Nine years is a recollective time for an doer toplay any fiber , let alone one that is on a regular basis impel to jade an elaborate , skin - hugging superhero costume . So when I heardThe Flashstar Grant Gustin suggested to the series ’ showrunner to kill off Barry Allen in the upcomingseries stopping point , I assumed he just wanted to be done with the character . But it sour out that the actor had something much more interesting in mind .
talk to theTV Line podcast(viaCBR ) , Gustin explained he wanted Barry — perform some of those clock time shenanigan that got him in difficulty seemingly every two of three episode — to sacrifice himself to save the Speed Force , and , well , I ’ll let him explicate it :
“ When I thought about [ the show ] terminate , there was a theory out there that Barry would sacrifice himself to keep the Speed Force alive and become the lightning bolt that inevitably struck him [ in the pilot ] and create this full circle moment , which I retrieve was really nerveless . Yeah , and I kinda always wanted him to cash in one’s chips a Hero of Alexandria ’s decease in a way , and [ showrunner Eric Wallace ] was very opposed to the idea , and we really wanted to see a felicitous ending for Barry and Iris . And ultimately , I think that … as fan revisit it , probably how they ’re going to want it to end . ”
Photo: Colin Bentley/The Flash
I concur that fans would potential rather Barry be awake when the series ends , if only because Arrow ’s Oliver Queen ( Stephen Amell ) already draw the heroical ritual killing during the Crisis on Infinite Earths miniseries . As the biggest , second most important , and only remaining series of the DC CW - verse , hand The Flash a glad end would be a better way to come together out this august experiment that begin in 2012 and cover six appearance . Besides , even if the Flash died , if somehow the DC CW returned , death has never stopped a submarine from coming back to life in any medium . After all , Green Arrow isdue to appearon the show before The Flash ends on May 24 …
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