Ezra Miller teases Barry Allen's "large and powerful arc" in the upcoming Flash movie. Miller made his DCEU debut as Barry Allen in 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which was a quick cameo, and returned for a prominent role in 2017's Justice League. After a long and tumultuous time in development, Miller's Scarlett Speedster is finally getting his own solo outing which just finished production ahead of its scheduled release on November 4, 2022.
From It director Andy Muschietti and Birds of Prey writer Christina Hodson, The Flash is shaping up to be one of the most highly anticipated DCEU movies in recent years. The film will feature a multiverse-centric plot that will see Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck both reprising their roles as Bruce Wayne/Batman, along with two Barry Allens and the introduction of Sasha Calle of Supergirl, much of which was recently teased in the DC FanDome first look.
Now, during a virtual appearance at DC FanDome China (per Comicbook), Ezra Miller teased Barry Allen's "very large and powerful arc" in the forthcoming Flash movie. Miller spoke about how the film will be both an origin story and a "coming-into-his-own story," for his character, resulting in a "big arc for Barry." Read what Miller had to say below:
I think this is a story that precipitates a lot of change for Barry Allen in more ways than one. I think it really carries him from being sort of the person who we met in the Justice League films. [The Flash] takes him from that place of a young person who has come to his powers but doesn't quite know how to manifest them, who's joined a legion of superheroes but doesn't quite know his place in the context of it, and it takes him from there to really, in my mind, being Barry Allen. Being the Flash. I think in some ways, it's an origin story, and a coming-into-his-own story, so it's a big one. A big arc for Barry.
Miller's comments are just the latest reminder that the upcoming Flash movie is first and foremost, a solo outing for Barry Allen, despite much of the fanfare being centered on Keaton reprising his role as Batman and Calle's introduction as Supergirl. The film will be adapting the famous Flashpoint storyline from the comics, which sees Barry going back in time to prevent the death of his mother, who will be played by Maribel Verdú. This is likely how Barry will crack open the multiverse, giving way to the two Barrys and Keaton's return.
Barry Allen has never gotten a proper origin story in the DCEU, so it's nice to know his solo outing will explore the character audiences have come to know from Justice League. The Flash is undoubtedly shaping up to be a huge time-traveling spectacle of a superhero movie, but there also appears to be an emotional story brewing underneath it all as a boy tries to save his murdered mother while bonding with two Batmen, who can certainly empathize with his heartbreak. Now that the first official look at The Flash is here, there should be plenty more plot teases on the way very soon.
Source: Comicbook
