This weekend will begin the long-awaited and already celebrated
Crisis on Infinite Earths Arrowverse event , which will unite all of the CW DC shows and much, much more.
LaMonica Garrett, who plays The Monitor (and The Anti-Montior) in the upcoming crossover as well as a lot of the episodes that have been leading up to it recently, sat down with TV Guide to discuss what's to come.
"I read Crisis back in the day, and after I got the role [in Elseworlds] I reread it... just to kind of help me figure out who the Monitor was. When they announced that Crisis was the next crossover... that's when I found out about it just like everybody else, and I was like, 'Oh wow!' And being familiar with the story, the actor in me was like, 'Oh, I got more work. I'm not unemployed again!' But the fan in me was like, 'Oh this is going to be epic!' because I know how pivotal a role Monitor was in Crisis."
It's good to know that he's a fan of the source material and does his research, which is certainly something that is likely to please fans.
"Everything he does is for a greater cause, and I think the great thing that the writers did [...] is every question that's unanswered right now, they tie it up at some point throughout the season or in Crisis. I say this: With the Monitor, everything he does is to bring out something in a character that was missing or that was suppressed, and he goes about his own way of doing it, but ultimately what he needs gets achieved... He is the ultimate chess player."
He then goes deeper into what makes the Monitor who he is, and how the audience might just end up feeling compassionate towards him.
"When the crossover happens, you'll see a side of [the Monitor] that will blindside people. You're used to seeing the Monitor show up — we're used to seeing him as the bearer of bad news. He never has nothing good to say. You'll see a side of him that, I think, by the end of the crossover you might even have compassion for him... He's layered. It will really go into detail about why he is the way he is and how he turned out that way. So that's going to be fun for the audience."
What do you think of Garrett's comments? Check out the trailer for
Crisis on Infinite Earths below!
Worlds will live. Worlds will die. Crisis on Infinite Earths is the sixth annual Arrowverse crossover event uniting Arrow, The Flash, Batwoman, Supergirl, Black Lightning, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Stargirl, and more!
Crisis on Infinite Earths will begin with its
Supergirl episode on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 8/7c. It will then continue with
Batwoman on Monday, Dec. 9 at 8/7c and
The Flash on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 8/7c. After the winter break the event will conclude with back-to-back episodes of
Arrow and
DC's Legends of Tomorrow on Tuesday, Jan. 14 starting at 8/7c.