While many members of The Flash's cast were emotional while shooting the series finale, Candice Patton brought some levity to the day when her fictional son had a bathroom blunder.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the Iris West actor explained how she battled to stay in character when the baby playing her recently born son relieved themself on her. "I definitely got peed on," Patton reveals with a laugh. "It was actually a funny, very bittersweet last couple of moments," Patton recalled. "We had a real baby there, and earlier in the day, Grant was like, 'This baby's probably going to pee on you.' And I was like, 'No, it's not."
Despite her confidence in the infant, the actor elaborates that as she held the child to her chest during the final take, the baby let everything go. "I'm crying as Iris and laughing as Candice, and it was just one of those moments that it felt like a really messy, real birth sort of situation," Patton said. "It was appropriate in the weirdest way. Of course, this would be my last take."
The Flash's Final Bow
After The Flash aired its final episode on May 24, many of the show's cast have begun recalling some of their favorite memories on set. Grant Gustin, who played the eponymous Barry Allen across all nine seasons of the series, explained that while he'll miss the people and the cast the most, he's also upset that he no longer gets to wear the Scarlet Speedster's costume.
"I knew as the season was winding down that that was going to be a bittersweet thing when I took it off for the last time," Gustin said. "I don’t get to stand on some street corner in downtown Vancouver in the suit in the middle of a night shoot and have people freaking out that they see The Flash." While he may have played a superhero over the course of nearly a decade, Gustin has noted that should the opportunity arise to step into another hero's boots he wouldn't say no. "So many people would ask what I wanted to do when this chapter was over, and how I probably wouldn't want to do superhero things again, but no, I grew up a fan of this genre," Gustin explained. "I love this genre, I love sci-fi stuff, I love superhero stuff, so I would be open to doing any superhero thing again."
The Flash is now available to stream on Netflix.
Source: Entertainment Weekly