Sometimes you have to deal with an interview you did becoming a bit out of date before you run it. Such is the case here with the chat I had with Danielle Panabaker on the set of The Flash a few weeks ago, where we discussed what’s to come on the series, which returns with new episodes this Tuesday.

Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow in The Flash.

Grant Gustin as The Flash and Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow in The Flash.

Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow and Teddy Sears as Jay Garrick in The Flash.

Danielle Panabaker and Robbie Amell as Killer Frost and Deathstorm in The Flash.

While plenty of our conversation – about the team dealing with Zoom, Caitlin’s thoughts on Earth-2 Wells and more – plays the same now, when we turn to the subject of Killer Frost, it’s a bit amusing, because all the speculation on when we’ll see Killer Frost is over. Photos have been officially been revealed , showing Panabaker as Killer Frost in an upcoming episode that will introduce Caitlin’s Earth-2 incarnation, as well as the evil Earth-2 Ronnie Raymond (Robbie Amell), known as “Deathstorm.”Check out what Panabaker had to say about possibly getting to play a villainous version of Caitlin... right before she would actually get to do just that (the Killer Frost/Deathstorm episode was filmed shortly after my set visit).Yeah, absolutely. Obviously we’d been hearing a lot about Zoom all season, but to see him finally, I think he was scarier than anyone could have imagined. It’s brought a new weight and a new fear.Yes. Having lost so much, she is especially focused and concerned about protecting the ones around her, still. So I do think it’s important to her.I think so. I think you saw that in episode seven of this season. You see that Caitlin is the one who is the most empathetic and she is really connecting that Wells is most interested in getting back to his daughter. That she can relate to - trying to save someone you love. She does try and understand what’s going on with him and connect with him on a different level than I think some of the other guys do. They’re much quicker to dismiss him as villainous and the same as Season 1 Wells... I think she’s trying to play the long game here and look into the future and see if he can be of assistance to them.Yeah, it’s pretty crazy. To shoot it is a challenge because you do a take, at one point to a man in a suit and you do the next take to absolutely nothing so you’re just using your imagination, which is a fun and unique challenge as an actor. That’s great. And it is really impressive to see what they can pull off. We work really hard here in Vancouver and they work really hard in Los Angeles to make sure it’s the best show possible. We’re lucky to have people like [Visual Effects Supervisor] Armen [Kevorkian] on board.For sure! I mean the whole Doctor Light thing, they did such a great job keeping that a secret and I thought Malese [Jow] did a great job in both roles.We talk about the potential a lot and it’s really exciting to think what it could be. I want us -- as actors it’s so fun to get to do something that’s so different from what we get up and do every day. So I’m hoping they give us very different roles, whatever they are, if we get to see our doppelgangers.Totally! 80% of the time. [Laughs] I’m like desperate to get out there. My roommate up here in Vancouver is Katie Cassidy who plays the Black Canary, obviously. I’m jealous. It’s awesome. She gets to do fight training. I would love to be out there. It’s a little cold outside, so that part appeals to me a little less [Laughs] but the idea of getting to be Killer Frost and to get to be out there and have powers, it’s so fun.Yeah, it’s fun when we get to play with little hints of it, like the episode when Earth 2 Wells shows up with his metahuman detector watch and it doesn't go off around Caitlin. It’s fun to put little Easter eggs that fans who know what’s coming can get excited about, but it’s a slow burn.It's fun. To me it’s this idea of “How far are you willing to go?” As a villain, whatever your motivation is, clearly you’ve lost your conscience and you’re just out for your ulterior motive, whatever that might be. I’m excited to see what they write and what that ends up looking like.Yes, it was. It’s been so easy from the beginning. Carlos is so talented and is such a sweet soul. We have a good time together. I have a sister in real life and we have very different energies and Carlos and I have very different energies so it’s fun to play off of that when we get the opportunity to.

The Flash returns with new episodes on Tuesday, January 19th on the CW.Eric Goldman is Executive Editor of IGN TV. You can follow him on Twitter at @TheEricGoldman , IGN at ericgoldman-ign and Facebook at Facebook.com/TheEricGoldman