The Flash at Paley Center: Time Travel, Romance, Easter Eggs and the Rogues
Last night, the executive producers of The Flash joined actors Jesse L. Martin and Candice Patton [...]
Last night, the executive producers of The Flash joined actors Jesse L. Martin and Candice Patton to discuss the upcoming CW series at the Paley Center for Media.
Speaking with an engaged audience, the producers shared a ton of information, including a desire to bring Wally West into the show, the limits of their Easter egg authority and a little about their long-term thinking (they're already seeding mysteries for a prospective Season Two).
While the livestream isn't available yet, fans can read through this easy-to-follow official Twitter account of the event. We've removed the various pieces of information that pertained to Jane the Virgin, The CW's other fall pilot which shared the stage with The Flash.
Moderator @natalieabrams is onstage now introducing the new @CW_network shows #JaneTheVirgin & #TheFlash at #PaleyFest Fall TV Preview
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
#PaleyFest #CWFall TV Preview Panel: Candice Patton, Jesse L. Martin, Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg from #TheFlash
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Andrew Kreisberg on #TheFlash: @gberlanti suggested spinoff from @CW_Arrow for Barry Allen & that's what they did. #PaleyFest Fall TV
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Kreisberg: If we hadn't found @grantgust, we may not have done #TheFlash at all. The network thought it was a natural pilot. #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Kreisberg: We were lucky to have success we had with #Arrow. Berlanti now talking about comics that he loved when he was a kid. #TheFlash
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Greg Berlanti: #TheFlash is a bright, fun universe filled with great characters. The show becomes more as talent joins the show. #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Candice Patton says she had to do some homework & read more comics when she got the role of Iris on #TheFlash #PaleyFest #FallTV
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Candice Patton thanks @geoffjohns, @CW_network for the gift of the role of Iris on #TheFlash #PaleyFest #FallTV
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Berlanti: Barry & Iris are friends like "When Harry Met Sally" or Albert Brooks & Holly Hunter in "Broadcast News" #PaleyFest #TheFlash
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
#TheFlash family: Barry's mom is deceased. Det. West is a sort-of surrogate father to Barry. @jesseLMartin takes that seriously. #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Jesse L Martin: It's not everyday you find out a kid is the fastest man alive & there are more people who can do amazing and/or awful things
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Jesse L Martin: I'm just human, I don't have any super powers to help & protect them. I have my wits, a gun & a badge #TheFlash #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
After #LawAndOrder, @jesselmartin didn't think he'd put a badge on again. But he has on #TheFlash. #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
.@jesselmartin says he had #TheFlash Underoos as a kid but didn't know much about it other than that. He's learning as his character learns.
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Martin likes that his Det. West gets to deal with extraordinary humans on #TheFlash - that didn't happen on #LawAndOrder. #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Andrew Kreisberg: we approach things season by season. Berlanti tells me to push big moments up in the season to happen sooner. #TheFlash
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Kreisberg: we'll also set up new mysteries for season 2 of #TheFlash. (Jesse L Martin just covered his ears.) #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Kreisberg: Harrison Wells has access to the future. Time is mutable, it's not written, as they say on #DoctorWho. #TheFlash #paleyfest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Berlanti: you'll learn a lot more about Harrison Wells. It's an onion that gets peeled in the first 8 episodes. Characters ask questions.
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Who's the Big Bad on #TheFlash? Captain Cold is a main nemesis, sez Andrew Kreisberg. #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Wentworth Miller is playing Captain Cold on #TheFlash. #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Kreisberg: these shows have to work for me and my wife - she could give a rip about comic books, she loves these characters. #TheFlash
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Kreisberg: Felicity will appear in episode 4 of #TheFlash. #crossover #PaleyFest #FallTV
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Kreisberg: You can't let the lore drive what you're doing. It has to be about characters & relationships. #TheFlash #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Andrew Kreisberg talking about 'shippers now: "We loved seeing Iris and Felicity meet. You see how Barry loves Iris, not Felicity."
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Candice Patton: Iris and Felicity do get along. Iris wants Barry to be happy & what's best for him. Doesn't dawn on her that he likes her.
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Greg Berlanti: you want to tell stories that look &feel like the audience watching the shows. (casts are diverse on @CW_network) #paleyfest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Andrew Kreisberg says they call the core cast of #TheFlash their "Big Bang" group. #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Kreisberg: #TheFlash pilot took 20 days to shoot. A lot for a pilot. Plus post-production. #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Berlanti: we made West African-American so we could head in that direction (in answer to Q about a black Flash) #TheFlash #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Andrew Kreisberg: when DC reintroduced Wally, he was African American. re time travel: right now, the present is most important #TheFlash
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Andrew Kreisberg: I don't think we'll be making those kinds of trips right now. (time travel) #TheFlash #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Andrew Kreisberg: there's an easter egg in the newspaper: "Queen Consolidated and Wayne Industries merger complete" #TheFlash #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Greg Berlanti: the guys at the special effects shop bury stuff in the show and don't tell us! #TheFlash #PaleyFest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
.@jaimecamil asks if #TheFlash being the fastest man alive is a problem for his personal relationship with Iris. HUGE LAUGHS! #paleyfest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Candice Patton: I love that Iris is unabashedly curious about the world. She saves herself constantly. #TheFlash #paleyfest
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
Jesse L Martin: I love that Joe West doesn't see showing emotion as a weakness. He's been strong for a long time & has to break. #TheFlash
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) September 7, 2014
The Flash debuts on October 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.
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