¡¡¡Nuevo proyecto de la FOX sobre GOTHAM!!!

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- Stills del 2.07 "Mommy´s Little Monster":

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- "Gotham" David Mazouz on Becoming Batman (voicesfromkrypton):

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- Nuevos detalles sobre la relación de 'Lucius Fox' y 'Alfred' en "Gotham":

Los fans han estado deseando ver más del conocido personaje 'Lucius Fox' desde que supimos que finalmente haría su aparición en la serie de la FOX "Gotham".

Ahora, TVLine en su sección de spoilers nos ha dado más detalles sobre la relación que tendrá el personaje con otras de las personas más cercanas al futuro caballero oscuro:

Como se estavlece en el episodio de la semana que viene (aunque está fuera de cámara), Lucius está acercándose incluso más a arreglar el ordenador secreto de Thomas Wayne, así es que es sólo cuestión de tiempo hasta que reaparezca para mantener a Alfred a raya y ayudar a guiar al joven Bruce. “Lo que Sean [Pertwee] y yo encontramos emocionante sobre la dinámica de Lucius/Alfred,” dice Chalk, “es que son dos personas que pueden equiparase la una a la otra. Normalmente Alfred es el hombre más listo de la habitación, el hombre más peligroso de la habitación, y ahora tiene a un homólogo intelectualmente que dice, ‘Puedo seguir todo el día contigo.’” La conexión de técnico experto de Wayne Enterprises con Bruce, sin embargo, “es pura lealtad,” dice Chalk. “Su padre luchaba por el bien mayor, y no habiendo comprometido su lealtad previamente de una manera más activa, Lucius ahora tiene la oportunidad de hacerlo con Bruce, el ser un consejero de alguna manera”.

http://tvline.com/2015/10/22/once-upon- ... -spoilers/

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- Michelle Veintimilla explora los peligros de interpretar a la villana 'Firefly' en "Gotham" (CBR):

Michelle Veintimilla explora los peligros de interpretar a la villana 'Firefly' en "Gotham"
Por Bryan Cairns 26 Oct, 2015

Not every Batman villain plots to rule Gotham City. Some prefer to watch it go up in flames. That's the road Bridgit Pike (Michelle Veintimilla), the potential future DC Comics villain Firefly, is currently traveling.

In the comics, two iterations of the Firefly -- Garfield Lynns and Ted Carson -- turned up the heat for the Caped Crusader. The version seen on Fox's pre-Batman series "Gotham" swapped genders and found Bridgit's pyromaniac brothers forcing her into the family business. However, when you play with fire, someone is bound to get burned.

Ahead of tonight's new episode, "By Fire," Veintimilla spoke to CBR News about "Gotham's" spin on the character, Bridgit's baptism by fire, bonding with Selina Kyle (Camren Bicondova) and whether she can be considered a true villain.

CBR News: I want to start by talking about your Firefly getup, which Bridgit constructs herself, because it has a really striking design. What was your impression of the costume and her gigantic flamethrower?

Michelle Veintimilla: The outfit is awesome. The day after I got the job, I went into a fitting. I remember walking in and them putting this bizarre costume on me. They were like, "This is your villain costume." I was like, "What? What do you mean?" I didn't know that Bridget turned into a villain when I got the role. How could I have known when it was a brand new take on the villain? That was pretty funny being fitted into this costume and having no idea. They ended up clueing me in.

The costume is awesome. It's beautiful. The rough thing about it was it was a lot of layers, especially when we were on set and actually handling real fire. That was a real flamethrower on my back and real fire came out of it. I had to be trained on how to use it and had to make sure my whole costume was fire retardant. It was a lot of layers. We shot it on very hot summer nights, so it was pretty hot inside of it. I loved it. Since this is her origin story and she did build this costume from scratch -- and this costume is cool -- I'm really excited to see what her full-on villain costume will look like.

The old adage states, "Play with fire and you are bound to get burned." Were there any close calls while you were filming?

I think I was so scared that I made everybody explain everything to me in depth. I had to wear these goggles and I couldn't see through them. They would tell me, "This is your mark. You just have to turn left and run up a hill." I had to trust everyone on this set. We had to make it very clear. "This is where I'm turning. This is where I'm turning on the flamethrower. Then this person is going to tackle me and I have to make sure to turn it off. There's fire five feet from here, so we have to make sure not get in the fire." Everyone was extremely accommodating.

Safety is the number one thing when you are shooting sequences like that. I was really nervous because I was in control of a lot of it. I was the one with the flamethrower. The good thing was I had no one to blame, but I practiced a lot with the props people about turning it on and off. No one got injured.

Last week's episode, "Scarification," served as Firefly's origin story. What was your take on the character?

The really cool thing about it was that this is a brand new incarnation of the villain. I had a lot of liberty to show the development of this young woman and show how she changes and transforms. I got to talk to the writers and director and the showrunners. They really encouraged me to show the whole arc. I'm glad I got to portray a character that starts from the very beginning then transform her.

Bridgit isn't an arsonist by nature. How does she do on her first assignment?

She's incredibly scared, but she has been living with her brothers for quite a while. She's seen them do what they do. She knows that world. She might not have done the dirty work, but she knows what goes down. It was just a matter of her nerves and getting over that. She is a really strong girl and has opinions and she has a voice. She just doesn't have the chance to express it. She's really been stomped on. When Selina Kyle finally picks Bridgit up and forces her to dust herself off, she finds her strength. It's all there and that's the cool thing about playing her. She's always had that strength. It just took a little bit of pep talk from someone who knew her from her past.

Bridgit blows up numerous buildings during that inaugural trial run. Does she feel a sense of empowerment or is she way over her head?

She is a little bit over her head. I don't think she realizes at first what exactly she is getting herself into. Her number one priority is not killing herself, which she almost does the first time she's sent out on an assignment. Then when she realizes all the resources she has -- she lives in a dump with a bunch of napalm and fire retardant material -- she realizes that she can really take matters into her own hands.

And she does in her own way. There's so much goodness in Bridgit and that's the interesting thing about her story. She starts with great intentions. She's actually trying to do good and get rid of the bad guy. That adrenaline is fueling her and ultimately makes her change.

The cops cornered Bridgit, effectively leaving her with no way out. In what ways did accidentally burning an officer to death affect her?

It really startled her. At that point, she doesn't really know what to do. She's incredibly relieved when she sees that Selina is there to help her. Right before, Selina tells Bridgit that she's not going to [help] and that I'm on my own. I don't know what Bridgit would have done if it wasn't for Selina. That's why their relationship is so important. But, Bridgit can't believe what happened. She's really afraid and she doesn't know what her next step is.

Selina Kyle shows concern for Bridgit. In some ways, they are kindred spirits. How do they influence each other? What kind of bond do they share?

Bridgit is very much a worry wart because of her circumstances, and because she's pretty much a slave to her brothers. She's a very scared person. Her mind is always racing because she doesn't know how to live on her own. I think she suffers from Stockholm syndrome. She believes on some level that her brothers do care about her. She has nothing else to believe.

Selina is a young woman who is completely on her own and completely independent. She goes by her own rules, doesn't really take orders and marches to the beat of her own drum. We complement each other in that way. Sometimes Selina doesn't act like she cares about anything and Bridgit is like, "No, actually. I know who you are. I know where you came from. I know your story. You can't hide that from me. I know there's a heart in there somewhere." In return, Selina knows there is strength in me. She helps me find it again.

Bridgit has been branded a cop killer. She's on the run with Selina. Where do we find her in tonight's episode?

In tonight's episode, they are really trying to figure out what to do with me. Because everyone is looking for me, we decide I have to leave town. Our next endeavor is trying to figure out how we're going to get the money to get me out of town.

Has she embraced being a villain at this point?

No, I don't think so. That's later. She's really only been out with the flamethrower a few times. The first few times she was sent out by her brothers. It isn't really something she's interested in doing. Selina and Bridgit do realize I have this flamethrower and it can help me.

Will there be a resolution with the GCPD?

Yes, Bridgit is ultimately confronted by [Jim] Gordon and the strike force. There's a really big culmination of it all. We have a pretty big confrontation.

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- Estrellas de "Gotham" hablan sobre esa misteriosa escena final y la nueva 'retorcida' perspectiva de Selina (Variety):

Estrellas de "Gotham" hablan sobre esa misteriosa escena final y la nueva 'retorcida' perspectiva de Selina
Por Laura Prudom 26 Oct, 2015

In the Oct. 26 episode of “Gotham,” we saw Cory Michael Smith’s Edward Nygma take another step towards his dark destiny as The Riddler by accidentally killing his girlfriend, Kristen Kringle (Chelsea Spack), after he confessed to murdering her abusive ex and sent her running for the door. As a forensic scientist for the GCPD, Nygma probably has a few ideas about how to cover his tracks, but the emotional ramifications of his impulsive act are likely to reverberate for the rest of his days — and perhaps even contribute to his future penchant for green spandex.

Elsewhere in the hour, Selina (Camren Bicondova) went to Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) for help with her friend Bridgit Pike, aka Firefly (Michelle Veintimilla) — a previously meek girl from The Narrows turned badass vigilante.

Her decision to kill her brothers and take control of her own destiny “really does ignite a fire inside her, because she’s seeing the real world for the first time, she’s seeing all these injustices and all these women in cages, and that infuriates her,” Veintimilla said of her character’s more assertive transformation in this week’s episode. “She feels like she has to do it because she escaped her brothers and because she got out of her circumstances, she feels like she needs to take matters into her own hands, and I think she feels completely justified in what she’s doing. It’s frustrating for her when Selina denies that she’s suffered injustices – Selina is a really strong, independent women, but people underestimate her all the time, so I think they teach each other a lot.”

Alas, Jim and the GCPD were unable to keep the rebellious thief from coming to a fiery end… or so they thought.

In the episode’s final scene, we saw a severely burned Bridgit being wheeled along the clinical corridors of an underground facility known as Indian Hill, previously mentioned as a toxic waste dump that was traded between mobsters Don Maroni and Don Falcone in season one. Located underneath this prime piece of real estate, the mysterious lab was apparently a division of Wayne Enterprises, where all manner of grisly looking experiments were taking place. After her flamethrower accident, Bridgit’s suit was said to have melted to her skin, making her fireproof — “that’s why they sent her down here with the rest of the monsters, for testing,” according to one of the men accompanying her.

Veintimilla admitted she has “no idea” what’s in store for Bridgit when she makes her return, but she predicted that Bridgit’s somewhat unhinged mental state will mean her next appearance will be “very similar to what happened this time around. They’ll let me know when I get to set.” Despite the burns Bridgit endured, the actress was confident that her next costume upgrade will be “awesome — since the first costume came out the way that it did, I think her real villain costume will be even cooler.”

Variety also caught up with Bicondova to discuss where Selina goes from here, having lost her oldest friend (or so she thinks) because of Jim’s failure to protect her, and having been warned to stay away from Bruce (David Mazouz) by Alfred (Sean Pertwee).

We’ve gotten to see a more vulnerable side of Selina thanks to her friendship with Bridgit in the latest two episodes – why do you think that relationship is so important to her?

They grew up together, so that’s one thing that’s very important to Selina – having someone with her – especially after Alfred told her to stay away from Bruce. Before Bridgit came around, she felt very lost… They understand the struggle of growing up in a chaotic place like Gotham.

In this week’s episode, she tells Bridgit “no one’s ever gone after me or hurt me” – does she really believe that?

It’s definitely a cover-up. She not only tells herself that to survive but she’s telling Bridgit that to stop Bridgit doing what she’s about to do. Yes, Selina has been gone after, like last season in episode 10, assassins were going after her, but nobody has gone after her specifically – they’ve always gone after her regarding Bruce. That’s the complex part of what she’s saying, but it’s a cover-up, definitely, because her mom hurt her; her mom left her. She’s been growing up on her own — a teenage girl with no mom, that’s not a positive subject.

Alfred telling her to keep away from Bruce (and slapping her) seemed to really affect her – how is she handling that?

She’s bitter, because Bruce promised her that he wouldn’t tell anybody about what happened, and he told Alfred, and so when Alfred confronted Selina, not only was she surprised by the slap, she was surprised that Alfred knew about what happened. So she’s bitter about that, and she’s bitter about the fact that she can’t see him. So she’s lost and, especially after she finds out what happens to Bridgit, she doesn’t have anybody to turn to anymore, so she’s like “I don’t know whether I’m a good guy or a bad guy. Where do I fit in?” She’s definitely struggling.

Does that lack of companionship nudge her closer to the dark side?

I think it would be easy for her to turn to the dark side, I don’t think she necessarily wants to. That’s where she’ll be struggling… She’s going to have to turn to herself – at this point, she’s going to need to remind herself that she has raised herself and taught herself things that adults don’t even know in Gotham, so she’s going to need to remind herself that she’s gotten this far on her own and she can go further on her own, because she is very independent for her age.

She doesn’t usually take no for an answer – is she actually planning to stay away from Bruce for long?

I think she’ll come around; I think she’ll figure out a way to see Bruce again, because at this point, she’s iffy about Gordon. What she doesn’t realize is that the GCPD is changing with Captain Barnes in charge, so when the GCPD changes, that affects Gordon. So he can’t necessarily do the things he used to be able to do, and in turn, he can’t help Selina the same way he used to. So when he promises her that he’ll watch out for Bridgit, and he doesn’t deliver, she’s upset.

At the end of the episode we see that Bridgit ends up at Indian Hill – Selina was obviously devastated at the thought of Bridgit being dead, but how do you think she’d feel to find out she’s still alive, but in such a changed state?

I think it would be a mix of both. Shock would be the main word to describe it if Selina were to find out, because she would be glad that she’s still [alive], but to be in Indian Hill, which is not a good place for anyone to be, she would kind of wish she’d died at the same time… She would feel terrible that she didn’t help Bridgit like she initially wanted to, so she’d regret a lot of things.

She’s been pretty useful to Penguin so far this season, but is she planning on sticking around with him, or is she just waiting for a better offer?

Selina does whatever she wants to do, whenever she wants to do it, so if Penguin works out then it works out. If something better comes along, maybe she’ll go somewhere else – business is business to her; she doesn’t really take things personally as much as everybody else that she knows.

What else is coming up for her in the next few episodes?

She starts doing some really cool things. There’s this controversy of the character of Catwoman where is she a villain or is she a hero, and for me personally, I think Selina and Catwoman are both antiheroes. Lately, within the season so far, we’ve seen Selina change and see emotions we don’t normally see, so you’re trying to figure out “is she going to the dark side, is she going to the good side?” And in the next couple of episodes you’re going to see her trying to figure that out for herself, but she’s going to be doing some things that are kind of twisted, but for very good reasons, and I’m just very excited and I’ve been getting to do some really cool scenes. She’s a teenager and she’s reacting to emotions she hasn’t felt [before].


http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/gotham- ... 201627133/

- Cory Michael Smith sobre el gran giro de esta noche de Nygma (collider):

Cory Michael Smith sobre el gran giro de esta noche de Nygma
Por Christina Radish 26 Oct, 2015

On the Fox drama series Gotham, as Edward Nygma (Cory Michael Smith) has been inching ever closer to the super villain persona The Riddler, with his alter-ego fighting to take control, his relationship with Kristen Kringle (Chelsea Spack) and his friendship with Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) were growing and evolving in new and interesting ways. Now that things have reached a breaking point of sorts, how things will play out next for the previously meek and mild Nygma are anyone’s guess.

Thankfully, actor Cory Michael Smith was able to get on the phone with Collider for this exclusive interview to talk about where Ed Nygma goes from here, exploring his character’s increasingly complicated personality, why he made the decision to open up to Kristen Kringle, her reaction, the power in what Nygma is feeling and doing, and being a small fish in the big pond of Gotham. Be aware that there are major spoilers discussed

Collider: Because you know The Riddler is the inevitable outcome for Ed Nygma, did you enjoy getting to have a little bit of time to explore what it might be like for him to have a few dates and have a couple of friends and get to see what a relationship could be like with him, before he goes full-on crazy?

CORY MICHAEL SMITH: Yeah, I think so. Very early on, when we introduced Kristen Kringle, someone tweeted at me, “This is so wrong! The Riddler never had romantic endeavors. This is so, so, so wrong!” And what I tweeted back was, “There’s a reason why people are the way they are.” I’m very excited about the choices they made, and especially how it happened. It’s so aggressively personal and unintentional. And I’m sad to see Chelsea [Spack] go because I’m such a big fan of hers.

This episode really showed the Ed Nygma that he was always hoping to be, on a date with the girl of his dreams while he’s with people he considers his friends. How do you think he felt, in that moment? Do you think that he felt like he’d become the guy he’d always wanted to be, before it all fell apart?

SMITH: Yeah. And I think that, even in the short period of time that they’re dating, a calm comes over him because he feels like he graduated in life. He has a little bit more confidence in the fact that he is desired by somebody and understood by somebody, even if it’s for a short period of time. It makes him feel like he’s not as crazy as everyone makes him feel. Of course, it turns out that he’s crazier. But he gets to feel, for a little bit, like someone who can be loved and like someone who can be understood.

What does Nygma think of Jim Gordon? Does he admire him?

SMITH: I think, at first, he did. I think everyone noticed when Jim Gordon came in and Ed had to collaborate with him and help him. I think there was a very non-romantic crush on Jim Gordon because he’s the dashing guy who’s principled and came in with a vengeance. I think that was probably exciting for Ed. He got to do the job with someone who’s perhaps as passionate as he is, and who’s not just a schmuck that abused him. So, there was certainly a fondness there, but it never really went anywhere. They had a double date and he wanted to be friends because he’s seeking out someone who has a fondness for him. But as Ed has to get rid of the body recover from this, figure out what this means for him and move on, he goes through all these changes and has to find other people to rely on, make new friends and have new alliances. I don’t know that that’s going to be with Jim Gordon. Jim Gordon is a police officer and Ed has now killed two people. That relationship could potentially get more complicated. As Ed gets more confidant, he doesn’t need to feel validated by Jim Gordon.

Why do you think he made the decision to tell her that he killed her last boyfriend and how do you think he actually expected her to react to that?

SMITH: Well, that’s a great question. In the very last episode of Season 1, the two separate parts of his psyche emerged from a freak-out he has because he thinks she figured it out. So, it’s really the elephant in the room. He assumes that she knows, or suspects it. He just has to let her know that, yes, in fact he did do it. Also, I think that this is all just moving so quickly for Ed. I know that I’ve been in the position with people where I’m just falling so quickly that you want to just share everything, but it never really works out quite the way you want it to. This is his first experience with that. He just wants to tell her everything because he thinks it’s important and that she should know. It’s kind of bragging. She hurt his feeling by saying, “You couldn’t really stand up to him.” And he’s like, “Well, actually babe, I did, in the most epic way possible, and it was all for you. You’re welcome, and I’d do it again.” His judgment is just a little off.

The guy that he killed was clearly a bad guy, and many of the good guys in Gotham have killed a bad guy or two, at some point. But after taking the life of the love of his life with his own hands, how is that going to affect him? Is it going to make him spiral more out of control, or will it make him realize exactly who he is?

SMITH: This is his one true love in his mind, and he’s responsible for fucking it up. At this point, he’s killed two people unintentionally, but it’s a lot to deal with. I think he has to resolve to accept what he has done, but I don’t know that he knows what that means for himself. He’s a murderer, but he doesn’t mean to be. He has to reconcile his truth. I don’t know what it will mean for him. The next few episodes will see him trying to figure that out. The thing that happens immediately after that is that this alter-ego of his comes rearing his head in a really horrifying way.

What was it like to shoot that scene that ultimately ends with Kristen Kringle’s death at the heads of Ed Nygma?

SMITH: It was pretty brutal to shoot. It was a long scene and we had to shoot it in segments. What would be nice would be if you could start from the beginning and go until the end, but you can’t because of the changes in location. We did a master first, that was a big shot of the whole thing, and then we started with the actual killing and worked backwards, which was weird. It was tough. I didn’t want to see Chelsea go, but it was necessary. It was a little bit emotional during it, but we enjoyed working with each other so much, so it was a good time. It’s a very bittersweet thing because I’ve so enjoyed her, so much. On the other hand, I’m so excited to have a new storyline.

Would you personally like to see Nygma slip into a few other personalities, aside from the two we’ve already seen?

SMITH: When the alter-ego comes back in Episode 7, as a repercussion from what he did in Episode 6, I think you will see very new colors of each personalities, and perhaps they are closer to becoming the same person. What’s more important for me than cutting him up into even more little pieces is for him to eventually come to the place where he’s embracing this other side of him. That’s the voice that’s going to lead him to being the super villain. It’s more about luring Nygma into understanding that there’s power in these things that he’s feeling and doing.

As the actor playing him, are you rooting for him to get to the point of being the super villain and getting into the costume as quickly or possible, or do you prefer the slower exploration?

SMITH: I was really eager to get to the point that we’re at now, but now that we’re here, I’m excited about going very slowly. People can change significantly in a short period of time, but to go from where we started with the very meek, genuine, well-meaning guy to where we want to go is going to take a long time. There are some events that speed that up, but at this point, we’ll see him growing and changing. He’ll find himself getting in trouble, as he takes risks and chances and fucks with people.

Could you ever see him teaming up to wreak havoc with another villain, or do you see him as more of a lone wolf, at this point?

SMITH: I see him as someone that is a small fish in the big pond of Gotham. He’s going to be lured into this devious behavior, but he doesn’t necessarily know what he’s doing or why he’s doing it. He’ll seek council from people who are more experienced, more daring and more powerful than he is. He’s just going to get a bit more mischievous now. There’s something so addicting about doing something horrible and getting away with it.

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- Mientras su personaje en ‘Gotham’ soporta los giros, Camren Bicondova abraza cada astuto giro felino (thewashingtonpost):

Mientras su personaje en ‘Gotham’ soporta los giros, Camren Bicondova abraza cada astuto giro felino
Por David Betancourt 27 Oct 9:00 AM

CAMREN BICONDOVA walked out of her “Gotham” audition, and her sense of uncertainty was not simply about whether she would get the part. She did not even know, it seems, what part she was auditioning for.

So when she received the call to tell her she’d be joining the next live-action Batman universe, Bicondova — a trained dancer — also learned that she’d be playing sure-footed Selina Kyle, and she was ecstatic.

“It’s insanely amazing,” Bicondova tells The Post’s Comic Riffs about the moment she discovered she was the next “Catwoman.” “There are only six actresses who have played Catwoman. And I’m the seventh.

“And I’m the youngest,” notes Bicondova, who is 16.

“It’s intimidating and it was nerve-racking at first, but I feel like it’s pretty cool that I’m able to say that I’m one of the seven actresses that have played Catwoman,” she continues. “And I’m just really excited for what comes.”

It was a surreal moment for Bicondova, having become part of an exclusive feline sorority of heroism/villainy that includes such actresses as Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt and Lee Meriwether on the small screen, and Michelle Pfeiffer, Halle Berry and Anne Hathaway on the silver screen. But unlike those well-known actresses — who have a host of Academy Award and Tony Award and Golden Globes nominations among them, as well as two Oscar wins — Bicondova is the first to give a glimpse of Selina Kyle as a youngster, years before the mask, whip and claws.

As “Gotham” continues its second season on Fox, Bicondova’s young Selina, in fact, is more alone than ever before. Young Bruce Wayne’s trusted butler, Alfred, has forbid her from coming in contact with “Master Bruce,” as he is convinced that Selina killed his friend Reggie. It should be noted that Reggie was spying on Bruce, betraying his old buddy Alfred and, in Selina’s eyes, she was preventing Reggie from killing Bruce. It was a stunning turn of events for Bruce and Alfred, but just another day in the Gotham streets for Selina.

After last night’s episode, possibly the one friend Selina had left, Bridget Pike, seemingly went down in a flame-blazing shootout with the GCPD — after a fiery internship with her criminal step brothers turned her into “Gotham’s” version of comic book bat-villain Firefly.

Jim Gordon, the good cop with bad secrets, promised Selina that he wouldn’t let anything happen to her friend when she became public enemy No. 1 in Gotham. But now he has to tell Selina that her only friend left has died.

Viewers know by the episode’s end that Bridget has survived, but Selina and Gordon still don’t know that, which leads to a new page in their on-again, off-again, parent/teacher, adult/child, cop/street-kid relationship. And Selina feels she can’t trust Gordon anymore.

Since “Gotham” began, Gordon was there for Selina, whether she liked it or not. Now, after the loss of her friend, it seems she’s ready for Gordon to be gone from her life for good.

Bicondova says that Selina’s survivalist skills might lead to an eventual, if reluctant reconciliation with the future commissioner of the GCPD.

“It seems like the end, but Selina is very resilient,” Bicondova says of Selina’s working relationship with Gordon. “She knows who to have relationships with in order to help her in the future. Gordon is one of those people that you don’t really like, but you need them if you’re in trouble.

“I think she’ll come back around. It’ll just take a little bit of time.”

Like many actors who land comic book-inspired roles, Bicondova says that she wasn’t too familiar with the Batman universe outside of the basics (billionaire vigilante using his money for good when not dressing like a bat). And as is generally the case in those situations, Bicondova was handed a ton of comic books to help her research her role, In doing so, she came across one storyline that she hopes makes it to the “Gotham” universe.

“There’s one comic book where Carmine Falcone is the father of Selina Kyle, and I just thought that was the greatest thing,” Bicondova tells Comic Riffs, referring to “Batman: The Long Halloween,” by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, a graphic novel that hints that the legendary Gotham crime boss was Selina’s true father. That twist would create an interesting dynamic with the recently departed John Doman, should the actor return to reprise his role as “Gotham’s” Falcone.

“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, that makes perfect sense,” Bicondova says. “I think that would be pretty cool.”

If that classic bat-moment does make it to the show, Bicondova probably won’t find out until she reads the script. She says that “Gotham’s” writers always keep cast members on their toes when it comes to the destinies of their characters.

“I never know what the writers are going to do,” she says. “But it’s always exciting when I read the scripts.”


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- GOTHAM | 2.07 "Mommy´s Little Monster" Promo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lxqB4TTwXI


- GOTHAM | 2.07 "Mommy´s Little Monster" Clip #1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgsoOd19cQ8


- GOTHAM | 2.07 "Mommy´s Little Monster" Clip #2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qST0Ex-O7c
http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/10/gotham ... le_29.html?


- GOTHAM | 2.07 "Mommy´s Little Monster" Clip #3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgC8n0no12I


- GOTHAM | 2.07 "Mommy´s Little Monster" Clip #4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb6YNRy9DJc




Añadidos los rátings del 2.06 "By Fire". Podéis encontrarlos AQUÍ.

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- Descripción oficial del 2.08 "Tonight´s the night":

2.08 "Tonight´s the night" (09/11/15): GALAVAN MANDA A BARBARA EN BUSCA DE VENGANZA (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - Galavan manda a Barbara tras Jim Gordon, mientras que él intenta hacer un acuerdo de negocios con Bruce Wayne. Barnes y Bullock van tras el rastro de Barbara, y Nygma tiene una discusión con una cara familiar.

http://gamerssphere.com/2015/10/21/goth ... -synopsis/

- Descripción oficial del 2.09 "A Bitter Pill to Swallow":

2.09 "A Bitter Pill to Swallow" (16/11/15): GORDON ENCUENTRA UNO DE LOS MÁS PELIGROSOS SICARIOS DE GOTHAM (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - Gordon Y Barnes continúan limpiando Gotham, y Gordon se pone cara a cara con uno de los más peligrosos sicarios de la ciudad, Eduardo Flamingo. Mientras tanto, Nygma y el Pingüino cruzan sus caminos de nuevo, y Bruce presiona a Galavan para que le de el nombre del asesino de sus padres. Estrellas invitadas: Natalie Alyn Lind como 'Silver St. Cloud', Michelle Gomez como 'The Lady', Jon Sklaroff como 'Billy Boy', Raul Castillo como 'Eduardo Flamingo', Ron Rifkin como 'Father Creel'.

http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/10/fox-up ... es_27.html?

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- "Gotham" encuentra a su 'Mr.Freeze':

La serie de Fox "Gotham" a encontrado a otro icónico enemigo de Batman para su segunda temporada.

El actor Nathan Darrow (House Of Cards) ha sido escogido para interpretar el personaje recurrente de 'Victor Fries aka Mr. Freeze' en la serie.

Victor empezará como uno de los preeminentes ingenieros criogénicos de Gotham. Aunque ferozmente inteligente y eminentemente capaz en su trabajo, Victor lucha por hacer conexiones significativas con los demás. La única excepción es su mujer, Nora, quien trágicamente ha enfermado con una enfermedad terminal. El amor de Victor hacia Nora no tiene límites, y a medida que su condición empeora, él llega hasta medidas extremas para descubrir una manera de congelarla antes de que muera. Este desgarrador viaje lo lleva a su transformación en el legendario villano de DC Mr. Freeze.

Darrow aparecerá por primera vez el 20 de Noviembre y luego habrá una historia fuertemente centrada en "Mr. Freeze" de dos partes en los episodios 2.12 y 2.13, que está previsto se emitan en Diciembre.

El personaje fue interpretado anteriormente en la gran pantalla por Arnold Schwarzenegger en la película de 1997 "Batman & Robin" y por George Sanders en la serie de TV de los ´60s.


http://deadline.com/2015/10/gotham-dr-f ... 201595943/
http://tvline.com/2015/10/28/gotham-mr- ... -season-2/

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- Spoilers de los "November Sweeps":

Nov. 2, "Mommy's Little Monster": "Si la gente pensaba que un Pingüino era malo, ¡esperad hasta que veáis 30! dice el productor John Stephens. "Gotham no tiene ni idea de lo que le viene encima."

Nov. 9, "Tonight's the Night": El tempestuoso triángulo de Jim/Lee/Barbara "culmina de una manera bella y loca. Erin [Richards] lo exprime absolutamente," dice Stephens. "El episodio es una locura. Puede que sea mi favorito del año hasta ahora."

Nov. 16, "A Bitter Pill to Swallow": "Este puede que sea el episodio más violento que hemos hecho, el más cercano a un episodio a lo Kill Bill," advierte Stephens. "Jim y el Capitán Barnes tienen la espalda contra la pared todo el episodio, sin parar. ¡Es una maravilla!"

Nov. 23, "The Son of Gotham": En este episodio escrito por Stephens, "Gordon finalmente quitará las capas y se dará cuenta de lo que ha estado pasando con Theo Galavan. También veremos al joven Bruce Wayne alzándose y mostrando una parte de su personaje que nadie ha visto antes."


http://tvline.com/gallery/spoilers-nove ... -spoilers/

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- Stills del 2.08 "Tonight´s the Night":

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- BD Wong será el 'Profesor Hugo Strange' en la S2 de "Gotham":

Ahora que "Gotham" ha introducido la instalación de "Indian Hill", un laboratorio oculto que experimenta con los "monstruos" de Gotham City, necesitaban a alguien que la dirigiera.

Sabíamos desde hace tiempo que el 'Profesor Hugo Strange' iba a aparecer en la serie y ahora se ha confirmado que el actor escogido para el papel no es otro más que BD Wong.

Oficialmente en la serie, Hugo será contratado para dirigir el "Arkham Asylum" de Gotham. El brilante psiquiatra y profesor, "parece un altruista, pero alberga un oscuro secreto que al final lo convertirá en la mayor amenaza de Gotham." Empezará de forma inocente, pareciendo que está trabajando para rehabilitar a los villanos de Gotham City, antes de ser revelado que es el hombre que hay detrás de "Indian Hill", conduciendo los experimentos en los reclusos y probando extraordinarias habilidades en un programa secreto que está dirigido por Wayne Enterprises y que se "dedica a crear el superhumano definitivo... o super villano", dicen desde la FOX.

Entre sus muchos trabajos, Wong ha sido visto recientemente en la gran pantalla en "Jurassic World" y "Focus", y en "Mr. Robot" en la pequeña pantalla. Probablemente es más conocido por interpretar al 'Padre Ray' en la serie de HBO "Oz" y por su trabajo durante 13 años como el 'Dr. George Huang' en la serie "Law and Order: SVU" un papel que seguro le ayudará a la hora de interpretar su ahora nuevo papel en "Gotham".

El personaje de "Hugo Strange" incluso precede a la aparición de "Joker", ya que se vio por primera vez en el número #36 de Detective Comics #36 de 1940, convirtiéndose en uno de los primeros villanos recurrentes del Caballero Oscuro. Además de los cómics, hemos podido verlo también en muchas series animadas y tuvo un gran protagonismo en la serie de video juegos de "Batman: Arkham".


http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2 ... /74848786/
http://comicbook.com/2015/10/30/exclusi ... on-gotham/

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- La acriz Kristen Hager será 'Nora Fries' (mujer de Mr. Freeze) en la S2 de "GOTHAM":

Hace apenas unos días se anunciaba que la estrella de “House of Cards” Nathan Darrow aparecerá en "Gotham" como 'Victor Fries', más conocido por los fans de Batman como 'Mr. Freeze".

Ahora se ha revelado que la actriz Kristen Hager ha sido escogida para interpretar a su esposa enferma en estado terminal 'Nora Fries' quien “gracias a su inteligencia, su sinceridad y su desenfadada sensibilidad, es la única persona que se las ha arreglado para conectar con el emocionalmente frío criogenista.”

La descripción del personaje también da luz al por qué Victor se convierte en el famoso supervillano de los cómics, “A medida que su condición empeora y su marido está más desesperado por salvarle la vida, Nora debe tomar la última elección: jugar a ser la dispuesta participante en el loco plan de Victor o sacrificarse a sí misma para detener al monstruo que hay en su interior”.

En los cómics, Nora fue uno de los personajes que se crearon originalmente para "Batman: The Animated Series". En el que es uno de los más aclamados episodios de toda la serie, "Heart of Ice," fue usada para darle a Mr. Freeze una historia pasada más humana y con la que identificarse. Estaba terminalmente enferma y congelada criogénicamente por su marido mientras que buscaba la cura. Su tubo fue aparentemente apagado por el director del proyecto, lo que llevó Fries a convertirse en Freeze, buscando venganza. En los anteriores 40 años de su historia antes de esto, Victor no tenía ningún lazo con la humanidad, por lo que Nora y su historia fueron añadidos a los cómics y a las posteriores adaptaciones.

Por lo que se nos ha dicho, parece que en "Gotham" se verá una versión ligeramente diferente, aunque con el mismo resultado.

Hager, quien protagonizó “Being Human” y apareció más recientemente en “Masters of Sex,” empezó a rodar su primer episodio este jueves 29 de Octubre.


http://zap2it.com/2015/10/gotham-season ... ten-hager/

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- Tommy Flanagan será 'The Knife' en "Gotham":

ComicBook.com ha informado que el actor de "Hijos de la Anarquía" Tommy Flanagan interpretará a un nuevo personaje llamado 'the Knife' en la S2 de la serie de la FOX "Gotham".

Flanagan twteó en Octubre que iba a aparecer en la serie pero, aparet de eso, no se conocían más detalles sobre su aparición.

https://twitter.com/TommyFlanagan/statu ... 0867053568


'The Knife' es uno de los más peligrosos residentes de Gotham. Su encanto, su envoltura estilizada y su buen humor enmascaran a un despiadado asesino a sueldo cuyas habilidades están al servicio del más alto postor. Él se sentará contigo, se reirá contigo, y luego te rajará la garganta.

Han habido una serie de incorporaciones este año recientemente, pero dada la reciente línea de trabajo de Flanagan, podemos esperar algo feroz y totalmente aterrador de su parte.

'The Knife' hará su debut en el episodio 2.10.


http://comicbook.com/2015/11/02/tommy-f ... on-gotham/

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- Nuevas imágenes promocionales de la S2:

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- Cory Michael Smith: el Enigma 'Atormentará' a Ed tras la tragedia (TVLine):

Cory Michael Smith: el Enigma 'Atormentará' a Ed tras la tragedia
Por Matt Webb Mitovich / 02 Nov 2 2015, 10:09 AM PST

If you have it, you don’t share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is “it”?

The answer to that riddle is “a secret,” and Gotham‘s Edward Nygma is sitting on a big and tragic one in the wake of accidentally killing his sweetheart, Miss Kringle.

TVLine hopped on the phone with Cory Michael Smith to survey Ed’s reaction to his misdeed — as well as the other Ed’s take on the grave twist. Also, a sneak peek at what brings the would-be Riddler and the Penguin together!

TVLINE | How is Edward feeling right now?
As we go into this week’s episode (tonight at 8/7c, on Fox), he’s utterly destroyed. He has killed the person that he’s in love with. His life had changed, he faced the possibility of actually being with someone, of entering manhood in a really exciting way. But now, this “other” part of him that we’ve been introduced to is there to punish himself.

TVLINE | I was going to ask, does his “other self” try to rationalize what happened, or does he pester him about it?
Oh, he’s there to punish. This is also where Ed’s relationship with riddles is born in a really tormenting way. Up until now, he has used them as a way of flirting, for fun and in trying to make friends. But at this point, this other part of him is going to be using the same love of riddles as a way to torment himself. This is where some severe scar tissue is earned.

TVLINE | How will we account for Miss Kringle’s absence?
Well, we’ve got to do something with her body — but first we have to find her body. [Laughs] Ed’s going to play some games on himself, making him guess where the body has been hidden, and then we have to get rid of the body, which is much easier said than done. And also, to bury the love of your life should take a bit of a ceremony, so it will be a “special” occasion for him.

TVLINE | If Ed was teetering on the edge of sanity for the past several episodes, would you say he has now lost his footing?
Yeah, I think so. Someone like Ed, who just can’t catch a break and whose misfortunes he could accept as just fate or “This is just me,” these kinds of people embrace parts about themselves that the rest of us deny. Unfortunately, he’s going to be forced into that camp of people who embrace these things as a way of getting what they want.

TVLINE | Is he be able to put on a good “game face” at the GCPD, though?
The fun part about what happens after this is once you’ve embraced these things, it doesn’t mean that you’re all of a the sudden good at it. [Laughs] It doesnt mean that he is now The Riddler and he is badass and supersmart. He has absolutely no idea what he’s doing!

TVLINE | Being a psychopath takes practice!
It does! Of course it takes practice. That’s why if there’s another run-in with Penguin, he may be like, “Oh, what a great time to inquire about how to be such a horrible human being!”

TVLINE | Yeah, John Stephens told me the Nov. 16 episode features “the beginning of a beautiful friendship between Penguin and The Riddler.”
[Laughs] Yeah…. Penguin is not in good health, and the ever-caring Ed finds him at an opportune time. Ed’s going to save his life, and where they run into each other is outside the city limits.

TVLINE | Any sartorial tweaks for Ed, as he inches closer to his Riddler identity? I know he has had the tie clip…
Though his relationship with riddles is going to change drastically, he doesn’t yet embrace that as, like, his marker, or his shtick. Theres definitely going to be more green in the clothing, and his wardrobe will be more brave. It will be changing, but not a lot.


http://tvline.com/2015/11/02/gotham-sea ... ngle-dies/

- Jessica Lucas comparte los verdaderos motivos de los Galavans (thetvjunkies):

Jessica Lucas comparte los verdaderos motivos de los Galavans
Por Collin MacGregor | 02 Nov, 2015

With Gotham boasting the phrase “Rise of the Villains,” it has had quite a few memorable characters already pass through its second season. From Jerome’s homage to the Joker, to Penguin reigning as the new crime boss of Gotham City; it’s clear that Gotham is making strides to really improve one of the show’s previous weak points. Yet none have taken more command of the show than newcomers Theo and Tabitha Galavan (James Frain and Jessica Lucas). While Theo has obtained more of the show’s narrative focus, not much is truly known about his sister Tabitha.

The TV Junkies recently got a chance to sit down with Vancouver native Lucas and ask her all about her role in Season 2. She talks to us about what it’s been like joining Gotham, her inspiration for the role and whether we’ll see any more action between Tabitha and Gordon (Ben McKenzie).

The TV Junkies: Gotham has always had such a rich roster of characters, was it intimidating at all to join that cast and stand out among them?

Jessica Lucas: Yes, absolutely. There’s so many amazing characters in the Batman mythology and some of the actresses have done incredible things with them and there’s such a rabid fanbase, there’s a lot of pressure involved with that. You just do the best that you can and hope people enjoy what you’re doing.

TTVJ: Was there any character you drew upon for inspiration?

JL: I did–Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman.

TTVJ: Tabitha and Theo have a really interesting relationship. Theo always seems to be the more calculating one and Tabitha is far more bold. Are we going to see Tabitha develop beyond being the more action driven one as the show goes on?

JL: Well right now that’s how their relationship and dynamic work–he’s the plotter and she’s the enforcer. I think if you were to take him out of the picture and focus on just her, I think she is just as smart if not more smart than Theo. I just think the way that she would go about the plot would be different. He just draws everything out, and it’s just more complicated and elaborate than she would like. She just wants to get to the point.

TTVJ: Theo is really obsessed about his plot against the Waynes and how it stretches far back in time. Does Tabitha care about this plan as much as Theo does?

JL: I personally don’t think that she does. I think that there’s a lot of history between her and her brother and a lot of loyalty that exists there. Even though she might not be on board with what she is planning and I think he has her on a tight leash. So once that gets severed, she’ll be free to pursue her own course of action.

TTVJ: We always see little tidbits of Tabitha interacting with Penguin, do the Galavans see Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) as a credible threat or just another thug?

Jessica Lucas: No, they don’t see him as a threat, which is probably to their detriment. They’re using him as a tool in their plan, so they’ve kidnapped his mother in order to manipulate him and get him to do what they want. But yeah, I think they underestimate Penguin.

The TV Junkies: The Maniaxs are gone and all that’s left is Barbara (Erin Richards), and Tabitha seems to have a very interesting relationship with her. Is she just using Barbara like Penguin or is there an actual friendship between them?

Jessica Lucas: I think if that happens, it will happen further down the line. Right now, I think the Galavans in general are using everybody in Gotham to advance their plan. So, she is probably making Barbara think she cares about her a lot more than she does and to mess with her brother and make him jealous. You just never really know with Tabitha. You shouldn’t know what her real feelings are about a situation. She’s the strong silent type.

TTVJ: We see a lot of interaction between Theo and Gordon, but not so much with Tabitha and Gordon. Are we going to get any real dynamic between the two of them?

JL: I think for now what you’re going to see is that way, but I don’t think it’ll be that way forever. I don’t think Tabitha has as much of an obsession with Jim Gordon as Theo has. I think that is also to his detriment, because it seems like Gordon keeps sidetracking him for their larger plan. I don’t think that’s going to pay off well.

http://www.thetvjunkies.com/gotham-jess ... interview/

- Cory Michael Smith: No hay ‘vuelta atrás’ para Ed Nygma (zap2it):

Cory Michael Smith: No hay ‘vuelta atrás’ para Ed Nygma
Por Chris E. Hayner at 02 Nov, 2015

With “Gotham’s” Ed Nygma (Cory Michael Smith) killing his girlfriend Kristen (Chelsea Spack), the future Riddler is inching closer and closer to his villainous destiny and there’s nothing that can be done to stop him.

Speaking to Zap2it, Smith says, “This is certainly a moment where I don’t think there’s a turning back. Now it’s about how to live this life that he feels he’s been given.”

For Smith, the life Ed’s leading is a hauntingly familiar one.

“I try to think about how some of these people can do horrible things in society and it’s really confounding. Like with a lot of these mass shooters, it’s amazing to me how many of them leave notes that say it’s about not having attention from girls and just not having friends. Which seems like almost the story of most mildly attractive or less than adolescence,” he explains. “Some of these people are wired in such a way that they think the world hates them or they’re victims. I think that’s the capacity Ed has.”

While it’s a tragic story, it’s one Smith can’t get enough of playing as he sees Ed develop from the quiet, nerdy character fans were introduced to in Season 1.

“Ed has always been a character that’s a bit young and underdeveloped in life. There’s so much of him that he just doesn’t access,” he says. “What we’ve been able to do with this other side of him is it’s just all the parts of him he’s afraid of or intimidated by and doesn’t utilize. His sexual prowess, his confidence and strength.”

“It’s so nice to have all of these parts of a person out in the open and being displayed,” Smith adds.

If there really is no turning back for Ed, the show’s Rise of the Villains is about to get a lot scarier.


http://zap2it.com/2015/11/gotham-season ... ael-smith/

- Cory Michael Smith dice que la relación de Nygma con los acertijos es atormentada y demente (comicbook):

Cory Michael Smith dice que la relación de Nygma con los acertijos es atormentada y demente
Por Lucas Siegel 02/11/2015

Tonight's Gotham has major leaps forward for several of its ongoing storylines, but none moreso than that of Edward Nygma, the man who will become the Riddler.

During a phone interview today with ComicBook.com, actor Cory Michael Smith teased the episode, and how it follows up on last week's surprise death - as Nygma accidentally killed his girlfriend Kristin Kringle.

"I think as he's hurting her, he’s a guy of words and not actions in a lot of ways," Smith told us. "He’s not exactly aware of his body so much as his mind. So what it is, he’s trying to get across what he’s saying, which is that he loves her so much, and he did this for her and would do it again.

"That’s what he’s trying to get across – meanwhile, he’s strangling her to death."

That twisted sense of love, and trying so desperately to express it, is the heart of that whole scene, though.

"So, it’s really coming from trying to make sure that she feels love – and she sure feels it (laughs). So that’s where it’s coming from. He’s unaware of exactly what he’s doing."

Smith said he knew about Nygma's storyline for about the first half of the season all in advance. He was glad of that, as it gave him time to "prepare [him]self to get to a place where Chelsea Spack would no longer be around." But something surprised him about tonight's episode.

"The thing I didn’t quite know, in the episode that airs tonight, they were very vague with me – and it turned out to be one of my favorite things about character development in the entire series. What we explore tonight with his relationship to riddles, and how it becomes tormented and demented, is so smart. I’m very, very excited about that."


http://comicbook.com/2015/11/02/gothams ... riddles-t/

- Una 'amistad' entre Ed Nygma-el Pingüino finalmente llega a ‘Gotham’ (zap2it):

Una 'amistad' entre Ed Nygma-el Pingüino finalmente llega a ‘Gotham’
Por Chris E. Hayner 02 Nov, 2015

Get ready for a bumpy ride, “Gotham” fans. Ed Nygma (Cory Michael Smith) is fully embracing his dark side, something fans have been waiting for since Season 1 is finally happening.

Nygma will be finding himself working with none other than Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor). Unlike last time, it won’t just be a single scene either.

“Edward and Oswald will have another run-in and will be spending a bit of time together,” Smith tells Zap2it. “Those scenes are all incredibly dynamic. We’ll be seeing a very different kind of Ed that has to stand up to him. Not stand up, cause they’re certainly friends, but it’s not an easy beginning of a friendship.”

Given how Penguin has now lost his mother and is on the warpath to kill the Galavans (James Frain and Jessica Lucas), it’s no surprise that earning his friendship won’t be that easy. Cobblepot is a man of few allies and fewer friends — and he’s down one Butch (Drew Powell), who is establishing himself as a force to be dealt with in Gotham.

Ed won’t let any of that stop him, though. “We can say [Osawald’s] difficult, but Ed has fortitude,” Smith teases.

As for when it will happen, the actor won’t say for sure, just that it’s in the “not too distant future.” In the meantime, he has issues to figure out in the work place.

“The way he deals with Lee (Morena Baccarin) and Jim (Ben McKenzie) and Harvey (Donal Logue) is going to be very different,” Smith says. “There’s going to be an unabashed showing of power to all of them. He’s not going to handle being treated the way he was before.”

Of course, first he’ll have to figure out what to tell everyone about his suddenly missing girlfriend. “Work just got a little more complicated because Kristen’s not showing up and everyone knows they were acting cause Ed was bragging about it.” Oh Ed, maybe you shouldn’t have bragged about the lady in your life so much.

http://zap2it.com/2015/11/gotham-season ... cobblepot/

- Jessica Lucas habla sobre Tigress en la Season 2 de 'Gotham' (torontosun):

Jessica Lucas habla sobre Tigress en la Season 2 de 'Gotham'
Por Jim Slotek 02 Nov 2015

Some people may be to-the-whip born. Case in point: Jessica Lucas, the Vancouver-born actress who plays Tigress in Gotham, Season 2: Rise of the Villains.

In this incarnation, she’s the deranged sister of criminal mastermind/wannabe politician Theo Galavan (James Frain).

And she clearly takes pleasure in her work, utilizing a whip with gusto – most notably on the kidnapped Mayor Aubrey James (Richard Kind).

She’s also got an exhibition streak, flaunting her affair with fellow villainess Barbara Kean (Erin Richards), engaging in a lip-lock in every episode by way of “Hello.”

“I knew about the whips, definitely, right from the get go,” says Lucas. “I didn’t know about the storyline with her and Barbara. And so I read that script and that was a surprise. I feel every episode I read there’s something different and surprising about her I learn.

As for the scripted public displays of affection, she says, “It’s always kind of funny and uncomfortable when you’ve got that in a script. But Erin’s awesome and she’s a good friend of mine now, so it’s all good. Sometimes you don’t like the people you’re kissing on camera. Luckily, I really like Erin.”

As for her instrument of torture, Lucas says she had no whip lessons. “I basically showed up a couple days before we started shooting. I held the whip for the first time 20 minutes before I used it. So if it looks like I know what I’m doing with it, fantastic,” she says with a laugh.

Being one of several deviant characters who give Rise of the Villains its name, Lucas says it’s easy to feel crowded, story-wise. “But I feel the Galavans have quite a large arc that’ll last all season long. They go way back with the city of Gotham and the Wayne family.”

Although no one can get too comfortable in the cast, with one or more villains seemingly being killed every week.

The most surprising of these, to our mind, was Jerome, the teenage killer of his own parents, who was written to evoke The Joker. The fact that Theo Galavan killed him scotched that idea (though with his death, his demonic essence was apparently passed throughout the city via a television feed).

“I thought it was very clever what they did,” Lucas said. “The Joker was created by Batman, so he doesn’t really come into play for a long time. But there’s such a history with these shows and the movies, and people think they know the story so well. But we want to keep people on their toes and make them think the world’s still dangerous. Anything can happen and it won’t follow what you necessarily think.”

“That’s my favourite thing about it. The good thing about Tigress is there’s not just one version of her in the comics. So I didn’t feel as much pressure as some of the other actors where you really have to get it right or people are going be mad. “

Tigress has only begun to go bad-ass, Lucas says. “There’s definitely a lot more action coming from her in future episodes.” And she hints the action might be sibling-on-sibling. “I feel like you’re going to find she has a history separate from her brother. Maybe before this specific thing (Theo’s attempt to get himself elected Mayor of Gotham) they probably would have trusted each other more.

“But as you see this thing unfold and things not go as planned, you’ll see if there’s as much loyalty there as you might think.”

The veteran of shows like the rebooted 90210 and Melrose Place says, “I’ve always played these down-to-Earth characters, and Tigress is so outside-the-box. It’s this comic book world where everything’s really heightened and there’s not really any rules.”

But Gotham, and a role in the recent Evil Dead reboot may have changed the way casting directors look at her. “The crazy things stick the most because of the rabid fan base. I’m the exact opposite. But the great thing about acting is you get to do things you wouldn’t get to do in real life.”


http://www.torontosun.com/2015/11/02/je ... -of-gotham?

- Cory Michael Smith habla sobre la gran revelación de Gotham y el futuro equipo del Pingüino-Enigma (comicbook):

Cory Michael Smith habla sobre la gran revelación de Gotham y el futuro equipo del Pingüino-Enigma
Por Lucas Siegel 02/11/15

If there was any doubt that this season was the "Rise of the Villains," it was erased tonight with the episode "Mommy's Little Monster." Galavan became Mayor - but Gordon and Bullock know his secrets. Meanwhile, Edward Nygma riddled his way out of a split personality - taking his next huge step into becoming the villain we know.

And what a step it was. We saw his first riddles, adorned with the signature green question mark, and as Cory Michael Smith told ComicBook.com in an interview earlier today, his first act of torture using riddles is against himself. Smith talked about filming the episode, what the new Nygma might be doing next, and teases that Riddler/Penguin team-up we first heard about at New York Comic Con.

What was it like seeing that little green question mark on the prop for the first time?

Cory Michael Smith: (laughs) AH! So good! It’s really exciting. I think in this slow revolution of people becoming these monstrous figures, I’m just so happy that the first time that a riddle is used to be tormenting is to himself. I just think it’s so wonderful. That’s going to create a certain kind of scar tissue on him.

So in the future, he realizes that his own talents, he can use to hurt other people! This is where that realization is kind of planted.

So yes, it was very exciting to be on set and be thinking, okay, this is the first time that a riddle is going to be used as a demented game, a horrible little scavenger hunt.

That is really interesting, a cool way of looking at it, that he’s torturing himself there. Your transformation was gradual – then sudden, or it came off that way – how were you intending it?

Smith: I think both times that we see him accidentally kill someone, there’s been a sudden jolt forward. It’s like a fifteen year-old learning how to drive (laughs) the accelerator is a little more sensitive than you anticipated. So there’s been this sort of crazed reaction after that pushes him forward. I think that uneven response to human change and evolution is a pretty authentic way that someone evolves. There’s this jolt, and then a slight slowing down until the next big one.

So is it an actual turn for Nygma, or more of just a revelation, a realization that this is in him?

Smith: I think what this has been for me, in terms of character development, is that this other version of himself that we’ve physically manifested, is just all the parts of himself that he’s afraid of, that he doesn’t access, that he’s intimidated by, and that are currently ruling him.

So this episode tonight, for me, was about the moment that he stops running away from this person or rebuking him or being terrified of these parts of himself. He embraces them at the very end, so he becomes this much more whole person. So now, it’s about playing the role of Tin Man and trying to work this new body, and responding to situations in a very different way. He’s now accessed these parts of him, and he can use them, but he may not be skilled with them yet.

So it’s not just that Dark Nygma has taken over, it’s that they’ve combined, right?

Smith: Exactly. I think that these two people, it’s like anytime you feel something new in life, how much bigger you feel it. “Oh God, I’ve never felt pain in my heart right here! And now I have, and I can make decisions accordingly!” He’s just going to be evolving so much more quickly, and the way that he communicates with people is going to change drastically, both at work and at home.

We’ll see with Penguin, we’ll see with Jim and Harvey, we’ll see with Lee: The way he responds to things is going to be very different, much more surprising, a bit more… enigmatic, you know? (laughs) He can be more surprising.

Well, Robin Lord Taylor teased to me that we get to see a bit of a Penguin/Riddler team-up this season. What can you tease about that?

Smith: It happens a bit coincidentally, I run into him, and he’s very not well. I am a saving grace, an angel, and I get to play Nurse Edward (laughs). I kind of save him from being at the end of his rope, I rescue him and nurse him back to health, lovingly and with admiration. That is the beginning of our friendship.

Does Nygma have a plan, then, or is he right now just trying to discover who he is?

Smith: Yeah, he’s just discovering who he is. There’s definitely no plan. He doesn’t really have any friends, so this new friendship with Oswald will be very important. Edward can be a pretty loyal guy, he just usually has only one person at a time that he likes! (laughs).

All right, to wrap up, I have to ask, now that we’ve seen Nygma turn and seen the first riddles, any chance for a green suit in your future?

Smith: Certainly a green suit – not the Riddler suit yet, but there will be some more green.


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- Cory Michael Smith habla sobre la 'gradual evolución' de Nygma en El Enigma (Variety):

Cory Michael Smith habla sobre la 'gradual evolución' de Nygma en El Enigma
Por Laura Prudom 02 Nov, 2015

There are plenty of monsters lurking in the shadows of Gotham City, but tonight’s episode focused on two in particular — the embattled Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor), who saw his beloved mother callously murdered by Theo (James Frain) and Tabitha Galavan (Jessica Lucas) before he was driven into hiding, and the slowly unraveling Edward Nygma (Cory Michael Smith), who accidentally killed his girlfriend Kristen Kringle (Chelsea Spack) at the end of last week’s episode, sending him spiraling down a dark path towards his DC Comics future as another one of Batman’s most iconic nemeses, The Riddler.

While Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) was slowly starting to wise up to Theo’s darker agenda, Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) was falling deeper under the spell of Theo’s niece, Silver St. Cloud (Natalie Alyn Lind), much to the disgust of Selina Kyle (Camren Bicondova), who immediately saw the manipulative socialite for what she was. And as Penguin was plotting his revenge against newly elected Mayor Galavan by assembling a veritable waddle of Penguin doppelgangers, Nygma was being led through a sadistic series of riddles designed by his twisted alter-ego, all in the hope of finding Kristen’s hidden body before another member of the GCPD did.

Variety spoke to Smith about Ed’s dramatic evolution, his tortured relationship with Riddles and his upcoming encounter with Penguin.

Can you talk me through the process of finding Ed’s confident alter-ego?

It’s very much just parts of Ed that he possesses that he’s either afraid of or has never accessed. And so, just physically for me with him, it’s about using all the parts of my body or all of the feelings in a capacity that he doesn’t access. So the body is dropped, everything is a bit more from the torso rather than the extremities – the way that he gets a point across, the way that he works in a space, all of the sexual energy, [they’re] just all the things that Ed doesn’t use.

That was super fun for me, because I think every human being has this capacity and Ed’s just been ignoring it for so long, so showing that this character is actually afraid of all these things that most of us have acknowledged and accessed on occasion… he’s tormented by this part of him. So what we saw tonight is the embracing of all these parts of him, which is very exciting, and now this person has become far more whole than he ever has been, which is really exciting for down the road.

It doesn’t mean that he always accesses these things – this is still a gradual evolution. I don’t see it as a flick of a switch, because now that he has felt all of these things, even though it feels outside of himself, he’s felt all of these things now, so he can go back to them. So what we get to see now is that the way that he communicates with people can be very different, especially at work with Lee and Harvey and Jim, so some of that stuff is really fun.

Now that he’s embraced the beauty in what he’s done and the two sides have become one, will we see a little more of that confidence slip out, or is he still playing things meek and shy at work to try and stay under their radar?

I think for a while he’ll keep under the radar while he’s trying to figure things out. We’re gonna have a run-in with Penguin too, soon, so there seems to be work life and home life, but those things get cloudy very quickly. He and Jim will cross paths outside the office in a way that’s probably alarming to both of them. All of a sudden he’s a different player in Gotham, and he doesn’t have to be afraid of Harvey and Jim the way he once was.

Ed killed Kristen unintentionally, and he spends much of the episode panicked and wracked with guilt over it, but going forward after this episode, does that distinction – that it was an accident – matter, or is he too far gone to rationalize it?

I think it’s important that it was an accident, because it separates what he will do from what happened to him. At least for me, at a certain point, when these things are happening to you or it’s just fate, almost, or an inevitability that this is the person you are and this is what happens to you, [that’s] kind of what propels him to forfeit a civility in life – you can’t turn back from that. If this happens to you, in his mind, he has to respond accordingly.

It’s so tragic that he got a taste of normalcy and a chance to enjoy what he worked so hard for with Kristen and then accidentally ruined it all. Do you think that’s part of why he spirals so hard?

Oh god, for sure. The complete joy of being with Kristen and that feeling of wanting to share everything all at once –“she’ll understand why I did this,” everything was coming out of love and love for her and wanting to be loved and feeling very addicted to that feeling… it’s very unfortunate, but it’s all from love, and I think he was definitely feeling normalized. This is someone who’s so much younger than you realize. Whereas some of us might have experienced these things early on and you prepare for them as you’re growing up and you and your friends can be like “oh man, I’ve been through it, I understand,” he doesn’t have anyone telling him that.

Did he truly expect that ill-fated conversation with Kristen to go differently than it did?

Yeah, absolutely. I think she suspected it a while back and he survived that threat, but I think he feels like she knows and it’s more about confirming that for her and making it clear that he did it for her and he would do it again. And a lot of it came from her saying, “oh you’re very sweet, but you couldn’t handle this,” and being emasculated by that. At this point it’s like, “I am your man, I can be your man, I’m strong enough to take care of you – don’t underestimate me. I am here for you, I’m committed to being your man.”

How do the scripts describe that alter ego – do the writers have a specific name for him or is there something you personally use to identify him?

Early on it was just Nygma 1 and Nygma 2, and then some writers did Good Nygma, Bad Nygma. In terms of portrayal, I’ve just always thought of different parts of the body, different parts of the same person. It’s been very fun and now I feel like there’s a more whole character to work with from here on out.

He’s embraced that other self, but on a scale of one to ten, how close to his eventual Riddler self would you say he is – since he’s still fairly early in his journey?

At this point, he’s embraced it but we’re talking like… in terms of ability, prowess, actual skill as a career criminal, I think we’re talking like, maybe second string of a division three school… [Laughs.] I think we still have a long way to go – he’s a bit haphazard in some of his things coming up in the future. Let’s say working on being the starter of a division two sports team.

You mentioned an impending encounter with Penguin – what can you preview about their dynamic when they see each other?

I essentially find him and he’s very hurt and ill, so it’s Nurse Ed to the rescue. It’s a very cool episode where their friendship begins. There’s a lot of time spent together.

It was awesome to see an actual Riddle make an appearance this week – how did it feel to get to follow along with those clues and experience the kind of trauma he’ll someday inflict on so many other people?

It’s great – I bow down to the writers for letting the birth of a demented relationship with riddles be self-inflicted. I think there’s a certain kind of scar tissue from using riddles to hurt oneself… He teaches himself that this very skillset that he has can be terrorizing. And once he realizes what he’s done to himself … in the same way that he was completely distraught and horrified for an entire day trying to figure out what was going on, then he can do the same thing to other people to hurt them. I think the way they chose to birth this relationship is really exciting – it’s certainly one of my favorite things that they’ve decided to do with the show in general. I think it’s a really strong choice for the mythology of this character.

Breaking into the GCPD with a body must’ve taken a particular kind of skill – will we ever see how Ed’s darker side manages to do what he does, now that his two sides have merged, or will it still be a mystery how he accomplishes some of these things when his other self is in the driver’s seat?

That’s such a great question, I’m gonna pose that to the writers – that would be some fun stuff to flash back to, for sure – I love a little physical comedy. It’s a mystery!


http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/gotham- ... 201631961/

- Robin Lord Taylor sobre la 'devastadora' pérdida y una venidera 'enorme transición' (THR):

Robin Lord Taylor sobre la 'devastadora' pérdida y una venidera 'enorme transición'
Por Graeme McMillan 02 Nov, 2015

his mother (Carol Kane) was killed as part of rival Theo Galavan's ongoing plan to take the city for himself.

So where does the future Penguin go when he's got nothing left? The Hollywood Reporter spoke with Taylor about Oswald's "major oversight," his "moral compass" and the impact of this "absolutely devastating" loss.

That whole "crime lord of Gotham" thing really isn't working out well for Oswald.

It certainly is not. But that's the nature of the beast — when you gain any kind of power in Gotham City, it's just there to be taken away from you.

After the way in which Oswald came to power, it's strange that he didn't seem to think that someone could try and do to him what he'd done to Fish in the first season. Butch betraying him to the Galavans seemed to come as a complete surprise to him.

I think he did become complacent. He built his empire on a very shaky foundation, and that was Butch Gilzean. Butch was essentially brainwashed, and Oswald was overly trusting in the conditioning that Butch received, never expecting that it could be reversed or changed, which is really an oversight on his part.

Going forward, hopefully he will attain his power again, but he'll be much more smart about making sure that his closest allies really have his best interests at heart, and not just doing things out of compulsion. (Laughs.) They'll be working for Penguin because they want to be, rather than being forced to be.

What were his biggest mistakes? Was it believing in Butch's loyalty, or not thinking about the ways he was vulnerable through his mother?

He was really expecting that he'd be able to protect his mother. He really believed that he could do that, and he really was trusting in Jim Gordon and Butch Gilzean, and all of that was a major oversight on his part. Really, he didn't take the appropriate steps to protect his mother the way he should have.

Part of that seemed to be that it was just something he didn't even think was on the table. He had this particular code of conduct that made going after his mother seem repellant.

That's why he didn't put the appropriate resources toward protecting her the way he should have. He does believe in honor, and we see that in an earlier episode this season — there's a scene where Jerome and the Maniax are taking over, and he's watching it on television with Bullock, and he's disgusted by it. He thinks it's chaos for chaos' sake, and that's beneath Oswald.

There's another scene, his first meeting with Galavan when it's revealed that Galavan had taken his mother hostage. Before they get to that point, Oswald asserts that he's a builder. He wanted to build an empire instead of destroying things, and I think he truly does believe that. Oswald does have a moral compass, and what Galavan is doing is so against that. That's the genius of Theo Galavan.

In a strange way, where Oswald is at the end of the episode feels natural for him in a way that his position as king of crime never did. He works better in opposition to someone, and being the underdog…

Unfortunately for him, that's where his major strengths lie at this point in his life. He really does understand what it means to come from behind, and come from below, as opposed to maintaining his position at the top. He's spent his entire life being counted out and being underestimated, and that's almost where he feels most comfortable, because then he can scheme and plot, and it's not as overt, or as noticed. He operates better in the shadows.

Do you think he's happier now? Which is a strange thing to say consider what happened to his mother, but is he more comfortable now?

His mother was his tether to humanity, and she offered the only love he really experienced in his life. To lose that is absolutely devastating, but in a way it's freeing. He feels tremendous guilt about his role in her death, and it'll be interesting to see what happens if he can ever come to terms with that. In a way, his shred of humanity has been ripped away from him. It's a huge transition for him.

A transition into what? Where does the Penguin go next?

I think he's learned a tremendous amount, and has changed tremendously based on what happened. Going forward, we're going to see him continue to discover who he is, but that'll deepen and become more vibrant. He's lost his mother, but also his relationship with Jim Gordon is very shaky and tenuous now. It's almost as if he's got full license now to be the monster that everyone seems to want him to be.


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