Gotham: Cory Michael Smith Talks Nygma’s Downfall!
Every week we get just a little bit closer. Closer and closer. To when mild-mannered, weird, but well-meaning Edward Nygma becomes infamous Batman villain The Riddler. CBR talked with Cory Michael Smith, who plays Edward Nygma on Gotham, about his character’s eventual downturn.
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Cory Michael Smith hints that Nygma’s evolving relationship with Kristen Kringle will be a huge factor:
"It’s mostly circumstances that are directly related to that relationship. Nygma gets a little quiet in the next two episodes. In episode 18, “Everyone Has A Cobblepot,” that’s when he gets some confidence and puts on his A-game. By the end of this season, Nygma finds himself. For the first time in the series, he’s going to have a giant secret, and what he does with it will be very shocking."
Cory Michael Smith also talked about how he feels about Riddler’s most infamous saying, “Riddle Me This”:
"That line comes in the comics when Nygma is a fully-fledged villain. The appropriate time, and I certainly hope that’s in the lifetime of our show, should be reserved for when he’s a man in charge and feeling like his identity as the Riddler is clear and haunting. That line should drip with glee. That is the raising of the gun before the race. It’s like, “Bring it bitches, and let’s get this on.” That can’t come before he feels, at least at the beginning of a game he sets up, completely fearless."
Be sure to read the full with Cory Michael Smith interview at CBR where he also talks about putting his own stamp on such an iconic character among other things and be sure to catch Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma aka The future Riddler on Gotham Mondays on Fox!
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