Late actors Christopher Reeve and Adam West To Cameo In The New ‘Flash’ film
2 min readDeceased actors Christopher Reeve and Adam West are rumored to be donning their respective capes in the upcoming Flash movie. The news has set the whole DC internet ablaze.
Warner Bros. seems to be pulling out all the stops for the Flash film including the cameos of late actors.
Rumors are floating around that Batman actor West and Superman actor Reeve will have cameos in the new Warner Bros offering. After a lot of shuffling around the movie is reportedly set to hit the theatre screens next summer.
Here’s everything you need to know.
Deceased actors Christopher Reeve and Adam West to feature in Warner Bros the new Flash movie
As per the lionized movie leakers, Christopher Reeve and Adam West will most likely have a cameo in the Flash film. The upcoming film will show Barry Allen- The Flash (played by Ezra Miller) jumping into the DC Comics Multiverse.
Word is, the late actors will appear for only a short amount of time. Barry won’t have an interaction with them but he will rather see them in action in their respective worlds/timelines.
Reeve acted as Superman in five films: 1978’s Superman, 1980’s Superman II, 1983’s Superman III, 1984’s Supergirl, and 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
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Back in 1995, the actor broke his neck which paralyzed him from the shoulders down. He died nine years later in October 2004.
West on the other hand played the titular character in the Batman television series from the year 1966 to 1968. The show consisted of three seasons with a total number of 120 episodes. He further voiced Batman in several different television projects.
The Family Guy actor passed away at the age of 88 in 2017.
According to TMZ, the supposed cameos will come from old archived footage. In other words, we won’t be seeing West and Reeve saying new dialogues or anything with the help of deep fake CGI.
The upcoming Flash movie won’t only be including cameos from West and Reeve but also reportedly feature Lynda Carter.
Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman and is among the original DC to pop up in the new feature film.
Carter acted as Wonder Woman on a television show of the same name. It ran from 1976 to 1979 and consisted of 59 episodes.
All things considered, these are just speculations. Nothing has been officially confirmed by Warner Bros as of yet.