The CW is loaded up with DC shows that are connected to the “Arrowverse” and soon another show will be added to the network. “Black Lightning” is currently in production, and although it won’t be connected to the “Arrowverse” when it premieres, anticipation for the show is still at an all time high.
Cress Williams will be playing Jefferson Pierce in the show, and he’ll be spending a lot of his time suiting up as Black Lightning. Cress recently spoke to EW about putting on the suit, and he says it was an amazing feeling when he first put it on.
“It was pretty amazing. First of all, aside from being an actor, I’ve always been a superhero fan as a child and as an adult. We’re in this age where it’s a genre both in film and television, so it’s a bucket list thing of mine to play a superhero. I wasn’t sure if it was actually going to come about, because I’m no longer in my 20s. So selfishly I was extremely excited. This is a dream come true for me. Also, just the kid in me, when I put on the suit for the first time, I felt taller, I felt like I could go through walls. I was extremely excited.”
EW also released a new photo from the series which shows Pierce working on the suit, and you can check it out below.
Black Lightning is set to debut midseason on The CW.
“Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. However, after too many nights with his life on the line, and seeing the effects of the damage and loss that his alter ego was inflicting on his family, he left his Super Hero days behind and settled into being a principal and a dad. Choosing to help his city without using his superpowers, he watched his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain) grow into strong young women, even though his marriage to their mother, Lynn (Christine Adams), suffered. Almost a decade later, Pierce’s crime-fighting days are long behind him…or so he thought. But with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, and those he cares about in the crosshairs of the menacing local gang The One Hundred, Black Lightning returns — to save not only his family, but also the soul of his community.”
