As fans put the finishing touches on their costumes for the Fayetteville Comic Show this weekend, a number of celebrity guests are coming to Northwest Arkansas, including The Flash.
John Wesley Shipp, star of the CBS show "The Flash," is scheduled to appear. He's also played multiple roles in the ongoing "Flash" series on the CW.
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In 1990, Shipp played Barry Allen, a crime lab tech who is given superhuman speed after being struck by lightning and doused in chemicals.
Shipp said superhero properties in 1990 were very different, and he initially was hesitant to seek the role. Prior to that point, superheroes on television had a more campy tone, like the '60s Batman.
But when he got the script, Shipp said he saw something different in the character. The story had themes of power, how super abilities impacted Allen's life. The narrative was taken seriously.
"The Flash" was the most expensive show from Warner Bros. at the time, with four different Flash suits made at a cost of $100,000, according to Shipp. The suit got so warm, Shipp said he wore a water-cooling undergarment.
Being made with the same template as 1989's "Batman" from Tim Burton, Shipp said "The Flash" had some darker undertones.
"We had to grab a larger audience than the core comic book audience," he said.
While playing a superhero on television would be a dream come true for many fans, the actor said it wasn't without its challenges, among them the physical exhaustion from such an intensive shooting schedule. Shipp said crews would shoot all night and work until dawn. He would get off on Saturday at 9 a.m. and be right back to work at 7 a.m. Monday.
"The alarm would go off. I never knew what time it was," he said.
And the suit got so wet and sweaty that when he wasn't wearing it, Shipp said it hung in his trailer and was sprayed down with Lysol. It couldn't be washed.
Even with those challenges, Shipp described the chance to be Barry Allen as "astounding."
The show was released on DVD in 2006, around the time Shipp said he started making convention appearances. The reactions he got from fans left him "blown away." Word spread a new series was launching on the CW in 2014, and supporters learned Shipp was going to be part of it.
"Fans lost their minds," he said.
The actor said this will be his first trip to Arkansas, and when he makes convention appearances, it's his job to be there for fans. Fans that come up to him often get emotional because a character he played imprinted something on their heart.
"I'm the thread that weaves through that experience for them and how meaningful that is for them," he said.
Superheroes are different now than they were when Shipp first suited up. He said they're mass entertainment. The geeks and nerds have taken over.
"Now they're the cool kids," he said.
While Shipp said some of his favorite scenes of the new "Flash" are what he's filmed closely with Grant Gustin (the current Flash), he's also worked with Mark Hamill, who may better be known as Luke Skywalker. Hamill appeared in both series as a villain called Trickster.
The "Star Wars" actor came onto the set of "The Flash" in 1990 and was so committed to the role, with enthusiasm and no self-consciousness, according to Shipp. That inspired The Flash to commit to the entire superhero process.
"Oh my god. That is a person I have gotten to know," Shipp said. "Mark actually was a lesson in getting over myself."
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