'The Flash': Grant Gustin On Ratings, Barry’s Secret Identity & The Crossover With 'Arrow'
By Jolie Lash
Access Hollywood
October 22, 2014
"The Flash" premiered earlier this month to big ratings on The CW, but Grant Gustin was so deep into filming his show, he wasn't sitting at his computer waiting to see the numbers.
"First of all, I don't really understand the ratings process much and I don't really care too, that much," the actor told reporters on location for "The Flash" last Friday in Vancouver, as he prepared to shoot scenes with recurring guest star Wentworth Miller. "It sounds like a lot of people watched and it was really, really exciting. And we were on set when it was premiering and kind of checking Twitter when we could and [there was] just a lot of positive feedback which, I don't know, we weren't sure what to expect. We're on Episode 10 now and really deep in it, so yeah, it was nice to start to hear feedback."
"The Flash" series follows Grant's character, Barry, a young CSI, who ends up with super-speed after being hit by a bolt of lightning, following an incident at S.T.A.R. Labs. Barry has been trying to balance his work life with his need to use his super powers to help others.
Asked by one reporter about Barry balancing his two identities – Barry and The Flash – and if his employers might to start to get suspicious about his disappearances, Grant said his character has -- so far -- been able to manage it without anyone catching on.
"No suspicions really yet, because Barry's always kind of been slightly absentminded at work anyway," Grant said, of whether his employers have noticed something is up (outside of Jesse L. Martin's Joe, who is in on the secret).
"So I don't think there are any new suspicions from his co-workers or anything like that, but there's definitely new challenges with balancing everything and there's some give and some take, and some sacrifices are made," he added.
This Tuesday's episode of the show will introduce Robbie Amell as Ronnie Raymond, but in a few weeks' time, another Amell will return to "The Flash" – "Arrow's" Stephen Amell, who plays Oliver Queen/The Arrow, as the two shows crossover into each other's worlds.
"I was just talking about this [on Thursday] with a friend and just how Oliver and Barry are so different and me and Stephen are just really different and we really get along outside of work. And it's been fun to -- Barry and Oliver are kind of butting heads, but we're seeing them learn how to work together," Grant told reporters of filming the crossover with Stephen, who previously appeared in "The Flash" pilot, and whose show he appeared on in Season 2. "But yeah, it's really funny 'cause they're so different. The conversations they have are hilarious."
"The Flash" continues Tuesdays at 8/7c on The CW.
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