The CW’s Flash present has been operating alongside for eight seasons now, with its ninth and final season hitting in just some days. In what’s fairly typical for the ultimate seasons of exhibits that know they’re going to finish, the CW is bringing again as many actors from the present’s historical past as it will probably handle, and not too long ago introduced one other trio to the ensemble.
As revealed by Leisure Weekly, the present’s last season will see the return of actors Jessica Parker Kennedy (Nora West-Allen/XS), Rick Cosnett (Eddie Thawne), and Matt Letscher (Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash). Granted, this isn’t totally stunning: all three characters had been visitor stars within the earlier Flash season for an episode or extra, and Letscher additionally popped up as Thawne within the seventh (and final) season of Legends of Tomorrow final 12 months. His character obtained murdered in that present, however hey, who’s Eobard Thawne if not somebody who manages to cheat dying regardless of wanting fairly conclusively useless?
Chatting with EW, showrunner Eric Wallace talked about how getting all three actors again for the final season was at all times within the plans. He talked about that Thawne’s look was a “very particular one” that had been deliberate for a while, and can be “a wild and bittersweet episode.” Wallace gave an identical tease for Kennedy’s return as Nora, saying she’s “taking her unbelievable portrayal of Nora West-Allen to even larger heights in a method the viewers has by no means seen earlier than.”
At time of writing, fellow returning visitor stars throughout The Flash’s nine-year historical past embrace Arrow alums Stephen Amell and David Ramsey, former Child Flash Keiynan Lonsdale, and John Wesley Shipp. The ultimate season can also be gaining some actors from the bigger Arrowverse, as Nicole Maines and Javicia Leslie can be again as their respective characters Dreamer and Batwoman. Nevertheless, Leslie can also be mentioned to be enjoying one other character whose id is at the moment beneath wraps.
The Flash will start its last season on The CW beginning on February 8.
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