"You meet Ronnie Raymond tomorrow [in "Fastest Man Alive"] and then in December, you meet Firestorm," Robbie Amell (cousin to Arrow star, Stephen) confirmed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter when asked exactly how long we have to wait before meeting Firestorm in The Flash's first season. "It'll take a minute before Firestorm turns back into Ronnie because when they find him in December, my character is really going through some stuff. He's schizophrenic, doesn't know what's happening, he's confused and dangerous to the people around him. You may not see Ronnie Raymond for a little while, but you'll see Firestorm." As for how faithful an adaptation this will be, it sounds as if we're definitely going to see the Firestorm from the comic books. "People will barely recognize him in December," he said of Ronnie's fate, adding: "but they'll know it's him when the fire bursts in the hands and the fire bursts in the head. The particle accelerator almost killed Ronnie and the fallout from it will definitely be seen in December."
It was recently announced that Victor Garber (Fringe) will play Martin Stein, the other half of Firestorm. Thanks to Amell, we now know how that relationship will play out, as he told the site that the character will constantly be portrayed as being in his body, but his mind will switch between Stein and Raymond. "I gotta start watching Alias and start working on my Victor Garber impression. Sometimes Firestorm is Ronnie and sometimes he's Martin Stein, but physically it's going to be my body. I'm just excited to work opposite him because, I mean, he's Victor Garber. The fact that I get to share a character with this guy is going to be really fun." As for the powers we'll see during his appearances in the series, Amell couldn't give too much away, but did confirm that he'll be shooting nuclear energy out of his hands! What do you guys think?
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