A couple of months ago it was announced that out actor Wentworth Miller would be turning villainous as Captain Cold in TV’s new hit series The Flash. Now the first images of the actor in the show has been released.
Miller is playing Leonard Snart, who invents a powerful ray gun that freezes his enemies. Captain Cold will be a recurring character, which raises the possibility that as in the comics he will put together a group of bad guys known as The Rogues. That’s particularly likely as the title of the first episode Miller appears in is called ‘Going Rogue’ (it’s the fourth episode in case you were wondering).
There’s also going to be a bit of a Prison Break reunion, as the 10th episode features both Captain Cold and his villainous colleague, Heat Wave, who will be played by Dominic Purcell.
Take a look at the pics above and below, along with a Flash trailer featuring Wentworth. [Read more…]
The TV series Arrow may be fun (and very shirtless), but its actual LGBT content has been pretty mild, limited to a bisexual female character who for 90% of the time they’ve been only shown being interested in guys. It’s been a particular surprise as the show’s creator and driving force, Greg Berlanti, is gay (and incidentally dating LA Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers).
Ever since its started, Arrow has seemed more interested in luring in gay men and women than the young men traditionally associated with superheroes. However while the general shirtlessness has been close to gay-baiting, there’s been a severe lack of actual LGBT characters, other than the blink-and-you’ll miss it inclusion of Nyssa Al Ghul (Katrina Law) as Sara Lance’s (Caity Lotz) former lover. While Sara technically remains bisexual, we’ve only actually seen her in heterosexual situations since then.