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Were we supposed to know who "Mick" was at the end?
Were we supposed to know who "Mick" was at the end?
Gorilla Grodd is a hyper-intelligent telepathic gorilla with the power to control the minds of others. At one time, he was nothing more than an average ape, but after an alien spacecraft (retconned from a radioactive meteor, the same one that empowered Hector Hammond) crashes in his African home, Grodd and his troupe are imbued with super intelligence by the ship's pilot. Grodd and fellow gorilla Solovar also develop telepathic and telekinetic powers. Taking the alien as their leader, the gorillas construct a super advanced home named Gorilla City. The gorillas live in peace until their home is discovered by prying explorers. Grodd forces one of the explorers to kill the alien and takes over Gorilla City, planning to conquer the world next. Solovar telepathically contacts Barry Allen to warn him of the evil gorilla's plans, and Grodd is defeated.
HitFix has learned that Mark Hamill - who played The Trickster on the 1990-1991 CBS The Flash series, starring current Flash's dad John Wesley Shipp - will reprise the role on the 17th episode this season! Here's a little bit about the new version of the character he'll be playing:
Mark Hamill returns in a brand new interpretation of James Jesse (aka The Trickster), a role he originated on the 90's 'Flash' series. In this new iteration, The Trickster is an anarchist terrorist con man serving a life sentence in Iron Heights who helps Barry (Grant Gustin) and Det. West (Jesse L. Martin) to foil the city-wide attacks of a wannabe Trickster eagerly following in the original's deadly footsteps. The episode will reunite him with John Wesley Shipp who went up against him as the original 'Flash' on the CBS version.
This is very cool news, and a guest appearance from Hamill can only bring some Star Wars magic to The Flash's (already great for CW) ratings. But you know what would be a lot cooler? Is if he reprised this completely hilarious outfit.
Joining fellow Spartacus vets who've transitioned over to the Flash/Arrow-verse - like Manu Bennett (Slade/Deathstroke), Katrina Law (Nyssa al Ghul,) Cynthia Addai-Robinson (Amanda Waller), and Nick Tarabay (Captain Boomerang) - is Spartacus himself, Liam McIntyre.
ComicBook.com is reporting that McIntyre will be playing famous DC villain Mark Mardon, the Weather Wizard, on The Flash.
IGN confirmed the news with The CW, along with the fact that McIntyre will first appear in episode #115. He'll also continue on into episode #116, which is called "Rogue Time."
Here’s the official character description (which answers the question many had about whether or not the villain in the pilot was supposed to be Weather Wizard):
"Mark Mardon, brother to Clyde Mardon, returns to Central City to get justice for his brother's untimely death. Mark uses his powers, similar to Clyde's ability to control the weather, to go on a rampage to find the man that shot Clyde...Joe West."