The Flash mid-season hiatus won’t be done until January 19th, but here are a few casting tidbits to tide you over for now.
Comicbook.com announced that JSA villain Geomancer will be appearing on the show in 2016. He’ll be played by Adam Stafford, and will appear in the 13th and 14th episodes.
And TVLine reports the casting of another new speedster:
I can report that for Episode 16, the CW hit is guest-casting the DC Comics character of Eliza Harmon, whose TV incarnation is described as an “exceptionally bright scientist” with a “split personality a la Jekyll and Hyde.” In DC lore, Eliza was a Lex Luthor-created speedster, hmm….
At the time we spoke to EP Greg Berlanti, he wouldn’t/couldn’t shed much light on the aforementioned Episodes 13/14 — “We haven’t made them yet” — but it sounds as if the cast will have their hands full bringing to life a far-out premise! “I don’t know if they’ll work,” Berlanti admitted. “When we do wacky stuff on that show, I never know if we’ll be able to pull it off. Usually, the actors are the ones who sell it.”
Another interesting bit of casting that was recently announced is comedian Tone Bell as Iris’ new boss Scott Evans.
One wonders if Eliza Harmon will be hero or villain, although the description of “Jekyll and Hyde” suggests she might be a bit of both. There’s no reported casting for her yet.
Looking forward to these new characters? What characters would you like to see in the second half of the season? Feel free to share them in the comments!
Newsarama has a preview of Flash #47, out in stores this week. Newsarama indicates there’s a “shocking change to the Flash’s origin” in the preview, but I didn’t notice anything major that hasn’t been around since Flash: Rebirth back in 2009. It does look like we’ll finally see what’s going on with this version of Professor Zoom, though, which is good, because this concludes the current storyline.
