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Dan Payne to play young Obsidian in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

September 16, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Last month it was announced that Lance Henriksen is set to play the Justice Society of America member Obsidian in the second season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow; however, it seems the team will first encounter a younger version of the character, with TV Line reporting that Dan Payne (Good Witch) has secured the role.

Payne has previous DC experience, having briefly appeared in Zack Snyder’s Watchmen as Dollar Bill. He is one of several new additions to the cast of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow for its second season, where he’ll join Henriksen, Matthew MacCaull as Commander Steel, Sarah Grey as Stargirl, Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Vixen, Patrick J. Adams as Hourman, Nick Zano as Citizen Steel.

After the defeat of the immortal villain Vandal Savage and the corrupt Time Masters who colluded with him, a new threat emerges. Dr. Nate Heywood (Nick Zano), an unconventional and charming historian, is thrust into the action upon making a shocking discovery – the Legends are scattered throughout time. Nate must find a way to rescue season one’s beloved team of heroes and rogues, including billionaire inventor Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh), who has created an exo-suit with the power to shrink him to miniscule size, as the Atom; Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), the White Canary, a trained assassin; Professor Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jefferson “Jax” Jackson (Franz Drameh), who together form the meta-human Firestorm; and Mick Rory (Dominic Purcell), aka Heat Wave, a career criminal.

When the Legends encounter the J.S.A (the Justice Society of America, the precursor to DC’s Justice League) in the 1940s, Amaya Jiwe (Maisie Richardson-Sellers), aka Vixen, joins the team. While the team reunites, a mystery looms – the fate of former captain Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill). Once reunited, the Legends continue their new mission to protect the timeline from temporal aberrations – unusual changes to history that spawn potentially catastrophic consequences. When Nate, the grandson of J.S.A. member Commander Steel, unexpectedly finds himself with powers, he must overcome his own insecurities and find the hero within himself. Ultimately, the Legends will clash with foes both past and present, to save the world from a mysterious new threat.

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 2 gets underway on Thursday, October 13th.

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Originally published September 16, 2016. Updated March 2, 2020.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Dan Payne, DC, DC's Legends of Tomorrow

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and horror franchise reboot Robert Returns. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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