Contains spoilers forThe Flashseason 2.
We found time to talk about her experience on Adam Wingards excellent filmThe Guest, too.
Also, Candice Patton gave one of my favourite whats your favourite Jason Statham movie?
answers of all time.
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So, season 2 ended with Iris declaring her love for Barry…
Mhmm.
What was it like to finally have a chance to explore those emotions and let them out?
Yeah, I think it was a long time coming.
I think Iris has always had, you know, feelings for Barry.
As long as he came back.
When the show starts up again, do you think Iris will still be in the same place?
Or has the whole universe just changed?
Yeah, I dont know.
I dont know much about where were going to take season 3.
We havent started shooting it, I havent seen a script.
Season 2 was quite a big one for Iris, family-wise.
Gaining and losing her mum in such a short space of time.
What affect do you think thats had on her?
Is she stronger for having gone through that?
I think she grew up not having a mother, so thats not foreign to her.
And a woman whos ready to finally move forward in her life.
And so this season was about Iris really making the decision to move forward in her life.
And now, as part of that, youve got Keiynan Lonsdale in the cast.
And you and Jesse Martin both have such great chemistry with him.
Does that come naturally or does it take work to built that up?
Yeah, I screen-tested with Keiynan a year ago, before season 2 started.
And so instantly I knew that I had a chemistry with him.
And I was really excited about him joining the cast.
Hes a sweet kid, I mean he fit right in.
So were really, really lucky to have him.
And our dynamic with him is pretty seamless.
Yeah, for sure.
How close are all of you when the cameras stop rolling?
Um, pretty close.
In between takes we have a lot of fun.
We joke around constantly, were quite silly and juvenile.
It took a while to happen, but Iris now knows that Barry is The Flash.
This year she became a big part of his team.
How refreshing was that?
Were you sick of being the one who didnt know?
I thinkfans were more sick of itthan I was.
I enjoyed playing that part of it.
You always have the one character who doesnt know, and finds out.
So I think we needed to kind of go down that path season 1, and moved past it.
Its the Lois Lane syndrome.
We had to show it for a little bit, and then move beyond it.
But yeah, Im glad that she now knows and she can be a part of Team Flash.
I mean weve never spoken about that in the cast or with the producers.
Thats something that other people have created, that doesnt exist.
Thats never been an issue for us on the show.
We dont acknowledge that theyre brother and sister in any sort of way.
Especially because Im black and hes white, so we share absolutely no DNA.
Just to be clear.
So, this year we also got to see Earth-2 Iris, whos really awesome and gun-toting.
Do you think well see more of that?
Or theres kind of a sense that Earth-2 is done and were moving onto other things.
Yeah, I hope so.
Earth-2 Iris was one of the highlights of this season for me.
But it would be really cool to go back and visit that version.
Just for me, because I loved Iris West on Earth-2.
Do you think Earth-1 Iris could ever become more like her, shooting criminals all the time and stuff?
Um, I think its been about three times shes wielded a gun on the show.
I guess that comes with the territory of having a dad thats a cop.
Its almost like her love life is the only thing that needs fixing at the moment.
And hopefully it will.
So, theres been talk already about a four-way crossover next year now thatSupergirlis on The CW as well.
Are there any characters that youd really like Iris to meet?
I think it would be cool to see Iris kind of venture over into theSupergirlworld.
I dont know how that would work.
I dont know how, logistically, we could make that happen.
Yeah, you’re able to really see her fitting into the newsroom-y dynamic they have over there.
This year you had Kevin Smith coming in for a guest episode.
What was he like?
I mean Kevin was a fan ofThe Flashcomic, he was a fan of our show.
He gave our show an energy and excitement that I think we hadnt had for a little bit.
And you got to be another version of Iris again there.
The Speedforce version of her.
What was that one like?
It was super weird.
The Speedforce Iris was probably one of the more difficult things that Ive done.
I hope we get to see Speedforce Iris again.
That would be cool.
Speedforce Joe was kind of creepy, though.
Yeah, he was a little creepy.
So, youve had Kevin Smith.
Who are your favourite film directors and who would you have on the show if you could have anyone?
Id love to have David Nutter come back.
He shot our pilot.
He did the Red Wedding episode ofGame Of Thrones.Hes incredible.
[Laughs] Yeah.
like dont do that.
Yeah, I probably shouldnt do that.
But thats how much I love David Nutter.
Yeah, that pilot set the tone for our show.
Just before I have to go: you were inThe Guest.
I havent seen it.
But yeah… good to know.
People always say that, like, you were inThe Guest!
Im like, Ill have to watch that someday!
[Laughs]
Its so great.
Dan Stevens is just terrific in it.
So what was the experience like of working on it?
It was very short and brief, I mean Im not in that movie very long.
It was the last thing I think I shot before I bookedThe Flash.
Um, it was a great experience.
I had no idea what I was really shooting, but it seems to be really well received.
So yeah, people really like that film.
Ill have to give it a go.
Speaking of Geoff Johns, hes now got the DC movies job as well.
And he deserves it.
Im now looking forward to seeing what their movie version ofThe Flashis going to be like.
But now Im like, if its gonna be Geoff Johns… maybe…
Thats the thing.
Geoff Johns, he loves the comics.
He knows these characters.
AndThe Flashis his favourite comic.
[Truly as if this is an alien concept] Jason… Statham… movie?
I dont know a Jason Statham movie.
Can you name some and then Ill tell you?
And we were just talking about that movie last night.
Thats a good movie.
Candice Patton, thank you very much!
The Flash season 2 is out now on DVD and Blu-ray.
