‘Gotham’ Season 3 Spoilers: Cory Michael Smith Gushes About Riddler Costume

The spotlight will be on Ed Nygma (Cory Michael Smith) as he transforms into the villain Riddler in “Gotham” Season 3, and one of the things that fans should look out for is his incredible costume.

Smith told Screener that he was admittedly not a fan of the Riddler’s costume at first. When he saw the “bright, glittering” jacket on the rack from the corner of his room, he thought to himself, “That cannot be on my body. That is a sparkly green thing — that is not the suit. Please tell me.”

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But his opinion changed after he tried it on. “When I put it on, we used the same tailors that make all my suits. It was just beautiful, with the black velvet. We have these gorgeous black shoes with just a hint of a purple/maroon thing, just on the shoes. I got really excited, because it was shocking on the rack, but then it was on my body and I was like, ‘This feels so right.’”

In the comic books, the Riddler also carries a cane around, but Smith said his character won’t be brandishing it around yet. “To give you some inside scoop, I do not have a cane yet, but I want one so badly for a few different reasons. I won't tell you all of them so I don't spoil anything, but I'm pitching very hard for a cane,” he told Cinema Blend. “So maybe in the future, there will be a cane. But I want him to be someone who deserves a [expletive] cane. He needs to be someone that's just begging for a cane.”

The Riddler won’t be the only villain terrorizing Gotham City when the show returns. Alexander Siddig has been cast as Ra’s al Ghul, the head of the League of Shadows. He will be introduced when young Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) tries to unravel the mysteries being kept hidden by the Court of Owls.

Siddig told Digital Spy that Ra’s al Ghul will be a difficult character to pin down because no one knows for sure what his motives are. “You're really not sure if he's good or bad – no-one knows whether he's a demon or a saint, or a ghost, that's a line from the script,” he said.

“Gotham” Season 3, episode 15, titled “How the Riddler Got His Name,” will air on April 24.