Grant Gustin And Arrow Writers Talk The Flash Spin-Off

Last night actor Grant Gustin made his second appearance in Arrow as Barry Allen, aka The Flash, and by the end of the episode we saw the event that gave Barry his powers (at least according to the comic books). The spin-off show featuring the Flash has already been announced and now the actor talks a little bit about the pilot of the show.

"I'm mostly looking forward to getting the pilot script and seeing how Barry's going to handle this happening to him. He's not just excited. It's scary. That's what I loved about the character in the audition process -- it's not just he loves superheroes, and he's a fanboy, and all of a sudden he's like, "I'm going to be one, I'm really stoked about it." It's kind of like, "This is terrifying. This is really happening to me." I'm really excited to play more of that."

Arrow co-creators Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg and DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns should begin working on the script for the pilot sometime next year. Both Kreisberg and Johns talked about the new show and differences between The Flash and Arrow.

"We'll want to keep 'Arrow' as distinctive as possible and "Flash" as distinctive as possible," Kreisberg said, "Part of the fun will be how those two things play out in both shows, if we get that opportunity."

Johns added, "But there are story reasons that Flash feels different and that he's taking on different things in his series."

Arrow’s second season introduced a lot of new characters, among which some classic villains like Deadshot, but they weren’t fantastical, they were all “grounded”. So will The Flash spin-off be like that?

"In the same way that "Arrow" was conducive to bringing on characters like Deadshot and the Huntress and some of the more grounded people, hopefully with "The Flash" there's a way to bring on some of the more fantastical characters, that will probably still go through the grounding lens with which we view everything. But we could tackle some of the bigger villains, and possibly heroes. There's a hint of a major character in the pilot."

"But it's always important to remember -- like with "Arrow," everybody wants Batman to come on and whatnot, but Arrow has to be the coolest person on "Arrow." The same thing with "The Flash" -- Barry has to be the coolest person. If we're lucky enough to get to do more past the pilot, it'll really be about making sure that the audience loves The Flash, and Barry Allen, and Grant Gustin, as much as we do."

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