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in the early 90's actor John Wesley Shipp and Mark Hamill shared some screen
time in The Flash live-action series as Barry Allen, aka Flash, and James
Jesse, aka Trickster respectively. Speaking to Collider Shipp commented on reteaming
with his archenemy in this new iteration of the show.
"It’s
fantastic, really. I’m in a completely different situation. I get
to leave my Barry behind, and I get to play a whole new character. He
gets to come in, 24 years later. We had some conversations about how that
presented it’s own particular set of challenges. He was very funny and
said, “Twenty-four years ago, I was working the unitard. What are they
gonna do? How are they gonna handle this Trickster?” But, the
writing led him to commit on faith to revisiting this character. They did
need an over-the-top Trickstery embodiment of what Mark did before. It
would be inappropriate to do that now. So, they solved it by bringing
Mark in as that character, 24 years later and in Iron Heights. It’s
darker and edgier. It’s equally insane, but it’s not as physicalized.
And they brought in Devon Graye, who is much younger, to add that element of
The Trickster that is so important for The Trickster to work in the
storyline. So, you get the best of both possible worlds. The
interplay between those two characters – the pretender Trickster and James
Jesse – is a fascinating one to watch."
It
would have been weirdly interesting to see Hamill go all over the top like he
did in 90's Flash, but that type of performance is considered campy nowadays so
it makes sense that the showrunners would take this route.
Source
- Collider
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