinbad! I said, "Can I interview you some day?" And we got together after work one day and I had a tape recorder and I asked him all my questions and it got printed in a fanzine called FXRH: Film Effects By Ray Harryhausen. And it's kind of a collectible now because it's Kerwin Matthews being interviewed by me, and this was in probably '72.

I went to one of the very first Comic Cons, which was like 300 people in the basement of a hotel.

Kreisberg: That's like a slow party at Comic Con.

Hamill: Now, it's like be careful what you wish for because it's just chaotic down there.

Kreisberg: Can you walk the floor? Do you ever put a disguise on, or...?

I made Comic Book: The Movie and comic book fans are very into pretend. We were on the floor shooting, and I grew a beard and I had curly hair and it was kind of dyed sort of to look like sepia tone because Don Swan -- named after Curt Swan, one of my favorite Superman artists, and I loved the rhyming because it sounded funny -- I said, "If you call me 'Mark' or 'Luke,' I can't use it. If you call me 'Don,' you'll be in the movie."

We were just filming everything; we had five cameras and we were trying to capture real. It's impossible. Now, with reality shows, the camera goes up and everyone is trying to perform. We were trying to get real, like the horse trading that goes on where you're bartering for books and guys are smelling the pages and looking at the spine where the staples line up. I love all of that stuff! But you really can't capture it the way I had envisioned it. As it turned out, we had a storyline to fall back on. We had all these improvisational actors so I thought if we didn't get what we need, we can always fall back on the storyline.

I was a curiosity for a couple of hours, I guess, on the floor, but once they got what I was doing, I said this is an alternate reality where there are no Star Wars movies. They're only books like Lord of the Rings at that time. That could explain why there were Storm Troopers and Princess Leias walking around, but they totally get the Earth-2 concept, so they're more than willing to cooperate.

Obviously John's playing a different character this time, but can you tell us the feelings you were having performing with him again, and also Andrew, writing that scene?

Kreisberg: Well, I knew there was no point in doing this if we didn't have Mark and John in a scene together. Early on, it was one of the things that we said, early on when we were constructing the story, that The Trickster should kidnap Henry because it was a great way to satisfy both the fan in all of us but also you want Barry to really care about The Trickster.

Hamill: John Wesley on the original series -- really underrated. He's such a good actor.

...Well, he's not underrated. He's got a mantle full of Emmys. I don't have a mantle full of Emmys.

And then of course Grant is, again, tremendous. He's so likable, so natural, so perfect for this character because The Flash was always much more sunny and upbeat than some of the other, darker characters. And you couldn't do better than having a foundation like that to build a series around.

And then Jesse Martin? Come on, that's money in the bank. You know that guy's done more episodes of Law & Order than Lucille did it I Love Lucy? I have lots of irritating minutia like that.

Kreisberg: Also the trenchcoat that John wears, he wore on the original show. He said, "I have this jacket that on the last day, I took, and it still fits me."

Hamill: He didn't ask to keep the outfit. Boy, that was murder. It was like a SCUBA outfit covered in fuzz, and the new one is just so much more practical and real. I really felt bad for him being in that thing. They try to clean it up over the weekend, you know? They'd spray Lysol. But you can imagine being in this rubber suit, you can't send it to the dry cleaners.

Kreisberg: And he said that he would sweat so they would just squeeze it and water would come out. It was a horror.

Hamill: Exactly! But he was so accomodating. If kids came on set, he'd put the head on to pose with them. That really impressed me. You figure, you're in this business to make people happy. So why do you suddenly get to a point where -- there are people who come on set and it's like, "Don't look them directly in the eyes, don't say good morning." Really?! I gotta at least feel like everybody's on my side, even if it's fake. I'll be handing out Tootsie Rolls to the crew because you have to feel like they're on your side. You move so fast, you have to be ready for anything, and like I say, this was really a great bunch. I really enjoyed it.


http://comicbook.com/2015/03/28/the-fla ... trickster/

- Mark Hamill no pensó que pudiera conseguir el papel de Joker porque interpretó a Luke Skywalker (comicbook):

Mark Hamill no pensó que pudiera conseguir el papel de Joker porque interpretó a Luke Skywalker
Por Emily Donn 28/03/2015

One would think that playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars trilogy is the kind of role that lets an actor more or less write their own ticket for the rest of their career, but according to Mark Hamill, he was worried he would miss out on another iconic role as a result of playing the character.

During an interview earlier today with reporters in Burbank, the actor -- who will guest star on Tuesday's episode of The Flash -- said that his long-running voice role as The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series and a number of follow-ups was one he didn't believe he could get since the character was so diametrically different from Luke Skywalker that it would have been difficult to market.

How did it come up? Well, here's a brief excerpt from a much longer interview with Hamill and The Flash showrunner Andrew Kreisberg, the remainder of which will run closer to the episode's airdate on Tuesday.

So who would win in a fight, The Trickster or The Joker?

Gee, that's a tough one. You know, I played The Trickster before I ever voiced The Joker and people asked me, "Is that what made them think of you for the animated series?" And it's not. I mean, as you probably know, the television department and the movie department and the animation department are all separate entities and they doin't really coordinate. I had read about them doing the animated series and the benchmark they were aiming for were the Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. And Paul Dini was involved, so I said, "Oh, boy, they're going to get this right." There were sixty-five episodes ordered so it would be able to go beyond just the villain of the week. He could be a detective, he could do mysteries, he coudl do gothic horror, he could do all kinds of things.

So I said to my agent, "I just want to be on that." And they gave me a part in the "Heart of Ice" episode, which was the first Mr. Freeze. It won an Emmy, that script, because when I read it I thought, "Wow, this is really melancholy." And deep for a children's cartoon where the empathy is all with the villain who is trying to find a way to preserve his wife who has this fatal disease.

So they just gave me that, and I just went in with full fanboy flags flying. I just nerded out. I knew all the characters. And it wasn't really a character role. Michael Ansara played Mr. Freeze and it was difficult for him because he's not really a comic book fan and they kept telling him, that's too much emotion. He's a passionate actor.

Anyway, I did that, and -- actors, they're never satisfied. I got on the show, and it was like, "How come I'm not Mr. Freeze?" And I guess they thought of me later down the road when they decided to cast The Joker. Unlike the first episode that they just gave me, that one I went in and I read for. And part of the reason I felt like I was in the right frame of mind is that I said, there's no way I'm going to get this. They just will not cast the guy who played this icon of virtue, this sort of farm boy puppy dog guy, with this arch icon of villainy. There's just no way. From a public relations standpoint, I can't get this. So instead of being nervous about it, I went in thinking, "Since they can't hire me, I'm going to make them really sorry that they can't." And as I'm driving out of the parking lot, I'm thinking, "Ha! Top that! That's the best Joker they're ever going to hear!" Really cocky and full of myself.

And of course, ten days later I got the call, they want me to be The Joker. And I was like, "Oh no! I can't do this!" She said, "Why not?" I said, it's too big. Joker's too big. If I were Two-Face or somebody down the line.... I said, I know the fans hear it in their head. There's no way I can satisfy that. I can't scratch that itch. I went 180 degrees in the other direction.

So I'm driving into the first recording and I don't even remember what I did! I'm practicing the laugh on the way to the studio, forgetting that they have reference tapes that they can play.

In Los Angeles, by the way, no one bats an eye if you're laughing maniacally behind the wheel of your car.

But they really weren't connected. It's just fun. I feel so lucky to be involved in projects that are things that I loved when I was a kid. I remember watching Walt Disney, where they would show you how cartoons were made, with Clarence Nash doing Donald Duck. So at seven or eight years old, I thought, "Wow." It made me watch cartoons in a completely different way. Or like, that guy on Jack Benny! That's Bug Bunny! I recognized Mel Blanc, I bought comedy records, I learned the names of June Foray and Daws Butler and people that I really loved. I aspired to do cartoons. I got to it fairly late in my career. I did one when I was a teenager but then I didn't work in animation for twenty years and then I did Joker.

But boy, is it a great job! It's the ultimate lazy actor's job: You don't have to memorize your lines, you can come in looking like hell. They don't care how you look; they care about how you sound. And the people involved are just so grounded. They're just so talented. It's cutthroat like any part of show business but I think proportionately, there's a lot of really nice people in voiceover and I love it.


http://comicbook.com/2015/03/28/the-fla ... er-role-b/

- 'The Flash' quiere al Trickster de Mark Hamill para hacer un equipo de villanos (THR):

'The Flash' quiere al Trickster de Mark Hamill para hacer un equipo de villanos
Por Aaron Couch 6:00 AM PDT 30/03/2015

The actor heads to The Flash Tuesday to play The Trickster, the flamboyant villain he also played in CBS' 1990 version of The Flash. In the CW show, The Trickster (AKA James Jesse) has been incarcerated for 20 years, when a younger man (Devon Graye) going by the same name starts to terrorize Central City. Barry (Grant Gustin) and Joe (Jesse L. Martin) seek out The Trickster's advice on how to stop the younger villain.

Executive producer Andrew Kreisberg says the plan is for Hamill's Trickster to team up with other members of The Flash's rogues gallery in the future. He particularly likes the idea of the zany Trickster meeting the cool and calculating Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller).

"What was cool about the Trickster on both series is he was smart," Kreisberg said at a recent press screening attended by The Hollywood Reporter. "No matter how crazy he was, he was so smart and he thought four steps ahead."

Tuesday's episode features a number of goodies for Hamill fans. There will be a Star Wars line, as well as an onscreen reunion for the actor with 90s Flash lead John Wesley Shipp (Barry's father, Henry), whom Hamill squared off against on the CBS show.

Hamill said when he got the call that The Flash wanted him, he never thought he'd be playing a villain, instead imagining he'd have a more "age appropriate" role, like a college professor.

Read more 'The Flash' Eyeing Other Speedsters for Season Two

"I'm not getting back into the one piece jumpsuit. I'm not getting back into that spandex deal," Hamill said.

But he called up Kreisberg, who pitched him the idea of playing an older version of the character, and he quickly signed on.

Kreisberg didn't reveal when Hamill might return to The Flash, but the show has already had multiple villain teamups, most notably featuring Prison Break alums Miller and Dominic Purcell (Heatwave). Both are set to star in the Arrow/Flash spinoff starring a mix of characters from both shows. Season two of The Flash is also set to introduce other speedsters, with Wally West and Bart Allen among the possibilities the producers have tossed around.


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- Hamill resucita a Trickster para "Flash," reminiscencias sobre los días de Joker (cbr):

Hamill resucita a Trickster para "Flash," reminiscencias sobre los días de Joker
Por Scott Huver 30 Marzo, 2015

At last -- Mark Hamill is back in the role he made famous! Nope, not that one.

In 1991, still less than a decade after completing his tour of duty as "Star Wars'" wide-eyed-farm-boy-turned-Jedi-Knight Luke Skywalker, Hamill, himself a longtime, very vocal aficionado of sci-fi, fantasy, comic books, pulp fiction, animation and pop culture, signed on for a guest appearance on the first attempt to bring "The Flash" to television, bringing the enduring, elaborately practical joking con artist known as The Trickster to life -- a turn that proved popular enough to inspire a second appearance a few episodes later. Not long after, the show was cancelled and that was that, minus a few in-joke stints providing the voice -- and, frankly, the look -- of the character when he appeared on the animated "Justice League Unlimited."

Nearly a quarter-century later, Hamill finds himself once again walking in The Trickster's shoes as the role is re-imagined for The CW's hit series "The Flash." This time, James Jesse is a colorful but deadly prank-centric anarchist who terrorized Central City before being caught and spending the past two decades behind bars -- until a copycat Trickster surfaces and Barry Allen and Joe West are forced to turn to the older but still ingenious villain for insight on the new baddie, Hannibal Lecter-style.

Hamill joined with "The Flash's" executive producer Andrew Kreisberg (whose team has previously cast veterans of the '90s series, including star John Wesley Shipp in a recurring role as Barry's dad Henry, and who once again shares scenes with Hamill) for a press conference to reveal the tricks of recruiting the genre icon into reprising his trickiest role.

How did they get you to do this version of "The Flash," and what did you think when the idea came up?

Mark Hamill: I'm a fan! I loved the comics when I was a kid, and I watched the original series, before Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo -- who I should mention, and the casting director, April Webster -- got in touch with me and asked me to come over to meet and see if I wanted to do something on the ['90s] show. If it weren't for Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, I'm sure I wouldn't be here, at all.

Andrew Kreisberg: I wouldn't be here!

Hamill: Of course, when this version came on, my daughter Chelsea is a big fan, and I watched it from the very first episode. I even thought, since they were doing Mirror Master and Weather Wizard, and various other Rogues Gallery characters, "I wonder if they're going to do The Trickster?" And then I got a call from my business people saying, "They want you to do something on 'The Flash.'" I was thinking I would be a colleague of John Wesley Shipp's, a professor or something age appropriate. "I'm not getting back into that one-piece jumpsuit spandex deal."

So, when they said they wanted me to play The Trickster, I just couldn't believe it. I couldn't figure out how that could be, unless it was some weird time travel episode. I was very skeptical, but then I called Andrew. The one thing that impresses me about the show is how smart the writing is. It's got the fantasy element and the comic book elements, but it's really strong in characters. The backstory of the father wrongly accused, from the very first episode, is really a strong hold on the audience. And you get to know so much about the personal lives of these characters.

So I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when they had such an ingenious idea of having Devon Graye play a new Trickster with me. All these villains have unwieldy egos, and it works. When I read the script, I said, "Who's this punk getting all my stuff!" I reacted just like I was in character. He really gets to do all of the fun Trickstery things, with the parachute bombs and whatnot.

Kreisberg: This time!

How was it to work with Devon Graye?

Hamill: I was just so enamored of this young actor, Devon Graye. I think he's so vulnerable. I did the EPK on set, just before we did our last scene, which was the scene in the lair, with John Wesley Shipp tied up. I'd seen Devon working and I thought he was very, very good, but there was a take where he confesses his devotion for me, and he was so real that it was astonishing, how troubled a kid this was. I was doing my crazy comic book guy, who was not tethered in reality, and he brought it so close to home, in terms of how emotionally damaged he was. I tell you, it just moved me beyond words. I think the world of him. As far as I'm concerned, he's a worthy successor.

Kreisberg: Devon actually starred in the pilot I did with Paul and Danny at Syfy, "Red Faction."

Hamill: He's just tremendous. One thing that struck me was how happy everyone seems to be. They all get along, and it's a happy set. Having been on sets that weren't quite as happy, it makes a world of difference. I only got to work Grant [Gustin], Jesse [Martin] and Candice [Patton], but not Danielle [Panabaker], Carlos [Valdes] and Tom [Cavanagh]. Rick [Cosnett] was in the scene with the Mayor. By the way, the Mayor is played by Vito D'Ambrosio, who was one of the original cops on the '90s "Flash." I kept thinking, "This guy looks familiar," but I couldn't quite place it.

Kreisberg: You blew up his car!

Hamill: I did, yeah. You think I'd remember that.

Kreisberg: You think you'd remember trying to kill a guy.

Hamill: I actually had to say to him, "Why do you look so familiar to me?" That happens in this business, all the time. And he said, "Mark, it's me. It's Vito." And I felt so embarrassed. I'm just very pleased and honored that they would think of me, at all, [for this]. And they were very gracious, in terms of letting me play around.

Kreisberg: My favorite line in the show is when you say, "Cut off his head and throw it at his face!" Every time I see that, I laugh out loud. That is a Mark Hamill original

Hamill: I had a professor in college who said, "And if the papers are late, I'll be forced to cut off your head and throw it right in your face." That just stuck with me, the absurdity of it all. It's such a violent image, and yet it's [off-set] by the humor of it being a physical impossibility. So, I was throwing those things out there.

Do you typically like to do a lot of improvisation?

Hamill: I try to do things a little bit different each time, so they have the different puzzle pieces and can put they together the way they'd like. It's just fun. If it stops being fun, I'll stop doing it, but I had a great time. The last time, we did it over here on the Warner Bros. lot. I'm so in awe of their history. The backlot is one of my favorite Golden Age studios. I was already saying yes to this before I realized they were in Vancouver. Nothing against Vancouver -- I love that city. I usually love wherever I am. I hate getting there. The airports and all of that are awful.

Was it easy for you to take on this role again, and fun to jump back into that wild and crazy mind-set?

Hamill: I loved it, but it is intimidating. It always happens; they asked me to do a cameo on "The Neighbors," which is a series I loved. It was a variation on "Third Rock from the Sun," and it was very witty and clever. When they asked me to do the cameo, I said, "I'm going to ruin the show for myself." Once you go down and you're on the set and you meet all the people, even though you know it's not real, it's like going to see a live recording of "All in the Family." You'll never see it the same way again after you're in the studio.

I didn't want to show up and ruin a series I liked. That's the danger. But I thought, "Well, if it's really terrible, it's only one episode. They can survive me." It was terribly intimidating, until I got there. Once you get into the spirit of it, it's like slipping into a comfy old pair of tennis shoes.

How does The Trickster compare with your other famous DC villain role, The Joker [which Hamill played to great acclaim on various incarnations of "Batman: The Animated Series"]?

Hamill: I played The Trickster before I ever voiced The Joker. People ask me, "Is that what made them think of you for the animated series?" and it's not. The television department, the movie department and the animation department are all separate entities, and they don't really coordinate. I had read about them doing the animated series, and the benchmark they were aiming for was the Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. I thought, "Oh, boy, they're going to get this right." There were 65 episodes ordered, so they had the ability to go beyond just the villain of the week. So, I said to my agent, "I just want to be on that." They gave me a part in the "Heart of Ice" episode, which was the first Mr. Freeze [episode], and I just went in with full fanboy flags flying and nerded out -- actors are never satisfied. I got on the show and I thought: "How come I'm not Mr. Freeze?" I wanted to play something a little juicier.

I guess they thought of me, later down the road, when they decided to cast The Joker. Unlike the first episode that they just gave me, I went in and read for that. Part of the reason I feel like I was in the right frame of mind was that I thought, "There's no way I'm gonna get this. They just will not cast the guy who played this icon of virtue, this farm boy puppy dog guy, as this arch icon of villainy. There's no way! From a public relations standpoint, I can't get this." So instead of being nervous about it, I went in thinking, "Since they can't hire me, I'm gonna make them really sorry that they can't." As I was driving out of the parking lot, I thought, "Top that! That's the best Joker they're ever gonna hear!" I was really cocky and full of myself.

And of course, ten days later, they said that they wanted me for it. I said, "Oh, no, I can't do this! It's too big! The Joker is too big! If I were Two-Face, or somebody down the line… There's no way that I can satisfy the fans. I can't scratch that itch." I went 180 degrees in the other direction. I was driving to the first recording thinking, "I don't even remember what I did!" I was practicing the laugh on the way to the studio, forgetting they would have reference tapes that they could play.

In Los Angeles, by the way, no one bats an eye if you're laughing maniacally behind the wheel of your car.

It's just fun. I feel so lucky to be involved in projects that are things that I loved when I was a kid. I aspired to do cartoons. I got to it fairly late in my career. I did one when I was a teenager, but then I didn't work in animation for 20 years before I did The Joker. Boy, is it a great job. It's the ultimate lazy actor's job. You don't have to memorize your lines. You can come in looking like hell because they don't care how you look, they care how you sound. And the people involved are so grounded and so talented. It's cutthroat, like any part of show business, but there's a high number of really nice people in voice-over. I love it.

Aside from having the biggest Easter egg of all with Mark Hamill, there are a lot of others in this -- from set design to props -- that are nods to the old show. What was it like to get those elements together?

Kreisberg: It's not just me who loves the old show. There are so many people who work on the show that were all so excited to do that. There were a couple of them in the script. I didn't really need to go back and watch the old episodes, but we all did and we found a whole bunch with the warehouse. The warehouse on the outside was actually what the warehouse looked like, where James Jesse was holed up on the original show. And I've always been a fan of Vito's, not from the old show, but from "The Untouchables," which is one of my favorite movies.

Hamill: I didn't know you guys were looking for original props, because I had the Trickster bear that came into the courtroom and the head flew off. It's in the attic somewhere. I think it traumatized my daughter. She was three years old, so it was hard to differentiate between pretend and reality.

Kreisberg: They made the old Trickster suit to put on the mannequin. As always, with these things, we try to be much more than a show just about Easter eggs. Being so blessed as to have Mark be interested in coming back, I think this is a way in which you've never seen The Trickster, if you have watched the old show. The challenge of this episode was that it had to feel both like a legitimate sequel to the old series, but also feel like an episode of our Flash. We feel like we pulled it off.


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At last -- Mark Hamill is back in the role he made famous! Nope, not that one.

In 1991, still less than a decade after completing his tour of duty as "Star Wars'" wide-eyed-farm-boy-turned-Jedi-Knight Luke Skywalker, Hamill, himself a longtime, very vocal aficionado of sci-fi, fantasy, comic books, pulp fiction, animation and pop culture, signed on for a guest appearance on the first attempt to bring "The Flash" to television, bringing the enduring, elaborately practical joking con artist known as The Trickster to life -- a turn that proved popular enough to inspire a second appearance a few episodes later. Not long after, the show was cancelled and that was that, minus a few in-joke stints providing the voice -- and, frankly, the look -- of the character when he appeared on the animated "Justice League Unlimited."

Nearly a quarter-century later, Hamill finds himself once again walking in The Trickster's shoes as the role is re-imagined for The CW's hit series "The Flash." This time, James Jesse is a colorful but deadly prank-centric anarchist who terrorized Central City before being caught and spending the past two decades behind bars -- until a copycat Trickster surfaces and Barry Allen and Joe West are forced to turn to the older but still ingenious villain for insight on the new baddie, Hannibal Lecter-style.

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Hamill joined with "The Flash's" executive producer Andrew Kreisberg (whose team has previously cast veterans of the '90s series, including star John Wesley Shipp in a recurring role as Barry's dad Henry, and who once again shares scenes with Hamill) for a press conference to reveal the tricks of recruiting the genre icon into reprising his trickiest role.

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How did they get you to do this version of "The Flash," and what did you think when the idea came up?

Hamill's latest return to the DCU is one he never saw coming

Mark Hamill: I'm a fan! I loved the comics when I was a kid, and I watched the original series, before Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo -- who I should mention, and the casting director, April Webster -- got in touch with me and asked me to come over to meet and see if I wanted to do something on the ['90s] show. If it weren't for Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, I'm sure I wouldn't be here, at all.

Andrew Kreisberg: I wouldn't be here!

Hamill: Of course, when this version came on, my daughter Chelsea is a big fan, and I watched it from the very first episode. I even thought, since they were doing Mirror Master and Weather Wizard, and various other Rogues Gallery characters, "I wonder if they're going to do The Trickster?" And then I got a call from my business people saying, "They want you to do something on 'The Flash.'" I was thinking I would be a colleague of John Wesley Shipp's, a professor or something age appropriate. "I'm not getting back into that one-piece jumpsuit spandex deal."

So, when they said they wanted me to play The Trickster, I just couldn't believe it. I couldn't figure out how that could be, unless it was some weird time travel episode. I was very skeptical, but then I called Andrew. The one thing that impresses me about the show is how smart the writing is. It's got the fantasy element and the comic book elements, but it's really strong in characters. The backstory of the father wrongly accused, from the very first episode, is really a strong hold on the audience. And you get to know so much about the personal lives of these characters.

So I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when they had such an ingenious idea of having Devon Graye play a new Trickster with me. All these villains have unwieldy egos, and it works. When I read the script, I said, "Who's this punk getting all my stuff!" I reacted just like I was in character. He really gets to do all of the fun Trickstery things, with the parachute bombs and whatnot.

Kreisberg: This time!

How was it to work with Devon Graye?

Hamill: I was just so enamored of this young actor, Devon Graye. I think he's so vulnerable. I did the EPK on set, just before we did our last scene, which was the scene in the lair, with John Wesley Shipp tied up. I'd seen Devon working and I thought he was very, very good, but there was a take where he confesses his devotion for me, and he was so real that it was astonishing, how troubled a kid this was. I was doing my crazy comic book guy, who was not tethered in reality, and he brought it so close to home, in terms of how emotionally damaged he was. I tell you, it just moved me beyond words. I think the world of him. As far as I'm concerned, he's a worthy successor.

Kreisberg: Devon actually starred in the pilot I did with Paul and Danny at Syfy, "Red Faction."

Hamill: He's just tremendous. One thing that struck me was how happy everyone seems to be. They all get along, and it's a happy set. Having been on sets that weren't quite as happy, it makes a world of difference. I only got to work Grant [Gustin], Jesse [Martin] and Candice [Patton], but not Danielle [Panabaker], Carlos [Valdes] and Tom [Cavanagh]. Rick [Cosnett] was in the scene with the Mayor. By the way, the Mayor is played by Vito D'Ambrosio, who was one of the original cops on the '90s "Flash." I kept thinking, "This guy looks familiar," but I couldn't quite place it.

It's been 25 years since Hamill last plagued the Flash -- in a live-action role, at least

Kreisberg: You blew up his car!

Hamill: I did, yeah. You think I'd remember that.

Kreisberg: You think you'd remember trying to kill a guy.

Hamill: I actually had to say to him, "Why do you look so familiar to me?" That happens in this business, all the time. And he said, "Mark, it's me. It's Vito." And I felt so embarrassed. I'm just very pleased and honored that they would think of me, at all, [for this]. And they were very gracious, in terms of letting me play around.

Kreisberg: My favorite line in the show is when you say, "Cut off his head and throw it at his face!" Every time I see that, I laugh out loud. That is a Mark Hamill original

Hamill: I had a professor in college who said, "And if the papers are late, I'll be forced to cut off your head and throw it right in your face." That just stuck with me, the absurdity of it all. It's such a violent image, and yet it's [off-set] by the humor of it being a physical impossibility. So, I was throwing those things out there.

Do you typically like to do a lot of improvisation?

Hamill: I try to do things a little bit different each time, so they have the different puzzle pieces and can put they together the way they'd like. It's just fun. If it stops being fun, I'll stop doing it, but I had a great time. The last time, we did it over here on the Warner Bros. lot. I'm so in awe of their history. The backlot is one of my favorite Golden Age studios. I was already saying yes to this before I realized they were in Vancouver. Nothing against Vancouver -- I love that city. I usually love wherever I am. I hate getting there. The airports and all of that are awful.

Was it easy for you to take on this role again, and fun to jump back into that wild and crazy mind-set?

Hamill: I loved it, but it is intimidating. It always happens; they asked me to do a cameo on "The Neighbors," which is a series I loved. It was a variation on "Third Rock from the Sun," and it was very witty and clever. When they asked me to do the cameo, I said, "I'm going to ruin the show for myself." Once you go down and you're on the set and you meet all the people, even though you know it's not real, it's like going to see a live recording of "All in the Family." You'll never see it the same way again after you're in the studio.

I didn't want to show up and ruin a series I liked. That's the danger. But I thought, "Well, if it's really terrible, it's only one episode. They can survive me." It was terribly intimidating, until I got there. Once you get into the spirit of it, it's like slipping into a comfy old pair of tennis shoes.

How does The Trickster compare with your other famous DC villain role, The Joker [which Hamill played to great acclaim on various incarnations of "Batman: The Animated Series"]?

Hamill: I played The Trickster before I ever voiced The Joker. People ask me, "Is that what made them think of you for the animated series?" and it's not. The television department, the movie department and the animation department are all separate entities, and they don't really coordinate. I had read about them doing the animated series, and the benchmark they were aiming for was the Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. I thought, "Oh, boy, they're going to get this right." There were 65 episodes ordered, so they had the ability to go beyond just the villain of the week. So, I said to my agent, "I just want to be on that." They gave me a part in the "Heart of Ice" episode, which was the first Mr. Freeze [episode], and I just went in with full fanboy flags flying and nerded out -- actors are never satisfied. I got on the show and I thought: "How come I'm not Mr. Freeze?" I wanted to play something a little juicier.

Hamill's James Jesse has spent the past two decades in prison

I guess they thought of me, later down the road, when they decided to cast The Joker. Unlike the first episode that they just gave me, I went in and read for that. Part of the reason I feel like I was in the right frame of mind was that I thought, "There's no way I'm gonna get this. They just will not cast the guy who played this icon of virtue, this farm boy puppy dog guy, as this arch icon of villainy. There's no way! From a public relations standpoint, I can't get this." So instead of being nervous about it, I went in thinking, "Since they can't hire me, I'm gonna make them really sorry that they can't." As I was driving out of the parking lot, I thought, "Top that! That's the best Joker they're ever gonna hear!" I was really cocky and full of myself.

And of course, ten days later, they said that they wanted me for it. I said, "Oh, no, I can't do this! It's too big! The Joker is too big! If I were Two-Face, or somebody down the line… There's no way that I can satisfy the fans. I can't scratch that itch." I went 180 degrees in the other direction. I was driving to the first recording thinking, "I don't even remember what I did!" I was practicing the laugh on the way to the studio, forgetting they would have reference tapes that they could play.

In Los Angeles, by the way, no one bats an eye if you're laughing maniacally behind the wheel of your car.

It's just fun. I feel so lucky to be involved in projects that are things that I loved when I was a kid. I aspired to do cartoons. I got to it fairly late in my career. I did one when I was a teenager, but then I didn't work in animation for 20 years before I did The Joker. Boy, is it a great job. It's the ultimate lazy actor's job. You don't have to memorize your lines. You can come in looking like hell because they don't care how you look, they care how you sound. And the people involved are so grounded and so talented. It's cutthroat, like any part of show business, but there's a high number of really nice people in voice-over. I love it.

Aside from having the biggest Easter egg of all with Mark Hamill, there are a lot of others in this -- from set design to props -- that are nods to the old show. What was it like to get those elements together?

Kreisberg: It's not just me who loves the old show. There are so many people who work on the show that were all so excited to do that. There were a couple of them in the script. I didn't really need to go back and watch the old episodes, but we all did and we found a whole bunch with the warehouse. The warehouse on the outside was actually what the warehouse looked like, where James Jesse was holed up on the original show. And I've always been a fan of Vito's, not from the old show, but from "The Untouchables," which is one of my favorite movies.

Hamill: I didn't know you guys were looking for original props, because I had the Trickster bear that came into the courtroom and the head flew off. It's in the attic somewhere. I think it traumatized my daughter. She was three years old, so it was hard to differentiate between pretend and reality.

Kreisberg: They made the old Trickster suit to put on the mannequin. As always, with these things, we try to be much more than a show just about Easter eggs. Being so blessed as to have Mark be interested in coming back, I think this is a way in which you've never seen The Trickster, if you have watched the old show. The challenge of this episode was that it had to feel both like a legitimate sequel to the old series, but also feel like an episode of our Flash. We feel like we pulled it off.

Is there any chance we'll ever see the Trickster hanging out with the other Rogues?

Kreisberg: Yes, that is the plan. And again, what's so fun for us -- and why we're, again, so grateful to Mark for wanting to be a part of this -- is when I sit down and I think about Wentworth Miller and Mark in a scene together and watching the dichotomy of them, I think sometimes there's a tendency to sort of just spit out the same villain, week in, week out on these shows, [but] having people who are so different and having people who have powers; and having people who are slightly unhinged but geniuses…

That was the other reason we really wanted to do the Trickster too, because you have so many villains who have these amazing abilities -- either because they're metahumans, or they have this incredible weaponry -- and what was always cool about the Trickster on both series is that he's smart. No matter how crazy he was, he was so smart, and he thought like four steps ahead. And watching The Flash and our team go up against somebody brilliant, a lot of times, our shows are about how to figure out how to chemically or scientifically or how The Flash can use his powers to stop somebody, but this one, they really have to outthink him.

Hamill: What I love about the show is, you feel like you're in this continuum. Because in the old days, the capture of the Trickster would have been the end of the act, and then there'd be a little tease at the end, and it was over. Here, we're taken care of, and then there's that whole other storyline going on. It's really wonderful, the way they sweep you into wanting to come back week after week.

That was one of the things that happened on the original run, was, they were sort of avoiding costumed heroes in the beginning, and my elder son, I remember, he didn't come down one week. So I said, "Hey, come on, 'The Flash' is on." And he said, "Eh, I'm not going to watch this week." And I said, "Why?" He said, "Well, when he fights the villains, what are they going to do? Run?" And I told the story to Danny Bilson because he was fighting motorcycle gangs and gangsters and stuff like that. You need to have a super-adversary to match the extraordinary powers of The Flash.

Kreisberg: That's what we go through every week. It's funny, because Warner Bros. has been so incredibly supportive, and they're so excited, obviously, to do "Arrow" and "Flash." But then as soon as we say, "Okay, we're going to have the villains on," they're like, "Uh..." They kind of get worried about the villains being too cartoon-y. They think back, it's like the "Batman '66" stink -- of which we said, "If The Flash can move at super speed, he can't just be fighting bank robbers. Or if he is fighting bank robbers, they have to be able to do something pretty special."

And again, that's one of the reasons the Trickster, both in the comics and the old show and, hopefully, people will think on our show, is so cool, because he doesn't have any of that. He's just really, really smart. And he's able to use that smartness to out think the gang.

Mark, you were one of the highest-profile fanboys out there long before there were high-profile fanboys. To see the medium get the respect and love it's getting now, after all its highs and lows, what does that mean to you?

Hamill: Well, it's amazing because, like you say, I was back remembering when they were trying to get the film version of Batman made, and I knew they wanted it to be dark and like the original concept before it got stamped with that sort of Adam West look and feel -- and I'm someone who loved the Adam West version; I mean, for little kids, I think that's the perfect entry series for comic book shows. And I don't think anyone's ever been more delicious than Frank Gorshin as the The Riddler -- I just absolutely adored him.

But I never would have dreamed that it would be a whole genre of film. Because I've seen the slow evolution. As Andrew points out, they've shied away -- I remember them announcing in the trades that the film version of Batman and Robin has been cast with Bill Murray as Batman and Eddie Murphy as Robin. [Producer] Michael Uslan told me there was a time when they were going to go full-on comedy with it. And as much as I would love to see that film -- and I would! -- I'm really happy that they were able to do comic book properties that are aimed at an older and smarter audience.

Kreisberg: What was interesting about the old show -- and I've always said this -- is if Frank Gorshin at the end of one of those scenes had slit somebody's throat, nobody would be saying he was silly. It wasn't the performance, and it wasn't even the costume. It was the stakes always felt so small. And that's what's so fun about what we can do now, is you can have somebody like Mark come in and do their thing, but you see how dangerous it is. And I think that's what keeps it grounded and real and scary and fun.

Hamill: Right. But to answer your question, I remember I was on "General Hospital," and Kerwin Mathews [star of "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad"] came on to play a doctor. And I just freaked out. It was Sinbad! And I said, "Can I interview you some day?" And he said, "Okay," and we got together after work one day and I had a tape recorder, and I asked him all my questions and it got printed in a fanzine called "FXRH" -- Film Effects by Ray Harryhausen. And it's kind of a collectible now because it's Kerwin Mathews being interviewed by me, and this was in probably '72. I went to one of the very first ComicCons, and it was like 300 people in the basement of a hotel.

Kreisberg: That's a slow party at ComicCon now.

Hamill: Now, it's like, be careful what you wish for because it's just -- as you know -- chaotic down there.

Obviously, John Wesley Shipp's playing a different character in this version of the show, but talk about the feelings you were having writing the scene for Mark and John?

Kreisberg: Well, I knew there was no point in doing this if we didn't have Mark and John in a scene together. So early on, it was one of the things that we said, when we were constructing the story that Trickster should kidnap Henry because it was a great way to satisfy both the fan in all of us and get to see the two of them act together. But also, you want Barry to really care about the Trickster. He took his dad, and I think that scene between Joe and Barry, where Barry's just like, "I can't lose my dad" -- I just cry every time.

Hamill: [Grant] is a tremendous actor. I mean, both of them are rocks. John Wesley, on the original series: really underrated, such a good actor. Well, he's not underrated -- he's got a mantle full of [Daytime] Emmys. I don't have a mantle full of Emmys. And then, of course, Grant is, of course, again, just tremendous. He's so likable, so natural, so perfect for this character. Because Flash was always much more sunny and upbeat than some of the other, darker characters. And you couldn't do better than have a foundation like that to build a series around. And then Jesse Martin -- come on! He's just money in the bank. You know, that guy's done more episodes of "Law & Order" than Lucille Ball did of "I Love Lucy." I have lots of irritating minutia like that.

Kreisberg: Also, he had the trench coat that John wore, he wore in the original show -- and that was John. He just said, "Hey, you know, when I get out, so I'm not just standing in STAR Labs wearing my prison grays, I have this jacket that I have from the last day I took because I was afraid." And he goes, "And it still fits me." Of course, it does.

Hamill: He didn't ask to keep the [Flash] outfit. Boy, that was murder because it was like a scuba gear covered in, like, fuzz. And the new one is just like so much more practical and real, that I really felt bad for him being in that thing. And they'd try and clean it up over the weekend, they'd spray it with Lysol, but you can imagine wearing this rubber suit. You can't send it to the dry cleaners.

Kreisberg: And he said he would just sweat. Like they would just squeeze it. Like water would come out.

Hamill: Yeah, exactly. But he was so accommodating. If kids came on set, he'd put the head on to pose with them. I mean, that really impressed me. Because, you figure you're in this business to make people happy. So why do you suddenly get to a point where -- there are people that come on set, and they say, "Don't look them directly in the eyes. Don't say good morning." Really? I've got to at least feel like everybody's on my side. Even if it's fake. I'll go handing out Tootsie Rolls to the crew just because you have to feel like they're on your side. You move so fast. You have to be ready for anything. And like I say, this is just a great bunch, I really enjoyed it.

Did you ever imagine you'd get to reprise this role?

Hamill: The first day of shooting [the original "Flash" series] for me was December 26, the day after Christmas, so it was like the middle of the season when they first came up with a costumed villain. And then they did "The Trial of The Trickster" to put together to make it a seamless feature, and they released it overseas.

But what was exciting about it was they said, "Now, when we come back for the second season, it's going to be a two-hour movie event. And we're teaming you up with Mirror Master and Captain Cold…" and I forget who the third one was. I said, "Oh, I'll be working with David Cassidy -- the first time I've worked with him since I was on 'The Partridge Family' playing Laurie's boyfriend," which I did -- like, my third or fourth job.

And so we were crushed when it was cancelled. I just couldn't believe it. I just said, "It's so smart," and they lavished so much money and time and energy -- I really couldn't believe they would cancel it. So it stuck. And the fact that they dangled, "It's going to be a villain team-up." So this was satisfying in a way, like the other shoe dropping.


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- Mark Hamill sobre repetir en su papel como Trickster, y el traer un épico guiño a Star Wars (EW):

Mark Hamill sobre repetir en su papel como Trickster, y el traer un épico guiño a Star Wars
Por Natalie Abrams 30 Marzo, 2015

Mark Hamill is suiting up once again for one of his trickiest characters. The Star Wars legend will reprise his role as flamboyant villain The Trickster during Tuesday’s episode of The Flash, a character he first brought to life in the original 1990s Flash television series.

Acting as something of a sequel to the original, Tuesday’s episode of The Flash finds The Trickster relegated to Iron Heights, serving out a life sentence for his past attempts to destroy Central City. Much to his chagrin, a new and younger Trickster (Devon Graye) seemingly plans to steal his thunder by stirring up trouble in town.

“Just the idea of being asked to play a part [again] decades later, that never happens,” deadpanned Hamill during a recent press screening.

In all seriousness, Hamill has been a fan of The CW’s version since its debut, and pondered whether the show would bring on a new Trickster as more and more characters from The Flash’s Rogues Gallery appeared on the show. “I got a call from my business people saying they want you to do something on The Flash, and I was thinking like a colleague of John Wesley Shipp’s, a professor, something age appropriate,” he said. “I’m not getting back into that one-piece jumpsuit, the spandex deal. When they said The Trickster, I just couldn’t believe it. I just couldn’t figure out how that could be.

“I was very skeptical, but then I called Andrew [Kreisberg] and the one thing that impressed me about this show is how smart the writing is,” Hamill continued. “It’s got the comic book element, but it’s really strong in characters. I shouldn’t have been surprised when they had the ingenious idea of having Devon Graye play a new Trickster. All these villains have unyielding egos. It worked. When I read the script, I said, ‘Who’s this punk getting all this stuff?’ I reacted just like I was in character because he really gets to do all the fun Trickster-y things.”

Interjected Kreisberg: “This time.” That’s right: The Flash bosses are already planning for Hamill’s return as they aim towards the ultimate Rogues Gallery team-up.

“Yes, that is the plan,” Kreisberg confirmed. “What’s so fun for us and why we were so grateful to Mark for wanting to be part of this, is when I sit down and I think about Wentworth Miller and Mark in a scene together and watching the dichotomy of them. Sometimes there’s a tendency to just spit out the same villain week in and week out on these shows. [We have] people who are so different, people who have powers, people who are slightly unhinged, but geniuses.”

Getting back into the mindset of The Trickster, however, was intimidating, according to Hamill. “They asked me to do a cameo on The Neighbors, which was a series I loved,” he noted. “When they asked me to do the cameo, I said, ‘I’m going to ruin the show, for myself anyway.’ Because once you go down and you’re on the set and meet all the people, even though you know it’s not real, it’s like going to see a live recording of All in the Family or something. You’ll never see it the same way again as when you’re sitting the in the studio. I didn’t want to show up and ruin a series I liked. That’s the danger. I thought if it’s really terrible, it’s only one episode, so they can survive me. It was terribly intimidating until I got there. Once you get into the spirit of it, it’s like slipping into a comfy old pair of tennis shows.”

Having Hamill reprise his role also provided The Flash an opportunity not just to nod towards the original series—there are Easter eggs aplenty, as well as a great scene between Hamill and original Flash star Shipp—but also to Hamill’s most famed project. There is one line in particular that will get Star Wars fans giddy… but to say anything more would ruin the episode.


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- Jefes de Flash Boss y Mark Hamill adelantan el regreso de Trickster, y la alianza de los Rogues (TVLine):

Jefes de Flash Boss y Mark Hamill adelantan el regreso de Trickster, y la alianza de los Rogues
Por Vlada Gelman / 30 Marzo 2015, 4:55 PM PDT

Once a Trickster, always a Trickster, and that’s bad news for Barry Allen.

On Tuesday’s episode of The Flash (The CW, 8/7c), Star Wars icon Mark Hamill reprises his role as the colorful villain from the ’90s series, which starred John Wesley Shipp as the speedster.

A self-professed fan of the comics and the original CBS show before he even appeared on it, Hamill tuned into the CW incarnation from the very first episode. “I even thought, since they were doing Mirror Master, Weather Wizard and various other Rogues Gallery [characters], ‘I wonder if they’re going to do the Trickster,”‘ he says. When the show did eventually call to ask him if he would to do a guest spot, Hamill assumed he would be portraying “a colleague of John Wesley Shipp [who plays Henry Allen], a professor. Something age-appropriate. I’m not getting back into that one-piece jumpsuit. I said, ‘Who do they want me to play?’ When they said the Trickster, I just couldn’t believe it,” he recalls with a laugh. “I couldn’t figure out how that could be unless it’s some kind of weird time-travel episode. I was very skeptical.”

But after hopping on the phone with executive producer Andrew Kreisberg, Hamill’s concerns were alleviated. “The one thing that impressed me about the show is how smart the writing is. It’s got the fantasy element, the comic book elements, but it’s really strong in characters,” the actor says. “So I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when they had such an ingenious idea as having [Dexter‘s] Devon Graye play a new Trickster.”

“[Devon] brought it so close to home in terms of how emotionally damaged he was,” Hamill adds. “It just moved me beyond words. As far as I’m concerned, he’s a worthy successor.”

Although there’s a new copycat baddie on the scene, Hamill’s character hasn’t lost any of his cleverness. “What was always cool about the Trickster on both series was he was smart,” Kreisberg says. “No matter how crazy he was, he was smart. He thought four steps ahead.” As a result, Team Flash “really [has] to out-think him” and Wells has to clue in Barry about “something he probably didn’t want to let him know he could do.”

Beyond Hamill, the episode is also peppered with easter eggs and callbacks to the ’90s series, from guest star Vito D’Ambrosio, who played a cop and is now the mayor of Central City, to replica props like the Trickster’s infamously flamboyant costume. Kreisberg also “knew there was no point in doing this if we didn’t have Mark and John in a scene together,” he notes. “Early on, when we were constructing the story, we said, ‘The Trickster should kidnap Henry,’ because it satisfied both the fan in all of us and getting to see the two of them act together, but also you want Barry to really care about the Trickster.'”

But times have changed — probably for the best given that Shipp’s non-breathing costume had to be hosed down weekly, per Hamill — so Tuesday’s hour is “a way in which you’ve never seen the Trickster if you have watched the old show,” the EP adds. “The challenge of this episode was it had to feel like a legitimate sequel to the old series, but also feel like an episode of our Flash. We feel like we pulled it off.”

As for whether the Trickster will return, teamed with the fellow Rogues, “that is the plan,” Kreisberg confirms, expressing his excitement at the idea of “Wentworth Miller and Mark in a scene together and watching the dichotomy of them.”


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- Mark Hamill y Andrew Kreisberg adelantan el regreso de The Trickster (gimmemyremotetv):

Mark Hamill y Andrew Kreisberg adelantan el regreso de The Trickster
by Marisa Roffman 31 Marzo, 2015

THE FLASH is no stranger to paying homage to the CBS 1990 series — after all the Barry Allen of that show was played John Wesley Shipp, who plays Barry’s father in The CW freshman hit — and in tonight’s episode, “Tricksters,” the series is bringing on Mark Hamill to reprise his role as The Trickster/James Jesse, when a new Trickster pops up and starts creating trouble.

“Just the idea of being asked to play a part decades later,” Hamill joked to reporters after a screening of the hour. “That never happens.”

For Hamill, the decision to appear on The CW’s take was an easy one.

“I’m a fan,” he shared. “I loved the comics when I was a kid, and I watched the original series before [from CBS’ THE FLASH creators] Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, who I should mention. And [current THE FLASH] casting director April Webster — I don’t know whose idea it was — called me and got in touch with me, and asked me to come over to see if I wanted to do something on the show. If it weren’t for Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, I’m sure I wouldn’t be here at all…but, of course, when this version came on, my daughter Chelsea is a fan, and I watched it from the very first episode. In fact, I even thought, since they were doing Weather Wizard, and various other Rogues Gallery characters, I wondered if they were going to do the Trickster. And then I got a call from my business people saying, ‘They want you to do THE FLASH.’ And I was thinking, a colleague of John Wesley Shipp’s, a professor, something age-appropriate; I’m not getting back into that one-piece jumpsuit, spandex deal. So I said, ‘Who do they want me to play?’ And when they said, ‘The Trickster,’ I just couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t figure out how that could be, unless it was some sort of weird time travel episode. I was very skeptical. But then I called [THE FLASH showrunner] Andrew [Kreisberg], and the one thing that impressed me about the show is how smart the writing is. It has the fantasy elements, the comic book elements, but it’s really strong in character; the backstory of the father wrongly accused — from the very first episode, that’s a really strong hold on the audience. And you get to know so much about the personal life of these characters. So I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when they had the ingenious idea of having Devon Graye play a new Trickster, with me, appealing to — all these villains have unyielding egos. And it worked! When I read the script, I was like, ‘Who is that punk getting all my stuff?!’ I reacted just like I was in character, because he does get to do all the cool Trickster things with the parachute bombs and whatnot.”

“This time,” Kreisberg added.

And the new Trickster has earned Hamill’s seal of approval.

“I’m so enamored with this young actor, Devon Graye,” Hamill said. “I think he’s so vulnerable. When I was on set, I did the EPK just before we did our [big] scene…I had seen Devon working, and I thought he was very, very good, but there was a take where he…was so real. It was astonishing how troubled a kid this was. I’m just doing this crazy comic book guy, it’s not tethered to reality in my mind — he brought it so close to home in terms of how emotionally damaged he was. I’ll tell you, it just moved me beyond works. And I felt badly, because in the [EPK], I went on and on about comic books, and I didn’t mention Devon at all. And I’m so sorry, because I think the world of him, and as far as I’m concerned, he’s a worthy successor…he’s just tremendous. As is all the cast. The one thing that struck me is how happy everyone seems to be. They all get along; it’s a happy set. And having been on sets where people aren’t quite as happy, it makes a world of difference. I only got to work with Grant [Gustin (Barry)] and Jesse [L. Martin (Joe)] and Candice [Patton (Iris)], so Danielle [Panabaker (Caitlin)], and Carlos [Valdes (Cisco)], and Tom [Cavanagh (Wells)] — and Rick [Cosnett (Eddie)] was in the mayor scene. And by the way, the mayor was played by Vito D’Ambrosio, who was one of the original cops in the ’90s FLASH…What great sense of continuity. I’m very pleased and honored they would think of me at all.”

The hour also features a few callbacks to Hamill’s original run as The Trickster, much to the delight of the team who works on the show.

“It’s not just me who loved the old show,” Kreisberg said. “There were so many people who work on the show who were so excited to do that. There were a couple of [callbacks] in the script — and I didn’t really need to go back and rewatch those old episodes, but we all did, and we found a bunch [of things to include].[We use the same warehouse] where James Jesse was holed up in the original show. I’ve always been a fan of Vito’s, not only from THE FLASH, but THE UNTOUCHABLES is one of my favorite movies…they made the old Trickster suit to put on the mannequin…I think, as always with these things, we try to be more than a show about easter eggs. But again, being so blessed to have Mark come back, I think this is the way in which you’ve never seen the Trickster, if you have watched the old show. The challenge of this episode was it had to feel like a legitimate sequel to the old series, but also feel like an episode of our FLASH.”

And, naturally, the show will find a way to have Hamill and Shipp interact again.

“I knew there was no point in doing this if we didn’t have Mark and John in a scene together,” Kreisberg acknowledged. “Early on, when we were constructing the story, we said the Trickster should kidnap Henry, because it’s a great way to satisfy both the fan in all of us, and getting to see the two of them act together. And you want Barry to care about the Trickster — he took his dad.”

“He’s a tremendous actor,” Hamill praised. “Both of them are rocks. John Wesley on the original series — really underrated, he’s such a good actor. Well, he’s not underrated, he has a mantle full of Emmys. And then, of course, Grant, he’s tremendous. So likable, so natural, so perfect for this character. Flash was always much more sunny and upbeat versus the other characters. And you couldn’t do better than that to have a foundation to build a series on. And Jesse Martin, come on. That guy’s just money in the bank. That guy’s done more episodes of LAW AND ORDER than Lucille Ball did of I LOVE LUCY!”

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- Mark Hamill y Andrew Kreisberg hablan sobre el traer de vuelta a The Trickster (collider):

Mark Hamill y Andrew Kreisberg hablan sobre el traer de vuelta a The Trickster
Por Christina Radish 30 Marzo, 2015

In Episode 17 of The CW series The Flash, entitled “Tricksters,” a copycat killer using the name The Trickster (Devon Graye) starts setting off bombs in Central City. In an effort to stop him, Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) and Joe West (Jesse L. Martin) meet with the original Trickster, a criminal mastermind named James Jesse (Mark Hamill, reprising the role he first played in the original series), who has been imprisoned for 20 years, hoping for some insight into how to stop this new incarnation.

Following a screening of the episode at The CW offices, actor Mark Hamill talked about bringing back The Trickster, working with counterpart Devon Graye, improvising, why it was terribly intimidating to show up on set, why he also enjoys voicing The Joker for various animated projects, his look, working with John Wesley Shipp, and how amazing it is to see the comic book medium getting the respect and love that it’s getting now, while executive producer Andrew Kreisberg talked about his favorite improvised line, paying homage to the original series, and getting Mark Hamill and John Wesley Shipp into the same scene. Be aware that there are some spoilers.

Question: Mark, how did they get you to do this version of The Flash, and what did you think when the idea came up?

MARK HAMILL: I’m a fan! I loved the comics when I was a kid, and I watched the original series, before Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, who I should mention, and the casting director, April Webster, got in touch with me and asked me to come over to meet and see if I wanted to do something on the show. If it weren’t for Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, I’m sure I wouldn’t be here, at all. Of course, when this version came on, my daughter, Chelsea, is a big fan, and I watched it from the very first episode. I even thought, since they were doing Mirror Master and Weather Wizard, and various other Rogues Gallery characters, “I wonder if they’re going to do The Trickster.”

And then, I got a call from my business people saying, “They want you to do something on The Flash.” I was thinking I would be a colleague of John Wesley Shipp’s, a professor, or something age appropriate. I’m not getting back into that one-piece jumpsuit spandex deal. So, when they said they wanted me to play The Trickster, I just couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t figure out how that could be, unless it was some weird time travel episode. I was very skeptical, but then I called Andrew.

The one thing that impresses me about the show is how smart the writing is. It’s got the fantasy element and the comic book elements, but it’s really strong in characters. The backstory of the father wrongly accused, from the very first episode, is really a strong hold on the audience. And you get to know so much about the personal lives of these characters. So, I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when they had such an ingenious idea of having Devon Graye play a new Trickster with me. All these villains have unwieldy egos. And it works. When I read the script, I said, “Who’s this punk getting all my stuff!” I reacted just like I was in character. He really gets to do all of the fun Trickstery things, with the parachute bombs and whatnot.

How was it to work with Devon Graye, also playing The Trickster?

HAMILL: I was just so enamored of this young actor, Devon Graye. I think he’s so vulnerable. I did the EPK on set, just before we did our last scene, which was the scene in the lair with John Wesley Shipp tied up. I’d seen Devon working and I thought he was very, very good, but there was a take where he confesses his devotion for me, and he was so real that it was astonishing, how troubled a kid this was. I was doing my crazy comic book guy, who was not tethered in reality, and he brought it so close to home, in terms of how emotionally damaged he was. I tell you, it just moved me beyond words. I think the world of him. As far as I’m concerned, he’s a worthy successor. He’s just tremendous. One thing that struck me was how happy everyone seems to be. They all get along, and it’s a happy set. Having been on sets that weren’t quite as happy, it makes a world of difference.

I only got to work Grant [Gustin], Jesse [Martin] and Candice [Patton], but not Danielle [Panabaker], Carlos [Valdes] and Tom [Cavanagh]. Rick [Cosnett] was in the scene with the Mayor. By the way, the Mayor is played by Vito D’Ambrosio, who was one of the original cops on the ‘90s Flash. I kept thinking, “This guy looks familiar,” but I couldn’t quite place it. I actually had to say to him, “Why do you look so familiar to me?” That happens in this business, all the time. And he said, “Mark, it’s me. It’s Vito.” And I felt so embarrassed. I’m just very pleased and honored that they would think of me, at all, [for this]. And they were very gracious, in terms of letting me play around.

ANDREW KREISBERG: My favorite line in the show is when you say, “Cut off his head and throw it at his face!” Every time I see that, I laugh out loud. That is a Mark Hamill original.

HAMILL: I had a professor in college who said, “And if the papers are late, I’ll be forced to cut off your head and throw it right in your face.” That just stuck with me, the absurdity of it all. It’s such a violent image, and yet it’s [off-set] by the humor of it being a physical impossibility. So, I was throwing those things out there.

Do you typically like to do a lot of improvisation?

HAMILL: I try to do things a little bit different each time, so they have the different puzzle pieces and can put they together the way they’d like. It’s just fun. If it stops being fun, I’ll stop doing it, but I had a great time. The last time, we did it over here on the Warner Bros. lot. I’m so in awe of their history. The backlot is one of my favorite Golden Age studios. I was already saying yes to this before I realized they were in Vancouver. Nothing against Vancouver. I love that city. I usually love wherever I am. I hate getting there. The airports and all of that are awful.

How much fun was it to throw the Star Wars line into the episode?

HAMILL: In rehearsal, I said, “I am your daddy,” which got a big laugh in the table read. I’m sorry I didn’t give them that option, during filming, because it would have been fun to have the option to self-parody the line. But it got a big laugh, so if you’re happy, I’m happy.

Was it easy for you to take on this role again, and was it fun to jump back into that wild and crazy mind-set?

HAMILL: I loved it, but it is intimidating. They asked me to do a cameo on The Neighbors, which is a series a loved. It was a variation on Third Rock from the Sun, and it was very witty and clever. When they asked me to do the cameo, I said, “I’m going to ruin the show for myself.” Once you go down and you’re on the set and you meet all the people, even though you know it’s not real, it’s like going to see a live recording of All in the Family. You’ll never see it the same way again, after you’re in the studio. I didn’t want to show up and ruin a series I liked. That’s the danger. But I thought, “Well, if it’s really terrible, it’s only one episode. They can survive me.” It was terribly intimidating, until I got there. Once you get into the spirit of it, it’s like slipping into a comfy old pair of tennis shoes.

Could you have imagined you’d be playing this role again, over 20 years later?

HAMILL: The first day of shooting for me [on the original series] was December 26th, the day after Christmas. It was the middle of the season when they first came up with a costume villain. And then, they did the trial of The Trickster to make it a seamless feature to release overseas. But what was exciting about it was that they said, “Now, when we come back for the second season, it’s going to be a two-hour movie event. We’re teaming you up with Mirror Master and Captain Cold,” and I forget who the third one was. I said, “Oh, I’ll be working with David Cassidy. It will be the first time I’ve worked with him since I was on The Partridge Family, playing Laurie’s boyfriend.” That was my third or fourth job. And so, we were crushed when it was canceled. I just couldn’t believe it. I said, “It’s so smart, and they lavished so much money and time and energy.” I really couldn’t believe they would cancel it. And they had dangled, “It’s going to be a villain team up.” So, this was satisfying.

How is it to also voice The Joker, for the various animated projects you’ve done?

HAMILL: I played The Trickster before I ever voiced The Joker. People ask me, “Is that what made them think of you for the animated series?,” and it’s not. The television department, the movie department and the animation department are all separate entities, and they don’t really coordinate. I had read about them doing the animated series, and the benchmark they were aiming for was the Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. I thought, “Oh, boy, they’re going to get this right.” There were 65 episodes ordered, so they had the ability to go beyond just the villain of the week. So, I said to my agent, “I just want to be on that.” They gave me a part in the “Heart of Ice” episode, which was the first Mr. Freeze, and I just went in with full fanboy flags flying and nerded out. Actors are never satisfied. I got on the show and I thought, “How come I’m not Mr. Freeze?” I wanted to play something a little juicier.

I guess they thought of me, later down the road, when they decided to cast The Joker. Unlike the first episode that they just gave me, I went in and read for that. Part of the reason I feel like I was in the right frame of mind was that I thought, “There’s no way I’m gonna get this. They just will not cast the guy who played this icon of virtue, this farm boy puppy dog guy, as this arch icon of villainy. There’s no way! From a public relations standpoint, I can’t get this.” So, instead of being nervous about it, I went in thinking, “Since they can’t hire me, I’m gonna make them really sorry that they can’t.” As I was driving out of the parking lot, I thought, “Top that! That’s the best Joker they’re ever gonna here!” I was really cocky and full of myself. And of course, ten days later, they said that they wanted me for it. I said, “Oh, no, I can’t do this! It’s too big! The Joker is too big! If I were Two-Face, or somebody down the line. There’s no way that I can satisfy the fans. I can’t scratch that itch.” I went 180 degrees in the other direction.

I was driving to the first recording thinking, “I don’t even remember what I did!” I was practicing the laugh on the way to the studio, forgetting they would have reference tapes that they could play. In Los Angeles, by the way, no one bats an eye, if you’re laughing maniacally behind the wheel of your far. It’s just fun. I feel so lucky to be involved in projects that are things that I loved when I was a kid. I aspired to do cartoons. I got to it fairly late, in my career. I did one when I was a teenager, but that I didn’t work in animation for 20 years before I did The Joker. Boy, is it a great job. It’s the ultimate lazy actor’s job. You don’t have to memorize your lines. You can come in looking like hell because they don’t care how you look, they care how you sound. And the people involved are so grounded and so talented. It’s cutthroat, like any part of show business, but there’s a high number of really nice people in voice-over. I love it.

Andrew, aside from having the biggest Easter egg of all with Mark Hamill, there are a lot of others, from set design to props. What was it like to get those elements together?

KREISBERG: It’s not just me who loves the old show. There are so many people who work on the show that were all so excited to do that. There were a couple of them in the script. I didn’t really need to go back and watch the old episodes, but we all did and we found a whole bunch with the warehouse. The warehouse on the outside was actually what the warehouse looked like, where James Jesse was holed up on the original show. I’ve always been a fan of Vito’s, not from the old show, but from The Untouchables, which is one of my favorite movies.

HAMILL: I didn’t know you guys were looking for original props ‘cause I had the Trickster bear that came into the courtroom and the head flew off. It’s in the attic somewhere. I think it traumatized my daughter. She was three years old, so it was hard to differentiate between pretend and reality.

KREISBERG: They made the old Trickster suit to put on the mannequin. As always, with these things, we try to be much more than a show just about Easter eggs. Being so blessed as to have Mark be interested in coming back, I think this is a way in which you’ve never seen The Trickster, if you have watched the old show. The challenge of this episode was that it had to feel both like a legitimate sequel to the old series, but also feel like an episode of our Flash. We feel like we pulled it off.

How did you decide on the look for The Trickster, this time around?

HAMILL: I said to the prop department, “When we’re in The Trickster’s lair, can you have a hair clipper and we’ll save some of my hair, so we can explain why my hairdo changes.” No one is going to notice, but I made a big argument. I said, “If you see him in prison and he’s still got that Sex Pistols hair-cut, that’s really wonderful.” It’s so age inappropriate and sad. I thought there was something poignant and just really creepy about it. Andrew said, “No, I want to see you with your long, grey hair.” I thought, “Grey hair?!” But, I’m not autonomous. I don’t come in and say, “It has to be this way. The Trickster wouldn’t say that.” I love collaborating, so I went with it.

What I love about the show is that you feel like you’re in this continuum. In the old days, the capture of The Trickster would have been the end of the act, and then there would be a little tease at the end, and it would be over. Here, there’s a whole other storyline going on. It’s really wonderful, the way they sweep you into wanting to come back, week after week. For the original run, they were avoiding costumed heroes, in the beginning. I remember one week, I said to my elder son, “Hey, come on, The Flash is on.” And he said, “Eh, I’m not going to watch this week.” And I said, “Why?” He said, “Well, when he fights the villains, what are they going to do, run?” You need to have a super adversary to match the extraordinary powers of The Flash.

KREISBERG: That’s what we go through, every week. It’s funny because Warner Brothers has been so incredibly supportive, and they’re so excited to do Arrow and The Flash. But then, as soon as we say, “Okay, we’re going to have the villains on,” they get worried about the villains being too cartoony. If The Flash can move at super speed, he can’t just be fighting bank robbers, or if he is fighting bank robbers, they have to be able to do something pretty special. One of the reasons The Trickster, both in the comics and the old show, is so cool, is because he doesn’t have any of that. He’s just really, really smart, and he’s able to use that smartness to out think the gang.

Andrew, John Wesley Shipp is playing a different character in this version of The Flash, but what was it like to have him in scenes with Mark Hamill?

KREISBERG: Well, I knew there was no point in doing this, if we didn’t have Mark and John in a scene together. So early on, one of the things we said, when we were constructing the story, was that Trickster should kidnap Henry because it would satisfy both the fan in all of us and getting to see the two of them act together. You also want Barry to really care about The Trickster. He took his dad.

HAMILL: He’s a tremendous actor. Both of them are rocks. John Wesley, on the original series, was really underrated and such a good actor. Well, he’s not underrated. He’s got a mantle full of Emmys. I don’t have a mantle full of Emmys. And Grant is just tremendous. He’s so likable, so natural, and so perfect for this character because The Flash was always much more sunny and upbeat than some of the other darker characters. You couldn’t do better than have a foundation like that to build a series around. And then, Jesse Martin is just money in the bank. That guy has done more episodes of Law & Order than Lucille Ball did of I Love Lucy.

Mark, you were one of the highest profile fanboys before there were high-profile fanboys. What does it mean to you to see the medium get the respect and love it’s getting now?

HAMILL: Well, it’s amazing! I remember back when they were trying to get the film version of Batman made. I knew they wanted it to be dark and like the original concept, before it got stamped with that Adam West look and feel. And I’m someone who loved the Adam West version. For little kids, I think that’s the perfect entry series for comic book shows. And I don’t think anyone’s ever been more delicious than Frank Gorshin as The Riddler. I just absolutely adored him. But, I never would have dreamed that it would be a whole genre of film. I’ve seen the slow evolution. I remember them announcing in the trades that the film version of Batman was cast with Bill Murray as Batman and Eddie Murphy as Robin. There was a time when they were going to go full-on comedy with it. And as much as I would love to see that film, I’m really happy that they were able to do comic book properties that are aimed at an older and smarter audience.


http://collider.com/the-flash-mark-hamill-interview/

- On Location con Danielle Panabaker (dujour):

On Location con Danielle Panabaker
Por Adam Rathe

Danielle Panabaker might not be able to tell you exactly how long she’s been working on the Vancouver set of the CW series The Flash, but she knows it’s been somewhere around nine months.

“We went up the first week of July to start filming, and I had a friend who got pregnant right around the time I left,” the L.A. denizen says. “Last weekend I went to her baby shower, and she’ll have had the baby before I’m done filming season one. That’s how I know it’s been a long stretch.”

Still the actress, who plays Caitlin Snow on the series, isn’t complaining. In fact, she’s come to enjoy her adopted hometown.

“I love Vancouver, it’s an amazing city,” she says. “It’s absolutely beautiful where I live, right on the water, and I can walk my dog at the marina every morning.”

The human company isn’t so bad, either.

“We’re very lucky: everyone in the cast loves one another and gets along quite well,” she says. Jesse L. Martin has sort of become the patriarch of our show. He’s got a really great place with a lot of space, so inevitably you can find us at his apartment. That’s just where we all congregate on weekends.”

And during the week, Panabaker and her cohorts keep quite busy. The first season of the series is set to include 23 episodes, each of which can take up to nine days to film and invariably includes some kind of never-before-seen super-powered villain.

“Our first season has had a big learning curve in terms of the special effects,” Panabaker says. “I’m constantly impressed with how much they accomplish every week. It’s funny, every time a new script comes out somebody inevitably throws his hands up and says, ‘This cant be done! There is no way we can do this in one episode of television,’ and yet somehow we always manage to pull it off.”

So, even if the Georgia native is logging most of her north of the border, it seems to be time well spent. “Every day,” she says, “is a new surprise.”


http://dujour.com/culture/danielle-pana ... interview/

- Por qué Mark Hamill estaba asustado de "Arruinar" The Flash mientras que repetía en su icónico papel de Trickster (E!Online):

Por qué Mark Hamill estaba asustado de "Arruinar" The Flash mientras que repetía en su icónico papel de Trickster
Por Sydney Bucksbaum 31 Marzo, 2015 10:00 AM PDT

Jumping back into a role decades after first portraying it should come second nature to Mark Hamill by now.

Not only is he reprising his iconic Star Wars role, Luke Skywalker, in the highly-anticipated blockbuster sequel Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but he's also returning to The Flash tonight after first appearing in the original '90s show as The Trickster.

"I'm a fan. I loved the comics when I was a kid and I watched the original series," Hamill told E! News along with a small group of reporters at a press screening of the episode. "When this version came on, my daughter Chelsea is a big fan, and I watched it from the very first episode. I even thought, since they were doing Mirror Master and Weather Wizard and various other Rogues Gallery characters, I wondered if they were going to do the Trickster."

But Hamill never in a million years thought he'd be the one to play that iconic villain this time around.

"I thought I would play a colleague of John Wesley Shipp's, a professor, something age-appropriate," Hamill said with a laugh. "I'm not getting back into the one-piece jumpsuit, the spandex deal! When they said [they wanted me to play] the Trickster, I just couldn't believe it! I was very skeptical."

In fact, Hamill even revealed that the whole experience of reprising his own role decades later was "intimidating."

"I loved it but it is intimidating," Hamill said. "I didn't want to show up and ruin a series I liked. That's the danger. It was terribly intimidating until I got there. Once you get into the spirit of it, it's like slipping into comfy old pair of tennis shoes."

But in typical The Flash fashion, Hamill's return to the DC Comics world comes with a bit of a twist.

Since the episode plays as a "sequel" to the original series, Hamill's Trickster is currently locked up in Iron Heights Prison serving a life sentence for terrorizing Central City all those years ago, and a new, younger Trickster (played by Devon Graye) takes up his old mission to bring chaos to the city. While onscreen, the original Trickster does not appreciate someone stealing his legacy, offscreen Hamill couldn't help but gush over how talented Graye is.

"I think the world of [Graye] and as far as I'm concerned, he's a worthy successor," Hamill said. "He's just tremendous."

Tonight's episode is going to be a treat for both old fans and new ones alike. Seeing Shipp and Hamill share the screen together again will give any fan of the original series a major kick, and there are enough easter eggs sprinkled throughout the episode to satisfy even the most basic fan.

"It's not just me who loved the old show," executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said. "There are so many people who work on the show and they were all so excited to [drop easter eggs]. There are so many in the script. They made the old Trickster suit to put on the mannequin. As always with these things, we try to be much more than a show about easter eggs. And being so blessed in Mark being interested to come back, this is a way in which you've never seen the Trickster before."


http://uk.eonline.com/news/641207/why-m ... eol-manual

- Interview: John Wesley Shipp (podasterynetwork):

http://www.podasterynetwork.com/2015/03 ... ley-shipp/


- Carlos Valdes Q&A in fb:

https://www.facebook.com/CWTheFlash/pho ... 3727789932




- ‘The Flash’ Postmortem: Eobard Thawne Habla (Variety):

‘The Flash’ Postmortem: Eobard Thawne Habla
Por Laura Prudom 31 Marzo, 2015 | 06:00PM PT

If you thought you had Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) all figured out after the STAR Labs founder admitted that he was Eobard Thawne — aka the Reverse Flash — in the March 17 episode of “The Flash,” this week’s installment arrived just in time to disabuse you of that notion, proving that Thawne still has plenty of secrets up his sleeve. In “Tricksters,” we were introduced to the real Eobard Thawne (Matt Letscher), who murdered Nora Allen before finding himself stranded in the past. This prompted him to instigate the car crash that killed Harrison Wells’ wife, Tess, before using a device to allow him to take on Wells’ appearance and leave the real scientist dead and withered, all so that Thawne could accelerate Wells’ development on the particle accelerator that gave Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) his super speed.

Elsewhere in the hour, Barry and Detective Joe West (Jesse L. Martin) revealed Barry’s secret identity as The Flash to Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett), Joe’s partner on the force, so that the trio could begin investigating who “Harrison Wells” really is, after Barry became convinced that his STAR Labs mentor was indeed the Reverse Flash.

To dissect the unexpected twists of “Tricksters,” Variety spoke to Letscher about portraying the real Eobard Thawne and what his arrival means for “The Flash” as it hurtles towards its freshman finale.

Just how shrouded in secrecy was this guest appearance?
Well, it was offered to me back in December of 2014, and I’ve been hermetically sealed in a vault in the ground since then. [Laughs.] No, I had worked with Andrew Kreisberg before, and I got an offer for the role and I spoke with him and he just said, “we want you to do this, we’re excited for you to do this, but you can’t tell anybody.” I did tell my family, my children, because my boys love the show — so they were excited about it, and then I forbid them from telling anybody else. So I had partners in my self-contained torture.

How did the producers describe the role to you?
I wasn’t really well-versed in the Flash mythology, so they basically laid out who the character was, and then they told me that it’s basically who Tom has been the entire season. I’d been watching the show so once I knew that, I was on board. I knew this would be a mindblowing revelation for people. Having worked with Andrew and Greg [Berlanti] before, and Tom, everything about the opportunity excited me, so it was an easy sell on their part.

Was it pitched as a one off appearance or with a potential to return?
He’ll definitely be back — I’ll be back this season. It was definitely pitched as something that they would like to develop in some way, beyond this year even, possibly. I’m especially interested to see what it does for Tom and his character on the show — I think it presents a delicious conundrum for fans and for the writers themselves on how they’re going to handle it.

Obviously, Tom technically originated the role of Thawne-as-Wells, so did you guys have any discussions during this episode about how to play him?
We mostly talked about how I was going to pronounce his name. [Laughs.] That was one of the big discussions. We didn’t talk too much; he told me a little bit about it, but once I had been told that that was what he’d been doing all season, I went back and I looked at a few episodes, watched his behavior — how he behaved in public versus how he behaved in private when he was talking to Gideon. I tried to take a little flavor from that and put it into what I was doing because he was doing it so well. But beyond that there wasn’t a whole lot of discussion, it was just “show up and have fun.”

How much have you been told about Eobard Thawne’s future within the show — in terms of the time he came from?
Bare bones. They have a lot of possibilities — if you’re just going from The Flash’s own history as a storyline, you have a lot of different possibilities you can choose from in terms of how you want to develop Eobard Thawne or Professor Zoom or whatever you want to call him. I think they’re still sorting some of that, about how they want to look at him in the future, so I just got the bare bones of “this is where he came from, this is where he has to get back to, this is what he has to do to do it.” So I chose to focus on that this season.

Were you given any insight into how the existence of The Flash has shaped Thawne as a character and his motivations?
Yes, to some degree I was pointed in that direction, but I think until they figure out how they want to sort that out in future episodes, they weren’t too worried about that. They wanted me to stay in the present and what the present problem was, which was “I gotta get the hell out of here.” [Laughs.]

People seem to geek out when they get to try on iconic superhero costumes — how did you feel about donning the Reverse Flash’s yellow suit?
I geeked out like crazy, I definitely did. I also thought I should immediately join a crossfit class. But it’s one of those special moments, one of those Hollywood moments where you’re getting to put on this superhero costume in the middle of the night in Vancouver and scream and yell and do crazy stuff. I just thought “This is the kind of thing I’ll remember when I’m 8 years old in a retirement home somewhere, that I got to be the Reverse Flash.”

Did you do any back-reading with some of the classic DC Comics as preparation, or did you just decide to stick with whatever was on the page?
Yeah, Andrew was pretty clear on that — I was doing research in that regard and Andrew said, “you don’t need to worry too much about any of that, because there’s so much there, and so much of it isn’t useful for what we’re doing right in the moment. So I did enough to know just how rich the history was for the character, and when it came to actually doing the work it was just, “focus on the script, make sure I’m up to date on what the story has been in the season so far, and then devote myself to what’s happening right now.”

I know that there are many generations between Eddie Thawne and Eobard, but you do definitely share more of a resemblance with Rick than Tom does, if only in hair color, so that felt like kind of a lightbulb moment: “aha — they’re both blond!”
That’s another thing — I have no idea how they’re going to sort that out, in terms of where I fit in with [Eddie] and what that means for the future of the show. But it does explain the blondness. [Laughs.]

As a fan of the series before you were cast, what has been the best part of joining the show?
I love working on Greg’s shows and Andrew’s shows because this is a show about metahumans, but what the show gives equal weight to is the human part of them; their emotional lives; what it is that’s motivating them beyond just being given these special powers. These are people who are thrust into a situation where they’re given something extraordinary to do, but they’re still very much human beings trying to sort their way through the complications of that situation. And I love how [Greg] plays on both sides of that. To join a show that has that as its face, and to be working with such great actors… Grant has been doing such a good job, he has such a lovely presence, he handles things with aplomb and Tom Cavanagh, who I’ve worked with before and watched his work this year, I feel like he’s done really great work and you just know you’re signing on to quality across the board. As an actor, there’s nothing else you can ask for.


http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/flash-r ... 201463805/

- El nuevo actor de The Flash sobre el impactante giro de Reverse Flash (EW):

El nuevo actor de The Flash sobre el impactante giro de Reverse Flash
Por Natalie Abrams 31 Marzo, 2015

Harrison Wells both is and isn’t the Reverse Flash.

The Flash dropped yet another bombshell during Tuesday’s episode when the series flashed back to the night Barry’s (Grant Gustin) mother died. After future Barry thwarted the Reverse Flash from killing his younger self, the Reverse Flash high-tailed it out of the Allen house only to lose steam halfway down the street. With his powers depleted, the Reverse Flash screams in anguish that he is stuck in the past, ripping off his mask to reveal… well, an entirely new actor. Matt Letscher, who previously worked with Flash bosses Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti on Eli Stone, is actually Eobard Thawne.

But seriously, how is this all possible? Stranded in the past, the real Eobard tracked down Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh), knowing that the scientific mastermind goes on to create a working particle accelerator with his wife in 2020. But Eobard can’t wait that long, so he causes the car accident that kills Wells’ wife and then uses what amounts to a body snatching machine to take on Wells’ appearance. That’s right, the Harrison Wells we thought we knew is long gone. It’s been Eobard Thawne the whole time. EW caught up with Letscher, who you may also recognize from The Carrie Diaries and Scandal, to get the scoop on what this all means:

How did the guys approach you for this? Did they tell you anything about the character?
MATT LETSCHER: Yeah. I spoke with Andrew and he told me exactly who the character was going to be, that it was the Reverse Flash. I don’t have a comprehensive grasp of Flash history like he does, so I didn’t understand just how important the character was to The Flash. He said it will definitely explain a lot about what was happening this season and also factor into the show going forward.

What was the secrecy like on set? Were they trying to keep people away from seeing you in costume?
Any time I was in the Reverse Flash outfit, they definitely would shoot me in an area where nobody could see me. They were very careful about doing that. That was one of the first things he said, “Don’t talk to anybody about it. Don’t tell anyone what you’re doing.” It seems like that’s the norm on a lot of shows today because they want to be able to surprise people. They did everything they could to keep it a secret.

How much do you actually know about the character now? Do you know about his motivations?
The Reverse Flash, or Professor Zoom, he took on so many different iterations throughout the history of The Flash, the comic book. I think Andrew and Greg and everybody behind the show are trying to find the story they want to tell with the character and how it best forwards Barry’s story. In terms of what actually ends up happening from this point forward, I’m not sure, but I definitely have done some research now and know a lot more about the character. Motivations is an interesting question, because there’s not a lot revealed in this episode with regards to motivations, other than his most immediate need, which is to get back to the future where he’s from. But why he becomes the Reverse Flash, I’ve read several different stories of why this happens and how it happens, I’ll be honest, it’s still a little bit of a mystery to me. I think it’s something they’re building to in the show. It’s something we’re going to see more of later on.

He comes off as a bit of a mustache-twirling villain in this episode because he kills Harrison’s wife way ahead of her time. What’s your take on him? Are there any redeeming qualities?
Andrew has been very clear that he doesn’t want him to be just a psychopath. There is something more to him. Some of that is to be revealed. All I know is the circumstances I was given in this episode, which was he needs to get back to where he came from and the only way to do it is this. Clearly, the man has some sociopathic tendencies. How deeply rooted those are, his reasons for taking the actions he does take, I think that’s going to be revealed more as we go along.

How soon will we see you as Eobard again?
You’ll see him again this season at some point.

Will we possibly see Eobard in his own time?
I can honestly tell you that I’m not sure.

Had you been watching The Flash before you were cast?
Yeah, because I have two sons and they’re fanatical about the show. When Andrew called with the offer, I was the most popular person in my house. They were excited. I’ve been keeping up with the show. I love it. I watch all of Greg’s shows, because I just love the way he develops character and the way he tells story. He’s somebody who is not afraid to look for the emotional truth in these kind of supernatural circumstances. He has an intensity and earnestness that I really appreciate. I’ve really enjoyed the show this season.

Knowing the show, what was your reaction to the twist of Eobard basically body-snatching Wells? It feels like it could be pretty polarizing.
Yeah, I think probably. My first reaction was, so what does that mean for Tom Cavanagh? They had an answer for that. I was shocked to understand that all the work that Tom has been doing over the course of the season was really, in a way, in service of another character. He’s been fantastic on the show. He’s just a wonderful actor and a great guy. What he’s done in developing Harrison Wells with this foreknowledge has been pretty masterful. To get the news that this was what was behind it was exciting. Yeah, I’m sure it’ll be a polarizing reaction, but for TV, that’s a good thing.

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- Productor ejecutivo Matt Letscher habla sobre el giro de Eobard y los planes para la S2 (TVLine):

Productor ejecutivo Matt Letscher habla sobre el giro de Eobard y los planes para la S2
Por Vlada Gelman / 31 Marzo 2015, 6:00 PM PDT

Looks can be deceiving.

On Tuesday night’s The Flash, the real Eobard Thawne (as played by The Carrie Diaries‘ Matt Letscher) was revealed during flashbacks to the night of Mama Allen’s murder. Trapped in the past, Eobard studied Dr. Wells, then took over his body to speed up the creation of the particle accelerator that would help him get back to his own time.

“It’s future tech. We’re calling it genetic camouflage,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg explains. “He basically rewrote his DNA to match Wells’.”

But what of the actual doc, who appeared to be decayed after the incident? “What happened to Harrison Wells’ real body and what really happened that night and all these things are going to start coming out,” the EP says. “What happened in [Episode] 15, not all of it went away as people are going to find out soon.”

As for the body swap twist, it’s been in the works for a while. As they were breaking Episode 13, Kreisberg and fellow EP Greg Berlanti were trying to figure out, “Why wouldn’t the blood just show them it was Wells?” Kreisberg shares. Then the idea came up of, “What if Wells wasn’t Wells? What if he stole Wells’ body?”

Once Kreisberg and Berlanti landed on the switcheroo, “We both said, ‘We should get Matt,’ who is so great at playing the villain” — he was Captain Love in The Mask of Zorro — and worked with the duo on Eli Stone, Kreisberg notes.

“They approached me earlier than you would normally be approached,” before the holidays in 2014, Letscher recalls. “I think they knew that it was going to be a big reveal and they wanted to make sure they knew who they were writing for, but also, they wanted me to be prepared and to make sure I was in the cone of silence, so to speak.”

The actor then looked at Tom Cavanagh’s performance as Wells for inspiration. “I tried to, especially in his private moments with Gideon, take a little bit of what he was doing and get that flavor into what I was doing without trying to outright copy him,” he describes.

However, if you, like this reporter, thought the Reverse-Flash’s voice doesn’t sound much like Cavanagh and wondered after the reveal if Letscher actually supplied it, the actor says he didn’t do any voiceovers for the previous episodes. (“I don’t know what they would have done in post-[production], but it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some modulation that happened to create a little bit of cognitive dissonance there when you’re watching Tom and he’s somehow not syncing up with who you think he really is,” he adds. “That would be a great way to handle it. But that’s just me speculating.”)

Donning the villain’s sleek outfit proved to be a little more challenging. “The costume was built to Tom, who is a fitter man than I,” Letscher says with a laugh. “I managed to squeeze into it. Once I was in it, this is what’s great about my job. I get to have a moment like that. You’re wearing this superhero costume in the middle of the night in Vancouver. You’re pretending to be this meta-human. … Nobody else gets to do this. It felt very special actually.”

Beyond taking on Wells’ physical identity, Letscher’s Eobard also took a little something else from Cavanagh’s character, who has often talked about his late wife. “One of the things that kind of bled through was Wells’ love for Tess that Thawne absorbed when he adsorbed his body,” Kreisberg reveals, so the doc isn’t completely gone.

And neither is Letscher, who will be back this season. In fact, when the EPs filled in the actor about Eobard’s arc, “They definitely talked about the possibility of him continuing past this season,” Letscher says. “They’re still developing what that story would look like. There are so many stories you could tell with this character from the Flash anthology. He appears in so many different iterations. They have a lot to choose from, including their own story.”

http://tvline.com/2015/03/31/the-flash- ... -spoilers/

- Actor de 'The Flash' habla sobre el último shock (accesshollywoood):

Actor de 'The Flash' habla sobre el último shock
Por Jolie Lash 31 Marzo, 2015 09:00 PM EDT

There are still weeks to go before the finale, but "The Flash" just delivered up more end-of-season-worthy shockers.

(Spoiler alert: If you haven't watched Tuesday's "Tricksters" episode of "The Flash," stop reading and bookmark this link to come back to later.)

The main plot of "The Flash" centered around Barry Allen/The Flash and Det. Joe West stopping the original Trickster (Mark Hamill) and his (surprise!) son (Mark's character even said in the episode, "I am your father," in a very "Star Wars"-esque moment) from hurting the citizens of Central City. But, the subplot, which was set back in time, delivered the biggest jaw-dropping reveals.

While we already know that Harrison Wells is future man Eobard Thawne, we actually got to see how and why he is Eobard, courtesy of "Carrie Diaries" alum Matt Letscher. On Tuesday night, it was revealed that Matt is playing future Eobard, who fought with Barry Allen/The Flash in the past. Somehow, he ended up shorting out his own speed force, leaving him stuck in the past. Matt's Eobard then turned to stalking a younger Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh), spying on the eventual S.T.A.R. Labs founder as he drank wine on the beach with his lady, Tess.

Later, future Eobard caused original Harrison and Tess to have the car crash that killed Tess and allowed Eobard to come face to face with Harrison, and take his life force (turning Matt's Eobard into Tom's Eobard, but with Harrison's face). And it was all so that he could put things in motion to cause the particle accelerator to explode sooner in history. Devious stuff! Luckily, Access Hollywood had "Flash" newcomer Matt to turn to for a few details.

AccessHollywood.com: Have you seen 'Game of Thrones'?
Matt Letscher: Yes!

Access: Did you feel a little bit like Jaqen H'ghar?
Matt: You know, I hadn't (laughs) -- I hadn't drawn that connection, but now that you mention it, yeah, yeah. I did feel a little bit like that.

Access: The man who can change his face in 'Thrones.' My goodness. So… did you and Tom Cavanagh have conversations? Did you talk, because… he was the character (of Eobard) before you were the character?
Matt: When I was first told about the role and what it was going to be, I was shocked, because I had been watching the show. I had been watching what Tom was doing and I was like, 'Oh, that's what's happening with him, okay.' But when it came to actually doing it, Tom and I didn't have too many conversations. I definitely re-watched some of the episodes to see what he had been doing and tried to just sort of find a flavor in his cadence or his demeanor that I could incorporate to a certain extent, but you know, it was mostly like... 'He's all yours, go ahead.' You know, 'Let 'er rip.' And Tom is an exceedingly generous and intelligent actor, so I just – once I got there, when it came to our scenes, I just pretty much followed his lead.

Access: Do you have your own suit?
Matt: I do not have my own suit. I had to cram myself into Tom's suit, which was not easy. It took about 12 people to get me into that suit. … Once I was in, it was like -- I don't know -- it's just one of those, 'Aha!' like, 'This is so cool that I'm doing this!' kind of moment.

Access: Not only do you get to be in an episode with Mark Hamill, but you get to cram yourself into a [Reverse Flash suit], which is just crazy.
Matt: It was a milestone week all around for me.

Access: Who did you get to geek out with because this [was] such a huge secret you had to keep? [When you get the role], you can't tell people, there are contracts.
Matt: That was one of the first things they said, 'You can't tell anybody.' So I told my family and I got to geek out with my boys, because they're huge fans of the show, but then, I forbid them from telling anybody, so they ended up hating me for it because it's just torture. They had to keep this secret for so long.

Access: In hindsight, do you think you should have told them you were just maybe a reporter on the show?
Matt: No, no. I think it's good that they have to – they have to understand suffering. They have to come to grips with that concept, so having to keep the secret for a couple of months isn't too bad.

Access: The opening scene – [there's a point where] you're chasing Barry, do you know why? I know you can't tell me why, but do you know why he's chasing Barry?
Matt: You know, I mean the simplest answer is that they're arch enemies and I'm not sure he is chasing Barry in the opening scene. Is he chasing Barry or is Barry chasing him? I'm not sure what's happening there. There's obviously something happening in that house that needs to happen for the Reverse Flash and I think they're gonna sort out exactly what that is over the coming months.

Access: Are we going to get learn more about why Eobard needs to have the particle accelerator explode quicker?
Matt: I hope so. I will be coming back this season and we will further the storyline and exactly what's going on with him, but how and when we do that, obviously I can't [say].

Access: There's been a lot of talk about Eobard thinking that the people that he's interacting with in Central City have been long dead and that's maybe one of the reasons he has less care for their lives.
Matt: That's exactly right. … You touched on something that's important and that is, time, to him, and life and death over the course of time is something that he has a much different conception of than most people. Everybody around him, everybody in the world in this point in time has been long gone by the time he arrives and so it's almost like he's operating within the walls of a museum. It's not like they weren't going to die anyway. They were going to die. Since that's the case... if he has to accelerate that process, so be it, if it can get him back to where he needs to be.

Access: Do you think he's worried at all about messing up the space time continuum? I mean, 'Back to the Future' must've existed in the future where he's from.
Matt: Yeah, he should've maybe been a little bit more aware of that template and what could happen. I think he's wholly consumed with his own focus and his own needs. Everything else is secondary.

Access: Do you think we'll get some future scenes with you or some more explanation as to who he is in the future and why he wants to get back there so much? Maybe he has loved ones or maybe he's got a cool job, like ruler?
Matt: Yeah, I think he's got like a -- just a hot girlfriend or something, or really sweet yacht that he just really misses and wants to get back to. I honestly have no idea. … I don't know where they're gonna go with it, but I know that they do want to get into it, so I look forward to it.

Access: Dominic Purcell [who plays Heat Wave] told us being on 'The Flash' made him cooler with his kids. ... Do you feel more of a cool dude around young people because you're in 'The Flash'?
Matt: Yeah, definitely. .... So yeah, I'm looking forward to the extra street cred with not only my children, but children around the world.

Access: Exactly, because it's hard for parents to be cool with children as they [grow up].
Matt: Totally. And that's natural, you know? They shouldn't be cool all the time, but I'm hoping this buys me a few more years.


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- 'The Flash' revela el problemático pasado de Eobard Thawne con Harrison Wells (zap2it):

'The Flash' revela el problemático pasado de Eobard Thawne con Harrison Wells
Por Megan Vick 31 Mar, 2015

The mystery of Eobard Thawne became that much deeper after Tuesday's (March 31) episode of "The Flash."

In a series of flashbacks, fans learned that there really was a brilliant scientist named Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh), but his body was absorbed by the time-traveling Reverse Flash/Eobard Thawne 15 years before the particle accelerator blew up.

Matt Letscher ("Eli Stone") plays the "real" Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash who gets stuck in the past, centuries away from his own time and murderously desperate to get back. He tracks down Wells, who is still decades away from inventing the technology Thawne needs to get back to the future.

To speed up the process, Thawne engineers a car crash where Wells' fiancee Tess dies. As Wells tries to escape from the car, Thawne reveals his identity and then uses a future tech device to absorb Wells' body.

RELATED: 'The Flash' reveals Harrison Wells' real identity, but is he truly evil?

Showrunner and co-executive producer Andrew Kreisberg explains to Zap2it and a small group of journalists at a preview event that the new twist explains why Cisco (Carlos Valdes) wasn't able to immediately able to identify Wells' blood in the Allen home on the night of Nora's death.

"[Greg Berlanti and I] were working backwards from episode 13 and asking, 'Why wouldn't the blood just show them it was Wells?' We were thinking about what if Wells wasn't Wells -- what if [Thawne] stole Wells' body?" Kreisberg questions. "So we said we should get Matt, who is so great at playing the villain. We haven't seen the last of him either."

That means there will be more revealed about how Thawne/the Reverse Flash got stuck in the past and what lead him on the path to finding Wells.

Kreisberg also discusses how more than Wells' body was absorbed on the night of the car crash. There's pieces of the scientist's consciousness that still comes through, despite Thawne having taken over his body.

"He's had a lot of times where he's talked about Tess. One of the things that bled through was Wells' love for Tess that Thawne absorbed when absorbed [Wells'] body," Kreisberg explains. "So that's a fun thing that's come through."

Does that leave potential for Wells to be restored to his own body and Thawne apprehended for his own crimes?

Time will tell, but Thawne revealed a dangerous card when he helped Barry (Grant Gustin) learn to phase. The guidance helped Barry figure out that Thawne/Wells is the man in the yellow suit. Now Barry is on a mission to figure out what it is that Thawne wants and stop him from getting it.


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- Jefe de 'The Flash' habla sobre el impactante giro del Dr. Wells, el descubrimiento y qué es lo siguiente (etonline):

Jefe de 'The Flash' habla sobre el impactante giro del Dr. Wells, el descubrimiento y qué es lo siguiente
Por Philiana Ng 31 Marzo, 2015 6:00 PM PDT

What. Just. Happened?!

Just when we thought things on The Flash were settling down just a tad, The CW’s breakout hit may have topped itself with Tuesday’s installment, featuring geek legend Mark Hamill (wasn’t that Star Wars nod – “I am your father!” – super awesome?).

After learning that Dr. Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) was actually Eobard Thawne, a descendant of Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett), it was just the tip of the iceberg. It turns out Eobard was originally in another body, played by Eli Stone and Scandal’s Matt Letscher, so it wasn’t Dr. Wells Barry saw the night of his mother’s murder. Cue jaw drop. And he stole Dr. Wells’ body through future genetic technology. Cue second jaw drop.

But that wasn’t the only tide turn! Barry Allen’s Flash secret was revealed to yet another member of the inner circle: Eddie. (Poor Iris is still in the dark.) You can only imagine how much trouble that’s going to cause between Joe (Jesse L. Martin), Barry (Grant Gustin) and Iris (Candice Patton).

Here’s what executive producer Andrew Kreisberg had to share about what this means for The Flash’s future!

1. Eobard Thawne stole Dr. Wells’ body

So Eobard Thawne was in a different body before stealing the body of Dr. Wells? Mind. Blown. Since the real Dr. Wells is technically dead, it brought up an interesting question about how much of him is still left after Eobard took his body. “That’s actually something we were writing the other day,” Kreisberg admits. “I think that one of the things that bled through was Wells’ love for Tess that Thawne absorbed when he absorbed his body.”

We were pleasantly surprised when it was revealed Matt Letscher, with whom Kreisberg and executive producer Greg Berlanti worked on Eli Stone, was the original Eobard. “We both said we should get Matt, who is so great at playing the villain,” Kreisberg says when they were scripting Wells’ origin story. And gird your loins. “We haven’t seen the last of him either.”

2. Eddie discovers Barry is The Flash

Eddie holding Barry’s secret from Iris becomes a point of contention, but not with who you’d expect. “The biggest conflict that will come between them is Barry and Joe,” Kreisberg says. “Whether it’s right or wrong, [they] have decided to keep Iris in the dark about things.” Eddie’s bewilderment is just and he won’t be taking it lightly, taking Barry and Joe to task for their ill-timed decision. “[He] is like, ‘This is ridiculous – not telling her, you’re actually putting her in more danger,” he explains. “And that actually starts to become the conflict between the three men … It really starts to impact his relationship with Iris.”

In fact, Eddie confronts Barry in a future episode, asking him point-blank “‘How do you just lie to people like that?’” Kreisberg reveals. “It makes Barry look at himself and go, ‘Wait, when did I become such a great liar? I thought of myself as being so innocent.’” In the next episode, the latest Arrow-Flash crossover, Eddie, Iris, Barry, Felicity and Ray go out for dinner and things don’t go over well. “As everybody is talking about their feelings,” Barry and Iris “get into a fight,” Kreisberg hints. Yikes!

3. About Eobard and Dr. Wells’ body swap…

What was the contraption Eobard used to steal Dr. Wells’ DNA following the car crash? It’s not unlike anything anyone in Central City has seen before, at least in 2015. “It’s future tech. We’re calling it genetic camouflage” Kreisberg explains. “He basically rewrote his DNA to match Wells.”

The question of what happened to Wells’ actual body will be addressed. “What happened to Wells’ real body and what really happened that night, and all of these things are going to start coming out,” Kreisberg hints. “I know people were concerned that the events of episode 15 when they were erased in 16 [would not stick, but] not all of it went away as people are going to find out soon.”

4. The plan is to incorporate Trickster into the Rogues

“That is the plan,” Kreisberg says of future appearances from Mark Hamill. Trickster’s emergence is a continued effort for The Flash to introduce different types of villains to the show. Some have powers, some don’t and some are just plain smart. Kreisberg admits there was some fanboy interest in having Wentworth Miller’s Captain Cold and Hamill’s Trickster together in a Rogue scene, if anything to see “the dichotomy” play out. Here’s hoping it happens!

Bonus treat: After Barry’s father Henry (John Wesley Shipp) is rescued from the Trickster’s hold, he is seen wearing a tattered trench coat when he first steps foot in S.T.A.R. Labs. It's the same trench coat he wore on the original show (and he was originally supposed to wear prison grays). Talk about full circle!


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- Jefe de THE FLASH habla sobre la gran revelación de esta noche, el unir a los Rogues y más (collider):

Jefe de THE FLASH habla sobre la gran revelación de esta noche, el unir a los Rogues y más
Por Christina Radish 31 Marzo, 2015

It wouldn’t be an episode of The CW series The Flash, if it didn’t have another handful of big reveals, and the latest episode, “Tricksters,” was no exception. Thankfully, executive producer Andrew Kreisberg was available to answer some of the burning questions that arose with the latest twists to the story, following a screening of the episode.

With a handful of press, Andrew Kreisberg talked about the big secret reveal, an upcoming awkward double date with Barry as the fifth wheel, the outcome of genetic camouflage, rupturing the time field, and the plan to get the Rogues together. Be aware that there are some major spoilers.

Question: Now that Eddie is in on the secret, how is he going to handle knowing that Barry Allen is The Flash?

ANDREW KREISBERG: It’s interesting, part of the fun of Eddie is that he’s such a nice guy and he’s such a good guy. When you have a love triangle, it’s hard for Barry to not like Eddie, even though he’s dating Iris, because he is a stand-up guy and he clearly cares about her. I think the biggest conflict that’s going to come between them is that Barry and Joe, whether it’s right or wrong, have made this decision to keep Iris in the dark about things. Eddie, as always, is the much more emotionally in-touch character and is like, “This is ridiculous! Not telling her, you’re actually putting her in more danger.” That actually starts to become the conflict between the three men.

Eddie is not happy with how Barry and Joe have been handling this, and it starts to really impact his relationship with Iris. There’s a great moment where he says to Barry, “How do you just lie to people like that?” It makes Barry look at himself and go, “Wait, when did I become such a great liar? I thought of myself as being so innocent and pure.” It really starts to grate on Eddie and Iris. In the next episode, which is the cross-over [with Arrow], Eddie, Iris, Barry, Felicity and Ray all go out for dinner. Everybody is talking about their feelings and Eddie and Iris get into a fight, and Barry is the fifth wheel. It’s fun!

Given what we saw with Harrison Wells and Eobard Thawne, is there any part of Harrison that’s buried under there, or was he completely wiped?

KREISBERG: That’s actually something we were just writing the other day. He’s had a lot of times when he’s talked about Tess. I think one of the things that bled through was Wells’ love for Tess, and Thawne absorbed that when he absorbed his body. That’s a fun thing that’s come through. And we worked with Matt Letscher on Eli Stone. We’ve been working backwards, so when Greg [Berlanti] and I were trying to figure out why the blood wouldn’t just show them it was Wells, we talked about, “Well, what if Wells wasn’t Wells? What if he stole Wells’ body?” And we both just said that we should get Matt, who is so great at playing the villain. And we haven’t seen the last of him either.

Is that just future tech that allowed Eobard Thawne to take over Dr. Wells?

KREISBERG: It’s future tech. We’re calling it genetic camouflage, where he basically stole his body. He basically rewrote his DNA to match Wells’. But what happened to Harrison Wells’ real body, and what really happened that night, is going to start coming out. I know people were concerned about the events of Episode 15, when they were erased in Episode 16, but not all of it went away, as people are going to find out soon. I can’t wait for you to see the rest of the season.

There are a lot of big moments in the show that are marked by chemicals or water or wine, raising in the air, defied by gravity. Is that a marker or indication that time is being altered?

KREISBERG: For us, the rise in liquid is always a harbinger of a space/time event, but it doesn’t have to be as clear-cut as time changing. The accelerator exploded, which was a massive space/time event. Because The Reverse-Flash came, they ruptured the time field. You’re going to see a cool one in Episode 19. But for us, when that happens, put on your seat belt and say goodbye. But it is not necessarily that time has been altered.

Is there any chance that we’ll ever see The Trickster hanging out with the other Rogues?

KREISBERG: Yes, that is the plan. What’s so fun for us, and why we’re so grateful to Mark for wanting to be a part of this, when I sit down and think about Wentworth Miller and Mark in a scene together, and watching the dichotomy of them, I get excited. Sometimes there’s a tendency to just spit out the same villain, week in and week, out on these shows. And for us, it’s fun to have people who are so different and who have powers and who are slightly unhinged but geniuses. That was the other reason we really wanted to do The Trickster.

You have so many villains who have these amazing abilities, either because they’re metahumans or they have this incredible weaponry. What was always cool about The Trickster, on both series, is that he’s smart. No matter how crazy he was, he was so smart. He thought four steps ahead. A lot of times, our shows are about how to figure out, chemically or scientifically, how The Flash can use his powers to stop somebody. But with this one, they really had to out think him. Wells had to give Barry something he probably didn’t want to let him know that he could do.


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- Andrew Kreisberg comparte su conocimiento sobre las grandes revelaciones de Reverse-Flash (CBR):

Andrew Kreisberg comparte su conocimiento sobre las grandes revelaciones de Reverse-Flash
Por Scott Huver 31 Marzo, 2015

"The Flash" moves pretty fast, but did you see that twist coming?

While The CW's hit super hero series had a lot of fun distracting the audience with Mark Hamill's terrifically entertaining reprisal of the role of The Trickster, which he played on the '90s "Flash" series, the real trick-up-the-sleeve was twofold: a major reveal regarding Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) and the Reverse-Flash Eobard Thawne, the latter now revealed as a time-traveler (in the form of veteran character actor Matt Letscher) who stole the real Wells' physical form -- and maybe some residual psyche -- in order to take control of the STAR labs technology; and the surprise move by Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) and Joe West (Jesse L. Martin), bringing Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett) in on The Flash's secret identity.

During a press conference to promote the game-changing episode, Executive Producer Andrew Kreisberg responded to some burning questions -- and some mythology minutia -- posed by "Tricksters."

Now that Eddie is on the secret, how is he going to handle knowing that Barry Allen is The Flash?

Andrew Kreisberg: It's interesting: part of the fun of Eddie is that he's such a nice guy and he's such a good guy, and when you have a love triangle, it's hard for Barry to not like Eddie even though he's dating Iris, because he is a stand-up guy and he clearly cares about her. I think the biggest conflict that's going to come between them is that Barry and Joe, whether it's right or wrong, have made this decision to keep Iris in the dark about things. Eddie, as always, is the much more emotionally in-touch character and is like, "This is ridiculous! By not telling her, you're actually putting her in more danger."

That actually starts to become the conflict between the three men. Eddie is not happy with how Barry and Joe have been handling this, and it starts to really impact his relationship with Iris. There's a great moment where he says to Barry, "How do you just lie to people like that?" It makes Barry look at himself and go, "Wait, when did I become such a great liar? I thought of myself as being so innocent and pure." It really starts to grate on Eddie. In the next episode, which is the crossover [with "Arrow"], Eddie, Iris, Barry, Felicity and Ray all go out for dinner. Everybody is talking about their feelings and Eddie and Iris get into a fight, and Barry is the fifth wheel. It's fun!

Given what we saw with in the flashback with Harrison Wells and Eobard Thawne, is there any part of Harrison that's buried under there, or was he completely wiped out?

No. That's actually something we were just writing the other day. He's had a lot of times when he's talked about Tess, and I think that one of the things that kind of bled through was Wells' love for Tess that Thawne absorbed when he absorbed his body, so that's sort of a fun thing that's come through. How cool was that? [Laughs]

And Matt Letscher we worked with on "Eli Stone," and when Greg [Berlanti] and I came up with -- again, we've been working backward -- when we were trying to figure out in episode 13, we were like, "Well, why wouldn't the blood just show them it was Wells?" And we were talking about, "Well, what if Wells wasn't Wells? What if he stole Wells' body?" And we both just said we should get Matt, who is so great at playing the villain -- he was Captain Love in "The Mask of Zorro" -- and we haven't seen the last of him, either.

Should we take these recurrences of liquids and chemicals defying gravity and rising in the air as an indicator of a timeline disruption?

It's not that discrete. For us, the rise in liquid is always a harbinger of a space/time event. It doesn't have to be as clear-cut as time-changing. It's "the accelerator is about to explode," which is a massive space/time event. We saw Nora because The Reverse-Flash came -- they ruptured the time field. You're going to see a cool one in episode 19. But for us, it's always sort of that like, oh, when that happens, put on your seat belt and say goodbye. It is not necessarily that time has been altered.

The mechanics of Thawne taking over Wells -- is that simply some kind of future tech?

It's future tech. We're calling it "genetic camouflage," where he basically stole his body. He basically rewrote his DNA to match Wells'. But what happened to Harrison Wells' real body and what really happened that night and all of these things are going to start coming out. And I know people were concerned about the events of episode 15, when they were erased in 16. What happened in episode 15 -- not all of it went away, as people are going to find out soon.


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- Revelado el título y créditos del 1.23 (season finale):

Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin) a través del instagram de E! Online nos ha mostrado una imagen bts de sí misma en la que nos desvela el título y créditos de la season finale:



(@eonline: 'Who's ready for a behind the scenes peak on the set of The Flash!? We are working on our season finale today!' —@dpanabaker)

https://instagram.com/p/052wEwmwL-/


El episodio final 1.23 tendrá por título “Fast Enough,” con historia de Greg Berlanti y Andrew Kreisberg, guión de Gabrielle Stanton y Andrew Kreisberg, y está dirigido por Dermott Downs.

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- Stills del 1.18 "All-Star Team-Up":

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- THE FLASH "A Different Person" Promo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II9HKTu5l0k


- THE FLASH "The Future Revealed" Promo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJVEd0fa0rI



Añadidos los rátings finales del 1.17 "Tricksters". Podéis encontrarlos AQUÍ.

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- Descripción oficial del 1.19 “Who Is Harrison Wells?”:

1.19 “Who Is Harrison Wells?” (21/04/15): JOE Y CISCO VIAJAN A STARLING CITY PARA CONSEGUIR RESPUESTAS SOBRE EL DR. WELLS — Joe (Jesse L. Martin) y Cisco (Carlos Valdes) se dirigen a Starling City para continuar su investigación del Dr. Wells (Tom Cavanagh). Mientras que están en la ciudad, el duo enlista la ayuda del Capitán Lance (la estrella invitada Paul Blackthorne), y Cisco conoce a Black Canary (la estrella invitada Katie Cassidy), quien le pide un favor. Mientras tanto, de regreso a Central City, Barry (Grant Gustin) corre para atrapar a un meta-humano llamado Hannibal Bates (la estrella invitada Martin Novotny) quien puede transformarse en cada persona que toca – lo que incluye a Eddie (Rick Cosnett), Iris (Candice Patton), Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) e incluso The Flash. Wendey Stanzler dirige el episodio escrito por Ray Utarnachitt & Cortney Norris (#119).

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- THE FLASH 1.18 "All-Star Team Up" Promo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF8mK9-M7ac

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"WONDER CON", Anaheim (05-04-15)

Videos:

The Flash: WonderCon 2015 Trailer

The Full Flash Panel at Wondercon

The Flash - The Flash at WonderCon 2015 (The CW)

WonderCon 2015: Carlos Valdes - Cisco Ramon on 'The Flash' (ComicVine)

WonderCon 2015: Danielle Panabaker - Caitlin Snow on 'The Flash' (ComicVine)

WonderCon 2015: Candice Patton - Iris West on 'The Flash' (ComicVine)

WonderCon 2015: Andrew Kreisberg - Executive Producer for 'The Flash' (ComicVine)

'The Flash': Carlos Valdes Previews Meeting Between Cisco & Ray (accesshollywood)

The Flash's Carlos Valdes (Cisco) Interview at WonderCon 2015 (yael.tv)

The Flash's Candice Patton (Iris West) Interview at WonderCon 2015 (yael.tv)

The Flash Roundtable Interviews at WonderCon 2015 - Candice Patton (The Fandom)

The Flash Roundtable Interviews at WonderCon 2015 - Danielle Panabaker (The Fandom)

The Flash Roundtable Interviews at WonderCon 2015 - Andrew Kreisberg (The Fandom)

The Flash Roundtable Interviews at WonderCon 2015 - Carlos Valdes (The Fandom)

Candice Patton talks The Flash at Wondercon 2015 (Museled Blog)

Danielle Panabaker Talks The Flash at Wondercon 2015 (Museled Blog)

Carlos Valdes talks The Flash at Wondercon 2015 (Museled Blog)

Executive Producer Andrew Kreisberg talks The Flash at Wondercon 2015 (Museled Blog)

The Flash - What Truth Will Iris Uncover? (IGN)

Danielle Panabaker Flash Spoilers: Killer Frost? (Ksitetv)

The Flash: Candice Patton (Iris West) WonderCon Interview (Ksitetv)

The Flash Spoilers: Andrew Kreisberg On What's Coming Up (Ksitetv)

Danielle Panabaker THE FLASH Interview WonderCon 2015 (seat42f)

Candice Patton THE FLASH Interview WonderCon 2015 (seat42f)

Carlos Valdes THE FLASH Interview WonderCon 2015 (seat42f)

Andrew Kreisberg THE FLASH Interview WonderCon 2015 (seat42f)

Andrew Kreisberg on bringing Starling City to THE FLASH (GiveMeMyRemoteTV)

THE FLASH: Danielle Panabaker on playing a lookalike methuman (GiveMeMyRemoteTV)

THE FLASH: Carlos Valdes Previews Cisco's Trip to Starling City (GiveMeMyRemoteTV)

CBR TV: "The Flash" Cast Talks Secret Identities, Metahuman Futures & On-Set Pranks (CBR)



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- Teasers de la "WonderCon" de Anaheim (05-04-15):

- Van a llegar más personajes de "Arrow" a Central City.

- Cisco ayudará a Laurel con una nueva versión del grito de Cabary, que funcionará como la de los cómics (no se convertirá en metahumana, pero tendrá el grito sónico):

- Panabaker dice que veremos a Killer Frost "antes de lo que pensamos."

- Harrison Wells y Eobard Thawne (interpretado por Matt Letscher) regresarán antes de que termine la temporada: "Veréis más del Harrison Wells original, veréis mñas de Matt Letscher como Eobard Thawne, y más de Tom como Eobard Thawne."

- Planes sobre los villanos de la S2: "Pienso que definitivamente queremos conocer a Mirror Master el próximo año". "Estoy seguro de que Dr. Alchemy aparecerá en algún momento. Y tenemos algo que espero que le haga perder la caneza a la gente".

- Se revelan los títulos de los episodios 1.20 "The Trap" y 1.21 "Grodd Lives".

- Habrá una posible boda entre Caitlin y Ronnie.

- Los personajes sabrán lo que ha pasado en el episodio 1.15 y Cisco lo verá.

- Kreisberg dice que "no le sorprendería que un día veamos a Wally West en la serie".

- Vamos a ver una gran diferencia de la otra línea temporal en la que la madre de Barry no muere y su 'futuro'.

- El episodio 1.20 tiene flashbacks a cuando Barry estaba en coma.

- Iris descubrirá la identidad de ¡The Flash' por sus propios méritos y no reaccionará bien a que le hayan guardado el secreto.

- En cuanto a Cisco Ramon convirtiéndose en Vibe, el actor dice que prefiere centrarse en lo que está trabajando actualmente.


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- Entrevistas:

WC 2015: Actores y escritores de FLASH adelantan 'All Star Team-Up,' WALLY WEST y la próxima serie de equipo (newsarama):

WC 2015: Actores y escritores de FLASH adelantan 'All Star Team-Up,' WALLY WEST y la próxima serie de equipo
Por Jake Baumgart 06 Abril 2015 Time: 03:26 PM ET

Saturday at WonderCon, the cast and crew of the CW's The Flash hit the stage for an advertised panel promising a video presentation and fan Q&A.

First to the stage is Ben Brown from WB Publicity. He does a quick warm-up of the crowd and introduces the sizzle reel for the last part of The Flash season one. It looks like Arrow and Atom will be in returning to the show. Eddie shoots two cops. Gorilla Grood makes an appearance. Caitlin and Barry kiss. The reel ends to thunderous applause.

Damian Holbrook returns to the stage and he is just a pumped as the audience after seeing those clips. He first introduces Carlos Valdes (Cisco Ramon), Candice Patton (Iris West), Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow), and lastly Executive Producer Andrew Kreisberg. Holbrook points out how it’s the CWs top rated series and everyone cheers. Kreisberg laments that Jesse L. Martin is supposed to be here but he became very ill. Someone from the audience yells “Where is Grant [Gustin]?!” and the panel laughs. Kreisberg explains that he is busy filming.

Holbrook asks if the way the series is going if all the moments in the sizzle reel is what Kreisberg intended when mapping out the first season. Kreisberg says that they are big fans of the comics and they intended to get here. “There was so much in the pilot for people to see” he says. He explains that all the stuff in the pilot pays off."

Holbrook references the reel again and asks how much work was it in going back to Arrow cast and setting. Panabaker says that it’s fun to see the contrast. Valdes says its fun to play around with other actors like Brandon Routh (Ray Palmer). Patton says she has a lot of fun when Felicity is on the show and that the fans of the show are fans of both Arrow and The Flash. Kreisberg adds that what brings the two shows together is episode eighteen because the Atom has trouble with the his suit and goes to Cisco for help. At this point, Barry has found out that Wells is the Reverse Flash as well.

“Barry and Felicity have a very special relationship and Felicity knows that Barry is struggling,” he says of the coming crossover. Holbrook asks if Felicity has advice for Barry. Andrew says she has an interesting observation about the kind of man she is interested in.

Holbrook talks about the Cisco and Black Canary preview from the most recent episode. Holbrook asks if the audience will see something between Cisco and Laurel. Kreisberg says likes writing the interaction between the two characters. He explains that Cisco represents the audience and that Laurel needs help with the new Canary Cry.

“Cisco builds one that works more like the one on the comic” he adds.

Valdes jokes about the gold gun that Cisco made in one afternoon. Kreisberg says Laurels pay back to Cisco is his favorite thing in the series and the whole audience woos.

“We will see Cisco’s work shop and all the stuff he has and will build,” adds Kreisberg.

Holbrook has a question from Twitter. The question is for Candice Patton that since Iris doesn’t know Barry’s secret does she take it personally. “We want her to find out on her own accord” she replies. She quips that people on Twitter want Iris to “read [Barry and Joe] to filth” and the panel laughs with her. Kreisberg says that Twitter thinks the writers are being rude to Iris and all of the writers agree.

“Iris’s response is less excitement and more about how could the three of them lie to her,” he adds. “They are wrong and I think when it comes out it will be great.”

Holbrook follows up by asking Patton what is it about the Flash that Iris likes instead of Barry? Patton says that there is no difference, it’s just the Flash is more confident. “Everything she likes about the Flash she likes about Barry.”

Holbrook then points the questioning at Panabaker and asks that since Caitlin Snow has no dark side, where Caitlin’s weakness will be. Panabaker says she is excited about the prospect of Killer Frost. “You’re going to see her sooner than you think.”

There is another question from Twitter about the wedding footage that was shot for Ronnie and Caitlin. Panabaker points out that it was filmed on April Fool’s Day and the panel laughs knowingly.

”Weddings don’t always go off without a hitch,” says Panabaker.

“There is footage of a wedding,” confirms Kreisberg.

Holbrook asks about Vibe next. Valdes just has says a flat “no” to the question. Valdes says

“I get the scripts and I read them and I go through them like candy. I prefer to be in the moment of each episode.”

He adds, “I can’t say there is anything in the future but who doesn’t want to wear a super suit?”

Holbrook asks if we will see Cisco and Iris interact. Valdes says that the actors get along in real life and they want scenes together. “That would be dope,” says Valdes.

Holbrook asks if there will there be flashbacks for Eddie and Iris and how they came to be? Andrew says episode twenty has flashbacks to when Barry was in a coma.

“It’s fun and interesting to see everyone from back then and the origins of how Barry got to STAR labs,” says Kreisberg.

Holbrook follows up and asks if they help the audience feel more sympathetic towards Eddie.

“I am always sympathetic towards Eddie,” says Kreisberg. “He is the most emotionally stable person of anyone else on the show. Eddie thinks the secret is not cool. Eddie is the one calling them out. Eddie struggles to keep the secret from Iris” he says in defense of the character.

Holbrook then asks how much of the Reverse Flash storylines are from the comics. Kreisberg says some is dead-on and some of it is their invention. He says that when Geoff Johns reads the script he someone says ‘I think I wrote that in the comic.’

“It’s all designed for the people who are not familiar with the comic” says Kreisberg.

Holbrook asks when did the writers let Tom Cavanaugh know about the twist for his character. “Tom just clapped his hands when he heard the twist. He loves twisting things for the audience. We pitched him stuff for the future that he was really excited about,” says Kreisberg. “Tom had to create a different Wells than we have seen on screen and it was a fun opportunity for him."

Someone from Twitter ask if Caitlin is holding out for Barry.

“I don’t know that she is holding out for Barry but I don’t think she would turn him away,” she replies with a smile. Patton says Iris can’t claim Barry so he is fair game for Caitlin.

Jokingly, Holbrook asks Valdes how did he cut the deal to get all the great punch lines for Cisco. Andrew says that Carlos Valdes was the only person they brought in for Cisco and he totally got the show.

“Everyone else is getting jealous of Carlos’ punchlines. Carlos can’t be out Carlos’ed,” he quips.

On the topic of bloopers, Holbrook asks who starts the bloopers. Everyone unanimously says it’s Grant Gustin. The actors go on about how Gustin is constantly tap-dancing off the camera. Valdes talks about how Gustin started teaching him to do it but he went way too fast. The audience cheers to get Valdes to tap dance and he jokes that it’s another panel later.

Holbrook asks what it was like when Valdes read that Wells kills Cisco.

“Awesome” is all he replies.

“This show just keeps getting better” says Valdes.

“I was just hoping it wasn’t s passive aggressive firing. It was all Greg [Berlanti]’s idea," says Kreisberg. “Carlos and Tom did so much in that scene. They elevate the material beyond anything we expect.”

Grinning, Holbrook asks about the new spin off series. Kreisberg says there have been casting announcements for Hawkgirl and Rip Hunter. “It will be crossovers every week. Gonzo!” says Kreisberg. “This show will just be insanity and off the rails. Next year on The Flash and Arrow we will be setting that new series up. The characters will be migrating between all the shows. There is an Arrow crossover on The Flash and it’s so great.”

Kreisberg says that Panabaker and Emily Bett Rickards will be getting more scenes together too.

“Caitlin and Felicity IM each other all the time” jokes Panabaker.

Speaking on the crossover that took place midseason, Holbrook ask if the cast get PTSD when there is a crossover to film. Panabaker talks about the difficulty of scheduling but “The payoff was worth it.” Patton said she wants to do a scene with David Ramsey without missing a beat. Panabaker says she wants to with Paul Blackthorne and Caity Lotz. Carlos, with a sly grin, says he has worked with them all before.

Holbrook mentions how so much of the show is special effects and asks how the cast have to deal with that aspect of filming. Panabaker says it takes a lot of imagination. “It’s all a collaboration. I can’t tell you how many times we have been staring at a wall pretending that it’s a huge monster” she adds.

“I didn’t learn that in acting school” quips Patton.

The Rogues come up and Holbrook asks who might be on the short list for season too. “Mirror Master and Doctor Alchemy” says Kreisberg. “And one more that people will lose their mind over,” he finishes.

Holbrook asks if there is there any part that the actors have built into the performance of their character. Valdes says that Cisco is a nerd but he is a very passionate and sensitive individual. Patton says that it’s hard not to do that.

“There was so much pressure and [Geoff] Johns says you are doing everything right. I think I am more like Iris than I would like to admit”. Panabaker says that she loves seeing Caitlin infused with so much warmth.

The Q&A session starts and someone from the audience asks how does Kreisberg balance his time between the two shows. “It’s not just us. We have incredible writing staffs on both shows. We divide and conquer so we aren’t doing the same things. Truthfully, I don’t know how we do it,” he answers.

Holbrook says he heard that Emma Caulfield (Anya from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) asked for a role on any of the shows. Andrew tells the story about how he would talk to her on the phone about Buffy and then she became Anya. “Don’t worry, she will be on the show” he says.

Another audience member asks if the panel could have a crossover with CW shows which would it be and why. Panabaker says iZombie and everyone cheers. Patton says Supernatural and everyone cheers again. Valdes pauses and then ironically says Vampire Diaries. Andrew gets in on the joke and says he would want to see Who’s Line Is It Anyways.

A group of people dressed like Power Rangers come up to the mic and ask Kreisberg why, in Arrow, there is a different pronunciations for Ra’s al Ghul. Kreisberg, cutting them to the quick, that “If you are in the League of Assassins, you call him Raysh and if you are not in the League then you call him Roz”. He explains that they did it to be different from Christopher Nolan Batman films.

A cosplayer dressed as Black Widow asks Kreisberg if there will be legacy characters like Wally West on the show.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if you saw Wally West on the show.” he replies. “DC and Johns have opened everything up to us so nothing is off limits.”

Holbrook remarks on the open DC Comics vaults and asks if the writers' challenge to find the most obscure things in Flash history.

“It starts with what the characters are going through this week. Once we figure out the paces then it’s a question of placing DC elements in” answers Kreisberg.

A little girl walks up to the mic and asks if there ever going to be a kid that gets powers on the show. Smitten, Kreisberg says “We talked about a story where there was a kid that was effected [by powers] and how they dealt with it.”

An audience members asks Candice Patton where is Iris on her feelings for Barry? Patton says she is aware that the feelings exist but she is not ready to deal with it.

“Eddie is a good guy… as far as we know. Her relationship with Eddie has to end first.”

She says she knows Barry has been different.

“Iris takes Barry at his word” she says.

A kid dressed as the Flash asks what Cisco talking about in the trailer when the character gets excited. Valdes is stunned into silence by how sharp the question is. “That is the best question ever.” Andrew says that the events of episode fifteen are not erased.

A cosplayer doing a nail-grating Harley Quinn impression asks if there will there be more of the Trickster on the show. Kreisberg answers that, yes, there will be more of both versions in The Flash.

Another audience member asks if there will there be a dark, twisted, version of reality with Barry messing with time. Kreisberg says that, hopefully, the audience will see more in years to come. “We are going to do everything in season two. Everything.” jokes Valdes.

Holbrook asks about the panel’s favorite performances from the show so far. Panabaker says he loved Valdes'death scene. Valdes says he loves an upcoming scene with Jesse L. Martin and Candice Patton.” It’s really heartbreaking” he comments. Patton loves Panabaker’s interactions with Robbie Amell as Firestorm. “It gets me every time.”

Someone asks what some of the more memorable moments are from season one. Panabaker loves the table reads she says. “I took a picture when Mark Hamil came in.”

Valdes said he loved teaching Grant Gustin how to play Uno. He goes on to say it was beginner’s luck that he won the first time.

Patton says it was when the pilot was airing and Twitter was blowing up.

“I am a part of something really special” she says. “I will always be known as a version of Iris West.”

Some dressed like Link from Legend of Zelda asks what the challenges of shooting the show are. Valdes says the cold was hard to deal with in the Firestorm episodes. “It was minus five degrees when [Robbie Amell] was in the crater.” Kreisberg talks about how Amell was suppose to be naked but it was too cold. “Do you want him naked or alive?” someone on set asked him regarding the cold.

Holbrook asks if the panel could sum up their characters arc for the end of season one word. Valdes starts and says “dreams.” Patton, nervously joking, says “I don’t want to get fired. I guess ‘pissed’.” Panabaker, with a sly smile, says “frosty.” Kreisberg ends the panel by simply saying “tears.”


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WC15: Los miembros del elenco y Kreisberg hablan de "The Flash" (cbr):

WC15: Los miembros del elenco y Kreisberg hablan de "The Flash"
Por Albert Ching, M 06 Abril 2015

DC Comics-based hit "The Flash" is nearing the end of its first season victory lap -- but not before a Sunday afternoon WonderCon panel that took place at the Anaheim Convention Center's arena. Cast members Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin), Candice Patton (Iris) and Carlos Valdes (Cisco) were in attendance, along with executive producer Andrew Kreisberg.

The presentation started with a sizzle reel teasing the final few episodes of the first season -- similar to previously released footage, with plenty of Reverse Flash and Gorilla Grodd teases. Shortly after, moderator Damian Holbrook asked how much of this eventful first season was planned -- Kreisberg indicated almost all of it, with lots of elements set up back in the pilot.

Turning to the upcoming guest appearances from "Arrow" cast members Ray Palmer/The Atom (Brandon Routh) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards), Kreisberg explained, "In episode 18, Ray Palmer is having some trouble with his Atom suit, and who better to go to for help than Cisco Ramon?" Kreisberg said that the visit comes at a bad time for Barry (Grant Gustin), as he just discovered that Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) is the Reverse Flash -- and Felicity can tell something's not right with Barry.

Additionally, Laurel (Katie Cassidy) will also guest on "The Flash." "That's one of the most fun stories that we wrote, Cisco's interactions with Laurel," Kreisberg said. "Cisco is us. What would your reaction be if you got to meet the Black Canary?" Kreisberg said Cisco helps Laurel with a new version of the Canary Cry that will operate very similarly to how it does in the comic books.

Patton was asked about Iris being the seemingly only character left that doesn't know Barry is The Flash. "I think people just want Iris to finally find out," Patton said. "I do too. But we want the reveal to be a good one. It's coming. I want Iris to find out on her own accord. I think she deserves that."

Kreisberg said that the showrunners agree that it's not right for Barry, Joe (Jesse L. Martin) or Eddie (Rick Cosnett) to let Iris know the truth of The Flash's identity -- which will be seen when the character finally finds out. "Iris' response when she finally finds out is less about the excitement or joy or wonder in finding out Barry is The Flash, and more, 'How can in any planet did the three of you think it was acceptable to keep it from me?'"

Panabaker said she's "really excited" about the potential of her character following the source material and become Killer Frost. "You're going to see her sooner than you think," Panabaker said.

She also acknowledged a wedding scene was filmed between Caitlin and Ronnie (Robbie Amell), and that it was filmed on April Fool's Day. "Weddings don't always go off without a hitch," Panabaker remarked.

When asked about the possibility of Cisco Ramon becoming Vibe, Valdes answered that he prefers to focus in what he's currently working on. "If we're filming 23, I'm worrying about 23 right now," Valdes said. "I can't say there's anything in the future, but I certainly hope so."

Taking a question from Twitter, Holbrook asked about the lack of scenes between Cisco and Iris. Valdes: "Can we get scenes together?" Kreisberg: "Sure!" Kreisberg said that pursuing unexplored dynamics is something they're talking about when discussing season two, and even within the first season, pairings that weren't necessarily planned -- like Joe and Cisco, investigating the old Allen house together -- worked out fortuitously.

Another Twitter question concerned whether viewers will see how Iris and Eddie got together. "We have an episode coming up, episode 20, that has flashbacks to the time when Barry was in a coma," Kreisberg said. "t's fun and interesting to see everybody back then -- see Caitlin be not quite the Caitlin we know, the origins of how Barry got transferred to S.T.A.R. Labs, Iris and Joe... it's a really fun episode."

"I'm always sympathetic to Eddie," Kreisberg continued. "He's the most emotionally stable person of anybody else on the show."

Will the fact that Eddie has potentially villainous DNA factor into storylines? "He has a bad last name," Kreisberg responded.

Concerning the most recent Reverse Flash twist -- that the real Harrison Wells was murdered by Eobard Thawne (Matt Letscher) who stole his appearance and identity -- Kreisberg said Cavanagh was excited when he found out, and is excited about "future plans," as well. Kreisberg confirmed that Letscher will be back before the end of the reason.

Asked about the possibility of a Barry/Caitlin romance, Panabaker said, "I don't know if she's holding out for Barry, but I don't know if she'd turn him away."

Commenting more on Valdes' character, Kreisberg said Cisco exists in part to, "sort of remind people they are watching a TV show, and this is meant to be fun."

Holbrook asked how Valdes reacted when he found out he'd be dying -- temporarily, at least. "I was like, awesome," Valdes said. "Dying on camera? That's so dope. When Andrew told me, he was like, 'So we're going to kill you in this episode -- don't worry, you're coming back, we're going to turn back time.' This show just keeps getting better. You guys are ballsy, and I love it."

Anything Kreisberg can be said about the in-development "Flash"/"Arrow" spinoff? "We've announced some of the casting," Kreisberg said. "It's going to be like the crossovers every week. It's going to be gonzo." Kreisberg said the if "Arrow" is gritty crime drama and "Flash" is heart and humor, the spinoff will be "insanity and off the rails," and the next seasons of "Flash" and "Arrow" will both work to set up the spinoff.

Given all of the villains that have already been introduced in the first season of "The Flash," Kreisberg addressed who may be coming in season two. "I think we definitely want to meet the Mirror Master next year," Kreisberg answered. "I'm sure Dr. Alchemy will show up at some point. And we've got one thing that hopefully people will lose their minds over."

When asked what the cast brings of themselves to their characters, Valdes cited his "passion and zeal." "There are pieces of me in there for sure," Patton said of Iris. "This season, we've seen Caitlin infused with so much warmth," Panabaker said, adding that she's a "caretaker" much like how Caitlin has been depicted.

Moving to fan Q&A, Kreisberg was asked how he and Greg Berlanti balance work on both "Flash" and "Arrow." Kreisberg credited the work of "Arrow" executive producer Marc Guggenheim and the writing teams on both shows, plus said the team has something of a "Moneyball" approach in everyone playing to individual strengths. "We've really learned to divide and conquer, so we're not all doing the same things. Especially with 'Flash,' we have to stay ahead -- the only we can pull off what we pull off is really planning it, creating the visual effects and all that."

A fan asked is "The Flash" could cross over with another CW show, other than "Arrow," what would the panelists pick. Panabaker: "'iZombie.'" Patton: "'Supernatural.'" Valdes: "For the sake of having a different answer... 'Vampire Diaries.'" Kreisberg: "I want to see all of these guys on 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'"

Chance of Wally West? "I wouldn't be surprised if one day you see Wally West on the show," Kreisberg answered.

Asked if there's any possibility the Black Flash -- basically Death for speedsters -- will ever appear on the show, Kreisberg said nothing is off limits. "If there's something that existed in the Flash universe, no matter how crazy or how silly, there's a good chance it'll be on the show."

An audience member asked how aware Iris may be of her feelings for Barry, and the possibility of him being The Flash. "Her feelings for Barry -- I think she's somewhat aware they exist," Patton answered. "She loves Eddie. Eddie's a good guy -- as far as we know. About her knowing who The Flash is -- I don't think she knows. I know that's frustrating for a lot of people. The way I justify it as an actor is, Iris takes Barry at his word. They've never lied to each other. For her to even remotely believe that Barry could lie about something this big, it doesn't even dawn on her to go down that path."

A young fan asked what Cisco is referring to in the recent "Flash" teasers when the character says, "This is mad freaky." Kreisberg said that the alternate timeline from recent episodes may not be entirely erased. "Some timelines may be revisited in some creative and innovative ways, which will prove helpful in us figuring out the mystery," Valdes added.

A fan in Harley Quinn cosplay asked, in character, if viewers will see more of the original Harrison Wells. "You'll be seeing more of the original Harrison Wells, you'll be seeing more of Matt Letscher as Eobard Thawne, and more of Tom as Eobard Thawne," Kreisberg said.

Also in the Q&A, Kreisberg acknowledged a longtime friendship with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alum Emma Caulfield and said she'll likely guest on "Flash" or "Arrow" at some point; Valdes revealed he taught Gustin how to play Uno; a potential storyline centered on a child receiving powers from the particle accelerated and how the S.T.A.R. Labs crew would deal with the threat; and an explanation as to why "Ra's al Ghul" has had two different pronunciations on "Arrow" -- Kreisberg explained that comic fans know the character as "Raysh," but it was pronounced "Roz" in the Christopher Nolan Batman films. The "Arrow" team decided to split the difference, with characters like Nyssa and Ra's himself saying "Raysh," and everyone else pronouncing it "Roz."

For the final question, Halbrook asked the cast for one-word teasers hinting towards their character's future during the march towards the finale. Valdes: "Dreams." Patton: "Pissed." Panabaker: "Frosty." When asked for a one-word tease for the finale, Kreisberg answered, "Tears."


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Hablando con el elenco de The Flash en la WonderCon '15 - Killer Frost, Vibe, y Reverse-Flash (bleedingcool):

Hablando con el elenco de The Flash en la WonderCon '15 - Killer Frost, Vibe, y Reverse-Flash
Por Cameron Hatheway 8 Abril, 2015

With only six episodes left in The Flash’s first season, things are definitely heating up for Barry Allen & Company as they approach the finish line. Prior to their panel at WonderCon on Sunday, executive producer Andrew Kreisberg and a handful of the cast answered questions from the press, ranging from battling the Rogues, accidentally traveling in time, and hinting at what’s to come next season.

First up was actress Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow). “When you look at it from the perspective of there’s this huge particle accelerator explosion, and Caitlin stayed with Dr. Wells. I imagine that she had great faith in him. Everyone else left him when she and Cisco stayed,” she said when I asked if she thought Caitlin putting a lot of trust in Harrison Wells could come back and bite her. “She really believes that they can change the world together, and if someone says otherwise, it’s definitely going to be hard for her to believe. She’s going to push back a little bit.” She went on to confirm that while Ronnie Raymond would be returning, there might be some more romantic turns for Caitlin in the future, including more scenes between her and Barry and Ronnie that will satisfy both the “SnowBarry” and “SnowStorm” fans out there.

When I asked if she’d be thrilled or devastated of Caitlin eventually turning into Killer Frost, she said she’d be thrilled. “Thrilled, I would be thrilled! It’s so exciting, it’s so cool, to be in this comic book world and to have someone with that potential is great. I think I make Andrew [Kreisberg] crazy when I’m like, ‘Sooo, when are we going to do it?’ The truth of the matter is that it will be sooner than I expected…my expectation was that we would not see Killer Frost for a couple seasons, and you will see her sooner than you think.”

She went on to tease that we’ll see some flashbacks of a colder Caitlin, and she’ll be interacting with Iris West for a bit, as well as interactions with some more familiar faces from the shared Arrow and Flash universe. She also got to interact with Grodd at one point, so hopefully we won’t see him carrying her up the Empire State Building in a future episode. “I’m always impressed by our writers. They were ambitious enough to bring Grodd into season one, and he is more than you could ever imagine. The stuff with Grodd is scarier than you could imagine, some of it is also funnier than you could imagine, so it’s great. I can’t wait to see him!”

Next up was Carlos Valdes (Cisco Ramon), and right-off the bat he was asked if there was a good chance seeing him become Vibe at one point. “Yes. In comic book shows, always consider anything possible.” He went on to say that he and Kreisberg have had lengthy talks about the character. “We have talked about it. We’ve talked about the potential for Killer Frost might be happening, so that potential in a sense is definitely very strong and I think it’s being heavily considered, but I don’t think anything’s been committed to yet. I would love it if it happened, because who wouldn’t want to don a super suit?”

When I asked him what it was like to die on set for an episode, he said it was very emotional. “It was crazy! It was emotional. I was very excited about it when Andrew first told me about it weeks before we shot the episode. He said, ‘So you’re going to die in this episode,’ and I was like, ‘Awesome!’ Because who doesn’t want to die on camera? That’s a cool experience. He was very quick to assure me that I would be back to life in the next episode, so that was good. I thought I was being fired in some sort of passive-aggressive kind of way.” He also hinted at the timeline where he dies would be revisited in a very cool way.

I asked if he ever thought at times that Cisco was too smart for his own good, he said no. “There’s no such thing. I think he pushes himself to know more and to learn more, not just about his field in engineering and technology but also about himself. And I think that’s what defines him as a hero.” One thing that both Valdes and Panabaker touched on was Brandon Routh was the nicest person to work with, and he’s loved by all on set. Both actors get plenty of interactions with his character in the upcoming Arrow/Flash crossover episode.

After Valdes it was Kreisberg’s turn to dish what was coming up for both Arrow and Flash. He talked a bit at first about the role time travel plays on the show, and how it’s been present since episode one with Wells’ newspaper. “Whether people realize it or not, they’re not watching The Flash, they’re watching The Flash Begins.” He dismissed any possibility of another dimension where Barry’s dad (John Wesley Shipp, the 1990’s live-action Flash) is the Flash, saying it would be a little too meta. When I asked if there would be any possibility of the Flash traveling to the future now that he’s accidentally traveled to the past, he said no. “We don’t have any trips to the future planned, per se, but what will be cool in the last half of the year is you will hear a lot about the future, and you’re going to hear a lot about certain people’s futures. That in a way is more interesting than going to the future, because then it becomes a question of, ‘Well is it true?’ and is this person telling you the truth, and if they are telling you the truth, can you do anything to change it? So a lot of the characters are going to hear about where they end up, and a lot of these last five or six episodes are going to be about whether or not you’re accept that, or you’re going to fight against it.”

Last but certainly not least was Candice Patton (Iris West). I asked her if Iris were to get superpowers for an episode, what powers would she prefer. “Maybe the power to heal,” she said. “I think Iris is such a kind, loving, goodhearted person. And I think we see that in her working at Picture News, she just wants to find out what’s going on in Central City and she wants to do her part to help her city. I think something about her is very nurturing and healing, so the power to heal.” When asked about if Iris was going to discover information that everyone else already knows, i.e. Barry’s secret, she predicted that Iris would be angry and betrayed that everyone is keeping secrets from her. While she did get the chance to say “I love you” to Barry one episode, she teased that while things are currently different with the new timeline, that will they/won’t they relationship will always be present in the background. “I think it’s a love of a lifetime, and you can’t really—what can you say?” As for the future, we can expect to see Iris grow closer to everyone in the S.T.A.R. family.

When I asked who her favorite guest star has been so far, she immediately responded Mark Hamill. “He’s amazing! He has energy for days. We were shooting kind of late into the night, and he could out-energize me. I don’t know how he does it. He’s a consummate professional, and he’s constantly entertaining, and he’s so kind to people and fans. He kind of reminds me of no matter how big you get, there’s no reason not to be cool.” Everyone on the show would love to see Hamill back in a future episode. In regards to the upcoming crossover with Arrow, fans can expect to see a double date with Ray and Felicity with Iris and Eddie, and Barry will be the awkward fifth wheel as usual. Patton loves the different dynamic between the characters on both shows, making for great television whenever they’re together. Given the opportunity, Patton said she’d love to see Iris go snooping around in Starling City for an episode.

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Kreisberg Revela que el futuro de "Flash" está enlazado con el Spinoff (cbr):

Kreisberg Revela que el futuro de "Flash" está enlazado con el Spinoff
Por Scott Huver

In case you hadn't realized it, executive producer Andrew Kreisberg wants you to know that "The Flash" is a show that's been all about time travel since the very beginning. Because of that, the characters are about to face some very big -- and disconcerting -- reveals about their potential futures.

While visiting WonderCon, Kreisberg sat down for a roundtable interview with CBR News and several other media outlets to tease out even more info about The CW's hit superhero series, including the destinies that will soon be laid out before Barry Allen and his inner circle, the possibility -- or not -- of the existence of parallel worlds, what the cast members from the 1990s "Flash" series have brought into play and even a few hints about how the much-anticipated spinoff series -- which will feature Captain Cold and Heat Wave among others -- will be set up via "The Flash" and its sister series "Arrow."

"The Flash" has been such a roller coaster ride, especially in the back half of the season. You guys have added elements like time travel and into the mix, increasing the opportunities for storytelling. Can you talk about how that will continue?

Yeah, just whenever we do something like that or unveil it, we just feel like it's time. And time travel has always been part of the fabric of the show, from the very first episode when you saw that newspaper, so we don't feel like it was suddenly like, "Oh, we decided to do time travel." Whether or not people realized it, this whole show is about time travel and it was just that point in the season where it was time to start giving some of those answers. And it's been fun.

Andrew Kreisberg: I think the biggest thing with Barry is not sort of taking him to full Flash-mode yet. Again, whether people realize it or not, they're not watching "The Flash" -- they're really watching "The Flash Begins." So it's always been this measure-by-measure [process]: him learning his powers; and the ability to time travel, that was an accident; and the phasing thing, he literally had to be talked into. There was no guarantee he could do it again and it would work, so it will be fun to see just as he's taking these baby steps, how much of it he really is able to hold onto and master.

And the parallel world concept seems the next logical step.

Does it?

It does, possibly. So many characters and actors have been brought over from the original "Flash" TV show from 1990 at this point. Might we one day see a world with Barry's dad was The Flash?

I don't know. At what point do you get so meta that the whole thing collapses? I mean look, we're always open to anything and everything. I don't want to sit here and say never and then two years later going, "A-ha, yeah." But we definitely have plans, and everyone who, from the old show, who's been on for us, it really has been a dream. And none of them have -- if it was just a gimmick or like a wink and a nod to the past, I don't think any of them would work.

And John Wesley Shipp was just such an amazing actor. And Barry's father, it's a pivotal, important role, and you've seen the emotion that that's played out of it. My favorite scenes throughout the season have been those scenes between John and Grant [Gustin], especially that scene at the end of episode twelve where John just as much told Grant that he knew he was the Flash without actually saying it. And that wouldn't have worked if John was just some bad actor who was on a bad show from 20 years ago.

And getting Amanda [Pays] back, we wanted somebody to be a really smart scientist who knew Wells and nobody reels off that gobbledygook better than Amanda in that beautiful British voice. And then, obviously, getting Mark Hamill, it was a way to connect the shows, but it was also -- we don't have that kind of villain on the show. We've got a lot of very sort of... you imagine a room where Captain Cold and the Weather Wizard and the Mist are all talking, it's like they're all tough guys. And we wanted to add a villain who was different and who was crazy and did bring a little of that flavor of the Joker into this world.

So again, as much as winks and nods to the past make us happy as fanboys, at the same time I think every one of those choices helped elevate the show.

A couple of the Rogues -- Captain Cold and Heat Wave -- are planned to appear in the pending spinoff series. Does that factor into the "Flash" storyline as planned?

Yes, entirely. I think what you'll see on both shows is we'll be building up to the spinoff. As much as "Flash" and "Arrow" are connected, "Flash" and "Arrow" and the new show are going to be interconnected, so you'll be seeing the evolution of some of these characters. And obviously, that was part of the decision to have Snart find out Barry's identity, because we knew the trajectory that those characters would be going on and how they'd be playing off of each other. And there's some great scenes coming up between Wentworth [Miller] and Grant [Gustin] in episode 22 which is further evidence of Snart's changing character and where we'll find him in the new show.

I feel that "Arrow" takes tonal inspiration from Batman. Would you say that "The Flash" is inspired by the Superman movies?

Yeah, we definitely talk a little bit more about the [Richard] Donner "Superman." It is sort of a little bit hopeful and certainly has a lot more humor to it. And the one thing that Donner's Superman did really well was [that it was] sort of grounded in the real world, and we certainly looked to those [movies]. "The Flash" is sort of a hodgepodge of a lot of different things, much more so than "Arrow" which is we decided to apply that "Dark Knight Returns," "[Batman:] Year One," Chris Nolan aesthetic to that show.

And "Flash" really -- a lot of the things that we talked about were "The Right Stuff," "Searching for Bobby Fischer." It was almost like it was less super hero things that sort of went into it in an odd kind of way. We talked about "Real Genius" a lot, which is a movie that we all loved when we were younger, and that sort of idea of really smart people and being able to write really smart people bouncing off of each other, so this sort of super hero origins, it was sort of less in that. And then obviously, the original "Flash" show.

Recently we see Barry go into the past accidentally. In the present we have so many heroes that have popped out of the woodwork. If Barry ever goes to the future, will we see even more heroes than we have in the present?

Well, we don't have any trips to the future planned per se, but there's a lot of -- what will be cool in the last half of the year is you're going to hear a lot about the future, and you're going to hear about certain people's futures. And I think that in a way is more interesting than going to the future because then it becomes a question of, "Well, is it true? Is this person telling you the truth?" And if they are telling you the truth, can you do anything to change it?

So a lot of the characters are going to hear about where they end up, and a lot of these last five or six episodes are going to be about whether or not you're going accept that or you're going to fight against it. And I think that, for us, is the more interesting drama than going to the future and seeing flying cars.

With the Harrison Wells that we've seen up until now, we've seen convincing goodness in him. Is that a residual of the real Harrison Wells, or is that all an act by the Reverse-Flash, Eobard Thawne?

That is an excellent question... my answer to that is, you obviously saw what happened that night, but how that affected both Thawne and Wells will be answered throughout the course of the season.

Can you say how far ahead you think in terms of loose plot -- for example, Wells referencing this "Crisis?"

Some of that stuff is undetermined. No matter what show we do, whether it's been "Arrow," it's been "Flash," or even "Supergirl" and the new show, we always have a plan. That's the best way we know how to operate, so when we're designing the pilot, I think a lot of times these people design pilots and then go, "Well, now what are we going to do?" And if you're watching "Flash," you certainly, hopefully, see that a lot of what's paying off was set up in the pilot.

It's not the sort of retroactive thing where we went backwards and said, "Now, what are we going to do?" And we try to do that every year on "Arrow," so there are things in there that are going to happen in season three that we knew if we were ever lucky enough to get this far, we would get to pay some of that stuff off. So we're fans of the plan, but there's also room for interpretation. Some of that stuff that you mentioned, we actually have ideas for. And even when we have ideas for things, things change along the way.


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- Nueva imágenes bts del rodaje de "The Flash" en Vancouver (01-04-15):





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- BTS de la S1 (03-04-15):



(@dpanabaker: Extra helpers on set today @robbieamell)


- BTS de la S1 (08-04-15):



(@robbieamell: Firestorm. #TheFlash)


- BTS de la S1 (10-04-15):



(@Glen__Winter: Sure miss these folks! Both shows shooting epic season finales as we speak. #Arrow #Flash)


- BTS del 1.18 (14-04-15):



(@rickcosnett: @brandonjrouth @emilybett @candicekp @grantgust #fifthwheellife #Flash #Flarrow)

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- THE FLASH 1.18 "All-Star Team Up" Extended Promo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ4IG5nRWFY

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- Stills del 1.19 "Who is Harrison Wells?":