"Eddie Is Very Much The opposite Of Barry" Says Rick Cosnett

Who is The Reverse Flash? Is he Harrison Wells, whose twisted motivations to see Barry grow into the Flash, had him lie about his injury, kill and perhaps sabotage the particle accelerator experiment? and let's not forget that little nugget at the end of the first episode, or is he Detective Eddie Thawne, who shares the same last name as the original Reverse Flash from the comics?

For now, we don't know, and actor Rick Cosnett certainly isn't going to say. See him dance around the question about his character's motivations.

"I'm always dancing around what people really want to hear because it's really intriguing, the whole mystery and history behind Eddie Thawne. I have a clear trajectory. The writers have dropped bombs on me as we've sort of gone along, but Eddie is very much the opposite of Barry. The audience is very much in the dark and Eddie, at the moment, is very much in the dark. It's fascinating to play the state of not knowing."

Confirmation that he is or isn't Reverse Flash aside, the actor did reveal that we will see more of Eddie in coming episodes, and that there is more to him than meets the eye.  

"Let's just say, things happen very quickly within the first nine episodes.

What I can say is everyone is going to fall in love with Barry because it's Grant Gustin, he's so much the underdog, he has these endearing flaws and you feel sorry for [Barry]. But I'm putting up a really strong case for Eddie. I even love Wells and all of his awful, angry flaws. (Laughs.) Getting back to your question, I can't say who wins but things happen fast." 

The actor than spoke about the upcoming double date between him and Iris, and Barry and Felicity.

"It was so fun to shoot. In our cafe, Jitters, we have a little balcony area and Jesse [L. Martin] was sitting up there [during filming] and he just couldn't stop laughing every time we cut. There's flirting, people are secretly sweating, some people are oblivious to what's going on. From the moment Felicity walks in, it's all on. It's fascinating to see all of these characters being thrown together in a mixer and see what color comes out. There's going to be a lot of feeling sorry for people and a lot of stumbling. (Laughs.) People are going to be 'shipping all sorts of crossovers. I think there's going to be a lot of that happening, especially with the double date." 

What do you think? Is he Reverse Flash or not?

Source - THR

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