Hugo Strange and Mr. Freeze (Nathan Darrow) are the new threats that bring terror to Gotham when the show's 'chilling new chapter' begins.
- February 9, 2016
AceShowbiz -
Before "Gotham" returns later this month, meet another new villain that James Gordon (Benjamin McKenzie) will fight against this season. B.D. Wong who will play Hugo Strange has shared the first look at his complete transformation into one of Batman's oldest enemies.
He goes bald, sports a chinstrap beard and rose-colored glasses to channel the comic book character. He will make his debut in the midseason premiere set to air on February 29 at 8 P.M. ET on FOX.
Strange is described as "a brilliant professor and psychiatrist tapped to head up Gotham City's notorious Arkham Asylum. He's hired to help the city's criminally insane, but Strange has a nefarious streak as well. The professor is also conducting experiments on inmates and testing extraordinary abilities in order to create superhuman folks for Indian Hill."
This doesn't sound good for Oswald "Penguin" Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor) who will become a new inmate in the asylum. "He [Oswald] is never the same from the moment he walks through the door," Wong tells TV Insider.
Strange is additionally featured in a new promo for the second half of the season. "Trouble times," he says in the "chilling" teaser that shows humans in test tubes, possibly as part of his experiments. The video also highlights Mr. Freeze (Nathan Darrow), who was first introduced in the fall finale.
