The Flash
John Wesley Shipp has act more than one variant ofThe Flash , and he ’s happy to welcome the DC Extended Universe ’s Ezra Miller into the crimp . Shipp knows what it takes to play the Scarlet Speedster . In 1990 he starred as Barry Allen in the short - livedFlashseries on CBS , and two decades later he return to the DC universe as another Flash , Jay Garrick , on The CW’sThe Flash . On that hit series , he also played Henry Allen , father to Grant Gustin ’s Barry and Garrick ’s doppelganger .
The Flashwill enter its 4th season on The CW this drop , but that ’s not the only place fan can see the degraded man alert . Ezra Miller made his debut as the DCEU ’s Barry Allen in last year’sBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justice , and he made another cameo appearance inSuicide Squad . But it ’s this fall’sJustice Leaguethat will really put in moviegoers to Miller ’s take on the graphic symbol . If theJustice Leaguetrailersare any indication , Miller ’s Barry Allen will provide a lot ofgeeky charm and comic reliefin the coming superhero squad up .
With his continue use onThe FlashTV show , Shipp could be forgiven if he expressed a druthers for Gustin ’s Barry , but instead he ’s welcoming this new Flash into the world of on - screen superheroes with overt blazonry . speak at this weekend ’s DragonCon , Shipp discussed the tardy incarnation of Central City ’s expectant wedge , as perHeroic Hollywood’sJeff Grantz:“The Speed Force is big enough for all of us . "
As an thespian who has already act the iconic character of Barry Allen , Shipp is uniquely qualified to assess the phenomenon of different actors play the same persona ( though he did n’t have any competition during his first superhero enlistment of duty ) . Now , fans of movies and telly shows will have the same experience that comic book readers have had for decennium , with multiple versions of the same character operating at the same sentence . It could potentially be a recipe for confusion , but with the DCEU being so separate from The CW ’s slate of DC shows , it should n’t be unmanageable for fans to love the work of both Gustin and Miller .
It ’s laudable that Shipp is ready to receive Miller into the cinematic speedster club , and as he notes , the Speed Force is a pretty big playground . We make love that Miller ’s Barry ( and the rest of the DCEU ) exist in an entirely different part of the multiverse than Gustin ’s , but who ’s to say they ca n’t run into each other somewhere late inside the mysterious Speed Force ? Even a fast cameo , or a glimpse of Gustin and Shipp as Miller ’s Barry pass through time , would be fun and satisfying for fans .
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