The Arrow alum reflects on meeting Grant Gustin for the first time.
It’s the end of an era.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Take me all the way back toArrowseason 2.
Stephen Amell as Green Arrow and Grant Gustin as the Flash.Katie Yu/The CW
This was right after the first season.
He’s the Flash.
We want to spend the next bit of time building the Justice League on TV."
Grant Gustin as Barry Allen and Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen in the first Arrowverse crossover “Flash vs. Arrow”.Diyah Pera/The CW
And that’s precisely what they did.
They followed through on that.
I mean, I think DC gets a lot of s— for not building this interconnected universe.
I just think people need to look at what they did on TV.
What was your first impression of Grant when you met him?
My first impression of Grant is actually I think when I was at my most impressed with him.
But he was just great.
I know I’m being effusive but when he got on set, he just had that energy.
Whereas to me, it feels like Grant came in just fully formed, which is super impressive.
No, we never spoke about it.
So it was just always different.
Grant never needed my advice.
What was it like the first time that you got to shoot onThe Flashset?
It was the pilot ofThe Flash.
That’s one of my favorite scenes that we’ve ever shot together.
I feel a little bit too in the weeds.
It was a pretty big deal.
But beyond that, not really.
I remember it for my first appearance onThe Flash.
I mean, come on.
That’s me feeling like a kid, dream come true.
That was pretty cool.
How do you feel knowing thatThe Flashis the show that gets to carry the Arrowverse across the finish line?
I’m glad that we could be a small part of it.
Maybe they should have changed the name, since I was done.
There was a moment in time when they tried to rename it.
Oh yeah, didn’t they try it?
They tried to call it the CW-verse?
Yeah, it did not stick.
Hey, listen, full marks for trying.
The Flashseries finale airs Wednesday, May 24, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CW.
