Barry Allen’s lightning bolt ring has gone missing.
Now it’s in a drawer at home with all of my important jewelry.
I put it on, actually, the other day."
Stephen Amell as Green Arrow and Grant Gustin as the Flash.Katie Yu/The CW
Deciding to steal Barry’s ring was easy.
Decidingto endThe Flashon May 24 after nine seasons, however, was a whole different story.
It was unlike anything that had ever been attempted in television."
Stephen Amell as Green Arrow and Grant Gustin as the Flash.Katie Yu/The CW
The Arrowverse’s first superhero remembers that origin story quite differently, however.
He’s the Flash.
We want to spend the next bit of time building the Justice League on TV.'
Grant Gustin, Danielle Panabaker, Danielle Nicolet, Kayla Compton, Brandon McKnight, and Jon Cor in ‘The Flash’ series finale.Bettina Strauss/The CW
And that’s precisely what they did.
That said, nothing lasts forever.
It’s clear Gustin is at peace with his choice.
Grant Gustin and Candice Patton on ‘The Flash’.Bettina Strauss/The CW
But it took him a long time and several false starts to get there.
“I got married [to physical therapist and trainer Andrea LA Thoma while filming] season 5.
After a conversation with Berlanti, Gustin was convinced to keep going for just a little while longer.
Teddy Sears, Karan Oberoi, and Tom Cavanagh in ‘The Flash’ series finale.Bettina Strauss/The CW
I’m not really a FOMO person, but I would’ve for sure had FOMO about that.”
“Grant was so incredibly thoughtful in his decision, and I understood it completely,” Berlanti says.
“So I was definitely relieved that Grant was on the same page about ending the show.
Grant Gustin as the Flash.Colin Bentley/The CW
I definitely didn’t want to leave before everyone else, so I was just really glad.”
“I still am hopeful that the Arrowverse is not over,” he explains.
“I’ve approached it asThe Flashis over and I want to make the bestFlashseries finale as possible.”
He knows how that sounds he’s definitely in denial.
But despite the facts, he just isn’t ready to say goodbye.
So we’ll see."
“I’m very proud of the last episode,” Wallace says.
“It’s a love letter to the audience.”
It’s also a touching parallel to Gustin’s own life.
I think we really finished on a high note."
Everybody can fulfill their full potential if you just take a heroic path."
But of course, that path won’t be easy for Barry and the rest of Team Flash.
“What Rick did coming back as Eddie blew me away,” Gustin teases.
“It seems appropriate.”
There was one return that couldn’t happen, however in any timeline.
It’s not for lack of trying though.
“And God bless them, they somehow made it work and shifted some things around on the schedule.
We shut down for a day.
And I felt fine!
I just had to sit at home and wait to do my last few days for a while.”
While Gustin was in quarantine, production continued as best as it could without its star.
As a result of the reshuffling, an extra day was added to filming to complete the finale.
“It felt like they were trying to keep me here,” Gustin jokes.
“We just prolonged the end.”
The end of the world is looming.
But the Golden Age Flash is only focused on the younger Flash for a minute.
“I tried to thank Grant, but then my voice cracked.
And that’s when he came over and gave me a big hug.
And that said everything that needed to be said.”
That sentimentality ramps up on Friday as the rest of the series regulars finish filming.
It’s their final scene, but they think they still have more time.
We’re being clapped out.'
I just started crying."
“Well, no one called ‘martini.’
Cor points out that he kept his emotions in check until he was alone in his trailer.
“I couldn’t stop, but I had never been happier.”
“I thought it would be more complicated for me, emotionally.
I thought I’d have more of a struggle,” he says.
“And I wasn’t emotional.
And I know Stephen was that way too whenArrowwas ending.
“Now I’m feeling the emotion more than I did that week.
I don’t think I felt everything on that final day as I should.
But I felt really at peace that whole last episode, as I did for most of that season.
And when that moment came, Gustin didn’t take it for granted.
But I get to now go into the unknown with my family.
Now I’m just husband, and dad, and not the Flash anymore.”
“And it also kind of feels good.”
But he’s also aware that he’s prolonging the end for himself even more.
“I think maybe it’ll also hit me more and more as I watch this final season.
It’s not over for me yet.”
“The filming chapter is closed, but I still get to be the Flash.”
I should just say yes when people ask me if I’m the Flash.”
He does still have the ring, after all.
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