He’s like, “okay.” So we’d do stuff like that and it ends up making it. Last season,, I asked Nick “would it be funny if I kissed you on the cheek? You know, just like Caity does.” I said I might do it. That stuff doesn’t always make it, but it’s fun for us to see what does finally make it. I ended up doing a lot of improv during scenes and at the end of scenes. We like to keep it lively and joke and chastise each other. They’re not often funny, but half the time we do a lot of puns between takes. The first few seasons, we were finding our legs and the tone of the show, but certainly the last few seasons we’ve really jelled as a cast and relaxed and have a lot of fun on screen and off screen. It’s become a great place to be over the last few seasons. Do you have any particular favorite moments, behind the scenes moments, whether it’s stuff that made it to the screen or not? Because the energy between that cast is just so apparent to viewers. The Legends set seems like a pretty fun and crazy place to be. All the visual effects teams worked incredibly hard at and they look really awesome. That being said, there were some really awesome moments that they were able to do. I certainly would’ve appreciated more opportunity for cool miniaturization scenes, but it didn’t end up being able to work out that way. So I would’ve liked a little bit more of it. I was always pushing to have more of that, but we were limited by the budget, because we had all these other characters that had to have CGI and all kinds of others. But the Atom is originally able to shrink. So from the beginning it became apparent that this was going to be a lot more of kicking and punching and hand to hand combat, and that’s fun, but it’s hard to do in that suit. At the same time, given the budget that we’re given for doing this TV series, it’s not often enough to do the CG animation that the Atom deserves. I definitely think the last couple of seasons, it’s been missing and even though it’s not always the most fun thing to be in and work long days in, I think it deserved to be present more in recent seasons. I love the suit, and I love that aspect of the character. ![]() And so we get to where we are today.Īs Legends of Tomorrow went on, were you relieved to not have to wear that Atom suit quite as much? Audiences were responding and writers are responding and I just kept pushing the limit and they followed. I enjoy comedy and I just kept pushing the envelope. As the show has progressed in seasons and he’s still not tapped to be the leader, he can continue to do that and be more this other side of himself. The boy scout, all of these things, which were a part of him he could now let loose because he didn’t have the responsibility of being a team leader. All of these things that he had kind of bottled up to be the CEO, were now able to come out. ![]() ![]() He could be the Ray Palmer that knew every episode of Doctor Who, who played Dungeons and Dragons growing up. He no longer had to be that version of Ray Palmer. So in the transition to the Legends team, he was no longer the leader. The below interview is taken from that same conversation, which took place in December, after Routh had already filmed his final scenes as Ray for Legends of Tomorrow season 5.ĭen of Geek: Can you take us back to the very beginning and talk about how Ray was originally pitched to you and how you found the character from those early days of Arrow to the wilder days of Legends of Tomorrow? We discussed his return as Superman and sharing screen time with himself as both Kal-El and Ray here. Routh was an integral part of this year’s momentous Arrowverse crossover, Crisis on Infinite Earths, not just as Ray Palmer, but as the Superman of an alternate universe who joins the heroes to help battle the Anti-Monitor. Five years later, Routh’s portrayal has evolved considerably from the more traditionally heroic character who first appeared on Arrow into a nerdier, more enthusiastic (but no less heroic or competent) teammate who, in the spirit of the show, leans into quirkier and more comedic elements that have helped make Ray Palmer into such an essential part of the Legends of Tomorrow team. It wasn’t long before Ray suited up as the Atom, and soon became a central figure in the wildest Arrow spinoff of them all, Legends of Tomorrow. Brandon Routh has been a staple of the Arrowverse since 2015, when he was introduced as Ray Palmer during Arrow’s third season.
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