Grant Gustin nonetheless has a protracted profession in Hollywood forward of him, however I am certain he’ll nonetheless be speaking about The Flash for so long as he lives. His iconic CW sequence helped convey the character extra mainstream recognition than ever, although DC didn’t reward him for that with a cameo in Ezra Miller’s multiversal film. I may need a chip on my shoulder if I had been him, and he seemingly nodded to that slight whereas addressing the upcoming DC motion pictures below James Gunn’s umbrella.
A number of beloved forged members from The Flash had been available at Comedian Con Liverpool (through @Flashverse_yt), and Grant Gustin could not assist however get just a little cheeky when he was requested who he felt can be a sensible choice to finally play Barry Allen inside Gunn’s DCU. The actor’s lack of a direct reply ended up being higher than any easy response he might’ve given. As he put it:
I’m not giving them any good casting concepts. [Laughs.]
Gustin would sooner speak about The Flash‘s TV forged getting an Arrowverse film than he would talk about something about different Barry Allen incarnations, and I get it. He confronted a slew of these questions at each flip through the lengthy interval whereas Miller’s Flash film got here collectively.
Plus, it is humorous to see him leaning into the narrative over time that he is felt he by no means actually bought his flowers from DC for his work on The Flash, at the very least in the identical method that colleague Stephen Amell did for his years on Arrow.
In fact, Grant Gustin’s snub needed to sting just a little extra, provided that his present was used to hype up Ezra Miller’s film with an sudden cameo from the actor through the Disaster crossover. With the sheer quantity of cameos The Flash film wedged into its runtime, it was baffling that there wasn’t a single scene set as much as acknowledge Gustin’s DC legacy.
The truth that Grant Gustin could make a tongue-in-cheek joke seemingly referencing all that drama, nevertheless, makes me really feel like he is not too anxious about whether or not he is concerned in the way forward for The Flash or not. That mentioned, the actor has gone on the report and mentioned that if James Gunn had been to ask him to play the hero once more, he’d do it.
In the meantime, there was a fan casting circulating the online, with some hoping Glen Powell would painting the speedster. In the end, James Gunn went with a relative newcomer in David Corwenswet for his Superman, so I do not suppose it is too wild to invest he could do the identical for whoever turns into his Barry Allen. Perhaps Gustin can get a cameo as one other character within the DCU, or play a youthful model of Barry’s father on the fateful night time his mom died?
These with a Netflix subscription can now take pleasure in Grant Gustin’s time in The Flash and revisit a few of his greatest adventures because the DC superhero. CinemaBlend can be maintaining a tally of updates for James Gunn’s DC universe, and is prepared for the premiere of Superman this summer season.