Aside from announcing who its Barry Allen will be, the movie version of "The Flash" has not revealed a lot of details. Talking to Entertainment Weekly, however, Ezra Miller has so graciously decided to clue us in on how his Flash will be different from the one Grant Gustin is currently portraying on The CW show.
For starters, it's a movie, said Miller. As the medium contributes a lot to how a character can experience exposition, this basically means that the TV and movie treatment for The Fastest Man Alive will be different from each other even without any effort to ensure so. The actor added that he wanted the role to be an exploration of the human being, an elaboration of how each individual has many dimensions. (He realizes after making the statement that he made a pun unknowingly, referring to the parallel universe storyline "The Flash" follows in the comics.)
To be specific, Miller said he'd want his Barry Allen to have the usual dimensions that fans have come to expect and love with "The Flash." However, he'd also want some extra ones, additional dimensions to make the character even more dynamic.
"I hope to realize him as a person, and I think what's most exciting for me in superhero mythologies is when we feel the humanity of someone who is heroic," he added.
Alternatively, it could also be the realization that someone who is flawed can also be heroic, Miller said.
With Austin the current face of the Scarlet Speedster, he was naturally the fans were expecting to star in "The Flash" movie. Even "Arrow" star Stephen Amell had a thing or two to say about Miller's casting. Then again, when Austin was revealed to be The CW's Flash, there were also a number of displeased fans.
Barry Allen's story is founded on the tragedy of his childhood. Obsessed with his mother's unresolved murder, he went on to become a forensic scientist, vowing to solve every case that came his way. Transformed into "The Flash" after a freak lightning bolt hit a nearby shelf in his lab, he was given super-speed as a super power, allowing him to race up buildings, cross seas and even phase through objects.
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