Butch Gilzean is Gotham's unsung hero (or villain, depending on how you look at it).
Played by the ever brilliant Drew Powell, Butch has been a consistent presence on the show since his appearance in the pilot, and it's fair to say that he's seen a lot of development since. While that might've come at the expense of some other, perhaps more important characters, Butch's fan favourite status has truly vindicated Gotham's showrunners, with the revelation of the hitman's true identity - Cyrus Gold - having taken things to a whole other level last season.
While Butch's return as the villainous Solomon Grundy marks a departure from the characterisation we've grown to love over the last three seasons, Powell is very much excited to take on the part. Grundy is a great villain in his own right, and with the added development of seasons prior, he could just be the fourth season's biggest highlight.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
