As FOX’s “Gotham” continues to chug alongside and introduce us to new characters from the Batman mythos–this week they debuted a younger Harvey Dent–govt producer Bruno Heller spoke about what different characters we will anticipate to indicate up quickly and who positively received’t be showing.
“We’re going to do a prenatal origin story for Robin down the road,” Heller tells EW. “There aren’t any MRIs concerned. There’s an episode developing the place we find out how Robin’s dad and mom obtained collectively.”
Heller went on to elaborate on the upcoming episode set to introduce Jonathan Crane, AKA Scarecrow.
“This isn’t a child being a looney Scarecrow, it is a couple episodes about how that character has developed — everybody’s character is fashioned of their childhood to a point or one other.”
He went on to speak about their philosophy for introducing new characters, and to disclose that the Joker’s psychiatrist turned lover Harley Quinn received’t be making an look.
“One of many issues in regards to the dimension and scope and impressive of this manufacturing is that — it’s not that there’s a lot of cooks within the kitchen, however there’s lots of people with opinions and views and inside information. That side of the present — which characters to make use of and when — is a supply of fixed dialogue. And that will nicely have been a difficulty that got here up and was dropped. We haven’t obtained Harley Quinn in it. Riddler’s girlfriend is developing. And Harley Quinn is unquestionably deliberate for in a while, however thus far no….You possibly can’t simply maintain pumping these characters into the present in a comic book e book type of means, since you get the Tremendous Associates impact — which isn’t a foul impact, however then you could have spaceships and must go underwater and get wacky villains and the remainder of it. It’s a must to work as a personality piece first. First it needs to be actual.”
Heller additionally confirmed earlier experiences that they’ll be taking part in with viewer’s expectations of The Joker by introducing quite a lot of characters that would change into the Clown Prince of Crime. What Batman villains do you wish to see present up on the present? Tell us within the feedback!
“Gotham” airs Mondays at 8 P.M. on FOX.