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"The Flash" has tapped Tony Todd to help bring to life DC Comics villain Zoom. The "Candyman" actor will voice the big bad of season 2, but he won't be playing the man behind the mask.

"Last year, with the Reverse-Flash, we just modulated Tom Cavanagh's voice," executive producer Andrew Kreisberg explains the twist to Variety, "and this year we wanted to do something a little bit different. Part of the mystery of the season is who or what is underneath the Zoom outfit, and so we wanted to do something like James Earl Jones as Darth Vader - this iconic voice coming out of this mask."

He adds of the villainous character, "Last year, we thought of the Reverse-Flash as a speed warrior; this year, Zoom is like a speed demon, and no one does demon-voice better than Tony Todd."

Kreisberg also reveals Zoom's goal, "For us, the best villains are the ones who don't have megalomaniacal 'I want to rule the world' motivations. Last year, the Reverse-Flash had a very simple goal which was 'I just want to go home, and if people need to die or cities need to get wasted for me to get that, so be it.' And Zoom has a very similar, personal goal this season... simple and easy to understand, and very primal. And just as with Wells last year, Zoom doesn't care who gets hurt or what gets destroyed in the service of him getting his goal."

Dishing on Zoom's appearance, Kreisberg compares it to Venom's in Marvel's "Spider-Man". He says, "The Zoom outfit is much more organic than the Reverse-Flash suit. In a way, it's hard to tell if it is a suit or alive... There's no skin showing, for all you know there's a robot underneath, or dark energy."

Comparing the mystery of who Zoom is to "a horror movie," he adds, "So the story of Zoom and who and what he is... hopefully comic book fans will be happy because we've come up with a clever way to spin the tale, but that also makes it exciting for the people who aren't as familiar with the comics and are just enjoying the show on its own terms."

Best known for playing Daniel Robitaille in "Candyman", Todd also starred as William Bludworth in the "Final Destination" franchise. He previously voiced Darkseid in the "Lego DC Comics Super Heroes" video games, Icon on "Young Justice", and Asteroth on "Batman: The Brave and the Bold".

"The Flash" returns with its second season Tuesday, October 6 at 8 P.M. on The CW. Other new additions to the cast include Teddy Sears as Jay Garrick, Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West a.k.a. Kid Flash, Violett Beane as Jesse Quick, and Shantel VanSanten as Barry Allen's (Grant Gustin) new love interest Patty Spivot.