Well, not really the Phantom but Billy Zane is joining 'Legends of Tomorrow. Posted Image
Legends Of Tomorrow season 3: Billy Zane joins the cast
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Billy Zane will play the legendary showman P.T. Barnum in Legends Of Tomorrow season 3...
Legends Of Tomorrow season 3 cast
Legends Of Tomorrow is adding a few fresh faces for its third season. The latest addition is Titanic, Back To The Future, The Phantom, Twin Peaks and Zoolander alum (plus Empire Magazine advice columnist) Billy Zane.
Zane will guest star as the legendary showman (and somtime author/politician/businessman/philanthropist) P.T. Barnum, presumably in an episode that takes place in 19th century America.
"Obviously, we couldn’t resist putting Victor Garber and Billy Zane back on screen for the first time since the Titanic", exec producer Phil Klemperer told Entertainment Weekly, before going into more detail about the casting and the role...
"I’ve wanted to bring Billy onto Legends every since I saw him in a friend’s comedy pilot. I’m not sure that people know how funny Billy is, although we cast him as P.T. Barnum because we knew that he would be able to find the soul beneath the larger-than-life showman. Truth is, Barnum never said ‘there’s a sucker born every minute.’ He was less a conman, more the father of modern advertising. A guy who made things ‘go viral’ before that was a thing. Sure, in one sense, he’s the villain of our story, but in another, he’s just a guy who wants to put on a good show. Anyone who works in TV can relate to that, right?! Anyway, Billy seemed like the perfect guy to get that duality.
"The thing about history books is that they turn famous people into 2-D characters. This season on Legends, we want to meet other famous figures from history, people like Barnum, people we think we know, so that we can find the aspects of them, the parts of their story, that the history books left out — we want to bring history to life by infusing it with heart, humor, and total absurdity (often at the same time)."
Tala Ashe - seen previously in Odyssey, Smash, Law & Order and As The World Turns - has also joined the cast. She will play the DC Comics character Zari Adrianna Tomaz (aka the superhero Isis).
CBR shared this description, coupling their own extensive knowledge with some official press spiel...
Ashe’s character is described by the network as a Muslim-American woman from the year 2030 who lives in a world of contradictions: “Technology has brought about incredible change in her future — too bad human nature hasn’t kept pace. Fear, prejudice and a lack of care for the planet have forced Zari to become a "'grey hat hacktivist.' A computer nerd with a wry, combative attitude. A woman living a double life who doesn’t realize that she has secret, latent powers derived from an ancient, mystical source."
Isis, of course, is the Egyptian goddess of love (among other things). DC has long had an interest in the character, across both TV and comics.
Fans of 1970s superhero telly may remember that Joanna Cameron played a version of the character in CBS's The Secrets Of Isis. Therein, the character was a science teacher named Andrea Thomas, who gained 'the powers of Isis' from an ancient Egyptian amulet.
Erica Durance also played Isis on TV, during Smallville, when an amulet possessed Lois Lane. I'm sure you can see an amulet-based pattern emerging here.
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