Victor Garber ‘Excited’ For ‘Arrow’/’Flash’ Spin-Off

As fans of “The Flash” and “Arrow” know, there is a spin-off in development combining characters from both CW dramas.

The “Arrow”/”The Flash” spinoff, if it goes ahead, would feature Brandon Routh’s Ray Palmer/The Atom, Wentworth Miller’s Leonard Snart and Victor Garber’s half of Firestorm – Professor Martin Stein. On Wednesday, Access Hollywood asked Victor about the project-in-the-works.

“I’m very excited about it. I have no idea what it’s gonna be,” Victor told Access at the “Danny Collins” premiere in New York City. “It’s gonna be exciting and Greg Berlanti’s my good friend, who’s creating it, and I’ve already played the character on ‘The Flash,’ so I feel very confident and… looking forward to it.”

Asked what the plans are for Prof. Stein, Victor said he isn’t sure just yet (it’s still early days!).

“I have no idea. I’ll be playing the Professor and I’m sure I’ll get into all sorts of hijinks and problems and troubles, but I think it’ll be fun,” he said.

Over the weekend, Access asked Executive Producer Greg Berlanti how producers deal with making a spin-off without hurting the original franchises.

“Yeah, we’re doing a team up show — we hope,” he told Access on the purple carpet at PaleyFest. “They’re all unique in their own way. ‘Arrow’ is sort of a crime/family saga and ‘Flash’ is sort of a part family drama, part cop show, part sci-fi extravaganza, and the team up show has its own identity too. And I think that’s the thing, is not thinking of them as all similar superhero shows with characters that are from the other universes, but actually their own, distinct universes and their own distinct tones and worlds and I think that’s the key. Otherwise, if you’re doing it just to do it, it’s too hard and it’s a lot less fun.”

— Jolie Lash