He was a circus acrobat who decided to become a criminal just like his 'reverse namesake' Jesse James. Fresh off 'The Force Awakens,' Mark Hamill will reprise his role as The Trickster in the 17th episode of The CW's TV series 'The Flash.' Anthony Domanico Dec. “Flash” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said, “Having Mark reprise his role as The Trickster was on our original wish list when we were planning our version of The Flash. The original Trickster (real name Giovanni Giuseppe) is the practical joker and con man whose favorite occupation is damaging enemies like the Flash with items such as explosive teddy bears. Hamill reprised his role as Joker and Trickster in Scooby Doo and Guess Who episodes What a Night For a Dark Knight and One-Minute Mysteries respectively. Though he's most known for voicing the Joker since the 1990s, Hamill has also played. The episode will reunite him with John Wesley Shipp who went up against him as the original ‘Flash’ on the CBS version.” One of the biggest fan favourite villains on The Flash is the Trickster, as played by DC legend Mark Hamill. Martin) to foil the city-wide attacks of a wannabe Trickster eagerly following in the original’s deadly footsteps. In this new iteration, The Trickster is an anarchist terrorist con man serving a life sentence in Iron Heights who helps Barry (Grant Gustin) and Det. “Mark Hamill returns in a brand new interpretation of James Jesse (aka The Trickster), a role he originated on the 90’s ‘Flash’ series. Hamill will again play James Jesse, but with the twist of a new Trickster (presumably based on the one Geoff Johns introduced during his original run in “The Flash” comic) out there for Barry to stop. The CW “Flash” already cast the CBS show’s star, John Wesley Shipp, as father to Grant Gustin’s Barry, but with Hamill - who will appear in the season’s 17th episode, sometime in 2015 - the new show gets to have it both ways. He’ll play James Jesse, aka Flash villain the Trickster. HitFix reports exclusively that Star Wars icon Mark Hamill will reprise the role that paved the way for his voicing the Joker for so many years.
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