Agents Of SHIELD: Ghost Rider’s Origin Explained By Gabriel Luna

It’s no secret that Agents of SHIELD is literally burning with Ghost Rider fever. The beloved comic book character joined the hit drama this season to great fanfare, and Gabriel Luna’s portrayal of the hero has hit off with audiences. Later this week, fans of the show will finally learn about Ghost Rider’s mysterious origin story – and Luna says we should expect something phenomenal from the episode.

The actor spoke with Entertainment Weekly about this week’s episode, “The Good Samaritan.” When he was asked about the origin episode, Luna said, “I can definitely say that there’s some wonderful elements of Felipe Smith’s original origin story mixed in with this new angle that we’re approaching from, but that new angle still draws from the source material.”

“It still draws from this really, really great moment in the latter half of that first run of the All-New Ghost Rider that I won’t say too much about. The way that we fuse these two elements of the existing story together and to this moment, this origin story moment, is pretty phenomenal. We went all out trying to do it justice in terms of the stunts, the effects, the CGI. Everything that was put into this episode is just phenomenal.”

As for how fans will see the hero’s origin, it seems like the past will be shown through interspersed flashbacks. Luna said his character’s history is told through memories and that Robbie Reyes has to explain his past while in the presence of his unassuming brother.

“I’m sharing [those memories] for the first time with my brother. Gabe, for the first time, hears this story. That’s a really interesting and powerful scene that I really enjoyed doing with Lorenzo Henrie. We’re in a very confined space for this whole scene, and it’s intercut with this retelling of the origin, which is — I can’t state it enough — really, really going to be amazing. I can’t wait,” Luna explained.

If you want to check out the full synopsis for this week’s episode of Agents of SHIELD, then you can read it below:

“Robbie’s shocking story on how he became Ghost Rider is finally discovered as Coulson and his team’s lives hang in the balance”

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Henry Simmons as Agent Alphonso “Mack” MacKenzie.

Guest starring are Jason O’Mara as Director Jeffrey Mace, Gabriel Luna as Robbie Reyes, Lorenzo James Henrie as Gabe Reyes, Maximilian Osinski as Agent Davis, Patrick Cavanaugh as Burrows, Jose Zuniga as Eli Morrow, Kerr Smith as Joseph Bauer, Lili Birdsell as Lucy Bauer, Dan Donohue as Frederick, Ward Roberts as Hugo, Usman Ally as Vincent and Shaun Clay as Tac Agent Wilder. “The Good Samaritan” was written by Jeffrey Bell and directed by Billy Gierhart.

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD was co-created by Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen (Dollhouse, Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog), who also serve as executive producers along with Jeffrey Bell (Angel, Alias) and Jeph Loeb (Jessica Jones, Daredevil). Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD is produced by Marvel Television and ABC Studios.

“The Good Samaritan” will air on ABC Tuesday, November 1st at 10:00 p.m. ET.

[H/T] Entertainment Weekly