One of my favourite shows at the moment has got to be the CW series The Flash, and not just because I am still recovering from last week’s brilliant crossover with The Arrow! The new show has already cast the 90’s Flash as Grant Gustin’s father (John Wesley Shipp) and now plans to add a possibly pumped up Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame to their cast as the Trickster. I say possibly pumped up as recent pictures of Hamill indicate he may be hitting the gym for Star Wars: The Force Awakens as hard as he may be hitting some Dark Force foes with his lightsaber.
In the short-lived 1990’s Flash series Hamill played James Jesse whose alter-ego The Trickster terrorized Iron Heights with, among other things, exploding teddy bears. Why not? According to Hitfix we can expect a slightly different incarnation of the character this time round:
“Mark Hamill returns in a brand new interpretation of James Jesse (aka The Trickster), a role he originated on the 90’s ‘Flash‘ series. In this new iteration, The Trickster is an anarchist terrorist con man serving a life sentence in Iron Heights who helps Barry (Grant Gustin) and Det. West (Jesse L. Martin) to foil the city-wide attacks of a wannabe Trickster eagerly following in the original’s deadly footsteps. The episode will reunite him with John Wesley Shipp who went up against him as the original ‘Flash‘ on the CBS version.”
“Having Mark reprise his role as The Trickster was on our original wish list when we were planning our version of The Flash. Christmas andCHanukkah came early for us this year when he said yes! We are beyond humbled and excited to have him joining us for another round of deadly trickery!”
Last Updated: December 9, 2014
Unavengedavo
December 9, 2014 at 12:59
I really love what they are doing in this series. Would be awesome if they tied Gotham to this and Arrow as well O_o
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 9, 2014 at 13:18
I foresee Hamill wearing a bright orange jump suit. tee hee.