Throughout its 11-year TV run, the Arrowverse launched a slew of DC superheroes to audiences throughout quite a lot of exhibits, and lots of the franchise’s greatest stars will seemingly stay tethered to their roles for the foreseeable future. Grant Gustin is aware of all about that, and seemingly at each flip, followers are clamoring to see him again within the position for James Gunn, regardless that he was seemingly joyful to step away from the small display screen position. Now, although? The actor sounds much less hesitant.
Gustin and a few of his former Flash co-stars appeared on stage for a reunion panel held at Fan Expo Denver, the place a younger fan made an enormous Q&A splash by asking the musical theater vet (by way of @superflashwest) who he’d wish to play if Gunn requested him to go up one of many DCU’s upcoming superhero films. Permitting solely the slightest beat to go earlier than answering, Gustin shared this brevity-infused response:
Flash.
Amusingly sufficient, Gustin sounded considerably sheepish when replying, presumably as a result of he is aware of it was the reply that everybody within the viewers desired probably the most, and did not wish to go in opposition to such expectations. Particularly when the individual asking was so younger. It would be so much simpler to provide a disappointingly sensible reply when it is an grownup fan holding the microphone, I can think about.
All issues pragmatic apart, the viewers’s jubilant cheering served as a reasonably good instance of how the superhero fandom at giant would react if James Gunn dropped the shock information that Grant Gustin can be becoming a member of the DCU present as a speedster. To make certain, the actor beforehand stated he would painting the DCU’s Flash if James Gunn requested him to do it, however I would have thought he’d wish to tackle one other position past Barry Allen simply so he would not have to retread acquainted floor.
It might have made far more sense to see Gustin particularly taking up the Barry Allen position once more for a cameo in Ezra Miller’s Flash film, regardless that that did not occur amidst the entire different multiversal tie-ins. Not that he would 100% want to play Barry Allen once more for James Gunn.
Actually, at any time when The Flash does zip into the DCU at no matter level, it is greater than seemingly that Wally West would be the alter ego utilized. So Gustin will both be too outdated or too white for that gig, relying on what decisions are made. But it surely’s actually doable that he might be forged as Golden Age superhero Jay Garrick for a briefer look, if not an Allen-specific cameo. There are many methods to deal with it, and that features presumably casting Gustin as somebody from Flash’s rogues gallery.
We seemingly will not see Gustin or The Flash popping up in any upcoming DC TV exhibits like Peacemaker Season 2 or Lanterns, however I do not suppose it’s going to damage to proceed supporting the actor’s probabilities of taking part in the Scarlet Speedster on the large display screen in a single kind or one other. The DCU will kick off in earnest when James Gunn’s Superman hits the large display screen on July 11, 2025.
