Totally, and that’s the right word, it is a burden. That was the main thing that we’re dealing with at the moment, which is cool for me because then it means as time goes on, I get to reveal more and more about his character.Īnd on top of meeting these new family members, which would be overwhelming enough after all these years, his mom is sick too, which must be its own unique kind of burden. And because of where he’s at in his life, and dealing with these things, he’s not going to reveal himself and let his guard down for new people. Because deep down, especially when you’re growing up, you have your personality, and you are who you are, but usually it’s covered up by something else. It’s even the discussions that we had during the auditions, which really helped me as well … allowing me to go into the Wally that has his defenses up, that’s got quite a bit of attitude. Even more recently, I’m still learning more and more about Wally because the guys at DC just sent me a bunch of the old comics, which is really cool. It was kind of all in the script, to be honest, which is cool, and I guess because there are so many versions of Wally, there’s a lot of things I could pull from.
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What did the producers tell you about Wally as a character in terms of backstory or how to approach him when you got the role? Was there anything in particular you drew on? I don’t think he would admit that to himself. At least from Wally’s point of view, without admitting it. So that creates this kind of cool little sibling rivalry, in a sense.
He doesn’t want to let a lot of people in, and … as cool as Barry is, Wally doesn’t want to let him in. So that’s another family member that Wally’s kind of forced to have, but Barry isn’t his blood, you know? And because Barry is such a nice guy, and a good guy, that can be even more frustrating for Wally. Well, Barry’s a good guy, and they’re all good people, but I think that that can sometimes be frustrating for Wally, because he’s trying to find his place in this family, but his place is almost already filled by this other son that Joe has. In all the ways that count, Joe has technically already had a son for many years, so how do Wally and Barry react to each other? That theme of building a family with people who aren’t necessarily your blood is obviously a pivotal part of “The Flash,” since Barry is an adopted member of the West family. So I think that’s going to be a pretty difficult dynamic for them to all overcome, but eventually, that will bring everyone together. Just because Joe is his dad, just because Iris is his big sister, doesn’t mean that he feels like they can control him in any way. He’s quite defensive about who he is, what he does, and he doesn’t want a lot of those things to change, and doesn’t really believe that those things should be changed by newcomers in his life. It’s what you have to go through together.įor Wally, his walls are up pretty high.
From all sides, I think the love is there, but it goes to show that a lot more goes into creating a family than blood and love. It shows that the love is there, from both sides. So that’s going to cause some tension, and Iris, especially … she’s a fierce character so she’s pretty concerned over that, which kind of shows that she’s accepting him as a brother, really. One thing I can say is Wally’s really into drag racing, which is not the ideal thing when your father is a detective and your sister’s a reporter. Iris has had a little time to come to terms with the idea of having a brother, since she found out about Wally before Joe did.
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