“Although Mark is currently interacting with more people and characters than ever before, he’s also more alone and more isolated than ever before,” Cor says. “And this time it’s not a choice. So, like [the rest of the rogues], he’s feeling victimized. He’s not at that point where he can accept what has happened. So he’s still pushing back, even though Frost’s deceased, and it’s tearing him apart and potentially going to tear apart any of the decent and genuine relationships he has left. Unless, of course, that exists on the dark side, I don’t know. We’ll see where he lands.”
One of the most unfortunate aspects of Chillblaine’s betrayal is the way it will inevitably impact his relationship with Barry, someone who has always been remarkably sympathetic, both when it came to his initial romantic relationship with Frost and his transition from a villain to a hero by her side. Empathetic to a fault, Barry’s obviously more than willing to help Mark process his grief—it’s a heartbreak he shares doubly since, at least for the moment, Caitlin’s gone as well.
“I just love their dynamic and what we’ve gotten to do with their dynamic this season,” Cor says. “I’ve always played it as, even when Mark is being a jerk, and even at the beginning of these arcs in earlier seasons, there’s always a real respect for Barry mixed with a kind of resentment. Because Barry is godly to someone like this. Yes, when they’re in the same room they really butt heads sometimes. They [can be] like oil and water, but they also complement each other in some surprising ways. Because when they do put their heads together, something kind of decent does happen.”
But while Cor has spent most of his time onscreen on The Flash thus far acting opposite Danielle Panabaker, who played both Caitlin and Frost, he says he himself has had to undergo a few emotional adjustments following Frost’s onscreen death.
“I had spent so much time with Danielle in costume, on set in the mornings that I went through a period where…I had this realization at some point last season when Frost was dying, that I had to accept it wasn’t real,” he laughs. “It was funny, but probably good for me—helps the acting, tricking my body into thinking this character is a real person. But I didn’t realize it was happening for a while.”
Cor’s not sure what’s ahead for the dynamic between his character and new Snow sister Khione, a woman he essentially tried to trick into erasing her own existence and who also happens to look just like Frost.
