It has been two years since The Flash ended, although the present continues to be mentioned in some circles. There are additionally die-hard followers on the market who’d wish to see Grant Gustin reprise his function as one in all TV’s greatest characters. Of course, I might like to see the remainder of the OG Staff Flash return not directly. Whereas not too way back, a bit of the solid agreed they’d be up for a film, it seems like sequence veteran Carlos Valdes should want some convincing.
Valdes’ character, Cisco Ramon was written out of The Flash on the finish of Season 7, with the actor saying, on the time, that he felt prefer it was a very good stopping level for the character. He just lately caught up with People after doing a little work on Broadway and, when requested about returning to some kind of revival, admitted he had some “combined emotions” in regard as to if he desires to reprise his Arrowverse function:
I do and do not. I’ve spent sufficient years away from The Flash and the character to have the ability to look again on that have with fondness and nostalgia. It might be enjoyable to revisit that as a result of I’ve spent sufficient time away from it, for certain.
Carlos Valdes spent seven seasons on The Flash, so it is not shocking to listen to that he’d have some nostalgic emotions and fond recollections that may encourage him to return. Plus, given he is been on the conference circuit at occasions, I am certain he is greater than conscious Cisco stays a well-loved character by the followers, and lots of had been upset to see Cisco go away the sequence earlier than the present signed off with Season 9.
The first a part of Valdes’ assertion sounds very optimistic and appears to present the impression that he would soar on the probability to play the character– who was also called the hero Vibe — once more. That stated, the Gaslit alum’s different sentiments make it sound like he is leaning extra in direction of not returning:
At the identical time, it is type of like taking a look at bare child images. You are wanting on the factor and you are like, ‘Wow, that was a very long time in the past,’ and that was that, for all of its joys and downsides, warts and all, and it was enjoyable. However that was again then and that is now. I am so grateful for the expertise, and it was so illuminating and so joyful in so many respects. I actually felt like I gave it the time … I feel I used to be simply able to maintain increasing as an individual and as an actor. I find it irresistible, I am grateful for it. Do I need to return to it? Not likely.
That does not sound like somebody who’s simply ready on a proposal to return to The Flash, but it surely’s comprehensible. The Arrowverse marked a particular time for DCTV and, now that Superman and Lois has concluded, that period of programming is formally completed. Additionally, upcoming DC tasks both contain the burgeoning DCU continuity or different timelines completely.
That being stated, nostalgia might be highly effective and, in an age the place followers have seen so many TV exhibits make comebacks, can we ever totally rule out The Flash having a reunion of some form? As a fan, I’d like to see it occur, if solely as a result of it is nonetheless a disgrace that 2023’s The Flash did not even characteristic a Grant Gustin cameo.
Proper now, the chances of the Gustin-led present returning really feel so low that it feels foolish to even ask Carlos Valdes the query. I’d be curious to listen to his ideas if a possible follow-up was truly greenlit or reportedly in discussions, on the very least. Regardless, I will maintain my fingers crossed that followers will see these variations of Cisco, Barry Allen and co. once more sooner or later.
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