The Flash
Kiersey Clemons is unrestrained to be making her DC Extended Universe first appearance as Iris West in the upcomingJustice Leaguefilm , but she ’s made a witting conclusion to avoid theotherlive - action Iris West ; limn by Candice Patton in The CW’sThe FlashTV series .
Clemons is a grow star , having played memorable roles in Amazon ’s TV seriesTransparentand the feature of speech filmDope- which was train by Rick Famuyiwa , who was at one time slated to direct the long delayedFlashsolo pic , now titledThe Flash : Flashpoint . Her youthful get-up-and-go and good luck charm seems like a consummate tabulator to Ezra Miller ’s awkwardly comical Barry Allen in the DCEU .
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However , Clemons is attempting to avoid other current iteration of the Iris West character . In an audience withCinema Blend , Clemons says she ’s made a concerted effort not to watch The CW ’s version of Iris , because she want to bring a all original take to the fictitious character :
" When I do projects where it ’s [ character reference that have been adapted before ] … no . I will let it strike me . Actually , I lied . I see a short bit of [ The Flash tv set show ] before I did [ Justice League ] . But now it ’s like , ' Oh no , no , no . ' Because I ’ll pull from it ! I ’ll be like , ' I want to do that . No , I do n’t want to do that . ' No , no , no . "
That ’s a pretty reasonable position . The DCEU ’s version of The Flash and his worldly concern has a vault that none of the other DC heroes do , in that he ’s already asterisk in a extremely profile live - action feature . IfThe Flashsolo pic is going to bring home the bacon , it ’s die to need to severalise itself from the TV serial in bold ways . The announcement that The Flash ’s solo moving-picture show will be an adaptation of Flashpoint propose DC Films know this is an yield , too .
And while Clemons may be unaware or too diplomatic to say it , Patton ’s Iris West has long been debate one ofThe FlashTV show ’s weak links . Long sidelined as one of the few mass who did n’t know Barry Allen was The Flash , Iris then expend the entirety of the show ’s unsatisfying third time of year as ( essentially ) a damsel in distraint plot twist . One of the DC Universe ’s oldest and richest supporting lineament , Iris West deserves better than such tired literary genre trope . While it ’s too early to eff if Clemons ' Iris will get the kind of stories she deserves , it ’s at least reassuring to know that the cinematic version is starting with a fresh slating .
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Source : Cinema Blend
