"ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arrow

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- Nuevas imágenes BTS del rodaje Vancouver Art Gallery (23-10-13):



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- Arrow 2.05 Promo "League Of Assassins" (HD):

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Añadidos los enlaces y rátings del 2.04 "Crucible". Podéis encontrarlos AQUÍ

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- Stephen Amell contesta a los fans en facebook:

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- Revelado el título del episodio 2.11:

El título del episodio 2.11 será "Blind Spot". No tenemos ningún tipo de información más sobre el mismo por el momento.

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- Arrow 2.05 "League of Assassins" Raw Footage Clip:

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- Arrow 2.05 "League of Assassins" Sneak Peek 1:

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- ¡Arrow se enfrenta a la League of Assassins! (TVGuide):

¡Arrow se enfrenta a la League of Assassins!
Por Natalie Abrams 5 Nov, 2013 08:08 PM ET

Arrow surprised fans — at least those who hadn't already been spoiled by the head of The CW, no less — with the reveal that the masked Canary taking down the scum in The Glades was actually Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), who was presumed dead after the Queen's Gambit sank all those years ago. But no one was more shocked than Oliver (Stephen Amell), who ended up stranded on an island — and apparently an Amazo freighter — for years because of the same accident.

"It was the first time in the present day that Oliver was thrown a curveball that he wasn't expecting," Amell tells TVGuide.com. "He was absolutely positive that Sara Lance was dead. It's the first time that we've really seen Oliver thrown for a loop. As a result, he's vulnerable, which was an exciting thing for me in the episode and going forward. He has no way of dealing with Sara Lance. He has no plan. Then the revelations about where she's been and what she's capable of now, it's an onslaught of things that he is not ready for."

Since Sara Lance arrived in Starling City, the League of Assassins has been tracking her down, as evidenced by the foot soldier they sent after her whom she killed. But the League won't give up so easily. In fact, three members of Ra's al Ghul's organization come crashing back into her life this week. "They jump through his front window," Amell teases. "Of course, when he sees the League of Assassins and he sees someone dressed a member of the League of Assassins, he thinks it's Merlyn [John Barrowman], so that creates a whole other group of problems for him. It's like seeing a ghost and then you have to fight that person."

But that same spirit of Merlyn that nearly cost Oliver his life will be ever present since Al-Owal (Homeland's Navid Negahban) will be among those sent to track the Canary down. "He's formidable," Amell says. "He actually references in the episode that he's the one that trained Merlyn."

It's the arrival of the League that, Amell says, makes this the most intense episode they've ever done. "There have been episodes with more reveals and more surprises, but top to bottom, Episode 5 is our best episode," he says. "It's a new level of action for us. I don't know what clicked, but we have three separate fight sequences that are probably the best stuff that we've done. Three of them! It's exciting."

But the episode will also have a lot of heart since Sara has refused to tell her family that she's back in Starling City. "Despite the fact that he thinks that she should, he's not going to betray her trust in that way and tell them," Amell says. "If she wants to, it's going to be her decision. We haven't really crossed that bridge yet in terms of how it will affect Oliver and Laurel [Katie Cassidy]. It certainly adds another layer into an already pretty layered situation."

Sara's past, however, is a bigger mystery which will slowly be revealed throughout the hour. For the first time, we'll actually get a flashback from someone else's perspective, as we see what happened to Sara after the Gambit sank that lead her to become the ruthless woman that she is today. Amell notes that Oliver's own time on the freighter has started to piece together the larger puzzle — which includes the hozen, the misshapen skeletons and the Russian he met last week. "We're about to find out what all of that stuff means, but the biggest issue for Oliver is that Sara is on the freighter," he says.

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- Caity Lotz sobre qué es lo siguiente para Black Canary, cuando llegue la League of Assassins (IGN):

Caity Lotz sobre qué es lo siguiente para Black Canary, cuando llegue la League of Assassins
Por Eric Goldman 5 Noviembre, 2013

Season 2 of Arrow has gotten off to a very strong start, with the show delivering a lot of great new twists and turns. One of the biggest new elements this season has been the introduction of DC Comics’ Black Canary – or the Canary, if you will – who has taken to Starling City’s streets to fight crime alongside Oliver Queen.

It's now been revealed that Canary (played by Caity Lotz) is actually -- last chance to look away if you’re not caught up! -- Sara Lance, Laurel Lance’s sister, who was previously believed to be dead. But not only is Sara alive, she is quite the dangerous badass, and name dropping DC Comics' Ra's al Ghul, no less.

This Wednesday’s new Arrow, called "League of Assassins", is another big one for Canary, and I spoke to Caity Lotz about what it’s been like to take on this integral role on the series.

IGN TV: So is it a relief for you now that the cat is out of the bag as far as Sara Lance is concerned?

Caity Lotz: Yeah, it’s exciting. I couldn’t really talk about it before. I couldn’t even talk with my friends about the character. So now that that’s out, it’s definitely fun for me.

IGN: Sara is important to so many of the characters on Arrow. Oliver knows she’s back, but how long is she going to try to continue to keep her presence a secret from her family?

Lotz: I think it’s important to her. After everything that’s happened to her, she doesn’t really feel like she’s worthy of love anymore. So the thought of her coming back into her family’s life doesn’t feel like it would be anything good for them. So it’s something she’s going to try not to do. Deep down, I think there’s definitely that wish that she could, but there’s just so many things. The next episode will be a lot of fun because we get to see that there’s a danger to her family with the League of Assassins, so she has to confront some things.

IGN: The League of Assassins is a group with some deep history in DC Comics. And we’ve heard you directly say Ra’s al Ghul’s name now…

Lotz: Yeah, they’re the best of the best when it comes to being fighters and being killers, and Sara’s a pretty good fighter, so it'll be interesting as they reveal more of her relationship with the assassins. There’s actually something really exciting... I, of course, don’t want to give anything away, but there’s some really exciting connections with Sara and R’as al Ghul.

IGN: What’s in been like for you joining this show and seeing the excitement of comic book fans, as they learned who you were going to play and how you’re involved in the story?

Lotz: It’s so cool. It’s kind of like sports. You know how everybody gets really excited about sports or the World Series or this or that? I feel like with comic books, you kind of get the same thing, which is so awesome because it’s great to get excited about something. When you have such a dedicated fanbase and people are so involved with what’s going on with the characters, you just feel so connected with everybody, like you’re a part of it with them.

IGN: Can you talk a bit about how her relationship is going to be evolving with Oliver? They have an extremely tense history, and now she’s back in his life in such a different way.

Lotz: I think Sara’s definitely still wary. She’s wary of anyone and everything. There’s this darkness that’s just looming over her. You see that in the scene where Sara takes Oliver’s hand in the hospital. Even then, to see someone that actually cares for her, and Oliver’s being so honest and open…. He just wants what’s best for her, and she has a hard time accepting it. So I think her darkness is gonna definitely make things difficult. Also, their shared history together, which we’ll find out more about, is very heavy.

IGN: How familiar were you with Black Canary as a character before this, and how much have you learned about her since you’ve joined the show?

Lotz: I wasn’t too familiar with her. I’d heard of the Black Canary before, just from the comic book world. DC sent me a bunch of comics, which was a lot of fun, getting to read some of those. But I really like to create my own idea of the character so I can bring as much of myself to it as I can.

IGN: What is it like actually putting on that costume?

Lotz: It’s so great. It’s a lot like Halloween. You know how exciting it is get dressed up in a Halloween costume and go running around? It’s kinda like that.

IGN: Where do you stand on the great debate of our time - “fishnets versus no fishnets”?

Lotz: Well, you see in the costume we kind of have on the pants leather Xs. So there is a little homage being paid to the fishnets. But I think now, who Sara is, it just doesn’t seem like she would go fighting in fishnets. I think it would be a little chilly.

IGN: I agree. You don’t see Oliver in fishnets.

Lotz: Yeah!

IGN: In the comics, it’s Laurel, or “Dinah”, who is Black Canary. The show is making an interesting change here with Sara. Should we make any assumptions that inevitably it must be Laurel becoming Canary?

Lotz: I think assuming makes an ass out of you and me [Laughs], so it’s best to not assume and just kind of roll with it. It’s a lot of fun to be surprised, so I think let’s let ourselves be surprised and see what happens.

IGN: There seems to be a very close bond between Sin and Sara. Will we see more of that in the coming weeks?

Lotz: Yeah, they’re both kind of outcasts in their own right. They’ve found this dear little friendship together. Sin’s such a sweet character, and she’s tough, but she’s a good soul. I think Sara really connects to that. Sin’s going to have a nice presence on the show, which will be cool. Hopefully we’ll get to develop a lot of that between Sara and Sin, because Sin doesn’t really know Sara. She mostly knows her as the Canary.

IGN: You have this really impressive dance background [as seen in the video below!]. Have you been able to incorporate that into what you’re doing as Canary on the show?

Lotz: Yeah, it’s definitely come in handy. I have a martial arts background [too], so it’s cool for me to be able to use it on the show and get to do some of the fight scenes. I hadn’t fought with a bo staff before, so that was something new to learn, which was a lot of fun. That was new for me. I got a lot of bumps and bruises from whacking myself with it. [Laughs]

But also in this one, I have a stunt double, which I’ve never had before. So it’s kind of interesting to have that, because of time and also safety. It’s crazy how much we get done on the show, and this schedule is intense. There are times when I’m shooting one scene and then they have my stunt double shooting the fight scene, because we have so much to do.

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- Caity Lotz habla sobre los hematomas, su actualización de Ra's al Ghul y los juegos mentales de Canary (TVLine):

Caity Lotz habla sobre los hematomas, su actualización de Ra's al Ghul y los juegos mentales de Canary
Por Matt Mitovich 6 de Noviembre, 2013 07:21 AM PST

For Caity Lotz, playing Arrow‘s Canary aka Sara Lance has not come without its bumps and bruises.

For though the actress has a martial arts background (in disciplines such as Tae Kwon Do and Muai Thai) and almost segued from a professional dance career (backing up the likes of Lady Gaga and Avril Lavigne) into stunt work, wielding a bo staff and the occasional makeshift kali sticks marked a teaching moment.

“I did a bit of training with our stunt coordinator, Bam-Bam [Bamford], but I definitely got bruises all over me,” she shares with TVLine. Anyone who has been in close proximity as the leather-clad avenger does her thing, however, came away unscathed. “I don’t think I hit anybody else, luckily. Just myself!”

Lotz, whose previous credits include Mad Men and a Bring It On sequel, didn’t quite know what she was getting into when she eyeballed a gig on the CW drama (airing Wednesdays at 8/7c). “I first came in to read for ‘Lisa,’ a very mysterious character that nobody really knew anything about,” she relates. “Even the [audition pages] were made up. It wasn’t until I met with the producers that I learned who I was actually going to be playing.”

Filling the role of Sara Lance — the presumed dead sister of Laurel and onetime hook-up of Oliver — would have been interesting enough. Fold in the character’s secret identity, as Canary, and you up the ante further. But then Arrow took things to a new level, by establishing the well-trained badass as a member of the League of Assassins, one of DC Comics’ most richly realized organizations. Lotz says she thus embarked on a crash course in DC mythology, capped by a screening of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, which costarred Liam Neeson as the fearsome Ra’s al Ghul.

As Canary’s story picks up this week, the League of Assassins’ Al-Owal (Homeland‘s Navid Negahban) resumes his determined bid to bring Sara back to the fold, where a certain someone awaits her return. There’s also an entertaining tease (Is League member Malcolm Merlyn alive?!) and the introduction of another DC Comics baddie. Says Lotz, “There are some interesting characters we bring in, including a pretty cool villain” whom she declined to name.

But what brought Sara, who in flashback is seen cavorting with Oliver aboard the Queen’s Gambit, to this dark place? What happened to her aboard the freighter that ultimately imprisoned Oliver? “There are a lot of mind games being played with Sara, by the people who have her,” Lotz previews. “That’s definitely influencing things” — including her shocking first words to Oliver upon their reunion.

Back in Starling City, in the present, can Oliver possibly convince Sara to reveal herself to her family? Coming out of last week’s episode, “She’s pretty against it. She’s afraid for their safety, and she doesn’t feel like she deserves their love, because of who she became,” Lotz explains. That said, don’t rule out some close calls, or more, just yet. Teases the actress, “You’ll just have to watch and find out!”

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- Caity Lotz Adelanta el debut de la League of Assassins, el "Oscuro" pasado de Sara's y más (eonline):

Caity Lotz Adelanta el debut de la League of Assassins, el "Oscuro" pasado de Sara's y más
Por Tierney Bricker 06 Nov, 2013 7:30 AM PST

She came, she cried and she kicked ass.

After m
onths of anticipation, Arrow finally introduced viewers to the Black Canary a few weeks back and managed to pull a double reveal: Black Canary just so happens to be Laurel's (Katie Cassidy) little sister Sara (Caity Lotz), who was believed to be dead. Oh, and Oliver (Stephen Amell) knew she wasn't dead, but she is the one who tortured him when he was kidnapped on the island. Well played, Arrow. Well played.

We chatted with Lotz about landing the highly coveted (and somewhat controversial) role as one of DC Comics' most beloved heroes, Sara and Oliver's complicated relationship both in flashbacks and present-day and what fans can expect from the eagerly anticipated introduction of the League of Assassins...

Can you talk about the audition process? Did you know coming in that you would be playing the Black Canary, and that she would also be Laurel's sister?
I had no idea. I had originally auditioned for a character named Lisa, and the sides had nothing to do with the actual script, so fake sides, a fake character name. I would imagine they just put kind of the elements of the character that they want in for the scene to see, and after I got the part, I still didn't know, and then finally like I came in a meeting with the producers and they were like, "You are not playing Lisa." They explained to me what it was, so of course I was really excited.

How did you feel about the Black Canary's suit after you learned who you were playing?
Oh, I loved it. Yeah, it's so fun. You really kind of feel like it's like Halloween!

After it was announced, some fans were concerned because in the comics Laurel is the Black Canary. Were you nervous when you saw they were changing the mythology that much?
No because you know, we still don't know where the story's going to go and what's going to happen, and that's one of the cool things about Arrow ; while they still respect the comics and the mythology, they take enough liberties to keep everybody surprised, and you know, have some exciting new things not where everybody just knows the whole story.

Sarah has a connection to the League of Assassins, so can you tease that storyline in tonight's episode?
You get a little nice tease of the League of Assassins, and they're definitely dangerous, and I think Sara's really afraid of them and one of the biggest reasons I how it could affect her family and the danger it could put them in. The episode is a really big one for Canary. It was such a challenge shooting it. We had like 18 hour days with so many stunts and a lot of different variations of Sara and getting to go into her backstory, so I'm really excited for this one to come out and to see how the fans react to it.

Are you doing a lot of your own stunts? Are you even allowed to?
Before I even started acting, I almost was gonna be a stuntwoman. So I've done a lot of martial arts training and a lot of fight choreography training, because you know there's kind of a little bit of a difference. On the show, I have an amazing stunt double and she does a lot of stuff for me because, two reasons – one, we don't really have time. I'm shooting a scene and they're shooting her, you know, jumping off of a roof top or whatever, and also insurance purposes. But luckily a lot of my fighting I do get to do, and I've had a little bit of training out here with our stunt coordinator, which was a lot of fun.

Can you tease more of what we'll see of the dynamic between Oliver and Sara in the present day and flashbacks in upcoming episodes?
I think that you see a lot of the battling of trust in the flashbacks because there's still a lot that they don't know about each other and a lot that's changed about each other, so that's a big issue in their past. And I think in their future the biggest issue is Sara's become somebody completely different than she used to be, and I think she's really at odds with that. I kind of see that Oliver's character, he's almost developed to be almost like a better man than he was before, and I think with Sara, her journey is to go back to who she used to be, because a lot of the light gets taken out of her, and a lot of the hope, and so that definitely makes a relationship of any kind confusing between the two of them or difficult.

You hinted how dark the backstory is, and she's very damaged from it. Is it really super dark, compared to Oliver's back story?
I mean, it's definitely pretty dark. We're not even gonna always show everything that happened to her, and I think a lot of it is just things that people can, if they choose to look that deeply, infer what happened to her. But I think you can just kind of see it in her.

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- Caity Lotz sobre el secreto de Black Canary, el dilema de Oliver y la Liga mortal (THR):

Caity Lotz sobre el secreto de Black Canary, el dilema de Oliver y la Liga mortal
Por Philiana Ng 7:00 AM PST 06/11/2013

In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, actress Caity Lotz -- who plays Black Canary/Sara Lance -- discusses the surprising reveal, the ramifications of holding the secret from her family, Sara's five years away and the dangers of being tied to the League.

When you were cast as Black Canary, did you know what her identity would be and where she was headed?

No, I had no idea. I actually auditioned for a character named Lisa. (Laughs.) There were fake sides, even what I was reading wasn't the actual character. I had no idea, I just thought I was playing some character named Lisa and then afterwards, I met with [executive producer] Andrew Kreisberg and he told me about it and yeah, I was really excited.

They looped you in pretty early on it sounds like ...

Yeah, they had to so I could prepare the character and really figure out who she is. I got to know the secrets ahead of time.

Did you glance at the pilot to see how Sara Lance was portrayed then? (The part was played by another actress.)

No, not at all. I watched the pilot and it was great but I felt Sara differently and since we were reshooting it, I was going to be able to make her how I wanted her to be.

How did the producers describe Black Canary/Sara to you?

The producers were really cool about letting me develop her how I wanted to. They were really good about giving me the backstory of what's going on and where she was headed so that I could create a character that fit their writing. I know "badass" was a word they used. (Laughs.)

The reveal that Sara is alive puts Oliver, who has agreed to hold Sara's secret, in an interesting place. What are the repercussions should Laurel and her father find out the truth?

It's pretty easy to imagine all the ways it could go. You definitely have to watch the next episode. It's a really great Canary one and it answers a lot about her backstory. You get a deeper look into Sara and what happened to her. It's really interesting because there's so many secrets behind her and even as things unfold, you still have so many questions about her. Her relationship with Oliver and how the secret's affecting him and how it's affecting her family, the dynamics that come out of it are really exciting. You'll get to know more about that in the next episode.

How difficult is it for Oliver and Sara to keep this secret? Do people close in on the truth?

I think Oliver and Sara are so weighed down with secrets. They say you're only as sick as your secrets. Both of them have a lot of secrets, some of them are shared and both have [ones] on their own. Sara coming back brings another weight on to Oliver and it's definitely going to question his dynamic with Laurel and Quentin and how to handle it. I like that that they share that together, that they have this shared history that nobody else knows about or understands.

Oliver and Sara had a real genuine moment at the hospital in last week's episode. Was that a highlight?

That scene you're talking about I liked a lot because it showed Oliver so genuine and you kind of see a little bit of the darkness of Sara because she doesn't even fully trust him and he's just open and kind and trying to help her [in that moment]. Sara hasn't seen that in a long time and for her, it's a big shock and she doesn't know how to accept it. When she does, it's a really big step for her.

How surprising is Black Canary's past?

It is constantly a surprise for me. All of a sudden I'll get a new script or one of the producers will talk to me and it's like the shock of something new they've created for the character. (Laughs.) The show evolves while it's going, so there are a lot of new discoveries that even the writers are finding so I'm constantly surprised. Where they're taking the character is impressive.

She's tied to the League of Assassins, which doesn't make Oliver's life as Arrow any easier. What are the ramifications of Black Canary being connected to the league?

That's another one that will get touched on in [episode] 205. We'll get another sneak at the League of Assassins. They're the deadliest of the deadly, so it definitely doesn't make Oliver's life any easier. It'll bring a new villain that might be coming into the city.

Oliver has declared that he won't kill anymore, but with Black Canary around, how difficult is that going to be?

With or without Canary, that's a difficult thing, but as of now, Canary's M.O. doesn't include not killing. That's a foreign concept to her. Where she's been trained, killing is all but necessary in her mind. Those philosophies will come at odds between the two of them.

Is there a distinct turn we'll see in regards to how Sara became this way?

It's definitely an accumulation of a bunch of different moments. I don't think in anyone's life it's just one thing that made them who they are. In the five years that Sara's been gone, she's been through a lot and the next episode will really dig into that a lot but it's still only the tip of the iceberg of everything that's happened to Sara and what's made her who she is now.

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- Andrew Kreisberg Adelanta el episodio de la League Of Assassins (accesshollywood.com):

Andrew Kreisberg Adelanta el episodio de la League Of Assassins
Por Jolie Lash 6 de Noviembre, 2013 6:16 PM EST

AccessHollywood.com: Abu Nazir has to come Starling City! Well, Navid Negahban, who played Abu Nazir on ‘Homeland,’ is guest starring in this episode.

Andrew Kreisberg: I know! As soon as this part came up, he was somebody we asked about and he came in and he was so excited because apparently he started his early career as a horseback riding stuntman. When he did his audition, he actually sat kneeling, like cross-legged in front of us, and did this incredibly exotic way of standing that really blew us away. And he was just so excited — obviously lately he’s played a lot of terrorists, so he said it was so much fun to play like a super-villain.

Access: How would you describe the League of Assassins for non-comic book readers? I guess the name says a lot.

Andrew: Yeah, it’s funny, there’s a line in the episode where Felicity says, ‘Who are the League of Assassins? Please don’t tell me they’re a league made up of Assassins!’ They’re this ancient sect of deadly warriors who work for Ras ‘al Ghul and like in the comics they have a much more Middle Eastern bent than they had in the ‘Dark Knight’ films, but for right now, they really are a mystery. All we know about them is that they’re sort of these ghost-like [people]… in that they kill without mercy and no one ever knows about them and the body’s dead before anyone ever sees them. And we’re gonna learn more about them and obviously Sara’s connection to them, which we’ve been hinting at. … In the comic books, Merlyn was trained by Ras al ‘Ghul. He was a member of the League of Assassins, so when we knew we were gonna delve more into the League of Assassins mythology this season, we had them all dressed like Malcolm, so that Malcolm’s ‘villain outfit’ from last season is actually just what the League of Assassins wear.

Access: Are there any fiercer fighters than these guys?

Andrew: No. In our world, these are the baddest of the bad (laughs). Obviously we’ve seen Merlyn and these guys are pretty good and you’re gonna get a pretty good idea of what Sara’s capable of in this episode. … This is really more of the continuation of the story that began with Merlyn that now encompasses Sara and moving forward the League of Assassins will be an ever present part of our series.

Access: So you plan to roll out more assassins as time goes on then?

Andrew: Yes.

Access: Can Oliver compete? He’s just one man. They seem to have the numbers.

Andrew: They do, but don’t forget he’s no slouch. Malcolm Merlyn is one of their most feared members and Oliver defeated him, so there’s a certain amount of respect that they have for Oliver Queen. What’s interesting about them is they don’t kill willy-nilly. They’ve got a code and that code is gonna be something that plays out over many Episode coming up this season, specifically Episode 8 and then also Episode 13.

Access: Tell me about how much danger these guys are bringing to Caity’s character?

Andrew: It’s interesting, this is really the first time we’ve done the flashbacks from somebody else’s point of view. This episode… the flashbacks come off of Sara and we get to know more about how Sara survived The Gambit going down and you get a little glimpse of the kind of person she’s become. She has very powerful enemies hunting her and you’re only as good as the bad guy that’s after you and she’s got the worst of the worst coming after her. … I think this is honestly — this is my favorite episode that we’ve ever done. It’s got some of the best action we’ve ever done and it’s got some of the biggest laughs we’ve ever done, but there’s at least two instances in this episode where literally every time I watch it I cry ‘cause it has so much emotion.

And the other thing why this episode means so much — I think some people think we might have tried to retcon [retroactive continuity] the situation, but the truth of the matter is, we knew Sara was alive from the beginning and if you look back at certain episodes last season, even the way Oliver reacts in the pilot when Laurel says, ‘Did Sara suffer?’ the look on his face says she did and it’s more than just drowning.

Access: Did you guys tell Stephen back then that this character was still alive so he could add that to his performance?

Andrew: Yes, we did.

Access: So he’s had to keep a lot of secrets?

Andrew: Yeah. And he’s done a pretty good job!

Access: What do you love about Caity? She’s a great addition to the show.

Andrew: For one thing, we love that she actually looks like she could be Katie Cassidy’s sister, which was great. It’s funny, we treated this as if we were casting a pilot. We literally saw everybody under the sun and we met with some very famous people for the part. There was just something about Caity — she had an energy that we felt like we didn’t have on the show. We’re really blessed. We have some incredibly strong actresses on the show between Emily Bett Rickards and Katie Cassidy, and we wanted to add somebody who was going to feel like an addition and not just more of what we already had and Caity brings — first of all she’s an amazing athlete and was actually training to be a stuntwoman earlier in her career. Our stunt department said if she wants to be a stuntwoman she could and you see in this episode how much of it is her actually doing the fighting, but I think the thing that most captured us about Caity was you just look at her and you want to take care of her. She’s got that little baby doll voice and it makes such a strong juxtaposition against what a strong fighter she is, but it’s just that wounded look that she gives. There’s so much heartache and heartbreak.

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- Nuevos spoilers sobre Shado y Slade (Megabuzz):

¿Qué les pasó a Slade y a Shado en Arrow? —Jennie
NATALIE: No pasará mucho tiempo hasta que descubramos dónde están, pero esperad al dúo juntos — posiblemente en más de una manera ya que a Manu Bennett le gusta su relación con el Paciente Inglés. "Slade genuinamente se preocupa por Oliver como un chico joven y vulnerable, y se preocupa por Shado como una chica capaz que se ha probado a sí misma," dice Bennett. "Él respeta el hecho de que es una experta asesina por derecho propio. También es un personaje cariñoso, lo que ha despertado algo de emoción en Slade, quien ha estado estancado en esta isla desde Dios sabe cuánto tiempo. Al final, dos hombres alrededor de una bella mujer van siempre a ser primitivos."

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- Emily Rickards habla sobre lo que haría falta para que Oliver y Felicity se acercaran (EW.com):

“Ellos tienen que ganárselo”, dice Rickards. “Entiendo que hay esos momentos, pero tienen que llegar al punto en dpnde esté la opción, porque sinceramente no ha habido una opción. Ellos están solos a veces, y nunca han hablado jamás realmente sobre ello o no han pasado el tiempo nunca fuera de la cueva de Arrow.” Y continúa, “No quiero que Felicity se pierda en los momentos Olicity. Me encantaría ver a Felicity haciendo otras cosas que no giraran en torno a Oliver…una vez que ella empiece a hacer otras cosas, entonces Oliver tendrá los ojos abiertos. Creo que esa es la única manera de hacerlo, de que él diga, ‘Oh me estoy perdiendo algo.’”

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- Desvelados el título y créditos del 2.11:

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- ¡El equipo de Arrow se dirige a Russia para localizar a Deadshot, pero tienen un polizón! (TVGuide):

¡El equipo de Arrow se dirige a Russia para localizar a Deadshot, pero tienen un polizón!
Por Natalie Abrams 12 Nov, 2013 08:25 PM ET

Oliver & Co. are saying dasvidaniya to Starling City this week!

When Diggle (David Ramsey) finds out that Lyla (Audrey Marie Anderson) has gone missing after following a lead on Deadshot (Michael Rowe), Team Arrow hightails it to Russia to help out. "Diggle will go very, very far to get Deadshot," Ramsey tells TVGuide.com. "You're going to see him come face-to-face with making a choice as to what kind of man he's going to be when it comes to Deadshot."

Diggle has been the moral compass for Oliver (Stephen Amell), applauding his friend for finally deciding to apprehend his enemies instead of killing them. But Diggle's quest for Deadshot might blind him from that mantra. "He was out for blood and he still is," Ramsey says of Wednesday's episode (8/7c, The CW). "We're really going to deal with some of those things with how Diggle reacts to Deadshot. Deadshot is going to come back and reveal a lot because he is connected to this storyline in a huge way, not just to Diggle, but to the whole season."

It's actually Amanda Waller (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), who works at A.R.G.U.S. with Lyla, who points Diggle in the right direction to track down his foe. "Amanda's incarnation on this show will be very, very interesting," he says. "She will serve a large purpose in the course of this season."

But Oliver and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) won't be the only ones joining Diggle on his trip to Russia. Determined to assert her power over Queen Consolidated, Isabel Rochev (Summer Glau) will also tag along. "Isabel is really trying to establish her authority in the company," Glau says. "She really doesn't like being left out on any of his work trips. She feels like she needs to keep an eye on Oliver. At the last minute, he tries to sneak away without her knowing, but she seems to know more than she leads on."

Isabel will certainly be suspicious as to why Oliver is running off with his supposed assistant Felicity, but whether she believes Oliver is the Arrow remains to be seen. "She suspects he's more than meets the eye," she says. "She's on to him, but he's very smart and he's very dedicated to keeping this secret, so he's not making it easy for her."

Still, there could be more to Isabel's quest for dominance as fans learn more about her backstory in upcoming episodes. "She has her reasons for wanting to take over this particular company and for wanting to assert her control and feeling like she needs to understand Oliver better," Glau says. "Their relationship is definitely going to shift. I think she definitely has feelings for him. They're complicated feelings. Sometimes she wants to reach across the table and strangle him, but she also has a growing respect for him."

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Arrow-Glau- ... 73293.aspx

- Summer Glau: Isabel intentará 'meterse' entre Oliver y Felicity (TVLine):

Summer Glau: Isabel intentará 'meterse' entre Oliver y Felicity
Por Matt Mitovich 13 Nov, 2013 05:00 AM PST

This Wednesday on Arrow (The CW, 8/7c), Diggle’s vendetta against Deadshot leads him to Russia, with Oliver and Felicity providing backup. Thing is, Isabel Rochev isn’t about to let her partner at Queen Consolidated jet off on a “business trip” without her involvement. Three’s company, four’s a crowd? Summer Glau shared with TVLine Isabel’s suspicions about Oliver and Felicity, and how breaking away from the boardroom might lead two parties into the bedroom.

TVLINE | Isabel thus far has been pretty refined, rather buttoned up. Maybe we’ll see a change in her this week?
There’s definitely going to be some new dimensions to Isabel, for sure. [Laughs] It’s going to be fun.

TVLINE | Why do she and Oliver lock horns this time around?
She’s been trying to assert her place in the company, and he’s gone and scheduled this supposed business trip to Russia – but she absolutely cannot let him go without her. So they get to Russia and since they’re not in the office, there’s more opportunity for them to get to know each others’ personality. Maybe things get revealed that otherwise would never have a chance to surface?

TVLINE | Does Isabel wonder why Oliver’s “driver” is part of this trip to Russia?
She wonders about Diggle, and she also wonders about Felicity. [Isabel] is in a power struggle with Oliver and she sees that Felicity is always at his side, always covering for him, she has his ear, she has his back… I think [Isabel] is trying to wedge her way in between their relationship – and she gets a chance to do that in this episode.

TVLINE | What, does she suspect they have more than a professional relationship going on…?
She’s going to turn up the heat on those two. She knows that there’s something going on…. I don’t want to give too much away about future episodes, Keep Your Enemies Closerbut she’s going to keep pushing. She wants to be in control.

TVLINE | Does Isabel start to suspect that Oliver is involved in more than… well, whatever it is that Queen Consolidated does?
I like to think that she was already onto him. I think Isabel knows that he’s no dummy, he’s no party boy, that there’s something else going on. She’s starting to suspect him more and more, and respect him more and more. She sees that he’s more than meets the eye.

TVLINE | Did you get a chance to bust out some Russian?
I did! Not as much as Stephen [Amell], but yes, I do speak a little Russian. But I think he’s better at it than me – which is hard for me to admit!

TVLINE | In a pinch, does Isabel have any self-defense skills?
Oh, absolutely. If nothing else, the stilettos she wears are definitely a deadly weapon. Mmm-hmm….

TVLINE | The promo that’s out there would suggest that in addition to coming to appreciate Oliver’s boardroom skills, this is the week Isabel becomes privy to his bedroom skills….
[Laughs] Well, a lady doesn’t talk about such things, and Isabel is a lady, soooo… I’m going to keep that a secret. But Oliver does have a way with the ladies. I’m sure there will be complications.

TVLINE | In the promo, I can’t tell if Isabel’s look is come hither or “Catch you later.”
Maybe a little bit of both….

TVLINE | How many episodes do we have you for?
I was originally asked to do three, and now I’ve done… five? So it’s open. I love the cast and I think the show is beautifully done, so I’m game.

TVLINE | I was saying just the other day that the stunt work — and you probably can appreciate this, from your Terminator days — is pretty fantastic for a weekly series.
Yes! The very first time I watched the show, I turned to my sister and said, “They do amazing stunt work on this show.” It looks so good. Plus, there’s great storytelling, and the show is funny, too. So, yeah, I’m having a great time.

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- David Ramsey sobre Diggle vs. Deadshot, una unión de equipo más fuerte y grandes revelaciones (THR):

David Ramsey sobre Diggle vs. Deadshot, una unión de equipo más fuerte y grandes revelaciones
Por Philiana Ng 7:00 AM PST 13/11/2013

Oliver Queen's right-hand man John Diggle faces his past on Arrow when he learns that his ex-wife, Lyla Michaels (a high-ranking ARGUS agent), has been captured in Russia while on a quest to find Deadshot.

Naturally, Diggle recruits Team Arrow (Felicity and Oliver) to help in his dangerous mission, bringing them outside the borders of Starling City to Russia. To say things get complicated is an understatement, with Oliver's Queen Consolidated partner Isabel Rochev on Team Arrow's heels.

In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, David Ramsey previews Wednesday's Diggle-centric hour, the freedom of doing away with the List and surprising revelations.

Compared to the first season, Arrow this year has ramped up the action and evolved the relationships a lot more -- and viewers and critics have praised the show for its growth. Have you felt a difference going through the episodes this year?

I can tell the difference. It's been a common note from the actors who have been interviewed, and everyone has commented on how it's really ramped up. A big part of it was -- I don't want to call it growing pains -- but it really was tough the first season out; there was a lot of pressure for the writers and the producers to get the tone. The tone was probably one of the most important things -- and I'm speaking a little bit for the producers -- but it really is important for the actors too because we want to get the right tone. Also, this year is the establishing of the hero and that's always a little more fun. We have incredible enemies coming and last year was the bad guy of the week, the List and the vigilante crossing off names from the List. It really wasn't about the hero. Now the universe has expanded and it's more enemies, more bad guys, more danger. It's not just concentrated on a List and now that we've expanded outside of the List, the Arrow universe is really opened up. Taking the List out has really taken the reins off the writers.

This season has seen several great new characters, such as Black Canary, as well as a featured stable of villains. Has there been a favorite for you to go up against?

We just had another fight between John Diggle and China White, that's always fun! Michael Jai White is not only a personal friend, but he played an incredible character as Bronze Tiger.


Let's talk about this week's episode. What can we expect to see?

This episode is going to be huge. It's From Russia With Love, so to speak. (Laughs.) Not only on a personal note do I get a lot to do, but also Team Arrow bonds in a way that you haven't seen them bond yet. I think that's one of the strongest points on the show is the Arrow, Felicity and Diggle trio and the bromance between Oliver and Diggle. That's what excites me about the show. You'll see them unite in a way you haven't seen before.

We haven't seen the team move out of Starling City like this. What was it like to have Team Arrow operate in another country?

It's the first time we really got to leave Starling City so it was cool for me that I was doing a storyline that was the first of something. I haven't seen all of it but I've seen parts of it but I can't overemphasize how incredible the look of the show is. It looks like we're in Russia. (Laughs.) And I've been to Russia! Was it exciting?

Does the fact that they're out of Starling City change the dynamic between Oliver and Diggle?

I think what's interesting about this particular storyline is that the parameters of being in Russia creates a drama by itself. You're not in Starling City, you're not even in the States anymore, so that creates some stress. How they remain loyal and connected to each other through this trial that they face in Russia is part of what I'm talking about when I say that Team Arrow bonds in a way we haven't seen them bond before. I think the change in locale helps the story in terms of the friendships and the relationships within the team.

How does someone like Isabel, who's in Oliver's corner because of Queen Consolidated, affect the trio?

Isabel is obviously a thorn in Oliver Queen and Queen Consolidated's side, and their relationship is a thorn in Team Arrow's side. Without giving away too much of the story, interestingly enough, through this story you not only see Team Arrow bond, but you also see Isabel reveal something about herself. There will be some reveals in this episode. It's not Malcolm Merlyn huge, but it's huge. It's big enough.

How successful will Diggle be in his quest to topple Deadshot and rescue Lyla, which prompts him to go to Russia in the first place?

You'll find out more about Diggle in this episode, probably more than you found out previously. The build-up with his vendetta with Deadshot will be paying off in a very interesting way. I think people will be happy with what happens in the end of Diggle and Deadshot. It is an exciting reveal.

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- Summer Glau sobre el encanto de Ollie, Isabel pateando traseros y más (TVFanatic):

Summer Glau sobre el encanto de Ollie, Isabel pateando traseros y más
Por Jim Halterman 12 Nov, 2013 9:15 am.

TV Fanatic: I hear we have a good episode coming up with Isabel getting more in the mix with things.

Summer Glau: She is! She’s been trying to reign Oliver in and assert her dominance in the company and he’s scheduled a secret trip to Russia, which he’s decided to leave out the itinerary from the company. Isabel shows up and has her furs and is ready to accompany him.

TVF: Isabel is definitely dressed well, I’ve noticed. Do you like the clothes that they’re having you wear on the show?

SG: I do, I do! It’s very different for me. I’m not used to being the one to be dressed in couture and jewels but Isabel is a powerful business woman so the look is key in expressing who she is. Emily and I had a fun time dressing up for Russia, for sure.

TVF: Speaking of looks, Isabel doesn’t really smile much or laugh. Do we get to see more of her personality in this episode?

SG: I’m glad you asked me that. That’s my favorite part of this episode because you get to get a chance to open up and the audience is going to see another dimension of who Isabel is. There’s more there, for sure.

TVF: Are we going to find out more about why she’s so driven in her running of Queen Consolidated?

SG: This one is a really interesting episode between [Isabel] and Oliver. Their growing respect for each other and trying to understand each other’s motivations within the company. In the last episode that I’ve [filmed], they’re starting to hint at her deeper motivations and why she’s so intent on Queen Consolidated and why it means so much to her but it’s just the beginning.

TVF: How does she interact with Felicity in this week’s episode because Felicity is a very different kind of woman than Isabel? Is there a rivalry there?

SG: I definitely have a lot of fun with it as Summer working with Emily. We have a great time together. But I think Isabel is somewhat suspicious of Felicity because throughout Oliver’s behavior, Felicity always seems to be there and Felicity has Oliver’s ear and she has Oliver’s back and I think Isabel wants to get in the middle of that and break it up. She doesn’t like feeling like she’s being left out. She doesn’t know what’s going on and I have a lot of fun playing the comedic side of that story.

TVF: Your fans are used to seeing you kick butt in your roles, which you haven’t done much with Isabel. Does she have some skills that we have yet to see?

SG: I feel pretty confident that she does. Like I’ve said before, it seems like everyone in Starling City ends up throwing down at one time or another whether they plan to or not; it’s just that kind of story. I feel fairly confident that Isabel is more than meets the eye and she can definitely get in on the action.

TVF: Do you personally like having roles like this where you might not know where they’re going or do you like to know everything?

SG: I like to build on any information that I get but one of the things that I love so much about doing television is that you can build a very complex character over time. You never know in the beginning everything about the character. The writer’s room is very fluid and they make twists and turns based on how the story is building, what turns out to be interesting, where the sparks fly so it’s kind of like being on a ride as an actress. You sign up, you show up and you work with what you have and that’s part of the fun.

TVF: Either in this week’s episode or others, who else are you interacting with besides Oliver and Felicity? Anyone else you’re interacting with that you can talk about?

SG: I do! I do but I can’t tell you. I have some very fun scenes with one of the other characters that I just finished shooting and I’m really excited to continue the interaction. It’s a fun plot twist but I can’t tell you!

TVF: Have you tried Stephen’s salmon ladder at all? I was on set so I know it’s down there in the lair.

SG: I haven’t. You have?!

TVF: I was able to do maybe one pull up and that was it!

SG: [laughs] That’s killer!

TVF: What are you hearing from fans since you started appearing on the show?

SG: I don’t go on because I’m afraid that all the loyal fans of Felicity are just going to be ready to attack Isabel in the street.

TVF: I think there’s enough of Oliver Queen to go around for more than one lady!

SG: [laughs] Oh, I definitely think so, yeah!

TVF: Along those lines, does Isabel fall under Oliver’s charms a little bit?

SG: Knowing Oliver, I’m sure that Isabel will not be immune to his charms completely but we’ll see. Right now they’re really testing each other’s boundaries! It’s been fun.

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- David Ramsey sobre el futuro de Diggle con Deadshot y el romance (Zap2it):

David Ramsey sobre el futuro de Diggle con Deadshot y el romance
Por Laurel Brown 13 Noviembre, 2013 11:58 AM ET

What is coming between Diggle and Deadshot?

David Ramsey: You're going to see Diggle in ways you haven't seen him. The large build-up that we've seen between Diggle and Deadshot -- the vendetta, Diggle's vendetta -- I think will finally get a payoff. And I think I'm happy to say it will get a payoff that it deserves. Ultimately, people are going to be happy with how he handles Deadshot.

How does confronting Deadshot affect Diggle?

David Ramsey: For Diggle, Diggle's always trying to be the voice of reason, the moral center, the conscience in Arrow's quest to become -- the vigilante's quest to become Arrow. In Oliver's balancing act to become Arrow, he's always trying to be the moral center. But when it comes to Deadshot, all that stuff is kind of going out the window for Diggle. He compromises that 'Maybe we shouldn't kill. Maybe we should revisit how we serve justice' thing. He just wants to kill Deadshot. So we're going to see how that plays out in this episode. I think they do it justice.

What's going on with Diggle in Season 2?

David Ramsey: I think, ultimately, we have to give a payout with Diggle as to why he's really here. And I think we'll see that this season. Ultimately, there's something in Diggle that's keeping him here, and I think we'll see that revealed. The brother he couldn't save, Andy, who he lost. Perhaps Oliver is that Andy? I think there's something holding him there besides his sense of duty. Which is an incredible, compelling force in his life. It always has been. That's why he's been special ops, that's why he's been military, his sense of duty. Helping others has always been a big part of who he was.

But I think there's something bigger than that with his relationship with Oliver. I think this season's arc is to review that and if that strengthens the bond. And some of those things that I think, from that relationship, will ease the tension between the two men. I think ultimately both these men have large problems in forming attachments and forming bonds, and I think that they learn how to do that by forming a tighter bond with each other. That ultimately helps them become partners. Even though they're pseudo-partners, they're still at odds in philosophy. And I think ultimately the arc for Diggle is to become at-one with Oliver's philosophy -- and Oliver at-one with Diggle's philosophy. Ultimately. He's still staying what he is, in terms of the mentor, in terms of the help. But in terms of the bond, it's how they relate to each other. That's a big, important part of the arc.

How do you see Diggle's relationship with Felicity?

David Ramsey: The relationship that he has with Felicity -- from his perspective, I think he respects her talent and the IT-supreme, the whiz kid that can crack into any code on the planet. He respects that from kind of a reconnaissance point of view.

Diggle doesn't stray too much from being a protector. I think that's what he innately is. Felicity falls right underneath that umbrella of someone he protects. I think you'll see him train her more -- at least I hope you see that. I think, from his position, she's kind of a liability in the field, and I think that Diggle feels she needs more training, so I hope we see more of that. Again, I just think that she falls under that umbrella of someone he does and always will protect.

Is there any sort of romance coming for Diggle in the upcoming episodes?

David Ramsey: You'll see it tomorrow night in a very real way what he feels romantically -- and what's in the future for him, romantically.

Other than the romance thing, what else do you want to see for Diggle in Season 2?

David Ramsey: I love to see Diggle in action. I love when I read the script and I see Diggle is the sniper on the roof, having Oliver's back. That he's in the field. I think that's where Diggle ... Diggle's a soldier. He's infantry. He's recon. I think that's where he sort of is naturally. He does some research and then he goes to the field. I think that's where he kind of wants to be. I just want to see Diggle in the field more. I mean, in the field, on the roof -- more action for Diggle.

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- David Ramsey sobre el gran episodio de esta noche para Diggle (greenarrowtv):

David Ramsey sobre el gran episodio de esta noche para Diggle
Por Craig Byrne 13 Noviembre, 2013

GREENARROWTV’s CRAIG BYRNE: Congratulations on your big episode this week.

DAVID RAMSEY: I’m excited about it. I haven’t seen it yet, so I’m sitting, biting my nails like you guys.

In the episode trailer, Diggle mentions an ex-wife. Can you tease anything about that?

Yes. He does mention an ex-wife, and you will have the answer for that tonight. A lot of those answers, in terms of his past and why he’s compelled to do what he’s doing, are answered tonight.

Home InvasionThis might have a connection to the previous question: What is Diggle’s relationship like with Lyla Michaels?

We know he had a relationship with Lyla Michaels in the past, and it was intimate, and she is very, very important to him. If you can make a connection right now, I’ll leave it to you, but I will say that in the past, he has been very, very intimate with Lyla Michaels, and he still has strong feelings for her.

What kind of relationship does Diggle have with the A.R.G.U.S. organization at this point?

At this point, he knows exactly who A.R.G.U.S. is.

A.R.G.U.S. has kind of served as S.H.I.E.L.D. does in the Marvel Universe; the know-all, see-all, and that’s kind of where we see that tonight. A.R.G.U.S. is the eye in the sky. As a person who has been deep in recon and deep in special ops, he has had some run-ins with A.R.G.U.S.. But up until tonight, it’s always been pretty positive. But A.R.G.U.S. will intrude in a major way in Diggle’s life, tonight.

There have been a lot of times this season where Diggle has been seen backing up the Arrow in very public places. Won’t anybody recognize that Oliver Queen’s driver is hanging around? Is there any chance he might be getting a mask or a code name at some point?

We do go to some lengths to protect that, but you’re right. There is some risk to that. There is some risk to Diggle in the Oliver Queen situation. We try to be careful with it, but we’re not blind to the fact that people are watching. If you guys see it, people in the Arrow universe see it.

Last week, a new issue of the Green Arrow comic book came out which had the first comic book appearances of John Diggle and Moira Queen. What was it like to see that?

I’ve talked about this with other folks when this first happened: It felt like it wasn’t even real. To know that you are a part of the reason why something now became “forever” in another long-form, now in comic books… to build a character where the reason why it happened had a great deal to do with what was written and how it was performed, is just incredibly flattering. I’m incredibly grateful for it. But it also speaks to the fans. It was really because of the fans. I take the words and I do what I do with them, but it really has resonated with the fans, and I couldn’t have ever said the words, were they not written. So I’m really lucky, more than anything else, to just be a part of it.

Keep Your Enemies CloserIf Deadshot ends up being taken care of at some point, could Diggle finally have a chance to reconnect with Carly?

That’s a good question. What does that do? Because Diggle did say in one of the previous episodes that he couldn’t reconcile his hatred for Deadshot and his love for Carly. That’s a very big part of why he broke up with her, and why he’s still on a bloodthirst for Deadshot. So would that mean, by process of elimination, he could now go back to his relationship with Carly? I don’t know. I think ultimately that’s a very large part, and probably at the front part of why he can’t be with Carly, but I think the reason why he can’t be with Carly even goes deeper than that. It obviously has to do with the loss of his brother as well.

The fact is that he’s still grieving his brother, as is Carly… so I think even though he only revealed that part, I think what we saw in that episode was that he revealed this part of himself, but like Oliver, and like he does tonight, there are parts of Diggle that he holds secret as well. There are a lot of secrets between these men. I think that that’s part of what’s great about this episode, and this arc, this season, is that piece by piece is revealed about each of these men that makes this “bromance” between these two guys unlike any other relationship that Oliver Queen has on the show.

Keep Your Enemies CloserCan you talk about the interaction between Diggle and Floyd Lawton (Deadshot) on tonight’s episode?

I’ll tell you this: You will see Floyd Lawton in Russia, and there will be a problem.

One of the best moments for Diggle last season was finally getting to see his apartment. Are we ever going to revisit that?

Actors always get excited when we walk into a set and we see “oh, there’s an apartment for me, or there’s a house for me,” because you know it took money to build that. And once they make the investment to build an apartment or a large space, they usually re-use it. So, you always get excited once you already have a big space for yourself. Hopefully we will be revisiting Diggle’s charming little space in the Glades.

On December 4 and 11, the character of Barry Allen (The Flash) will be coming on to the show. What kind of interaction will Diggle have with him?

Diggle meets everyone that comes into Oliver’s life with some amount of skepticism. He’s not necessarily a curmudgeon about it, but he’s always doing research. He’s always doing reconnaissance. He’s always doing background checks. Because there is something invested here that he has to protect. At his heart, he’s a protector. So I think that when he’s first met with Barry, I think Barry is met by Diggle with some amount of skepticism. But, it’s a skepticism that Diggle meets everyone with.

We play on that in those two episodes. That’s a big part of the storyline — what Diggle does with how he feels about Barry Allen; the big reveal.

Keep Your Enemies CloserIn your opinion, why should people tune in tonight?

This is the first time that we leave locales [beyond the island]. We leave Starling City for the first time. I think production value-wise, that adds something to the show that we haven’t seen before. We actually see another location, and we have a storyline within that location. The production value is one reason.

The other reason, is that I think Team Arrow bonds in a way we haven’t seen them bond before. We find out more about these two men and this team that we haven’t seen. We find out some things about Isabel Rochev that we had not known. So I think there are some reveals in this, in terms of the relationships: They aren’t “who is Black Canary” reveals or “who is the Dark Archer” reveals, but they are ways in which we get the inner workings of the relationships, and we get to see these three bond in ways we haven’t seen before.

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- Summer Glau se vuelve corporativa en "Arrow" (CBR.com):

Summer Glau se vuelve corporativa en "Arrow"
Por Kiel Phegley, 13 de Noviembre 2013

CBR News: Isabel Rochev seems like a fun part to play, and it's certainly a fun name to say.

Summer Glau: It is, absolutely. [Laughs] Every character on the show has a name where you just go, "That is a comic book character." I love it.

You've played a lot of roles over the years that are either physical ass kicker, or on the opposite end, a more quiet and reserved type. This is different, as Isabel is more of an ass kicker in her personality. She's aggressive in the boardroom. Did you feel that was a bit against type for you?

It's funny -- my parents actually loved this show, and they had just told me, "You should check out 'Arrow.'" Not a week later, I got an e-mail offering me an arc on "Arrow!" I read the character, and I said to my manager, "This is such a different role for me. I'm surprised that they'd think of me for this kind of role." I thought, on a show like "Arrow," they'd want me to be more of an action heroine. So I went up there, and everything went by really fast -- the first day of shooting and getting my scripts and everything – so I hadn't even really had a chance to learn that my character was in the comic books. Once I got on the set, Andrew [Kreisberg] came up to me and said, "Have you had a chance to look up the comic book?" When I looked at my character -- I could not believe how cool Isabel is. It's very interesting, the way that we've started out telling her story. We've started in the boardroom, with her as a powerful business woman, and it's been me working as an actress to convey that power and strength only through my demeanor and my words. It's different for me, but I'm loving it.

These kinds of Gordon Gecko-esque corporate raider roles are rarely cast as women. Do you think part of the fun for you is that you're playing a rarity for TV in general?

Absolutely. And I think Oliver needs it, too. [Laughs] He's had so many women in his life and a lot of different relationship challenges, I think he needs a woman who's different. She's pushing him to put more energy into the business. She's forcing him to show up and make more decisions as the head of the company. I have really enjoyed that part of it in my work and my acting -- being able to hold my own against him and force him to stand up to her. The sparring and the power struggle is great.

This week's episode is a bit of a departure for Isabel, because for the first time, they're plucking your character out of the boardroom and putting her out in the field with Oliver and his team. What's her overall role in this story?

At this point, she's really trying to assert her place in the company. Then, Oliver plans this trip to another country, but he's trying to get away with it without telling her. She shows up at the last minute and says, "Did you think that I wasn't going to find out?" She goes along with them to find out what's going on, but I think also she's getting very, very curious about Felicity. That character is always at Oliver's side and has his ear and has his back. I think Isabel is trying to see if she can wedge herself in the middle of that a little bit. I don't think she likes feeling like she's left out of the secret, and we'll see her pushing more and more into that relationship. She'll assert her dominance. I love all my scenes with Emily. They're a lot of fun, and it's great comedy.

You've played a lot of roles where you're a fixture of the series from the get-go, or at least over a long period of time. Is it different for you to come in with a cast as established as this tryptic of "Arrow" leads and play off of them?

They're a super easy group to work with. They're so nice and fun to be with. But it is different from being a regular because there's a specific rhythm they have. That's the thing about working in TV and being with the same crew and the same cast for a long time. There is that rhythm, and when you recur, you want to be able to step right in and flow with them. It's something I enjoy, and I have done it before. I've recurred long term on other shows. I'm learning with "Arrow" that I really enjoy working with this cast. They're very fun and hard working, so I'm proud to be a part of that team.

Over your career, you've returned to science fiction and action shows again and again. What's the continued attraction there? You mention your parents watching "Arrow." Did they raise you on sci-fi?

[Laughs] In some ways, yes. My mom used to read a lot of science fiction to my sister and I when we were growing up, and I think it really helped shape my creativity. I enjoy these larger than life stories. But another thing I get from this world is the characters that are available for women in genre. I feel like they're really great roles. I look back on what I've been able to do as an actress, and I really, really enjoyed being each one of these girls. Isabel, in her own way, is very powerful. That feels good as an actress. It's not necessarily that I always want to do science fiction or fantasy -- I always follow my heart on the material and the character.

What are Isabel's long terms prospects for the show? It seems like this episode is set to change some things about her relationship with Oliver's team. How does that leave you for playing the part across the rest of Season 2?

Well, in the next episode the character appears in, there's going to be a big plot twist. What you've seen so far is just the tip of the iceberg.

I had a wonderful time in this last episode. I really like where they're taking it. They're still working on things in the writer's room and deciding exactly what they're going to do, but I think the audience is going to like the twist in Isabel's plot. Andrew won't tell me much more! [Laughs] But it's going to be a lot of fun.

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- Estrella de 'Arrow' Abre el armario de los esqueletos de Diggle (etonline.com):

Estrella de 'Arrow' Abre el armario de los esqueletos de Diggle
Por JARETT WIESELMAN 13 de Noviembre, 2013

ETonline: Stephen Amell Tweeted that you steal the show in tonight's episode.
David Ramsey: Oh boy, thanks Stephen! Live up to that [laughs].

ETonline: Well, it makes sense given the return of Deadshot? What was your first reaction to finding out Diggle would finally get this long-awaited showdown?
Ramsey: About time! Finally! We worked very hard on building the angst and we finally get a payoff. I think the writers really did it justice; they plotted it in such a way you saw who John Diggle was. I'm also excited that in tonight's episode, we change locales. It's the first time we go to a new city and production-wise, I think that's good for the show. Any time you can keep the heart and the tone of the show while completely changing the look, it credits the strong writing.

ETonline: What excites you about the team going to "Russia?"
Ramsey: Right, Russia ... a.k.a Vancouver [laughs]. First of all, like every script we look at, our jaws dropped with this one, but we were doubly excited to go to Russia -- and how the team gets to Russia is exciting. When you leave Starling City there are certain things that get compromised. For example, how does Oliver Queen become Arrow there? How does he not reveal who he is there while helping with the overall mission? If he's caught in Russia, of all places, what happens? All these ideas made us salivate. This is a real risk for the team and the audience will feel that. But the team comes out of this trip in a whole new place, you see the bond between these three really strengthen. The team and the bromance between Oliver and Diggle are two of the strongest elements of the whole series, I think, and there's great moments for both tonight.

ETonline: And how much comedy does the show mine from having Isabel insist on joining this "business trip?"
Ramsey: The comedy is so built in, they don't need to write a joke-per-page. She's a thorn in Team Arrow's side and her being in Russia totally complicates things for Oliver and Diggle, who have become single-minded about the mission. Isabel completely throws that on its head.

ETonline: What does the re-introduction of Deadshot mean for Diggle?
Ramsey: They're going to get the backstory of Diggle, which is what some fans have been waiting for. Diggle reveals that Oliver's not the only one with secrets and I think that ultimately helps the story arc of both characters. Both of these men have tremendous problems forming attachments, and through their relationship with one another, they reveal themselves, piece by piece, to one another. It looks like Diggle is an open book, but we find things out about him that we did not know before.

ETonline: I know this is more of a writers question, but have there been discussions about showing flashbacks for other characters?
Ramsey: We've talked, at great lengths, about the idea of going to Afghanistan and seeing Diggle’s relationship with A.R.G.U.S.; how he's tied into it and what he knows about it. All that stuff has been thrown across the table. And you're right, it is more of a writers question, but I can tell you, as an actor, we have had some of those discussion. Obviously, we're planning for a long haul with this series, knock on wood, so if the show goes nearly as long as we hope, I would say that Afghanistan and other parts of all the characters' past are on the table.

ETonline: As the show grows, so does Team Arrow. What's your feeling about how big that group could and should get?
Ramsey: As an actor, the larger the team gets, the more you wonder "Who is going to die?" [laughs] It reminds me of when I was on Dexter, always reading the last page of every script and wondering, "Is this my day to die?" I think every actor on this show, except for Stephen, has that in the back of their mind. But I think Diggle resonates with the audience at large, and that's why the fans demanded he become a comic book character. He's the guy that went to school, got educated, wanted to be a soldier and went into he army; this is an accessible character. You can become Diggle. You can be honorable. Whereas, this burden was thrust upon Oliver. He was compelled to become Arrow because of circumstances, so, in that sense, it's harder to reach him. He has an obstacle to overcome in order to become accessible to the audience. But to Stephen and the writers great credit, he has become accessible -- but Diggle had that built in. He's like Little John in the Robin Hood lore. He has an automatic accessibility to us because we can identify with wanting to be a protector and wanting to be honorable by being a good person. That's what John Diggle has and what he brings to the team, which is invaluable -- and one I can only hope, as the team gets bigger, we don't lose.

ETonline: Looking ahead, what are you excited for the audience to see?
Ramsey: A lot of things. First, the action. We're an action show and I don't feel we get enough credit for being the best action show on TV. The production value of the fight scenes are incredible. Then, the larger answer to that is the formation of the hero. The Vigilante becoming Arrow becoming Green Arrow is the overall arc of the season, and, ultimately, the show. I'm excited to be a part of that because how we facilitate that growth for the hero is a compelling story. On a more selfish note, I love Diggle in the field, I love action for Diggle, so the fact tonight is a big action story for him is great because he's a soldier who likes doing recon in the field. I hope to see more of that. I also hope to see more of their bromance. I think that's one of the strongest parts of the show, so any time Oliver and Diggle get to bond, I have a little soft tear coming out of my eye. It's a manly tear, but a tear nonetheless.

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- Paul Blackthorne sobre la Season 2 de Arrow (assignmentx.com):

Paul Blackthorne sobre la Season 2 de Arrow
Por By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 13 de Noviembre, 2013 / 07:10 PM

On ARROW, now in its second season Wednesday nights at 8 PM on the CW, Stephen Amell stars as the character first seen in D.C. Comics as the Green Arrow. To the world, Oliver Queen is the wealthy heir to the family fortune, returned to claim his birthright after spending years supposedly lost at sea (actually, going through hard times and a warrior’s education on an island). To those in the know, Oliver is really a vigilante, cleaning up big-time corruption and peculiar evildoers.

Oliver is still in love with Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy), whose father is law officer Quentin Lance, played by Paul Blackthorne. In the first season of ARROW, Lance was the police captain of Starling City, hunting the Arrow with a vengeance. Now Lance has switched sides and gotten himself demoted to a beat cop in the process.

Blackthorne still has a fan following from his season as Harry Dresden on Syfy’s THE DRESDEN FILES. The actor, originally from Shropshire, England, has also had series regular roles on HOLBY CITY, PRESIDIO MED, BIG SHOTS, THE LIPSTICK JUNGLE, THE GATES and THE RIVER, was a seasonal villain in 24’s third year and co-starred in the Indian film LAGAAN: ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA. With his producing/writing partner Mister Bisquali, Blackthorne also made the feature documentary THIS AMERICAN JOURNEY, which Blackthorne also directed. The film was released theatrically last month and is now available on Amazon.

At a party thrown by CBS, the CW and Showtime for the Television Critics Association, Blackthorne takes time to discuss how things are going for Officer Lance.

ASSIGNMENT X: Were you confident last year that ARROW would get a pickup for Season 2?

PAUL BLACKTHORNE: It did seem to be doing quite well, didn’t it? It was going along nicely and putting bums on seats. They like shows that put bums on seats.

AX: You’ve been on a number of series over the last couple of years that have been on for one season …

BLACKTHORNE: Yeah, I’ve had my share. THE RIVER was before this, and THE GATES was before that. LIPSTICK JUNGLE got a couple of seasons, short ones. It’s nice to get on a show that’s rolling along nicely.

AX: When you were first cast as Quentin Lance, did you do any research in order to play a police captain?

BLACKTHORNE: Yeah, I do research for any character that I play. I do a lot of research – just the path they would take in their lives to get to that, to be a police officer, what that entails. So I do that reading research, and then I just sort of go walking around muttering to myself in dark cities at night, pretending to be in that situation. It’s a bit odd, really.

AX: You’ve played an American in quite a few projects now, although your off-screen speaking voice is British. Is it easier to do a U.S. accent after playing so many American roles?

BLACKTHORNE: Yeah, it just simply comes along now.

AX: Without getting too spoilery, can you talk about whether, and if so how, Lance is changing in Season 2?

BLACKTHORNE: Yeah, definitely. Because he’s got a whole new perspective on everything now. With that darn earthquake that occurred, it changed things around. And of course, he’s stepped outside of the law and really is a little more interested in justice, and justice outside the system of the law, which is why he did what he did in the [first] season finale, which leaves him in a place this season which is a whole lot different than it was last season. So he’s got a whole new perspective on doing the right thing now.

AX: So he may be more tolerant of Arrow now?

BLACKTHORNE: I don’t think they’ll be going out for dinner with each other, but he may be a little more receptive to him going forward. Perhaps they’ll be like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid or the Odd Couple. You never know.

AX: Are you looking forward to Lance mellowing on some fronts? Was it hard to play so much of first season angry?

BLACKTHORNE: Well, the thing is, he’s actually in a much better place within himself, much more so than he was any time last year. Because he knows, although he’s been demoted, although some seemingly bad things have occurred in his life – he’s been demoted, humiliated – but he knows he did it all for the right reasons. Within him, he’s actually in a much better place. And he’s away from all the politics and the nonsense, and he feels more comfortable with his life at the moment, in the ruins of everything else that’s going on.

AX: Are you finding the ARROW fandom different than the fandom for DRESDEN FILES?

BLACKTHORNE: I haven’t really differentiated anything. It’s usually the same thing of people coming up and going, “I saw you in this, I saw you in that, I liked you in this, I liked you in that,” whether it be one show or another. And this show’s been popular, so there’s certainly people [who do that]. I think it’s pretty much the same. Maybe it’s a little bit different, maybe they’re a little more enthusiastic. They do like that world, don’t they, that comic book world.

AX: Has this gotten you into reading any of the comic books?

BLACKTHORNE: No.

AX: Do you have any other projects going on that we should know about?

BLACKTHORNE: Well, my documentary film that I spent the last year making [was released in October]. We’ve been working on it for four years. It’s called THIS AMERICAN JOURNEY and I drove across America and interviewed people as to how they felt about the state of America these days, and the American people are fabulous.

AX: Is there anything else you’d like to say about ARROW right now?

BLACKTHORNE: The second season – it’s all turned around. Everybody’s seeing each other from a different place and they’re really trying to pick up the pieces and this whole new dynamic is very, very interesting. Everybody’s in a weird and wonderful place.

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- Arrow - "Blood Rush" Episode 1 (Web Series):

- Arrow - "Blood Rush" Episode 2 (Web Series):

- Stephen Amell y Emily Beckett hablan sobre el 2.06 "Keep your enemies closer" en facebook:

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- HQ Stills 2.07 "State vs Queen":





- Arrow 2.07 Promo "State v. Queen" (HD):

- Arrow 2.07 Extended Promo "State v. Queen" (HD):

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- Arrow, Descripción oficial del 2.8 “The Scientist”:

2.8 “The Scientist” (04 Diciembre): BARRY ALLEN LLEGA A STARLING CITY — Un robo que parece imposible en la División de Ciencias Aplicadas de Queen Consolidated trae al científico de la policía de Central City Barry Allen (la estrella invitada Grant Gustin) a la ciudad. Citando un caso similar en su ciudad, Barry se ofrece a ayudar a Oliver (Stephen Amell) y su equipo en la investigación. Oliver siente que hay más en Barry de lo que parece a simple vista, pero está distraído por las similitudes entre este caso actual y algo que pasó en la isla. Mientras tanto, a Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) empieza a gustarle Barry, lo que no pasa desapercibido para Oliver. Sin (la estrella invitada Bex Taylor-Klaus) le pide a Roy (Colton Haynes) ayuda cuando un amigo suyo desaparece. Roy se ve sorprendido cuando Thea (Willa Holland) no sólo le anima a ayudar, sino que se une en la búsqueda. Desafortunadamente, el amigo de Sin está conectado con Brother Blood (la estrella invitada Kevin Alejandro), y su búsqueda al final hace que uno de ellos se vea seriamente herido. Michael Schultz sirige el episodio con una historia de Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kresiberg y guión de Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns (#208).

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Añadidos los enlaces y rátings del 2.06 "Keep your enemies closer". Podéis encontrarlos AQUÍ

[Shelby]

- ¿Nightwing en la S2 de Arrow?:

Mucho se ha especulado sobre la posible aparición de más mitología de Batman en el drama de la CW "Arrow".

También se rumorea que el ayudante de Batman, Dick Grayson, puede hacer una aparición en la secuela de Zack Snyder "Batman Vs Superman".

Pero lo que ha levantado aún más las sospechas de que esto sea más que un deseo de los fans en la segunda temporada de la serie de la CW es un twitter del actor Steven R McQueen (The Vampire Diaries), en el que ha escrito lo siguiente, acompañado por una foto en la que se le ve entrenando con una camiseta que tiene el logo de la versión animada de Nightwing:

“Had some superhero conversations with the executives this weekend @ARROWwriters.”
(Tuve algunas conversaciones de superhéroes con los ejecutivos este fin de semana @ARROWwriters)

Las alarmas se han encendido aún más entre los fans al mencionarse H.I.V.E. en el capítulo de esta semana.

¿Qué decís? ¿Emocionados con la posibilidad? ¿Y os gusta la elección de McQueen, en el caso de confirmarse la noticia?

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- Nicholas Lea, estrella invitada en la S2 de "Arrow" (TVLine):

TVLine ha sabido que el actor Nicholas Lea (que muchos recordarán por su personaje de Krycek en la serie de culto X-Files) jugará un importante papel que cambiará la vida de un miembro de la familia Queen.

El actor aparecerá como estrella invitada en los episodios 12 y 13 como Mark Francis, un socio cercano de Walter Steele. Francis tandrá un papel crucial el el sorprendente giro que la vida de Moira tomará tras su juicio por asesinato.

http://tvline.com/2013/11/15/arrow-seas ... associate/

- El equipo de "Arrow" le da las gracias a "BatKid" por su ayuda en la campaña benéfica de la organización "Make a Wish":

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- Arrow 2.07 "State v. Queen" Clip:

- Arrow - State v. Queen Producer's Preview:

- La serie "THE FLASH" de la CW va a conseguir su propio piloto en lugar de aparecer en los últimos episodios de la S2 de "Arrow":

Como ya informamos anteriormente, los episodios finales de la S2 de "Arrow" iban a servir como piloto de la futura serie de "The Flash" que la CW está desarrollando y que entraría en emisión la próxima temporada.

Barry Allen va a seguir apareciendo en los episodios 8 y 9 de Arrow (que está previsto que se emitan el 4 y 11 de Diciembre, respectivamente y que sirven como historia de origen), pero Grant Gustin, el actor que interpreta al que luego se convertirá en "The Flash" no aparecerá posteriormente en el capítulo 20 (centrado en él y dirigido por David Nutter) y que serviría de piloto de la futura serie al final de la temporada.

En su lugar, se ha decidido que The Flash tenga su propio piloto al igual que todas las series.

El equipo creativo del nuevo piloto quedaría igual, con los co-creadores de Arrow Greg Berlanti y Andrew Kreisberg y el guionista de la serie Geoff Johns escribiendo el piloto y Nutter dirigiendo. Berlanti, Kreisberg y Nutter son también productores ejecutivos con Melissa Kellner Berman.

Al parecer, la decisión ha sido vista como un signo positivo de que "The Flash" vaya a conseguir que la CW ordene una temporada completa. Según informan, fue tomada después de que los jefes de la CW vieran cortes de los episodios 8 y 9 y fueran muy bien recibidos.

El grabar un piloto tradicional podría permitirle a los creadores el recrear mejor la historia del superhéroe y su mundo con un mayor presupuesto, ya que éstos son mayores que los de un simple episodio. "The Flash" seguirá teniendo vínculos con el universo de "Arrow" puesto que el personaje de Barry Allen será introducido en la serie en primer lugar.

No queda claro si en el episodio 20 de Arrow seguirá estando Flash o alguna referencia a él. Los productores de Arrow comentarán sus ideas para el episodio la próxima semana. En Arrow, Barry Allen (Gustin) es un asistente de la policía forense de Central City que llega a Starling para investigar sobre una serie de robos inexplicables que puede que tengan consexión con una tragedia de su pasado. Amante de los cómics, Barry está obsesionado con Arrow sin saber que el estar trabajando con Oliver y Felicity para resolver el crimen le ha llevado directamente dentro del peligroso mundo del vigilante.


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