‘The Flash’: Rick Cosnett To Recur In Season 8 Return, Taking Eddie Thawne “Somewhere Unexpected”
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Rick Cosnett is set for a multi-episode arc on Season 8 of The Flash. Cosnett, an original cast member who played CCPD Detective Eddie Thawne in Season 1 and was killed off in the freshman finale, in October hinted at a Flash return with an Instagram photo.
It was reported speculatively at the time that he would be back for a singular flashback episode.We can reveal that Cosnett will be recurring in Season 8, appearing in at least three episodes, and that his character is being reintroduced in an unconventional way.“Rick’s been such a fantastic part of our Flash family since S1.
And we have been looking for ways to bring him back to the show ever since,” Eric Wallace, executive producer and showrunner, said in a statement to Deadline. “Fortunately, we’ve been able to do so now in Season 8.
And Rick has been fantastic in bringing an exciting new side to his portrayal of ‘Eddie Thawne’ that both honors the character’s past, but also takes it somewhere unexpected.”Wallace would not share further details but I hear that Cosnett’s Eddie embodies different characters in his return.
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