The CW’s untitled “Arrow” and “Flash” spinoff has tapped a new cast member, with British actor Franz Drameh joining the series as Jay Jackson, a former high school athlete whose pro-career was derailed by injury. Now making ends meets as an auto mechanic, Jay will come to have a surprising affiliation to the S.T.A.R. Labs crew.
Drameh has appeared in “Attack the Block,” “Edge of Tomorrow” and “Hereafter,” and will next star in “A Hundred Streets” alongside Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton.
He’ll star alongside Brandon Routh, who plays Ray Palmer/the Atom; Caity Lotz; “The Flash’s” Victor Garber, appearing as Dr. Martin Stein; Wentworth Miller as villain Leonard Snart/Captain Cold, and Dominic Purcell as Heat Wave/Mick Rory. Other additions to the spinoff include Ciara Renée as Kendra Saunders, aka Hawkgirl; and Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter.
The spinoff is executive produced by Greg Berlanti,
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Drameh has appeared in “Attack the Block,” “Edge of Tomorrow” and “Hereafter,” and will next star in “A Hundred Streets” alongside Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton.
He’ll star alongside Brandon Routh, who plays Ray Palmer/the Atom; Caity Lotz; “The Flash’s” Victor Garber, appearing as Dr. Martin Stein; Wentworth Miller as villain Leonard Snart/Captain Cold, and Dominic Purcell as Heat Wave/Mick Rory. Other additions to the spinoff include Ciara Renée as Kendra Saunders, aka Hawkgirl; and Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter.
The spinoff is executive produced by Greg Berlanti,