JamesG
08-24-2018, 03:11 PM
It's a Twister! "America's Got Talent" Contortionist Lands "The Flash" Role
by Damian Holbrook
August 23, 2018
A classic DC Comics supervillain is coming to "The Flash" and he's sure to leave Barry and company bent out of shape.
TV Insider has learned exclusively that "America's Got Talent" alum and contortionist Troy James has been tapped to play Peter Merkel, aka Rag Doll, in the fifth episode of the upcoming Season 5.
The character was introduced in a 1942 issue of Flash Comics as the triple-jointed son of a carnival barker who fell into a life of crime after hiding himself inside a child's toy to knock over a department stores.
Most recently, the character appeared in an episode of The Batman.
Given Merkel's unique abilities, casting him required finding an actor of impressive, almost superhuman flexibility. James fits that bill and then some, having blown the minds of AGT viewers and judges with his limb-rearranging audition earlier this summer.
James has also appeared on "Shadowhunters" and "The Strain".
https://www.tvinsider.com/711673/troy-james-the-flash-rag-doll-peter-merkel/
by Damian Holbrook
August 23, 2018
A classic DC Comics supervillain is coming to "The Flash" and he's sure to leave Barry and company bent out of shape.
TV Insider has learned exclusively that "America's Got Talent" alum and contortionist Troy James has been tapped to play Peter Merkel, aka Rag Doll, in the fifth episode of the upcoming Season 5.
The character was introduced in a 1942 issue of Flash Comics as the triple-jointed son of a carnival barker who fell into a life of crime after hiding himself inside a child's toy to knock over a department stores.
Most recently, the character appeared in an episode of The Batman.
Given Merkel's unique abilities, casting him required finding an actor of impressive, almost superhuman flexibility. James fits that bill and then some, having blown the minds of AGT viewers and judges with his limb-rearranging audition earlier this summer.
James has also appeared on "Shadowhunters" and "The Strain".
https://www.tvinsider.com/711673/troy-james-the-flash-rag-doll-peter-merkel/