DCEU’s The Flash: Kiersey Clemons Cast As Iris West

The DCEU’s The Flash has found it’s Iris West in actress Kiersey Clemons.

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Via Variety, Kiersey Clemons has been cast in the role of Iris West opposite Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen / The Flash in the DC Extended Universe’s The Flash. This news comes after weeks of speculation where three front-runners were mentioned—one of them being Clemons’s name.

Kiersey Clemons started her acting career in television where her most well-known role was playing the character of Kira Starr in Austin & Ally. Other television roles included Shake It Up, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Transparent, and Eye Candy. For film, her credits include Prom?! (2013), Dope (2015), and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016). The Flash director Rick Famuyiwa also directed Dope, making The Flash the second collaboration between the director and the actress.

There are actually two characters in the DC universe named Iris West. One of them is from an alternate future timeline which was the basis for Kingdom Come. She is formally known as Iris West II and is the daughter of Wally West and Linda Park. This Iris becomes Kid Flash.

Though not formally confirmed, it’s a guarantee that the Iris West in the DCEU’s The Flash will be the original Iris West who’s the girlfriend, later wife, of Barry Allen. Created by Robert Kanigher, Carmine Infantino, and Joe Kubert, this character made her first appearance in Showcase #4 (September–October 1956), and is a reporter for the Picture News in Central City.

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The Flash has a projected US release date of March 16, 2018.

Audiences got their first taste of the DC Extended Universe’s version of the Flash in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) when the Scarlet Speedster appeared in Bruce Wayne’s prophetic dream and also on surveillance video.

Ezra Miller will reprise his role as Barry Allen / The Flash in Justice League.

Justice League—Official Synopsis: Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.

Justice League has a United States release date of November 17, 2017 and has been filming since April 11, 2016 in London and Iceland.  It will be directed by Zack Snyder, written by Chris Terrio, and will star Henry Cavill as Clark Kent / Superman, Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne / Batman, Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as Barry Allen / The Flash, Ray Fisher as Victor Stone / Cyborg, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Amber Heard as Mera, J.K. Simmons as Commissioner James Gordon, Willem Dafoe as Vulko, and Julian Lewis Jones in an unspecified role.