The Flash Producer Andrew Kreisberg: "Out of Time" Is Our Best Episode Yet 

• By Russ Burlingame03/16/2015

It's been a few weeks, but tomorrow sees a new episode of The Flash on The CW -- and according to producer Andrew Kreisberg and actor Tom Cavanagh, the show comes back firing on all cylinders.

They spoke about the episode this morning in Burbank with a group of reporters, including ComicBook.com's Emily Donn.

"Hashtag game changer," joked Cavanagh when asked how he would sell this week's episode, titled "Out of Time," to the audience.

"With no disrespect to any of the other directors or episodes we've produced, I think this is the best episode that we've done," Kreisberg added. "I think it's everything that The Flash can do – and I don't mean Barry Allen as a hero, I mean as a TV show – this episode delivers in spades. It's got amazing visual effects that you just don't see on television. It's full of heart, it's full of romance, it's full of genuine scares and it's the best episode of this show. Between this and Arrow, there's only a handful of episodes amongst ourselves that we kind of say that about and I definitely think this is it."

If there was a concern, Cavanagh said, it was that using up this episode with a few weeks yet to go before the season finale was a risk.

"I think that what you've put in the bank beforehand is one of the greatest things about television. As opposed to 2 hours, we can put 15 hours in prior to this, so we have investment," Cavanagh explained. "So you read something like this and you get to pay off a little bit. And then the danger is, is it a precipice or is it the slippery side of the slope. What's been so impressive for us is that is a really strong episode of television and yet in the ones to come, we're springboarding off it. The danger is you do something like this and it's a pinnacle and you slide down and this is not the case for us. As we read the scripts, the next one that comes you're like, 'Oh. That happens!'"

The Flash returns tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.

Source: comicbook.com

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From Stage to Superhero: The Flash's Grant Gustin Has Always Been on the Fast Track

CW star talks about his dancing, his costume and
(shh) his Superman tattoo BySam Thielman

• January 11, 2015, 11:53 PM EST
• Television

Photo: Michael Desmond

It's the biggest show on the CW and on track to become the network's most-watched series ever. The Flash, it appears, really can outrun everything.

As with any prime-time property, especially one on the vanguard of a comics-driven movement reshaping the television landscape, it is essential to get the right guy to play the lead. The network found an unlikely—but ideal—superhero in Grant Gustin, whose most recent major role had him playing a conniving villain, the backstabbing Sebastian Smythe, on Fox's Glee. In The Flash, the six-foot-plus, 24-year-old theater veteran plays a crime-fighter who hasn't quite grown into his mask yet. It agrees with him.

You started out dancing before you played a superhero who runs, right?

Yeah, kind of from an early age I just did what I loved to do, which, at 8 years old, became tap dancing.

Why was that?

Because of Gene Kelly and Singin' in the Rain, specifically, and Donald O'Connor. I mean, I watched that movie hundreds of times probably, and I had played soccer and baseball growing up and was starting to lose interest. My mom said she would watch me watch that movie and others like it over and over again and eventually just kind of made me take an all-boys tap class, because she knew deep down that I would love it. And I resisted, and of course ended up loving it. I joined a community theater, and from 10 to high school, I probably did 30-some musicals.

You did theater professionally after that, correct?

I lasted two years at Elon University before I auditioned for the Broadway tour of West Side Story on my spring break. It, like, lined up perfectly with my spring break. Had a call-back the last week of school, during exams, and was able to get away, and found out I got it when I was doing summer stock theater that summer. I met my manager, Robert Stein, when I was performing at the Pantages [in Los Angeles], and he told me that he thought that I would do really well in L.A. and he wanted to start working with me. I just submitted tapes from the road, ended up having a call-back for Glee. Got Glee, one thing led to another, and now I'm the Flash.

Wait, back up. You were in the last production of West Side Story? The one that Arthur Laurents, the original writer-director, mounted right before he died?

Yes. Really it was the last production that he cast and he was involved with the Broadway production and everything, but we were the tour. We were the last company of anything that he had his hands on. He was there in Detroit with us when we were teching the show, and he was in a lot of the final rehearsals in New York at 42nd Street Studios. I was able to shake his hand, and I talked to him for a few minutes at one of my first auditions and that was about the only interaction I had with him. But yeah, he was involved with our show and it was pretty special.

Do you ever miss the theater?

All the time. But I know that I will absolutely be back in the theater—I would imagine many, many, many times over the course of my career, so I'm just kind of enjoying what I'm doing right now, because I never expected this.

So, this being your first big break, what do you want your career to look like?

I'd love to kind of go the Joseph Gordon-Levitt route, and do a lot of really good independent films that I love, and I'd love to get back to the theater in the next couple of years, if possible, just when we're on a hiatus. Those are kind of the two things I want to check off my list next, I guess.

You're kind of in an action-movie zone now on The Flash. How much of the stunt work do you do yourself?

Well, I'd be working 16-hour days every day if we tried to use me for everything. I mean, the crew works 14 hours a day and I'm right there with them most of the time. But as far as the stunts are concerned, I probably do about, I mean, 50 percent, and that 50 percent being mostly stylized movement type things. When it comes to throwing the Flash through a glass plate or pulling him through something, my stunt double will always do those things, cause they'll never let me do it. There's a lot of choreography-type things, just sliding into frame or stylized movement that I always like to do just because I want to. I think my dance background does come into play sometimes when it comes to the quality of movement I want to bring to the character.

Were you a DC fan beforehand?

Oh, yeah. I've actually got a Superman tattoo on my left arm. I'm a lifelong Superman fan.

What has been your favorite thing to do on set?

To be honest, I love the straightforward acting scenes because it's such a technical show and it's got a lot of stunts and special effects. I'm running around in a friggin' superhero suit, for Chrissakes. So I especially love working with [Jesse L. Martin, who plays the family friend who raised his character], and I get to work with Tom Cavanagh and Danielle Panabaker and the whole cast, but especially my scenes with Jesse Martin—those father/son scenes that get to the heart of the show, and the heart of those two characters. That's the most fun to me.

One last thing. I have never not heard a superhero actor complain about the suit. How is it?

Well, what we had in the pilot took a few people to help me get into, just because it was all one piece and it was just heavy, thick material. But there were some changes made after the pilot, and it essentially looks the same, but I can pretty much get in and out of it by myself. It's nice to have some assistance! On a hot day it is miserable to be in, and borderline dangerous to be in I think [laughs]. But thankfully it's not often hot in Vancouver. On the cold days, it's not so bad, to be honest. And at this point, it's not that uncomfortable either. It's a pretty soft material and it's not the worst thing to be in. The mask, on the other hand, is the worst thing to be in. I'm thankful that it comes on and off.

I think at least one Batman had veins of water running through the suit so that he could survive the various takes.

Yeah, that's not uncommon. I think John Wesley Shipp (who plays the Flash's wrongly imprisoned father) had that back when he was The Flash [on CBS, briefly, in 1990], too.

Did you watch the old show?

After we finished our pilot. I love it, actually. I love all that stuff. I loved the George Clooney Batman when it came out. When I was a kid, I loved that stuff, and I loved the Christopher Reeve Superman. I mean, the first Flash TV show was the year I was born, so I didn't watch it live.

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various shows mid-season finale reviews... or whatever.

ok. so if you haven't watched the mid-season (or fall) finales of the most recent seasons of the next shows: The Walking Dead, Sleepy Hollow, Haven, Nashville, Once Upon A Time, The Flash, Arrow, and Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., then GO AWAY!

you've been warned (:

this is what happens to my tv in break season

SOOOOO, let's light this candle!

The Walking Dead.

it was by far the most BORING mid-season finale episode of... FUCKING EVER! it was dull and long and just... nothing happened! except, you know... this:

and boo-hoo! everybody hated her and still everybody cried when she died! fucking hypocrites ¬¬

i got tired of defending her! saying people that Beth was a strong character and shit, but nooooo! EVERY-FUCKING-BODY kept telling me she was lame... and then cried when she died. i was like:

but seriously now: the best part of the episode was when Rick rolled over that mean cop...

oh, you know i'm right! so, this goes to all the writers of the show, who keep fucking killing characters because they think it's cool or whatever:

... and also to all the media jerk fuckers who week after week spoil the whole episode to the world via twitter and facebook. i mean, really? they spoiled Beth's death to the WEST COAST! i'm not even talking about a different country here...

Sleepy Hollow.

Ichabod has had enough nonsense this season already! with backstabber wife Katrina who, in my very humble opinion, is very much in love with Abraham... and herself, obviously. but he also has to deal with son Henry being completely evil?!

that didn't make much sense since Henry's been bad the whole season, but i really wanted to say the Katrina thing. sue me.

anyways: episode ends and you don't know wether Henry's gonna die or not. my bet is on 'not dead' since his soul doesn't belong to him but to Moloch.

although Moloch was the one being murdered... mmm... well, i guess we'll find out when the show comes back.

Haven.

speaking of having enough... COME ON! troubles pouring out of every goddamned hole in his body?! haven't Duke had enough already?! seriously... he has had a lot of shit happened to him in this fucking awesome show, but this was too much:

 

and what the hell with Nina ("Alphas", 2009) being Audrey/Mara/Sarah/idon'tevenrememberanymore's mother?! like: WHAT?!
also: this was lame...

lame-o!

but i'm really happy Audrey's back with full powers, yet i'm sad that Mara's gone... all these characters are so loveable, i hate Haven's writers! it was a very, very good mid-season finale (:

Nashville.

oh, don't even get me started with this show. Rayna's with Teddy, then she's with Deacon, then she goes back to Teddy, then back to Deacon, then she starts going out with Luke, then finds out that she's really in love with Deacon and she's not about to let it go so she tells Luke hasta la bye-bye on their wedding day?! i fucking love that woman! she's gonna crash that car though, and Deacon's dying of something we don't know (i'm so angry about this). and Gunnar has a kid, but then it's not his kid, it's his nephew... everything's so twisted, i love it! don't get me wrong, i cried like a mofo watching the last episode. mostly because this happened:

god, i love Avery so fucking much. he's one of my favorite characters, so he's probably gonna die soon... sorry. there's no character i hate. even the ones you should hate i don't hate. oh well, it's a pretty damn good show.

Once Upon A Time.

oh, you fucking Belle! what are the writers trying to pull kicking Rumple outta Story Brooke?! that don't make sense! he's the center evil of the whole show! i love Regina so much, just had to say it.

his desperation! ohmygod! i loved this scene so much!

i really hope they keep showing what happens with the Frozen characters because, even though the movie wasn't as good as everyone said it was, the characters in the show were pretty awesome. Anna's hilarious, Kristoff is the fucking cutest, and Elsa is so goddamned beautiful it hurts! i just really like them... can we keep them? pleeaaase?
one thing i feel the need to complain about:

a) that was a fair Malificent, good job crew!;
b) Ursula's purple, not green... childhood ruiners!;
c) what the fricking frick is Cruella doing here?! "101 Dalmatians" is not a fairy tale! she's not even a witch! it doesn't make any fucking sense! (the costume was really good, though, kudos).
and Rumple -the greatest magic lord or whatever- is asking for their help? really? really.
ugh! fucktarts ¬¬

The Flash.

ok. i'm gonna try real hard not to digress about how cute Grant Gustin looks as Barry Allen, but... come on! how cute is he?

just look at that dorky face? oh, i love him.

but anyhoooow: me and my friends (which includes my sister) have so many theories about the Reverse Flash thing that it's getting creepy. i mean, all of them are incompatible with each other, some of them don't even make sense on its own, and another bunch are just like: "gurl, you're giving it too much thought". But the main one is: this little fucker here:

Barry: [...] Gramma Aster's famous eggnog.
Cisco: That's what I'm talking about!
Wells: Maybe later for me, wouldn't wanna drink and drive.
best.line.ever.

is a Reverse Flash. one of them. powerless in my opinion since it seems the suit works on its own with that thingy he put in it...

... yeah, that thingy. 

also: Eddie's gonna turn into his own Reverse Flash eventually, you know, since his last name is Thawne and Proffesor Zoom's name was Eobard Thawne... well it could happen, ok?! although, now that i think about it, he could be Inertia, since his real name was Thaddeus Thawne... oh, i don't know anymore! this is what i meant when i said that some of the theories were just like: "gurl, you're giving it too much thought".
one thing is sure: Harrison Wells is the Reverse Flash seen on the last episode. or at least he controls... it?
also: Barry told Iris he's in love with her!!!!!!!!!!!

Barry: When we were kids I loved you since before I knew what the word 'love' meant.
oh shut up! you little adorable piece of shit!

omg! my fangirling couldn't have gotten any louder; my sister was laughing at me... and not in a good way. more like in a i'm-doing-this-so-i-don't-have-to-clean-your-blood-after-i-kill-you kinda way. i didn't care. i enjoyed it way too much. i've seen it so many times, it was just like when Fitz "told" Jemma he loved her, only no one (almost) died here.

i can't tell if she's like: "aaawwww you're so cuuuute!" or "are you fucking kidding me?! i've had a crush on you since elementary school and you're telling me this now?! now that i have a cute (blond) brainless boyfriend?!"

January, 20th is way too far. i can't take it anymore...

Arrow.

speaking of January, 20th....
oh hell no! ok. first of: Thea killed Sara?! what. she was drugged and i never really liked her but... what?! also: you don't go to your certain death and you tell the girl who's clearly in love with you what you love her!!!

just look at her face! she's like: "god i hate you so much right now, but i also love you very deeply you cute-ass fucker!"

fucking Oliver Queen and his bad timing for... everything.

thank god for comics and Batman, we can all think Ra's is coming back for him and he's gonna take Oliver to Lazarus Pit:

i'm counting this as confirmation

my friend Mari's theory is that Ra's is gonna train Ollie to kill Merlyn. it's a good theory, me liking it. make it happen Arrow people!
sorry, but i have to mention this:

Ray: To protect the people in this city, and you... are going to help me.
Felicity: Why does this keep happening to me?

i can't love her more :3
also: i still don't understand why fans got mad at Stephen... it's not his fault what happens to his character, he has no saying whatsoever... people can be so mean.

Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.

don't even get me started with these fuckers! ugh! somebody had to died, right? we couldn't go through a mid-season finale without someone dying, that doesn't make any sense! we gotta make fans suffer! ugh! they hate us!
worst part is: i was upset that Mack might not count it, you know? but it was ok, since he only started this season i could've gotten over it. i was going to be mostly sad because poor little Fitz, he just can't keep a friend, but the fuck you're thinking killing Trip?! i hate you (Jeff, Jeff, Jed and Maurissa) so much! oh, and you too Joss, don't think you can drop a bomb without having to suffer the consequences... i'm in pain! and it's your fault! ooohh, Triplett T_T
nevertheless, the episode was fucking awesome from the start.
and this happened:

i really don't want Ward to die... i don't know why yet... probably because
he's insane and murdered all his family. you can say i relate.

blah blah blah, and this is when i suspected Trip was getting killed off:

can we talk about how B.J. almost burnt Chloe to death?

  and then, Raina becomes Tigra.

look at those cute spikes!

and Skye becomes Quake.

(the slow-mo was beautiful)

also:

i had to, this is just adorable :3
ugh, fuckers! i really wanted Jemma to have something with Trip since she's not in love with Fitz...

and Trip dies...

oh stop the paaaaain! T_____T

and finally this eyeless dude appeared.

people are saying he might be Reader from the Inhumanity cross-over comics from Marvel, but i wouldn't know.

so, conclusion: mid-season finales suck! some of them because they're really bad *cof*TheWalkingDead*cof*, some of them because they make me suffer.
some of them weren't even worthy to talk about:
Supernatural: the show that hasn't have a decent episode since "Swan Song" (5x22).
Person Of Interest: nothing interesting happened.
Forever: thank god he didn't tell the cute-cop he can't die. the moment he tells her it's all gonna go to shit, like it did in "The Listener" when Toby told Charlie he could hear people's thoughts.
AHS: Freak Show: this season went downhill since they killed the psychopath Clown not even Dandy can pick up that show...
and i'm still way to angry to talk about the Constantine mid-season finale... oh, what the hell?!

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