We’ve known since Comic-Con that Zoom will be the big bad in season two of The Flash, and it has today been revealed that Candyman star Tony Todd will be voicing the villainous speedster. That’s right, he’ll be providing the voice, as the identity of the man in the suit is going to play out as a mystery throughout the season and will first appear in episode two.
“Last year, with the Reverse-Flash, we just modulated Tom Cavanagh’s voice, and this year we wanted to do something a little bit different,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg explains. “Part of the mystery of the season is who or what is underneath the Zoom outfit, and so we wanted to do something like James Earl Jones as Darth Vader — this iconic voice coming out of this mask. Last year, we thought of the Reverse-Flash as a speed warrior; this year, Zoom is like a speed demon, and no one does demon-voice better than Tony Todd.”
Zoom’s plan will apparently be very similar to the Reverse-Flash’s in the sense that it’s going to be a very personal mission that he embarks on as he comes to blows with Barry Allen.
In the comics, Hunter Zolomon is Zoom. He was a cop and ally of The Flash who turned on his friend when he refused to travel back in time to save his wife. Using the cosmic treadmill, he was imbued with the power to slow down time around him, giving the sense that he’s moving really fast. However, Kreisberg promises that things won’t play out that simply.
As for the look of this new villain, the producer compared him to Venom. “The Zoom outfit is much more organic than the Reverse-Flash suit. In a way, it’s hard to tell if it is a suit or alive… There’s no skin showing, for all you know there’s a robot underneath, or dark energy.”
