The Elongated Man has come toThe Flash.
During Tuesdays episode, Hartley Sawyer makes his debut as Ralph Dibny, a.k.a.
the Elongated Man, a fast-talking private investigator with skills that rival those of Batman.
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Worse: Hes among the new metahumans created by Barrys exit from the Speed Force.
EW sat down with Sawyer on set to get the scoop on his new character.
Now, thats all very true.
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Hes really let himself go, so hes just not really in a good place.
Barry and everybody in the whole S.T.A.R.
Labs team find out that he was on this bus.
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They do not like each other at all.
But hes not a bad guy.
Hes a good cop and hes got a good heart.
He needs some help bringing that back.
He was Barrys superior officer.
Theres also obviously some blame there going around with this metahuman stuff.
Tell us about the Elongated Mans powers.
What can he do?What cant he do?
What hes discovering is that he can do [anything].
How does he handle that the first time it happens?Not well.
Not well at all.
They hung me upside down in a harness and everything, so its all been great.
And that was kind of horrifying in its own way.
What is that like to act those powers on set?
Is it a little awkward?It is, but its also really fun for me because its super-physical.
Everything he does with the powers is very, very physical.
So its all in the body playing it that way, but its a lot of fun.
I did know that Dibny and The Flash really worked together a lot in the comics.
What was your audition process like for this?
Were you doing any of that physical stuff?Not in the audition.
There wasnt any physical stuff in the audition.
It was very much just a scene where I was this private investigator in the office.
Im like, Oh, no.
It was fun to do for the producers and for [casting director] David Rapaport and everybody.
The Flashairs Tuesday at 8 p.m.
ET on The CW.
