More Evidence Mounts Suggesting That Kiersey Clemons' Iris West Will Be Recast For FLASHPOINT

More Evidence Mounts Suggesting That Kiersey Clemons' Iris West Will Be Recast For FLASHPOINT

There have been rumblings for a while now that Kiersey Clemons won't appear as Iris West in Flashpoint after being cut from Justice League and now more evidence has mounted pointing to that being the case.

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By JoshWilding - Dec 12, 2017 03:12 AM EST
Filed Under: The Flash
Source: Batman-News
Kiersey Clemons was cast as Iris West for Justice League but the actress was cut from the movie and there have since been numerous reports about her being recast altogether ahead of Flashpoint starting production. Why that is isn't clear but it could boil down to the actress no longer wanting to enter the DC Films Universe after Rick Famuyiwa parted ways with Warner Bros. over "creative differences."

Regardless, Batman-News is reporting that the unfinished sequence from Justice League featuring Iris (which leaked online a few weeks ago and showed her being catapulted from a car before being saved by Barry Allen) is being worked on as a deleted scene but a different actress will be used in Clemons' place. That means The Flash will be shown saving a random woman as opposed to his future wife!

It could just be that Warner Bros. is planning on changing how Barry and Iris meet in Flashpoint and that this scene would ruin that. However, it's also feasible that the role is being recast, hence why Clemons' only scene is being changed despite Warner Bros. spending money on completing it for Justice League's home video release. We'll just have to wait and see but things are currently unclear.
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Highflyer
Highflyer - 12/12/2017, 3:16 AM
If they are recasting her, I'm curious as to why.
Supercat6376
Supercat6376 - 12/12/2017, 3:16 AM
If you ask a lot of people whoever plays Iris west is thrash of WBs problems. She’s a pretty girl though.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 12/12/2017, 3:23 AM
If they're recasting I would like to see Jane Levy, a good actress. She was in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, which I watched the other day and I didn't realise it was her.
I did like Kiersey though, and Dope was one of the best movies I saw this year, shame that Rick Famuyiwa was fired as I think his Flash film would have been awesome.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 12/12/2017, 3:28 AM
@SimplyAz - What if they're recasting her to change her race? I mean...a lot of people point out how different the DCEU is from the comics..
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 12/12/2017, 3:49 AM
@Kevwebsz -

Changing her from the comics or from Kiersey?
jakmanuk
jakmanuk - 12/12/2017, 3:55 AM
@SimplyAz - Jane Levy shouldn't be wasted as a love interest. She should be batgirl
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 12/12/2017, 4:10 AM
@jakmanuk -

If they make her an interesting enough character in a Flash movie, but as long as she isn't shoehorned in like Lois.

Although she would be an amazing Batgirl.
ImperiousRex
ImperiousRex - 12/12/2017, 4:14 PM
@SimplyAz - If not Iris, I have wanted Jan Levy in a CBM ever since Suburgatory started. Her cinema work since then confirms she's a bonafide lead.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 12/12/2017, 4:29 PM
@ImperiousRex -

For sure, an interesting actress.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 12/12/2017, 3:26 AM
Going into 2018 and still no director. Amazing since we have an ENTIRE year to see Aquaman which is probably almost done with editing and music and all that.
MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 12/12/2017, 3:43 AM
Shame that they don't want to keep her.

Bigger shame is that the scene is being reworked as a deleted scene, meaning no director's cut like people want.
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