DC’s Legends of Tomorrow continues tonight with the second hour of its two-part premiere, as we see more of the first adventures involving the eclectic, time-traveling superhero team.
On a visit to the set of the show, I spoke to Brandon Routh about how Ray Palmer/The Atom is fitting in on the team, Ray’s growing skills in combat, the threat of Vandal Savage, the potential for crossovers with The Flash and Arrow and more.
I should note this interview was done before the show debuted, and Routh was protecting a bit of information about Ray and Martin Stein (Victor Garber) having actually known each other previously.
Check out the top of the page for a video version of this interview.
IGN: What does Ray make of his teammates?
Brandon Routh: I think Ray is certainly wary of Rory and Snart to begin with.
IGN: Understandably.
Routh: Understandably! He kind of knows Sara but not really and everybody else is new to him. He’s heard of Professor Stein and what not. But he’s eager, so he kind of just rolls with it, I think is just his mindset with the whole thing.
Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer in Legends of Tomorrow.
IGN: Let me address the facial situation. [Editor's Note: Routh had come from set with makeup on giving Ray some notable wounds] Suffice to say there’s a fair amount of action on this show and Ray maybe didn’t come out so great from one encounter?
Routh: Yeah, you know, against all odds. He’s still alive, thankfully! But we definitely have a lot of fighting, a lot of explosions. You get roughed up every once in awhile.
IGN: How is Ray doing as far as his skill set? When he was introduced on Arrow he had the suit but it was mostly a flying suit and strength. You just introduced the whole shape- changing concept. He invented this stuff but is there still a learning curve as far as what he’s able to do with his abilities?
Routh: I think we’re ramping up the learning process that kind of happened from the transition from Arrow to here. I’m sure there will be things done down the road. We haven’t run into any issues so far, with storyline with that. His fighting ability has definitely been increased from all his activity, learning and working with Green Arrow. Physical combat, hand to hand combat, he’s leveled up, although instances like [these wounds] can happen. There’s definitely been a lot of fun, miniaturization stuff done so far. But there’s not… You will see, when everybody gets to see the show, that it paces so quickly that a lot of things happen because they have to happen and questions are asked later and explanations are made later.
IGN: Can you talk about the threat of Vandal Savage? The team is brought together because of this guy, so it seems safe to assume he’s a pretty heavy hitter. Are they quickly learning just how much of a threat he poses?
Routh: Definitely. He’s very wily and very strategic. He’s thought his plan out generations and generations ahead, as he’s time travelling. So we’re really playing catch up a lot of the time. When we’re not messing up and having to fix our mistakes, we’re having to play catch up even further with him. And sometimes we’re causing big mistakes that he can capitalize on because he’s adapting to what’s happening in the moment better than we are sometimes. His villainous ways are finely crafted over thousands of years of effort so he’s definitely a big time opponent for us and is a challenge.
IGN: This is a very ambitious thing going on here as far as this is the third show in this shared universe. There’s already been crossovers. A lot of the team members are being introduced out of this big crossover between the other shows. Moving forward, are you having fun with just how big of a reach you have and the fact that you can maybe pluck some characters here and there and touch upon what’s been established in Flash and Arrow?
Routh: Yeah, the whole thing is very exciting, creating the world and now seeing Earth 2 on Flash and everything that’s bringing into their storyline. I’m sure that’ll have impact on us as we are travelling the timeline and they are crossing worlds. It’s all going to interplay. I’m sure they have big plans to come. We haven’t had as much of that thus far, because we had the Flash/Arrow crossovers, but we’ve been mostly keeping to our show, so far. But I think it’s all really building and building toward those big events…. Well, even bigger events, I would guess. I look forward to it because I’ve been on both shows and I love working with all those actors so I look forward to having them be aboard our project as well more.
IGN: You have long work days and there’s a technical side to everything but are there moments that you’re all there costumed up that you look around and go “This is all pretty cool, huh?”
Routh: Definitely. And I do my best to have those moments more often than not. You do get kind of in your head about just getting the work done, but It’s a pretty amazing, unique experience, this life. And having played two super heroes and getting suited up into robotic armor, there are very, very few people that have had that experience and none the experience I’ve had. One of the ways that is brought home and really kind of settles in is when you meet fans at conventions or other events where people might be around. You’re not just in this dark studio putting stuff on camera but it really affects people and it’s doing something. It’s a very cool form of entertainment.
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow airs Thursdays at 8:00pm ET/PT on the CW.
Eric Goldman is Executive Editor of IGN TV. You can follow him on Twitter at @TheEricGoldman, IGN at ericgoldman-ign and Facebook at http://ift.tt/LQFqjj.
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