Though the multiverse is a strong figment of superhero storytelling in modern-day filmmaking, several studios are merely exploiting the concept just to generate artificial praise and chatter from their audiences -- in what they "believe" will make for a well-told story.
Unlike Marvel, DC has not fully dipped their feet into this realm of storytelling; only telling a multiverse-story through the Ezra Miller-led The Flash film.
The Flash was rumored to feature an extensive list of previous iterations of on-screen DC characters, and fans surely had long wishlists of whom they wanted to see.
For several, it was Grant Gustin, who played The Flash on the popular CW series; after all, he and Miller shared the screen together briefly during the Arrowverse's Crisis on Infinite Earth's event -- where both Scarlet Speedsters finally met one another. Fans just knew DC would have paid that moment off somehow during the film.
But alas, the film did not end up delivering the hoped Grant Gustin cameo, and though director Andy Muschietti stated that Gustin, among several other names were on the list in interviews, Gustin recently confirmed he had never even been contacted to make an appearence in the film!
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It was truly a missed opportunity for the film to dismiss the idea of bringing Gustin in for a brief cameo appearence; especially in place of horribly-rendered CGI models of previous actors who have passed.
Do you think Grant Gustin should have been called to cameo in DC's The Flash?
Worlds collide when The Flash uses his superpowers to travel back in time to change the events of the past. However, when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, he becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation. With no other superheroes to turn to, the Flash looks to coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian -- albeit not the one he's looking for.
The Flash is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, Double Dream, and the Disco Factory, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the 13th installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film was directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson, based on a story by Joby Harold and the writing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein.
It stars Ezra Miller as Barry Allen / The Flash alongside Sasha Calle in her film debut, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, Antje Traue, and Michael Keaton. In the film, Barry travels back in time to prevent his mother's death, which unintentionally results in his being stranded in an alternate past.
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