Welcome to the stage, the team behind The Flash.
- Andrew Kreisberg, executive producer.
Detective Eddie Thawne, Rick Cosnett.
Iris West herself, Candice Patton.
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Daddy West, Jesse L. Martin.
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Please welcome to the stage, The Flash, Grant Gustin.
Dr. Harrison Wells, Tom Cavanagh.
Dr. Caitlin Snow, Danielle Panabaker.
And Cisco Ramon, Carlos Valdes.
And welcome to the stage,
Executive producer, Greg Berlanti.
For Andrew and Greg, The Flash was launched within the Arrow universe
but very, very quickly, I mean, right away,
developed its own sensibility, its own tone.
Was it a conscious choice to differentiate the shows that way
or was that based on the tone of the books?
Uh, yeah, it actually was.
I mean, The Flash was a...
- It was my favorite comic book character, growing up. - Mmm-hmm.
And uh, it was always...
He always had a big heart.
He was always very much a fan boy
of the things that were kind of happening around him.
And very excited and uh...
You know, we really wanted the tone of the show to capture
not just the spirit of the comic books, but the love of them.
And I think, also, the sense of family
that these shows don't always get to have.
And that was sort of how we built it out, how we tried to construct it.
Was there something about your Flash, your version of The Flash
that feels unique to the show compared to the comic books?
I would just start with the people
that we're fortunate enough to have in the cast.
I mean, I think, you know...
There's no greater joy doing what we do
than knowing that the kids that grow up today and watch the show
will always see Grant Gustin as The Flash.
He'll be their Flash forever.
Thank you.
Thank you for that.
And the same for all the characters.
You know, that's actually one of the real fun parts of the job.
Well, let's talk about that, Grant.
You got an opportunity to play this character
actually, before the show ever launched.
- Yeah. - And um...
I want to know a little bit about what that experience was like for you
kind of, playing a character before you actually had a series
and how you prepared for it?
It was great. I think it was probably the best situation to be in
if this was going to happen 'cause I got to get my feet wet a little bit,
guest-starring on something
and feeling out who the character was before he's really become the Barry Allen
that we know from the comics anyway.
So, I had a little bit of freedom to kind of just
do whatever I could in that moment
and let it evolve as we've gone throughout this first season.
So, it was a blessing.
How has playing The Flash evolved for you?
From that moment of launching him out of Arrow to where you are now
in terms of your character development, how's it changed?
Uh, well, I mean, it's been a roller-coaster.
It's always been nice, it's kind of like, in ways, being able to mirror things
that have either been happening or happened in my life.
And the whole journey, with Barry becoming Flash
and me getting to do this job has been a nice kind of thing,
going hand-in-hand together as this season has progressed.
But also, I mean, Barry's found more confidence as the season has evolved.
And he's faced-off with
trying to find out what's going on with Harrison Wells,
who the Reverse-Flash really is, why he did what he did,
but also dealing... Trying to keep the whole city safe.
And... I didn't say anything I wasn't supposed to say!
- Read into that as you will. He didn't say anything. - Yeah.
- Well, let's talk about Dr. Wells, Tom. What?
Let's talk about the fact...
Dr. Wells is a remorseless jerk!
Wow!
Stabs Simon Stagg, killed Sans Souci, gave Professor Stein to Eiling
and has killed several people as Reverse-Flash, as far as I can tell.
But, again... There's something strangely likeable about you!
It's very confusing. My feelings are all over the place.
I wanna say that you have a very tough job...
And that you're extremely well-prepared.
Let me tell you something, the Internet will rip you apart for being perfect.
Harrison Wells is just a guy that wants to get home.
I think we can all relate to that in some aspect or not?
If a couple of people have to, you know,
shuffle off the coil for that to happen, that's not necessarily...
But none of them were good people anyway.
Well, maybe, some of them were.
Well, let's just get into Reverse-Flash.
Let's just talk about it right now.
We've seen the Wells revelation,
we've seen that at least, he's one version of Reverse-Flash.
But I have a lot of questions, starting with the fact that
Reverse-Flash seemed to be fighting himself inside that force field.
Explain yourselves!
You are gonna get the answers
- to what happened in episode nine very soon. Right.
That's exciting.
And how you were able to see what you saw.
So, Rick, your character got a little bit of a glimpse into what's happening...
Yeah, wasn't that crazy? - Well, I mean...
- Up until the episode we've seen so far... - Uh-huh.
You finally found that there are metahumans from Joe.
And you've seen a little bit of them in action
but obviously that
- affects your character dramatically!
Or, does it?
Talk a little bit about that.
Um, yeah, I mean, you know, Eddie has an amazing arc over the season.
And you guys are gonna be so surprised about what's gonna happen
and I'm just kinda laughing inside 'cause I know what's going to happen!
Tease! He's a tease!
But, you know, he finally finds out about the metahumans
which was relieving for me
'cause I didn't have to play dumb in that sense.
But, then, of course, I still don't know about Barry,
which is a wonderful thing to play.
I'm just gonna keep dancing around this.
So, basically...
I can't tell you anything!
They want me to say, uh...
But, you know, things unravel and come to fruition.
I've been saying that a lot this morning.
Yeah, like, kind of nothing at all. - Yeah.
- I'll save you from this moment. Thank you.
And go to Jesse. You actually said previously,
you've played some pretty iconic detectives in your career.
Two?
One massive, iconic detective for 10 years.
- But, I... - You said it was iconic, I just said it was awesome.
I think, Detective Green was iconic.
At one point you thought, "I don't know if I do wanna play that character again."
But, now, you're playing this detective
who's kind of many more things than just a detective.
He's this incredible father, he's also a superhero ally.
How's that been different for you?
I mean, A, he's an incredible father...
And he knows superheroes.
So, like...
That's already way different than anything I've ever got a chance to do
on Law & Order. I mean, Law & Order was awesome.
It was like, one of the best jobs I've ever had, but this
has become like... I was gonna swear...
Um, I'm not gonna swear.
It's incredible. I mean... You just saw...
I... I was working with a big monkey.
I mean, it wasn't actually there when we were working
but it was a big-ass monkey.
I mean, I got to work with Jerry Orbach but never...
A big monkey.
So...
You know, every week or so, I'm like,
"Uh, wow!"
When you read the scripts, you're like, "Whoa,
"I didn't think I'd ever get a chance to do anything close to that."
So, this is one of those roles where you get to do everything!
- Yeah. - And I'm not... I'm not even a superhero.
I'm just a regular dude but I get to do everything!
- It's awesome. - Right.
Candice, your character is now the only character who doesn't know about the metahumans.
Yeah, that's right.
I'd forgotten to know. Thank you.
- Yeah, I just thought I'd remind you... - Yeah?
Yeah, but, what's interesting is,
obviously, you are incredibly curious and you want to know.
Iris wants to know what's going on, she's investigating this world.
She's obviously interacting with The Flash.
- But everybody is lying to her. - Everyone.
Everybody is lying to her.
- And her father looked her dead in the face... - Yeah.
- And said, "There is no Flash." - Yeah.
I thought you were a good father?
I am a good father.
- Look, you know that I have to lie to you sometimes... - Hmm.
- You're very inquisitive. - Okay.
I really wanna know... I'm curious... How that's been for you as an actress
but also how that's gonna affect your relationship with your father and your boyfriend
when you find out that everybody's been keeping you in the dark?
Yeah.
I mean, as an actress it's fun to play.
It's also frustrating because I know fans are constantly asking me
"When is Iris going to find out? How can she not know?"
But I think, there's something really interesting
about playing the Iris West, the Lois Lane.
I think, that has to exist in this kind of comic book story.
I think, it always adds a bit of excitement and mystery
of when is she going to find out
and when that moment happens, what's it gonna be like.
And for me, I can only imagine that when she finds out
that Barry and Joe, her family,
the two men that she really only has in her life
have been lying to her...
Yeah...
Is that Eddie?
Oh, my...
Daddy, help.
Just tell him you love him. All right.
I guess we know where Iris's feelings lie.
Um...
What was I saying?
Um, when she finds out that the two men that she's grown up with...
Yeah.
Good save. Good save!
- Right, um... - Fine.
- Are we gonna be okay? - Easy.
- Uh, we'll talk about it later, honey. - Okay.
No, but seriously, I think when she finds out
that these two men have been lying to her,
it's gonna be a huge sense of betrayal.
I think, that's at the base of everything...
How could your family,
the people that you look in the eye, like you said, every day
keep something so, so big from her.
It's gonna change everything.
- Um... Cool. - Yeah.
Let's talk about science now, because this is an incredibly science-heavy show.
First, I wanna talk to the EPs and then I wanna talk to the scientists.
But, um...
They're actual scientists.
Scientists, I want answers about wormholes.
Um, how much of the science on the show
is rooted in actual science, practical science,
how much of it is speculative and how much of it is totally made up
comic book, full of crap?
You tell.
I think, the best versions of the metahumans
have some kernel of it that's based in something.
You know, I think that, especially like, when we're talking about
the Weather Wizard which is coming up in Episode 15.
And Cisco develops the wizard wand to help sap his powers
and Barry responds like, "It's a grounding mechanism."
There's just enough sort of real science in it
- to sort of like, you know, make you believe it.
- Perfect. - It's mostly BS.
I think for us, we try to make sure it's emotionally true.
Mmm-hmm.
- I think, that's the... - Yeah.
Why do you gotta laugh?
We do... We always try to follow the rules that we establish for ourselves.
For instance, the next two episodes
will deal with the introduction of time-travel into our universe of the show.
And so, obviously,
that's still not possible as far as I know.
But by our standards of the show,
we try and sort of establish our own set of rules.
Like you make them up?
Establish...
- Establish. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, come on.
So, Danielle and Carlos, you guys get to play pretty brilliant people...
And um...
I guess, I wanna start with you, Danielle,
because you know, you play this character who's both
a brilliant scientist and a very fierce advocate for her team.
And also on the other side, has gone through some intense emotional bruising.
How's that been for you to play over this season?
'Cause you kind of get to be like a scientific bad-ass
and then, you know, "A man is dead!"
- So... - Not like that...
"My man, my man is dead! He's on fire, what happened?"
I like that one.
Why are you making fun of that?
For me, it's just been a delight.
You know, as an actor you hope to get material that challenges you.
And it does. It's so exciting to read the scripts.
I'm like an audience member in that sense.
That we can't wait to see what's coming next.
And you know, Caitlin has had such a great arc.
She did start off so cold and sad and grieving
and then, you know, she's gone through this amazing journey.
There's still more to come.
Ronnie Raymond's only a phone call away.
He seems like he'd be super-hard to make out with though.
- I just wanna say. - My job is tough.
You know, once he turns into Firestorm it's like...
- You know, like... - He's on fire!
Like literally on fire and so...
Keep your bits over there because...
Very delicate, that's all I'm saying.
- I am a delicate flower. - You're a delicate flower!
One thing also, I think, you guys have done beautifully with the show
is made science really cool.
It's interesting, it's compelling, it's fun.
I think, a big part of that is your character, Carlos, 'cause you're so funny.
And...
You have... You definitely have a lot of swagger.
Well, thank you.
I do have a Flash pin on.
- You know, bringing my swagger over...
And obviously, Cisco...
Cisco is in charge of naming all the metahumans.
Um, I maybe, have named one.
Rainbow Raider, really?
Rainbow Raider!
Yeah, Roy G. Biv.
How much of those names are scripted?
Do you ever get to ad-lib any of that stuff?
'Cause it always feels super natural when it's coming from you.
No, I think, there's definitely a sanctity about the naming.
- Mmm-hmm. - You know, I have to respect the naming.
It's a calling and...
And one that I'm very privileged to take on in each episode.
So, I have to respect the names.
Okay.
- I feel it. I feel it. - You feel it, right?
I do, you're looking into my soul right now.
I am curious about the backstory with the West family
because we don't know anything about where Mommy West is.
- For real. - For real.
Are we gonna learn...
- Same things. - Same things.
Are we gonna learn more about Iris's backstory and where Mommy West went?
Yeah, there's an amazing scene in an upcoming episode
where Tom and Jesse discuss that.
Which is very cool.
- Remember, you filmed that? - Yeah.
- It was electric. - Yeah, boo.
Easy.
We did?
You talked about it.
We hint at it a lot this year.
I think, we'll deal with it more directly in subsequent seasons.
Thank you.
Grant, how... I know you're not actually running at the speed of sound on the show.
But I wonder how physically demanding this role has been for you.
You know, it's a pretty technically physical show.
- There's fights, it's not just running. - Yeah.
It has its days.
I mean, some days are straight-forward, we're pounding out scenes.
But there are other days that are very action-heavy days
and very-heavy-treadmill- running-green-screen days.
Yeah, those days are exhausting days.
But, it's not every day.
It's just you know, every once in a while.
I sense that there's some subtext here.
No, yeah, it is physically demanding.
You know what's actually really funny?
Just seeing Barry run.
Yeah, hysterical.
- Is it actually like... - Just running!
Barry runs kind of nerdy.
That's all me.
I think, he actually ran into a pedestrian that day.
- Yeah. - I run into things.
Let's talk about the team at S.T.A.R. Labs,
because for people who don't know,
some characters in S.T.A.R. Labs have metahuman destinies down the line.
I don't wanna give anything away, but the Internet is at your disposal.
Um...
You just gave that away.
Well, I didn't. The Internet did!
But I wonder how that's gonna affect the development of the team in Season 1
and when we're gonna start to see some of those elements revealed.
You don't have to give an episode number
but are we working towards potentially other people on the S.T.A.R. Labs team
developing their own abilities?
I'm sure the person will tell you, you can't answer that question.
PaleyFest.
He's phoning a friend. - Yeah, PaleyFest.
- Okay, feels great. - Uh, yes.
Metahumans?
I think, the focus is on Barry at this moment.
Like, we're in this first season
where he's just starting to discover his powers
-and kind of go through his initial moral dilemmas. - Mmm-hmm.
So, whether that's down the line for us...
Maybe, a little later, you know.
But for some of us sooner rather than later. - What? What?
I don't think you were talking about me? Were you talking about me?
- I don't know! - I'm actually going to reverse the question, are you?
- Are you Reverse-Flash? - I don't know if I am, are you?
- I think you are! - What?
- Yes! - Who told you that?
Where did you get your information from?
- You're... - On the Internet.
On the Internet, your show, my mom.
Well, then, you're right.
Then, you know, I throw my money down, I take my shoes off,
your mom is right.
- This is the second show that you guys have... - What? What?
- I have no idea. - Answering questions with questions, aren't you?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah... - This is the second show that you guys have developed
with really, really, strong female science characters.
We did a Paley panel earlier in the year
talking about the kind of representation of women in STEM,
you know, science and technology.
are maybe, encouraging young girls and women to get into science.
So, I just wanted to ask you guys if that was something that was conscious for you
or what the fan response has been to this really strong female scientist on the show
and obviously Felicity on Arrow.
I mean, yeah, it's definitely a conscious choice in that
we like our characters all to be smart and interesting and diverse.
I think it makes the stories more exciting for us to tell.
And it makes the show feel and look more like this room.
Our show is filled with incredible people.
We try and make everybody as dynamic and fascinating as possible, you know.
And you talked about the fact that the show is gonna be bringing in time-travel.
You've obviously started to dabble with that.
We know that Barry went back to the moment when his mother was killed.
Now, just in the last episode that we saw,
he said, "I'm gonna get this right this time."
But how... I'm not telling you to say how it will change
'cause clearly you guys aren't gonna give me anything tonight.
But how might it speculatively change
who Barry and the team are in the present time?
We definitely talk about the ramifications of time-travel.
And there's definitely episodes coming up where
there's concern that if certain events change in the past,
it will affect who everyone is,
how they are, what the relationships are to each other...
But again, like Greg said,
what's really interesting about that stuff to us is what's emotional about it.
And these people who are entwined in each other's lives
and people who love each other and people who are family.
If the past changes, does the present change as well?
And that's part of the make-up of the show.
Right, I mean, if Barry saves his mom...
This family that he's formed, he's lived with his whole life...
- Might not happen. - Mooted...
But I might get my wife back!
- A trade-off? - Yeah!
- All right, cool. - Don't you live next door?
So, we'd still be cool!
A big theme on the show has also been family.
And we got a little glimpse of the fact that potentially
one of the reasons why Dr. Wells is such a... is because...
I would have been cursing this whole time if I would have known.
I would have been cursing this whole time if...
I only say words that I've actually heard on CW.
Oh!
- Yeah, I like that. I like that. Yeah, that's good.
Is that he suffered a terrible loss of his own.
So, I wanted to hear a little bit more from the EPs
and also from the actors about how the theme of family has been shot through the show.
Because what's nice about the show is...
I really loved anyway, the conversations between Barry and Joe
and honestly, the conversation between Barry and Dr. Wells!
And I just want to hear a bit more about
how that's been to play for you guys.
I've always said that those are my favorite scenes.
I mean, they're simple, they're fun. I love working with both of them.
Yeah, those dynamics are really interesting
and I think, naturally-layered
- because we get along really well in real life. Mmm-hmm.
So, I love those scenes.
They're the simplest things we do but they really have the biggest pay-off.
I also would say, just in terms of family,
you can play a villain as a mustache-twirling villain or you...
The bonds that this character, as written by these guys,
has with these people are genuine and real.
Respect and caring, love for all of these people
which makes the next step for this character, for these characters,
that much more difficult because they've been smart enough to put this
colossal amount of emotion in the middle of it where parts are breaking
because now, the model is changing.
But it doesn't make that affection any less genuine.
Who is feeding the metahumans in the prison?
Can I just say... We talk about that. We talk about that.
- Didn't we talk about this? - I have some answers.
- Yeah, go ahead. - Loves Thai food.
- That's true. - Enchiladas.
This is all... Dr. Snow's feeding everybody?
An answer is coming.
Someone's been feeding them.
We actually see a scene of how they are being tended to.
They're tended to very well.
And I always ask the same thing, I'm like, "Who's cleanin' this place up?"
Yeah, Gunther.
- Gunther. - Gunther.
- We have a... - Gunther cleans everything.
- You guys don't know Gunther. - Gunther needs a raise!
No, Gunther is gonna be fired.
The number of people he just lets walk in.
You have the same security system they have over at the Arrow,
just people letting them in...
All day long.
Not great.
But we love Gunther.
He should have been fired by now but we can't...
We haven't told you about Gunther.
No, this is news.
Gunther's essentially a turnstile. "Come on in."
"No, you have a line in about two minutes, you better hurry upstairs."
- No go... - Thank you, writers.
We set it up in the beginning of the year but we do deal with the moral implications
of them being sort of judge and jury by the end of the year.
- Right. - We deal with it very directly in an episode.
I mean, it's exciting 'cause I was like,
I get that you have to lock the metahumans up
but you know, at some point, maybe like a book.
We just did the Arrow panel and that show, it's, um...
It's linear in terms of timeline
and emotionally... Obviously, there are the flashbacks,
but there's a general linear progression.
This show is a lot more moving parts.
And I just wonder what the biggest challenge
is gonna be for you guys going forward
managing all of these different temporal threads
and trying to resolve them in a way that makes sense in the present time.
It's gonna be mostly them, like, what they hand us.
I mean, because, I really... People say to me,
"In Episode One and 13..." I'm like, "I don't know what that means."
I just don't... I don't know what that means.
I was like, "What happened?"
But if they have it right, then we'll have it right.
-'Cause they'll just hand it to us. - But also as actors...
As time travel's already been introduced, it's...
It's already started to get confusing,
like, "Wait, do I know that or do I not know that?
"Or did I un-know that at some point?"
So, that will be the hardest thing to keep track of, I think.
Yeah, it... It's so hard to figure out
what do I know and what don't I know right now, in this moment.
But something comes up and then you have to go like,
back to the continuity lady and then it goes like...
We always knew what the finale was
on every season of Arrow that we did.
You know, with this show it was even more so.
And, you know, all the elements that were in the pilot episode
are actually gonna be paid off and we...
You know, we didn't know every step along the way
and there was always room for inspiration and, you know,
improvisation and creativity, but, you know,
I mean, the finale that we're actually writing right now is...
Ooh!
Yeah!
- Yeah, it's our job. - I was excited. Yeah!
Um, you know, a lot of the threads that are coming together
are stuff that, you know, we basically had
sort of decided on when we were writing the pilot.
So, um...
And, you know, we can take those risks but the truth is,
we get the dailies back and we get the cuts in
and we are always so blown away by what everybody does
and how they sell these stories
and make them all feel so real.
And those scientific concepts that are totally BS
that you were asking about.
You know, they make it feel real.
They make it feel real.
And it's their heart and soul that everyone can see.
We will keep aiming for the fences
and try to do that stuff and sometimes, you know, we'll... We'll, uh...
Hopefully, sometimes it will work and sometimes it doesn't, but...
But for the most part, it's just been...
We've been as gratified as everybody else has been
and surprised a lot of times by like,
"Wow! That really feels like it works."
It's been pretty great so far.
So with that we're gonna go to audience questions.
What we were able to work in on the show in Episode 12
with the karaoke was really fun
and if we can justify singing, then I'm totally down to sing.
I don't... I don't want to do a musical episode.
But, yeah, it's fun to get some singing in if we can... Yeah.
But this is great. I mean, this is unlike anything I've ever done. It's...
I've said from the beginning, it's not even a dream come true.
It's something I... I could've never imagined happening, so I'm...
I just try to enjoy every moment... It's really fun.
Yeah, that's our hope. So, uh...
And, uh... We've already been picked up for a second year.
So...
I think if we were gonna do something like that, we would do it next year.
DC!
All right, I think that was a really good place to end the panel.
Everybody, please give it up for team Flash!
You guys have been amazing.
Thanks for coming out. Good night.
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