The CW’s Flash present has been operating alongside for eight seasons now, with its ninth and closing season hitting in only a few days. In what’s fairly typical for the ultimate seasons of reveals that know they’re going to finish, the CW is bringing again as many actors from the present’s historical past as it could handle, and not too long ago introduced one other trio to the ensemble.

As revealed by Leisure Weekly, the present’s closing season will see the return of actors Jessica Parker Kennedy (Nora West-Allen/XS), Rick Cosnett (Eddie Thawne), and Matt Letscher (Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash). Granted, this isn’t fully stunning: all three characters had been visitor stars within the earlier Flash season for an episode or extra, and Letscher additionally popped up as Thawne within the seventh (and closing) season of Legends of Tomorrow final yr. His character received murdered in that present, however hey, who’s Eobard Thawne if not somebody who manages to cheat loss of life regardless of trying fairly conclusively useless?

Chatting with EW, showrunner Eric Wallace talked about how getting all three actors again for the final season was all the time within the plans. He talked about that Thawne’s look was a “very particular one” that had been deliberate for a while, and could be “a wild and bittersweet episode.” Wallace gave an identical tease for Kennedy’s return as Nora, saying she’s “taking her unbelievable portrayal of Nora West-Allen to even higher heights in a means the viewers has by no means seen earlier than.”

At time of writing, fellow returning visitor stars throughout The Flash’s nine-year historical past embrace Arrow alums Stephen Amell and David Ramsey, former Child Flash Keiynan Lonsdale, and John Wesley Shipp. The ultimate season can also be gaining some actors from the bigger Arrowverse, as Nicole Maines and Javicia Leslie might be again as their respective characters Dreamer and Batwoman. Nonetheless, Leslie can also be stated to be taking part in one other character whose identification is at present beneath wraps.

The Flash will start its closing season on The CW beginning on February 8.

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