Earlier this month it was announced that Keiynan Lonsdale (Divergent) has secured the role of Wally West for the upcoming second season of The CW’s superhero show The Flash, and the young actor has been speaking to The Wrap about his audition process, and his excitement for joining the DC universe.
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“I auditioned for a different TV show that was still in the same universe, and then I got a call a couple weeks later and my team said I wasn’t going any further for that role, but the creators of The Flash wanted to see me for Wally West. And I was like, ‘Oh that’s crazy, I’ve just been watching the whole season,’ so that was pretty cool. And then I went in and met Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg and they seemed really cool and really excited about the potential for the character. I had a couple of auditions and it spanned over a couple of months. So I really didn’t know what was going to happen. I’m one of those people who doesn’t like to assume I have anything until it’s completely announced, so once it was announced I was like ‘okay cool, I got it for sure.'”
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Unfortunately Lonsdale wasn’t giving anything away about his character, adding that: “Everything has been kept under wraps, even to me, which I think is really cool. Since watching the show I’ve become a massive fan, so when I found out I got the part, one part of me was like ‘oh but now I’m going to know all the spoilers and stuff, I don’t want to know that!’ [laughs] But yeah, they haven’t even told me the exact details yet in terms of the relation to Iris or how exactly Wally is going to be connected into the storyline and how he’ll weave through the different storylines, so I’m not really sure. But I’m sure I’ll find out soon. It’s going to be a hard secret to keep!”
The Flash returns to The CW for its second season on Tuesday, October 6th.
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Originally published August 21, 2015. Updated November 8, 2019.
