‘Supergirl’ spoilers: ‘Salem’ actor cast to play Red Tornado

We reported some time ago that we are going to be seeing Red Tornado turn up on an episode of “Supergirl,” and now we know just who will be playing the character! As for the other finer details, let’s just say that there are some other interesting developments with this character that will surprise you.

Iddo Goldberg of “Salem” is going to be playing the part, and rather than he and T.O. Morrow being two separate people as is the case in the comics, TVLine reports that they will be one in the same. They also offering up the following in terms of a character description:

“Red Tornado is the most advanced android the world has ever seen. Designed by scientist T.O. Morrow for the U.S. Army as the ultimate superweapon, he soon becomes sentient, posing a grave danger to National City — including the people Supergirl cares about most.”

The fact that this character is a villain may be a surprise to some, but he was at one point in the comics, as well, before eventually becoming a champion for good. Maybe this is something that the show is also going to follow, since is one of those great, under-used DC Comics characters that the show has access to. Many noteworthy characters may be stored somewhere in the movies, so they have to take advantage of just about anyone they have access to.

New episodes of “Supergirl” are going to start airing on October 26. Given we are just hearing of this casting now, it probably will be a while before more scoop starts to come in.

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