That being said, I think there’s room in the multiverse now that The Flash is over for us to explore that. We’ve got The Flash, which I wholeheartedly support. “Here’s my pitch: What if Reverse Flash, with all his villainy, fell for a civilian and then suddenly that complicated his agenda? Where would he go with his paramour, and how would it affect him? Would he then be able to carry through on his designs of destroying Barry? The reason we didn’t do that on The Flash was because you’d need to call that show Reverse Flash. I would suit up again in a heartbeat.”Ĭavanagh has pitch for a return on a possible Reverse Flash spinoff project. There’s charisma to that character, and I delighted in. Would he like to play Reverse Flash again? “Reverse Flash, for me, was just a joy to play, as an antagonist or arch-enemy. On the importance of bringing the Reverse Flash back for the series finale: “It was understood that when we got to the series finale, that we have to include the Joker to the Batman or in this case, Reverse Flash to The Flash.” It was just a grand circumstance anytime out to see the crew and the cast and put on that suit.” I got to come back, and see my friends, and put on the suit, and enjoy that. It was a tremendous situation for me, because that’s exactly how it played out.

How did it feel to be back? “I think the emotions are probably very different for somebody like myself or Carlos Valdes who decided to leave after Season 6 myself with the knowledge that this parachute of the fact that I play the Reverse Flash and he’s gonna come in every four or five months and blow up Central City and try and kill the Flash. Tonight, he’s back in front of the camera, playing Barry’s arch enemy once again.įlashTVNews spoke with Tom Cavanagh in the days leading to tonight’s finale, and here are some highlights of that conversation: He’s also proven himself to be a fantastic director, helming multiple episodes of The Flash as well as fellow CW superhero staple Superman & Lois.

Tom Cavanagh was a part of The Flash from the start, first playing Harrison Wells-but-actually-the Reverse Flash, and then giving us a myriad of Wells throughout the multiverse.

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