Tarabay was keen not to put himself in a box, so he didn’t dive too deep into Eclipso’s comic book history. Instead, he wanted to create his own take on the character. Luckily, he had some help. “When you put the prosthetics on, it speaks volumes,” the actor shares. “The prosthetics are really out there.”
There’s more to it than looking creepy, though.
“My job when I put prosthetics on is to ground the character,” he says. “My main focus, playing someone like Eclipso, is I don’t want the audience to think this is some fantasy thing that will never exist in real life. I wanted to leave this episode and every episode with them thinking this guy could exist right now in this world. I want them to lock their bedroom doors thinking Eclipso might show up.”
To do that Tarabay crafted what he described as an “animal” that matches the ferocity and violence that Eclipso evokes when he gets out of the Black Diamond for the very first time. But now that he’s out and has that freedom, what does he want? Tarabay tells us his thoughts on what’s driving Blue Valley’s newest and most dangerous foe.
“I can’t say too much about what’s about to happen, but put it this way: he’s here to clean house. My interpretation of him believes that only the finest, the purest, and the strongest will survive and should survive.”
To get into the mindset of Eclipso, Tarabay refuses to think in moralistic black and white, instead diving deep into what drives him.