According to The Wrap, Tom Cavanagh (Scrubs, Ed) has joined the cast of The CW’s Arrow spin-off pilot The Flash, with the site revealing that he’ll play Harrison Wells, “a rock star in the world of physics and the mind and money behind Central City’s S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator. He becomes a pariah after his lab explodes. But he redeems himself when he discovers that his failed experiment accidentally created the world’s fastest man, The Flash (Grant Gustin).”
Filming on The Flash is set to begin next month, with a cast that (so far) includes Candice Patton (The Game) as Iris West, Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order) as Iris’ father Detective West, Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th) as Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost, Rick Gosnett (The Vampire Diaries) as Eddie Thawne and Broadway star Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon / Vibe. The pilot is being directed by David Nutter, from a script by Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti and Geoff Johns.
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Originally published February 11, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
