A new villain is in town on “The Flash,” and she is taking no prisoners — OK she’s actually taking one prisoner specifically, but you get the drift.
Gypsy (Jessica Camacho) arrived on Earth-1 via a portal at the end of “The Flash’s” winter premiere, and she’s not there to visit as a tourist. She’s crossed dimensions to find and arrest H.R. (Tom Cavanagh), which is going to be a tough task when he’s got a small army of metas protecting him.
We spoke with Jessica Camacho about Gypsy’s action-packed episode, what has put her on the hunt, and what to expect from her fight to the death with Cisco (Carlos Valdes).
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Tell us a little about the ‘Flash’ version of Gypsy.
Gypsy is extremely, extremely capable as a bounty hunter from Earth-19, which is the Earth that H.R. Wells is from. When we first meet her, she’s on the hunt, and she means business. This woman means absolute business.
We find out that she is hunting down H.R. Wells so that she can bring him back to stand trial for violating one of Earth-19’s most sacred laws, which is inter-dimensional travel. We find out why that’s such an important law on our Earth. She’s sent to bring him back so that he can strand trial, and she is just an absolute capable bounty hunter — undefeated, totally top of her game. When H.R. Wells sees her on his trail, he’s like, “Oh, OK. This is definitely serious.”
Gypsy seems like a fighter. How would you say she embodies a strong female character?
From the minute I read her, that’s the thing that jumped off the page to me is her absolute strength, her confidence. She knows what she’s doing and where she’s going at all moments. There is no hesitation about her, which I find so, so appealing.
I think there’s also this part of Gypsy, because her job leads her to follow these violators and criminals all over many Earths, and she’s always on the move, always on the hunt — it’s a lonely existence. I’ve found there’s this whole space in her that has yet to be kind of explored. Is there ever going to be someone that I connect to in that way? Is there ever going to be someone that stirs these things up inside of me that are just kind of waiting? I think that is another part of her that adds so much humanity. Yes, she’s strong. Yes, she’s bada** and capable. Yes, I love all of that. But she’s also vulnerable too, and I think that adds a lot of beautiful things to her being.
What can you tell us about Gypsy’s powers?
She definitely has powers, and we actually find out that on Earth-19, when people have this particular set of powers they are assigned to be the protectors of Earth 19. That’s something that we discover off the bat when she goes to find H.R. and she finds Cisco there. Cisco, in trying to protect H.R., vibes, and she’s like, “Oh, wait! Woah! What? You have these powers too?” From that moment he catches her curiosity and her interest … It’s an interesting chemistry from the get-go, once she realizes that her and Cisco have this shared ability. Yeah, she can vibe like an absolute bada**.
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What is that dynamic between her and Cisco like?
I think there’s this curiosity that they have for one another. She first sees him and that he can vibe, and then she sees a little bit of his personality. Cisco is so many things at once. There’s so much humor in him and there’s so much smart in him, but there’s also this bravery that she sees.
She is not someone who is used to people standing up to her. Gypsy very much has a reputation that gets around — which is, you don’t mess with her. She means absolute business, so when Cisco is kind of stepping to her, she’s just like, “Oh really? You want to do this, huh?” And I think she’s game for it. I think she’s game to see what he brings to the table. I think she gets a kick out of the fact that he’s gutsy enough to put one foot in front of the other and step to her in that way.
Any other Team Flash members she goes up against?
She definitely interacts with other characters. Certainly off the bat, her main opponents will be H.R. and then Cisco, who will kind of take the brunt from H.R. … It’s this face off between Gypsy and Cisco.
Since Gypsy is a dimensional traveler, which multiverse show do you think she should appear on next?
I’m of the mindset that Gypsy belongs on all of them. I don’t know, I might be biased! I feel like she’d just kind of fit in right there, in all of those worlds. It would be amazing to see her pop up somewhere. That’s the cool thing about working in this world, is that you can pop up anywhere and it kind of makes sense. I really hope, fingers crossed, that that’s in Gypsy’s future.
“The Flash” airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.
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