Candice Patton of “The Flash” on What It Means to Be a Hero

As Iris West on The CW's The Flash, actress Candice Patton has been content for the last four years working as a journalist and dishing out duties to the team at S.T.A.R. Labs and leaving most of the heavy work to friend/boyfriend/husband Barry Allen.  But all that changes in tonight's episode titled Run Iris Run, when Iris' DNA is switched with Barry's and, like it or not, saving the day becomes her responsibility.  "For the character, it was really cool, for me … it was like riding a bike for the first time," Patton recently told MediaVillage.  "There's no school for acting in front of a green screen; well, not one that I'm aware of.  I've watched Grant do it for years and kind of been like, ‘Cool for you bro, that's something I'll never have to do.’  Then all of a sudden …