'Battlestar Galactica' alum Aaron Douglas is cast as The Turtle who is able to slow time in the midseason premiere of The CW's series.
- January 12, 2016
AceShowbiz -
Here comes a villain who will slow things down in Central City. "The Flash" has tapped "Battlestar Galactica" alum Aaron Douglas to play The Turtle in the midseason premiere, scheduled to air Tuesday, January 19 at 8 P.M. ET on The CW.
Per EW, The Turtle is a meta-human who can slow time. In the comic books, The Turtle used tricks of slowness in battle against Jay Garrick, while his successor who used Turtle Man as his nickname created devices based on slowness to battle Barry Allen.
Executive producer Andrew Kreisberg says of the upcoming episode, "In a surprisingly funny twist, Cisco [Carlos Valdes] has actually been hunting The Turtle the entire series. To Barry's [Grant Gustin] surprise, everybody knows about Cisco's hunt for the great white whale, which is The Turtle; he's the only one who didn't know about it."
He goes on dishing, "We love the idea that there was a villain out there that they knew about, but they just haven't bothered to tell the audience about yet. All Barry wants to do is get faster, because if he can get faster, he can take on Zoom. He's going up against a villain who is literally slowing him down. This is one of our best episodes coming back that we've ever done. It feels big and emotional."
