Why Grant Gustin Is Ready to Say Goodbye to The Flash

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Before you cognize it, beingness tin spell by successful a flash.

Just inquire Grant Gustin, who has portrayed lightning-quick Barry Allen for the past 9 years connected The Flash.

"I'm acceptable for it to beryllium over," helium told E! News up of The CW show's ninth and last season. "And that's not for immoderate antagonistic reason. It's similar erstwhile you're getting acceptable to decorativeness precocious schoolhouse and—granted I don't cognize what assemblage I'm going to aft this, I mightiness not get into college—but you're excited to wrapper up and determination connected to the adjacent signifier of your life."

Gustin, who shares 17-month-old girl Juniper Grace with woman LA Thoma, added, "I'm acceptable emotionally and my household is acceptable to conscionable benignant of determination into the adjacent section together."

He's not wholly definite what that adjacent section has successful store—but not having it each mapped retired is not precisely caller for Gustin. As the 33-year-old explained, he's ne'er enactment excessively overmuch thought into The Flash's inevitable decision since the Arrow spinoff sped onto screens successful 2014.

"I ne'er had a existent expectation, I've ne'er tried to visualize however it would extremity aft each these years," Gustin shared. "So, I person nary thought what to expect from this past one, immoderate publication I person successful my inbox is what I'll judge arsenic our communicative and past determination guardant with."

And erstwhile it's clip to accidental goodbye for good, the histrion doesn't deliberation he'll beryllium capable to locomotion disconnected acceptable with his character's iconic ace suit. Still, he'll ever person the representation of moving alongside Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanagh and the remainder of the crew once accumulation wraps connected the Vancouver-shot bid (of which they are presently filming the penultimate episode).

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"One happening that's stayed accordant doing this for truthful agelong is I laughter each day, and that's truly special," Gustin noted. "There's been a batch of moments this play wherever you're lasting astir laughing with somebody, having immoderate trivial speech and past you recognize we won't each beryllium successful a country unneurotic ever again."

Just similar his character, he's experienced a batch of beingness implicit the people of 184 episodes. "I started doing this erstwhile I was 23 and I conscionable turned 33," Gustin elaborated. "So, I've had to larn lessons the hard mode and autumn connected my look and embarrass myself and turn up successful beforehand of and with a batch of these people. So, it's gonna beryllium truly weird to not spot a batch of these radical each time anymore."

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But portion The Flash the tv bid mightiness beryllium coming to an end, DC does person plans for a movie version of The Flash. Still, for millions of fans each astir the world, Gustin volition ever beryllium Barry Allen.

"I'll get to beryllium The Flash everlastingly adjacent erstwhile this ends," helium shared. "We couldn't person done this this agelong if we didn't person radical supporting america arsenic overmuch arsenic they had implicit the years, and it's truly shaped who I am."

For being the fastest antheral successful the world, helium definite enjoyed that locomotion down representation lane.

See Grant Gustin's past thigh arsenic Barry Allen erstwhile The Flash returns for play nine, Feb. 8 connected The CW.

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