The Riddler, above all, has always been known to push Batman intellectually. They don’t call Batman “The World’s Greatest Detective” for nothing. We need The Riddler to show off Batman’s awesome problem-solving skills. However, what if The Riddler loses the very attribute that makes him iconic? Well, in Gotham season 4, we will see a Riddler facing that very dilemma.
Cory Michael Smith, who plays Edward Nygma a.k.a. The Riddler on Gotham, recently chatted with Cinema Blend about the “Identity Crisis” that Nygma will face in the upcoming season:
“You know, we play a lot with Edward having identity issues, and so this is another identity crisis for him. His mind isn’t functioning at the level that it was. Whether that can be cured or fixed, he doesn’t know, but his computation is not as it was. So what does that make him now? The thing that he had was his intelligence and his ability to trick people and outsmart people, and so he doesn’t have that anymore. So what is there? So he goes on a new quest. I’m really happy, because it allows for a little comedy. Some of the old comedy we had with Ed, we get to find again. Some of his physical and mental ineptitude is back.”
It will be very interesting to see an added layer of depth given to a villain who is usually very much behind-the-scenes. Gotham Season 4 premieres September 21st on FOX.
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Originally published July 31, 2017. Updated December 17, 2019.
