Grant Gustin had lots to say — and to share — throughout his go to to TVLine’s New York workplace, the place he mirrored on The Flash‘s nine-season run and teased the ultimate few episodes.
In Half 1 of our video collection with Gustin, The Flash‘s entrance man begins off by shedding gentle on the Instagram video he posted of him saying goodbye to his speedster go well with. Was he as emotional in regards to the second because it sounded?
Then, about two minutes in, we get to speaking about whether or not it was simpler to bid The Flash adieu realizing that the Arrowverse isn’t as bustling because it as soon as was, throughout its four- and five-shows heyday. “I hadn’t thought of it…,” he solutions, “however perhaps in some methods it did make it a bit of simpler, realizing that the celebration isn’t going to maintain going with out us. It’s like, ‘We’re shutting this place down.’”
After then rattling off a couple of of his favourite visitor stars of all-time, Gustin acknowledges that there was a “bizarre stretch of seasons” the place Barry and his spouse Iris (performed by Candice Patton) spent a whole lot of time aside. However for Season 9, showrunner Eric Wallace avowed that #WestAllen would be working together, because the collection neared its finish. Alongside these traces, Gustin shares how he was pointedly advised {that a} bed room was being constructed for WestAllen, so, “We knew entering into.”
Across the six-minute mark, Gustin talks about a few of the introduced returns, together with unique solid member Rick Cosnett, who “blew me away,” he effues. “He obtained to do some actually fascinating stuff, in contrast to something he’s finished on our present earlier than.”
Gustin then teases this season’s eighth episode, titled “Companions in Time” and airing April 5, saying that the sitcom-like bottle episode is one among his favourite outings of the season. (Hold a watch out for unique footage!)
The video Q&A wraps with Gustin providing an summary of the season’s previous couple of episodes, saying, “I actually appreciated how there was a acutely aware effort to bookend some vital stuff from Season 1,” including: “[Eric Wallace] did a very good job of tying in a few of our most basic storylines from that season.”
Closing out that thought, he reveals what particular visitor star/materials from the collection finale “type of caught me off guard” and obtained him “emotional” throughout that last hour.
Keep tuned for extra TVLine movies with Gustin, the place he says a couple of heartfelt phrases about every unique solid member… teases Stephen Amell’s return as Oliver… and entertainingly solutions many (nice) reader questions.
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