Mark Hamill has been cast as The Trickster in the CW series The Flash, according to Hitfix. This brings Hamill back to the role he played in the 1990/1991 TV series (see "'The Flash' DVD Set Out in January"). John Wesley Shipp, who played Barry Allen/the Flash in the 90s series, was also cast in a role in the new series (see "Comic TV Casting News").
According to a character description published by Hitfix, "In this new iteration, The Trickster is an anarchist terrorist con man serving a life sentence in Iron Heights who helps Barry and Det. West to foil the city-wide attacks of a wannabe Trickster."

As The Trickster
Posted by ICv2 on December 9, 2014 @ 2:32 am CT

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