While The Flash TV series continues on The CW,
the DC Extended Universe is making strides
towards seeing up their own version of the Scarlet
Speedster. Moviegoers got their first taste of Ezra
Miller’s Barry Allen in Batman v Superman: Dawn
of Justice, and he’ll team up with his fellow DC
heroes in Justice League: Part One next year.
Following that, he’ll lead his own movie, and now
we may know who will make up his supporting
cast.
With casting reportedly underway on The Flash,
Heroic Hollywood has apparently obtained a
breakdown of the information that’s been sent to
talent agencies regarding the five main supporting
roles. It remains to be confirmed whether these
characters will actually appear in the movie or if
this breakdown refers simply to "types," but given
Flash’s mythology, seeing these folks appear
wouldn’t be the least bit surprising.
First up, we have Iris West, Barry Allen’s main
love interest. Just like her comic book
counterpart, The Flash’s Iris is a reporter for the
Central City Citizen, and she’s described as
having "Christiane Amanpour’s brains and Carrie
Bradshaw’s style." The article also mentions that
Iris is the only supporting character who’s
currently being tested for, so unlike the other
characters, it’s basically guaranteed she’ll be in
the movie .
Next, we have Eobard Thawne, better known as
the Reverse-Flash and Professor Zoom, Barry
Allen’s greatest speedster enemy. His movie
version is described as the "smartest man in the
room," earning him the nickname "Central City’s
Bill Gates." He also suffers from an advanced
degenerative disease, which has left him confined
to a wheelchair. For those of you who watch the
Flash TV show , this sounds similar to Eobard
Thawne in Season 1 when he was disguised as
Harrison Wells, though that was just a facade.
Don’t be surprised if this version is also pulling a
fast one (no pun intended).
The third character is Fred Chyre, who in the
comics was a Keystone City police officer who
worked with the Wally West Flash. In The Flash
movie, he’s a "gruff" detective who meets Barry
Allen at a crime scene. Now they’re colleagues
and the "closest thing Barry has to a friend." He’ll
be investigating an unusual death at Thawne
Laboratories.
Fourth is Leonard Snart, better known as Captain
Cold. An ex-military man, he’ll be working for
Eobard Thane in The Flash movie. The piece
speculates he’ll be the muscle, similar to Callan
Mulvey’s Anatoli Knyazev in Batman v Superman:
Dawn of Justice. Considering that Captain Cold
has been one of Flash’s biggest enemies for
decades, this feels like a major demotion.
Finally, we have Jay Garrick , the Golden Age
Flash who was debuted in the comics 16 years
before Barry Allen. In the movie, he is a former
Central City professor who was fired for "fringe
science," specifically working on the Speed Force
program. He’s only set for a cameo, so don’t
expect him to start speeding around with that
trademark helmet.
We’ll have to wait until Warner Bros or DC
provides information either confirming or denying
these characters, but for now, this sounds like an
interesting cast, albeit with some DCEU twists
and similarities to the TV show. The Flash races
into theaters on March 16, 2018.
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