After 9 lightning-fast seasons, The Flash got here to an emotional finish final yr. Followers noticed Barry Allen and Group Flash take down Cobalt Blue and a lineup of resurrected speedster villains, together with Eobard Thawne, Zoom, Savitar, and Godspeed.
It was a strong finale for The CW’s longest-running Arrowverse collection, however in line with Grant Gustin, the ending we noticed wasn’t precisely the one initially deliberate.
Throughout a current look at SpaceCon 2025 alongside Candice Patton (Iris West), Gustin opened up about how the finale needed to be rewritten resulting from a COVID outbreak proper earlier than filming wrapped.
“We needed to change components of that script. This was two years into COVID, and I had not gotten it. And I acquired COVID every week and a half earlier than we wrapped. I saved testing constructive, and I could not come again to work.”
He went on to clarify:
“They shut down for a day or two, and so they reworked a few of it. I missed three or 4 days of filming, not less than.”
One of many greatest casualties of these rewrites was a significant second involving Savitar. Within the unique model of the finale, Gustin was purported to bodily play his Season 3 doppelgänger in a giant villain sequence.
“I used to be purported to be within the scene with the prosthetic scar and make-up, with all of the dangerous guys, when it was Savitar within the go well with. That was purported to be [Gustin] as Savitar. There was different stuff that occurred too, my stunt double acquired some stuff, we shot round him.”
Followers by no means acquired to see Gustin’s return as Savitar, which makes the finale a bit bittersweet in hindsight. Nonetheless, regardless of the manufacturing hiccups, The Flash managed to ship an ending that honored Barry’s legacy, culminating within the Pace Drive selecting new heroes like Avery Ho, Max Mercury, and Jess Chambers to hold the torch ahead.
However for Gustin, his ultimate day as The Flash didn’t finish in an enormous workforce second or a heartfelt goodbye surrounded by the solid. It was one thing a lot quieter and far lonelier.
“My final day of labor was alone on a inexperienced display, which additionally felt proper — prefer it was form of heartbreaking. I additionally spent a lot time within the go well with on inexperienced display, speaking to no person!
“It felt proper, and the final shot I shot was the final shot of the collection, Barry working, and pushing it in on him, simply wanting glad, and that was a cool final shot to get.”
That picture of Barry working one final time, glad however alone looks like a becoming metaphor for the present’s finish. After practically a decade of tales, speedsters, and emotional arcs, The Flash closed out its run throughout a interval when many CW superhero exhibits like Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow have been getting axed.
It’s been over a yr since Gusting performed Barry Allen, however followers haven’t stopped questioning if he would possibly return to the DC Universe sometime. DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has mentioned he’d be open to casting Gustin once more, simply not essentially as The Flash.