Teddy Sears Joins 'The Flash' Season 2 as Jay Garrick - Shantel VanSanten Cast as New Love Interest

Teddy Sears Joins 'The Flash' Season 2 as Jay Garrick

Shantel VanSanten Cast as New Love Interest

By Alex Burns

The Flash is nearing the start of filming for the second season and the showrunners are keen to explore more of source material by bringing in additional characters from the DC universe. We had confirmation yesterday that Jay Garrick, the original Flash, would be joining the show and now we know who'll be playing him plus casting  news of another comic character as well.

Lets start with Jay Garrick, Teddy Sear (American Horror Story, Masters of Sex) will play the Golden Age speedster. The character description for the TV Show is as follows: 

"Jay is a mysterious figure who arrives in Central City to warn Barry Allen and his team at S.T.A.R. Labs of an impending danger that he alone cannot hope to stop."

“The Flash” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said, “Having Jay Garrick come onto the show was one of our earliest ideas. It is so exciting, as we rush into season two, that we finally get to bring the Crimson Comet to life. We couldn’t imagine anyone more suited to play the original Flash than Teddy.”

The other piece of casting news confirms that Shantel VanSanten (“The Messengers,” The Final Destination, “One Tree Hill”) has been set for the role of series regular, Patty Spivot.  Part of more recent comic book history her TV show character description is as follows:

"Patty Spivot is a police officer and science enthusiast who catches the eye of Barry Allen. Patty is obsessed with metahumans and partners with Det. Joe West this season but has no idea that her new crush is The Flash."

“We were huge fans of ‘The Messengers’ and are excited to have Shantel join us to help complicate Barry Allen’s love life in season two,” said Kreisberg.

How do you feel about these casting announcements? Are you excited to see more characters from the wider DC universe appear? It will be cool seeing another speedster join the show in the form of Jay Garrick and it'll be interesting to see how Barry Allen will ever have eyes for different girl after declaring his love for Iris in season 1.

We'll have more as the new season approaches release, for everything superhero keep it locked here at cape and cowl.