Introducing
The Flash in the second season of Arrow and then make a spin-off series of him
fighting crime in Central City, might be a good way for DC to gain some extra
points in the live action comic book adaptations.
Regarding
the casting of Glee alumni Grant Gustin to play The Flash, Kreisberg said:
“We
met with a lot of other really talented people. Not just talented, but good
guys, and it was funny, because as each of us – Geoff [Johns] and Greg
[Berlanti] and I — were working on individual scenes, we all sort of came
together and said ‘we’re all writing Grant.’ It was just him.”
But
for some introducing such an iconic and important character as the Flash, and
some might say more even then Green Arrow, in a show that already has its
central superhero might not be a good idea. Well, Kreisberg disagrees:
“With
Arrow, we wrote it without anybody in mind. This time, as we were writing these
episodes, we cast Grant in the middle of it."
“That
was different, because now when we go into writing the actual pilot in Episode
20, we already have our guy, and we’ve already seen him on the screen, so
hopefully we’ll actually literally be able to look at things and learn.”
So
what can we expect from The Flash in the show:
“Episodes
8 and 9… it’s been really interesting to write those, because you literally
have those two characters in the same show. In some ways it actually may be
easier because you can say ‘That’s something Oliver would say; it’s not
something Barry would say.’ Barry has a very easy relationship with Felicity,
because Barry is a forensic scientist, and he’s young, and he’s a little bit
socially awkward like she is, so there’s a lot of fun with that.”
“Barry’s
a fanboy. He comes to Starling City and he says to Felicity, ‘so I heard the
vigilante saved you. What’s he like?’ So I think for Barry, it’s one of those
things where it’s sort of like ‘be careful what you wish for.’”
And
will the spin-off series be as “grounded ” as Arrow?
“If
you look at the Justice League, you have Superman and Aquaman and Wonder Woman.
You have all these gods. And then you’ve got Barry Allen, who’s just a guy.
That’s, I think, why the character appeals so much to Greg and to Geoff and to
me, and it’s also why he’s a really good fit to the world of Arrow, because
while we’re obviously introducing some fantastical concepts to things, we want
to still keep the show as grounded and realistic as possible.
“So
I think that the events that happen to The Flash, and what’s going on in
Central City… I think some people will be like ‘that’s not happening. There
must be an explanation for it.’ Barry’s a good guy, and he’s seen that it’s
possible to put on a mask and change the world.”
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