'The Flash' Casts Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West - Another Speedster Joins Season 2

'The Flash' Casts Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West

Another Speedster Joins Season 2

By Alex Burns

Australian actor Keiynan Lonsdale joins the second season of DC Entertainment's hit show 'The Flash' as Wally West. The iconic hero has been DC Comics regular for decades but this will be the new 52 version of the character which is a little change up. In the comics Wally West starts out as Kid Flash a sidekick to Barry Allen and later inherits the mantle of The Flash proper. Lonsdale will appear as a series regular in season two and after the time bending, alternate universe revealing climax of Season 1 it'll be a real treat to see how the show runners incorporate Wally into the series.

Executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said of Lonsdale’s casting, “Just like when we met Grant for the first time, we instantly knew Keiynan embodied all the heart and courage of a hero. We are so excited to be bringing this much-beloved character onto the show.”

The show will most likely connect Candice Patton's Iris West as in the comics the two are related Wally being her nephew, there's been no mention of Iris having any siblings so it remains unclear how they will link, I'm betting cousins. Lonsdale's casting makes it another super fast hero joining the second season after Teddy Sears was cast as Golden Age speedster Jay Garrick a couple of weeks back, with ultra fast villain Zoom the main antagonist for season 2 there's bound to be a lot of super speed action, more than I anticipated for sure!