Arthur Darvill ‘Learning To Fight’ For ‘DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow’

The cast of ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’ (The CW)

As Rip Hunter in “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” Arthur Darvill has a big task ahead — recruiting heroes and villains to save the world.

On Sunday, the actor said in a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) chat (to promote his new film, “Captcha”) that he is already working hard to get ready for his new role.

“i’m still preparing – i’m doing some gym time and learning to FIGHT. so WATCH OUT,” he wrote on Reddit, referencing Rip Hunter’s martial arts abilities.

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Arthur’s character, Rip, is a member of the Time Masters, and the promo trailer showed him working to bring together a team that will fight to save the world from Vandal Savage and his army.

The series, whose cast includes Brandon Routh (The Atom), Caity Lotz (White Canary), Victor Garber (Professor Stein/Firestorm), Wentworth Miller (Captain Cold), Dominic Purcell (Heatwave) and Ciara Renee (Hawkgirl), is expected to air mid-season on The CW.

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Filming on the show has so far been limited to just the trailer that debuted earlier this week during The CW’s upfront presentation.

“I really have only filmed the teaser trailer – in the middle of the night – extremely jet lagged so i haven’t had much experience with them yet – everyone seems quite good at martial arts – i’m gonna need to get me some lessons,” Arthur wrote of his experiences on the show so far.

Arthur said he’s “very excited” to be a part of the project from the DC and CW family (whose shows already include “Arrow” and “The Flash”).

“I’m very excited to be entering that world! I think the shows they’ve got already are really good and the scale of this one is gonna be huge,” he wrote. “I’m not really allowed to talk very much about it but… the little details I do know are really exciting and its definitely a new challenge and a new type of character for me to explore.”

But as for how he landed the prime role, the “Doctor Who” alum said he is still unclear on how it all came about.

“i have no idea,” he wrote in response to a user on Reddit, who asked how he got the part. “They sent me a load of comics of a guy who looks nothing like me and i said i’d do it.”

“I’m very VERY excited about it,” he added.

Jolie Lash

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