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Stephen Amell adelanta el esto de la Season 2, el final, Oliver y Thea, y más
Por Sandrine Sahakians 13 de Enero, 2014
There is no doubt about it, Arrow‘s success is largely due to its charismatic and compelling lead, Stephen Amell. And while he does have quite an incredible supporting cast surrounding him, he brings it all together.
This season has already provided quite a few powerful episodes, and when the show returns on January 15th, we can expect much more excitement.
At a recent press tour, Amell talked about what’s coming up the rest of the season, the big season finale payoff, Oliver and Thea’s relationship, what he likes best about his character and more.
On what’s important for him in the growth of the show
“Just that the world gets bigger,” Amell said. “Some of our best episodes in our second season have been episodes where I wasn’t really the primary focus. Episode 6 was very much David Ramsey’s episode. Episode 8 is Grant Gustin’s episode as Barry Allen. Episode 11 is very much Katie Cassidy’s episode. Episode 13 is very much the Lance family. And I’m talking about episodes that we haven’t gotten to yet. But building the world is important because [...] one person cannot carry a show. We have a phenomenal supporting cast, and giving them more to do makes my life way better.”
On the payoff for this season
Amell explained that we would start seeing the endgame for the season in episode 14. He explained, “We don’t say a character’s name unless that character is going to factor in. We don’t hint at something unless we’re going to pay it off. So I know that at the end of episode 14, we end in a spot where we get our first glimpse on where we are going to end after 23 episodes. That’s what I’m most excited about because I want people to see it.”
On what’s coming up for the rest of the season
Amell teased, “What we are building towards in the second season is very much one giant group on one side and one giant group on the other side and just, “Toosh,” like that, coming head‑to‑head. So we are populating our world in the second season for a very specific reason, and I can’t wait to see the results.”
On what’s coming up for Oliver and Thea’s relationship
With Thea most likely finding out the truth about who her father is, her relationship with Oliver will most likely be affected.
Amell remarked, “I think that we would have to expect that sooner or later Thea will discover the truth, that sooner or later Oliver will discover the truth, because we’re not going to have John Barrowman lurking around our world and go an entire season without the two of them having a confrontation again. I would assume. I don’t actually know. But one of the things I do enjoy about the show is we drop these bombshells and then there’s stuff that the audience knows that the characters don’t know. And that’s always a very cool dynamic. So I hope, however it resolves or unspools itself, that it’s a great opportunity for Willa Holland because she’s ready. She’s ready for something like that.”
On what he likes best about the character of Arrow
“In terms of the comics, he’s always sort of referred to as the most liberal in the DC universe,” Amell explained. “And he was a person that fought for societal change and was always ahead of the curve that way. And he was into politics, for example. We’re starting to see little hints of that in the second season.”
He added, “And Oliver was not really the version of Arrow that people recognized from the comics. But that was on purpose. He is moving more towards that direction, and that’s the fascinating part, you know, as you start to be able to play off the canon of the character. Whether or not that means that I ever get a goatee, who knows? But God knows people ask me every week.”
On Arrow the movie
“We haven’t had any discussion about a movie version of “Arrow” or Arrow joining with the Batman‑Superman movie or a possible Justice League movie,” Amell stated when asked about the possibility of an Arrow movie. “All of our discussions center around finishing our second season, getting a third season.”
He also added, “When we’re making the show, we’re aiming very high with the show. And I have no designs on doing the TV version of Oliver Queen or the movie version of Oliver Queen. I’m trying to do “the” version of Oliver Queen, just like Caity Lotz is trying to do “the” version of Black Canary and Manu Bennett is trying to do “the” version of Deathstroke and Greg Gustin is trying to do “the” version of Barry Allen. Whether or not our world connects with theirs, it’s ‑‑ you know what? The better that the show does, the more momentum that it keeps building, the more that becomes a possibility. But who’s to say?”
http://www.tvequals.com/2014/01/13/arro ... -and-more/
Por Sandrine Sahakians 13 de Enero, 2014
There is no doubt about it, Arrow‘s success is largely due to its charismatic and compelling lead, Stephen Amell. And while he does have quite an incredible supporting cast surrounding him, he brings it all together.
This season has already provided quite a few powerful episodes, and when the show returns on January 15th, we can expect much more excitement.
At a recent press tour, Amell talked about what’s coming up the rest of the season, the big season finale payoff, Oliver and Thea’s relationship, what he likes best about his character and more.
On what’s important for him in the growth of the show
“Just that the world gets bigger,” Amell said. “Some of our best episodes in our second season have been episodes where I wasn’t really the primary focus. Episode 6 was very much David Ramsey’s episode. Episode 8 is Grant Gustin’s episode as Barry Allen. Episode 11 is very much Katie Cassidy’s episode. Episode 13 is very much the Lance family. And I’m talking about episodes that we haven’t gotten to yet. But building the world is important because [...] one person cannot carry a show. We have a phenomenal supporting cast, and giving them more to do makes my life way better.”
On the payoff for this season
Amell explained that we would start seeing the endgame for the season in episode 14. He explained, “We don’t say a character’s name unless that character is going to factor in. We don’t hint at something unless we’re going to pay it off. So I know that at the end of episode 14, we end in a spot where we get our first glimpse on where we are going to end after 23 episodes. That’s what I’m most excited about because I want people to see it.”
On what’s coming up for the rest of the season
Amell teased, “What we are building towards in the second season is very much one giant group on one side and one giant group on the other side and just, “Toosh,” like that, coming head‑to‑head. So we are populating our world in the second season for a very specific reason, and I can’t wait to see the results.”
On what’s coming up for Oliver and Thea’s relationship
With Thea most likely finding out the truth about who her father is, her relationship with Oliver will most likely be affected.
Amell remarked, “I think that we would have to expect that sooner or later Thea will discover the truth, that sooner or later Oliver will discover the truth, because we’re not going to have John Barrowman lurking around our world and go an entire season without the two of them having a confrontation again. I would assume. I don’t actually know. But one of the things I do enjoy about the show is we drop these bombshells and then there’s stuff that the audience knows that the characters don’t know. And that’s always a very cool dynamic. So I hope, however it resolves or unspools itself, that it’s a great opportunity for Willa Holland because she’s ready. She’s ready for something like that.”
On what he likes best about the character of Arrow
“In terms of the comics, he’s always sort of referred to as the most liberal in the DC universe,” Amell explained. “And he was a person that fought for societal change and was always ahead of the curve that way. And he was into politics, for example. We’re starting to see little hints of that in the second season.”
He added, “And Oliver was not really the version of Arrow that people recognized from the comics. But that was on purpose. He is moving more towards that direction, and that’s the fascinating part, you know, as you start to be able to play off the canon of the character. Whether or not that means that I ever get a goatee, who knows? But God knows people ask me every week.”
On Arrow the movie
“We haven’t had any discussion about a movie version of “Arrow” or Arrow joining with the Batman‑Superman movie or a possible Justice League movie,” Amell stated when asked about the possibility of an Arrow movie. “All of our discussions center around finishing our second season, getting a third season.”
He also added, “When we’re making the show, we’re aiming very high with the show. And I have no designs on doing the TV version of Oliver Queen or the movie version of Oliver Queen. I’m trying to do “the” version of Oliver Queen, just like Caity Lotz is trying to do “the” version of Black Canary and Manu Bennett is trying to do “the” version of Deathstroke and Greg Gustin is trying to do “the” version of Barry Allen. Whether or not our world connects with theirs, it’s ‑‑ you know what? The better that the show does, the more momentum that it keeps building, the more that becomes a possibility. But who’s to say?”
http://www.tvequals.com/2014/01/13/arro ... -and-more/
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
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- Productor ejecutivo de Arrow habla sobre la obsesión de Oliver, la venganza de Slade, la caída de Laurel y los malabares de 'Olicity' (TVLine):
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Productor ejecutivo de Arrow habla sobre la obsesión de Oliver, la venganza de Slade, la caída de Laurel y los malabares de 'Olicity'
Por Matt Mitovich 14 de enero, 2014 11:24 AM PST
The CW’s Arrow, having spent the first half of Season 2 putting assorted exciting pieces in place, is now poised to let the action and agendas fly, not much unlike a projective from Oliver’s bow. Among the big dramatic triggers: Oliver is out for Blood, while onetime compadre Slade Wilson has surfaced in Starling City with one good eye and a very bad disposition. TVLine invited executive producer Andrew Kreisberg to preview the new run of episodes to come, kicking off Wednesday at 8/7.
TVLINE | Over the first run of Season 2 episodes, it felt as if you were setting up pieces on a chessboard….
That was definitely the plan.
TVLINE | So as the show comes back, will we see these different elements coalesce and take shape?
Absolutely. One of the things we learned from last season was we built up to Episode 9, where we revealed that Malcolm Merlyn was the Dark Archer, then we kind of put things on simmer — and this year we’re coming back [from the break] with a bang. Oliver is obsessed with finding the man in the skull mask, Brother Blood, who he finally got eyes on in Episode 9, and we’ll be seeing Blind SpotSlade in the present and his machinations with Sebastian to bring about Oliver’s downfall.
These next four episodes are also, in a way, a big Laurel chapter because we really get to see Laurel’s drug use come back to bite her. She hits rock bottom and Katie Cassidy is just delivering the most amazing performance. She’s really kicked it up a notch and we’re so proud of her.
TVLINE | That’s good to hear, because one of my questions was how you planned to make Laurel relevant to this next wave of storytelling, beyond possibly dating Sebastian.
You know, it’s been somewhat hard, I think, for Katie and us to hear some of the criticisms of her character because we don’t do anything without thinking about it. And one of the great things about having as much success as we had in Season 1 was the freedom to allow things to unfold the way that they should. We’ve always had a fantastic plan for Laurel’s character, and I know that there’s impatience out there in the world to see her “strap on the fish nets” [as Black Canary] but everything we’re doing is all about leading up to that in a the way that we feel keeps it the most realistic and grounded. To take somebody who is a public interest lawyer and turned her into a super hero… you have to go through the paces. So this season we’ve really been putting her through her paces. We always think of these things as chapters, and these next four episodes are really about Laurel. She’s taking center stage as she begins to suspect that Sebastian is not exactly who he seems.
TVLINE | Is Alex Kingston’s return as Dinah Lance also a part of that?
Absolutely. We’re such huge fans of Alex and she’s quite the busy this year — she’s performing Macbeth with Kenneth Branagh — so we were so glad that she was available for a few episodes to come back, because we have some great stuff with the Lance family.
TVLINE | When she shows up, is Quentin going to be torn about whether to tell her everything he knows about Sara? He did promise to keep hush.
I think Episode 14 is probably the most Brothers and Sisters, as in the ABC show [produced by Arrow EP Greg Berlanti], episode we’ve done. Everyone in the Lance family has big secrets and it’s all going to get blown wide open — but in a good way.
TVLINE | Slade seems really angry Blind Spothere in Starling City, but when we last saw him on the island he was devastated that Shado was dead but he wasn’t really assigning any blame to Oliver. Are we going to get flashbacks to fill in those gaps?
I think the audience now understands that what the stakes are on the island and what is fueling Slade’s rage in the present day to destroy Oliver. It’s sad and hard to write because we spent such a long time building up the brotherhood and the bond between these two men to struggle to survive this horrible place, and now we see that Slade is his enemy. We’ll be charting that downfall in the back half of this season, but it was hard to write because we’ve come to love this Slade on the island, and to watch him slowly go insane and turn his anger and his hatred on Oliver… hopefully it will be difficult for people to watch. But the best villains are not the mustache-twirling kind. The best villains are people who are doing what they’re doing out of a sense of loss and love and regret. That was certainly true for Malcolm last season, and it’s doubly true for Slade now.
TVLINE | When we first saw Slade sitting at that desk, talking to Sebastian, repeatedly the camera showed him clenching his fist over and over again. Is there any significance to that…?
There actually is significance to that — and funnily enough, it was thought up by Manu [Bennett] himself. That will be explained later on.
TVLINE | While it’s fun and all to assemble an army of super-soldiers – Roy possibly included — are we going to get a sense of Slade’s greater end game? Or is it purely to punish Oliver?
Slade has a very specific goal in the back half of the season, and I think people will be surprised to discover both what it is and what it means to Oliver. Like last season, we really do know what’s going to happen in the season finale and everything we do is going to be writing towards that. So hopefully it’s going to be another roller coaster ride.
TVLINE | One thing that has been so sensational about this season is the pacing. Like, the Canary storyline proceeded at a much faster clip than I’d ever imagined, with her unmasking, the backstory….
We act as if these are the only stories we’ll ever get to tell. I mean, any idea that we have where we’re like, “Oh, we could do that in Season 3,” we’ve moved into Season 2. We feel like that level of velocity — no pun intended with the Flash joining – is the way television is being produced now, especially when you look at shows like Scandal. You just can’t tell the story fast enough, and one of the great things about both the world that we’ve created for Arrow and also the greater DC Universe is there are always more stories to tell. There’s always more characters, there’s always more villains so we’re not ever really worried about where do we go from here.
TVLINE | I liked how in a recent episode Dig took the initiative to scout out a dangerous situation. Will there be new Dig-centric episodes coming up?
We actually are going to have an episode where we flash back to Dig’s time in Afghanistan, so that’s going to be a huge David Ramsey episode. Last season when we flashed back to the week before the Queen’s Gambit left and we left the chronological narrative of Oliver’s time on the island, the success of that episode allowed us to start playing with the flashback structure a bit, and people are able to follow it. So just as this year in City of HeroesEpisode 5 we had the flashbacks from Sara’s point of view, we have an episode in the back half of the season where the flashbacks are from Laurel’s point of view, and we have this other episode where the flashbacks are from Dig’s [Afghanistan] days.
TVLINE | Along those lines, do you think you’ll have time to tell us anything more about Felicity as a person — where she came from, who she was before all this?
There are hints at that, and we have another story we’re toying with — one that, given everything that we are doing, might get pushed off. We actually have known for a long time what Felicity’s background is — where she came from and who her parents are – but it could be such a big story that it’s something we might hold off on. Emily is the best — I know she is certainly a fan favorite, and a favorite of ours as well.
TVLINE | Well, that brings me to one of my last questions. I know the whole Felicity thing surprised you in Season 1 — how that character took off, how Emily [Bett Rickards] took off. And you’ve obviously got viewers out there who want something to happen between her and Oliver. Is it a balancing act for you, to touch on “Olicity” now and again but not make this show about that?
One of the most important lessons that I’ve learned from working with Greg Berlanti, whose obviously had such amazing success in television, is to always have a really great plan, and then always know when to let the plan go. We are very cognizant of what makes people excited, and certainly seeing the fans respond to Emily last season helped cement her as a regular this season. We have a plan, but we also kind of go where the story takes us. So while it is a juggling act, we just do what we feel is right — and up until this point we’ve been lucky that most of the audience has agreed, and this is a show that we would love to watch. We really do make it for ourselves, and as long as we’re happy and excited, we feel like the fans will be happy and excited too.
TVLINE | I think this is a case where what ‘shippers are seeing is actually on the screen. Lord knows there are fan bases that are like, “Oh, put this couple together,” and you’re like, “They have no reason to be together.” But here you’ve got two non-unattractive people who work together under incredibly intense situations and balance each other out tonally, so I feel it. I buy it. I guess it’s a rich man’s problem to have.
Yes. Our lead has chemistry with multiple actresses. It’s nothing we’re going to be upset about.
TVLINE | You teased what happened to Barry Allen in the midseason finale. Are we going to get any hints in upcoming Arrow episodes about what has become of him, off camera? I mean, you’ve had a lot of fun with the Starling City TV news coverage of the STAR Labs particle accelerator.
Right? You’d think they were reporting on no other story. [Laughs] I will say this: Barry Allen had a very strong impact on both our show and our characters’ lives, and that impact will not be forgotten on Arrow this season. What happened in Central City at the end of Episode 9 was certainly big news, and the effects of that will be mentioned. Right now we’re focusing hard on writing the Flash pilot and breaking for the rest of the season of Arrow, and hopefully there will be some synchronicity between the two, hopefully in anticipation of getting to see Grant [Gustin] and the Flash [in a fall 2014 spin-off series].
http://tvline.com/2014/01/14/arrow-seas ... ty-diggle/
Por Matt Mitovich 14 de enero, 2014 11:24 AM PST
The CW’s Arrow, having spent the first half of Season 2 putting assorted exciting pieces in place, is now poised to let the action and agendas fly, not much unlike a projective from Oliver’s bow. Among the big dramatic triggers: Oliver is out for Blood, while onetime compadre Slade Wilson has surfaced in Starling City with one good eye and a very bad disposition. TVLine invited executive producer Andrew Kreisberg to preview the new run of episodes to come, kicking off Wednesday at 8/7.
TVLINE | Over the first run of Season 2 episodes, it felt as if you were setting up pieces on a chessboard….
That was definitely the plan.
TVLINE | So as the show comes back, will we see these different elements coalesce and take shape?
Absolutely. One of the things we learned from last season was we built up to Episode 9, where we revealed that Malcolm Merlyn was the Dark Archer, then we kind of put things on simmer — and this year we’re coming back [from the break] with a bang. Oliver is obsessed with finding the man in the skull mask, Brother Blood, who he finally got eyes on in Episode 9, and we’ll be seeing Blind SpotSlade in the present and his machinations with Sebastian to bring about Oliver’s downfall.
These next four episodes are also, in a way, a big Laurel chapter because we really get to see Laurel’s drug use come back to bite her. She hits rock bottom and Katie Cassidy is just delivering the most amazing performance. She’s really kicked it up a notch and we’re so proud of her.
TVLINE | That’s good to hear, because one of my questions was how you planned to make Laurel relevant to this next wave of storytelling, beyond possibly dating Sebastian.
You know, it’s been somewhat hard, I think, for Katie and us to hear some of the criticisms of her character because we don’t do anything without thinking about it. And one of the great things about having as much success as we had in Season 1 was the freedom to allow things to unfold the way that they should. We’ve always had a fantastic plan for Laurel’s character, and I know that there’s impatience out there in the world to see her “strap on the fish nets” [as Black Canary] but everything we’re doing is all about leading up to that in a the way that we feel keeps it the most realistic and grounded. To take somebody who is a public interest lawyer and turned her into a super hero… you have to go through the paces. So this season we’ve really been putting her through her paces. We always think of these things as chapters, and these next four episodes are really about Laurel. She’s taking center stage as she begins to suspect that Sebastian is not exactly who he seems.
TVLINE | Is Alex Kingston’s return as Dinah Lance also a part of that?
Absolutely. We’re such huge fans of Alex and she’s quite the busy this year — she’s performing Macbeth with Kenneth Branagh — so we were so glad that she was available for a few episodes to come back, because we have some great stuff with the Lance family.
TVLINE | When she shows up, is Quentin going to be torn about whether to tell her everything he knows about Sara? He did promise to keep hush.
I think Episode 14 is probably the most Brothers and Sisters, as in the ABC show [produced by Arrow EP Greg Berlanti], episode we’ve done. Everyone in the Lance family has big secrets and it’s all going to get blown wide open — but in a good way.
TVLINE | Slade seems really angry Blind Spothere in Starling City, but when we last saw him on the island he was devastated that Shado was dead but he wasn’t really assigning any blame to Oliver. Are we going to get flashbacks to fill in those gaps?
I think the audience now understands that what the stakes are on the island and what is fueling Slade’s rage in the present day to destroy Oliver. It’s sad and hard to write because we spent such a long time building up the brotherhood and the bond between these two men to struggle to survive this horrible place, and now we see that Slade is his enemy. We’ll be charting that downfall in the back half of this season, but it was hard to write because we’ve come to love this Slade on the island, and to watch him slowly go insane and turn his anger and his hatred on Oliver… hopefully it will be difficult for people to watch. But the best villains are not the mustache-twirling kind. The best villains are people who are doing what they’re doing out of a sense of loss and love and regret. That was certainly true for Malcolm last season, and it’s doubly true for Slade now.
TVLINE | When we first saw Slade sitting at that desk, talking to Sebastian, repeatedly the camera showed him clenching his fist over and over again. Is there any significance to that…?
There actually is significance to that — and funnily enough, it was thought up by Manu [Bennett] himself. That will be explained later on.
TVLINE | While it’s fun and all to assemble an army of super-soldiers – Roy possibly included — are we going to get a sense of Slade’s greater end game? Or is it purely to punish Oliver?
Slade has a very specific goal in the back half of the season, and I think people will be surprised to discover both what it is and what it means to Oliver. Like last season, we really do know what’s going to happen in the season finale and everything we do is going to be writing towards that. So hopefully it’s going to be another roller coaster ride.
TVLINE | One thing that has been so sensational about this season is the pacing. Like, the Canary storyline proceeded at a much faster clip than I’d ever imagined, with her unmasking, the backstory….
We act as if these are the only stories we’ll ever get to tell. I mean, any idea that we have where we’re like, “Oh, we could do that in Season 3,” we’ve moved into Season 2. We feel like that level of velocity — no pun intended with the Flash joining – is the way television is being produced now, especially when you look at shows like Scandal. You just can’t tell the story fast enough, and one of the great things about both the world that we’ve created for Arrow and also the greater DC Universe is there are always more stories to tell. There’s always more characters, there’s always more villains so we’re not ever really worried about where do we go from here.
TVLINE | I liked how in a recent episode Dig took the initiative to scout out a dangerous situation. Will there be new Dig-centric episodes coming up?
We actually are going to have an episode where we flash back to Dig’s time in Afghanistan, so that’s going to be a huge David Ramsey episode. Last season when we flashed back to the week before the Queen’s Gambit left and we left the chronological narrative of Oliver’s time on the island, the success of that episode allowed us to start playing with the flashback structure a bit, and people are able to follow it. So just as this year in City of HeroesEpisode 5 we had the flashbacks from Sara’s point of view, we have an episode in the back half of the season where the flashbacks are from Laurel’s point of view, and we have this other episode where the flashbacks are from Dig’s [Afghanistan] days.
TVLINE | Along those lines, do you think you’ll have time to tell us anything more about Felicity as a person — where she came from, who she was before all this?
There are hints at that, and we have another story we’re toying with — one that, given everything that we are doing, might get pushed off. We actually have known for a long time what Felicity’s background is — where she came from and who her parents are – but it could be such a big story that it’s something we might hold off on. Emily is the best — I know she is certainly a fan favorite, and a favorite of ours as well.
TVLINE | Well, that brings me to one of my last questions. I know the whole Felicity thing surprised you in Season 1 — how that character took off, how Emily [Bett Rickards] took off. And you’ve obviously got viewers out there who want something to happen between her and Oliver. Is it a balancing act for you, to touch on “Olicity” now and again but not make this show about that?
One of the most important lessons that I’ve learned from working with Greg Berlanti, whose obviously had such amazing success in television, is to always have a really great plan, and then always know when to let the plan go. We are very cognizant of what makes people excited, and certainly seeing the fans respond to Emily last season helped cement her as a regular this season. We have a plan, but we also kind of go where the story takes us. So while it is a juggling act, we just do what we feel is right — and up until this point we’ve been lucky that most of the audience has agreed, and this is a show that we would love to watch. We really do make it for ourselves, and as long as we’re happy and excited, we feel like the fans will be happy and excited too.
TVLINE | I think this is a case where what ‘shippers are seeing is actually on the screen. Lord knows there are fan bases that are like, “Oh, put this couple together,” and you’re like, “They have no reason to be together.” But here you’ve got two non-unattractive people who work together under incredibly intense situations and balance each other out tonally, so I feel it. I buy it. I guess it’s a rich man’s problem to have.
Yes. Our lead has chemistry with multiple actresses. It’s nothing we’re going to be upset about.
TVLINE | You teased what happened to Barry Allen in the midseason finale. Are we going to get any hints in upcoming Arrow episodes about what has become of him, off camera? I mean, you’ve had a lot of fun with the Starling City TV news coverage of the STAR Labs particle accelerator.
Right? You’d think they were reporting on no other story. [Laughs] I will say this: Barry Allen had a very strong impact on both our show and our characters’ lives, and that impact will not be forgotten on Arrow this season. What happened in Central City at the end of Episode 9 was certainly big news, and the effects of that will be mentioned. Right now we’re focusing hard on writing the Flash pilot and breaking for the rest of the season of Arrow, and hopefully there will be some synchronicity between the two, hopefully in anticipation of getting to see Grant [Gustin] and the Flash [in a fall 2014 spin-off series].
http://tvline.com/2014/01/14/arrow-seas ... ty-diggle/
- Marc Guggenheim habla sobre los queda por venir en "Arrow" (huffingtonpost):
Marc Guggenheim habla sobre los queda por venir en "Arrow"
04/01/2014 1:11 pm EST
"It's sort of 'roid rage." That's how "Arrow" executive producer Marc Guggenheim describes the effects of the "mirakuru" drug to which Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) was exposed on the remote island that, for a time, was the unforgiving home to him and Oliver Queen.
As you can see in the exclusive clip from Wednesday's episode of the CW drama (above), Wilson's fury over the murder of Shado by the nefarious Dr. Ivo has made Wilson far more intense than usual (which is saying something). That's partly the effect of the drug, which is a big part of the both the island timeline and present-day events in Starling City, where mirakuru is causing problems for Oliver's crime-fighting team.
According to Guggenheim, when the drug was introduced to the "Arrow" world, a lot of thought went into what its effects would be. The writers try to ground the more fanciful elements of Oliver's world in ways that make them feel like they "belong in the universe of our show," Guggenheim said. "We try to think of, 'What's the closest real-world analogue?' We let that be our compass -- that's what helps us keep the show grounded and not too science fiction-y," he said.
That's how the "Arrow" team came up with the real-world analogy of steroid abuse when depicting the effects of mirakuru, to which both Roy Harper and Slade Wilson have been exposed.
"It gives incredible strength, speed and endurance, but it also comes with cognitive impairment," Guggenheim said. The drug "draws out" anger, an emotion with which Roy (Colton Haynes) has already struggled at times.
"Things will get worse for Roy before they get better," Guggenheim said of the character's Season 2 storyline (Episode 12 will deal with Roy's challenges in more detail).
As Thea tries to understand what her boyfriend is going through, Oliver and his team continue to battle Brother Blood's attempts to create a mirakuru-enhanced army. As viewers learned in Episode 9, Slade Wilson is behind that project, although Oliver doesn't know that yet. So when will he learn the truth?
"We always do things sooner than anyone expects, but that said, as Slade alluded to at the end of Episode 9, it's been five years since they saw each other on the island," Guggenheim said. Wilson has spent that time coming up with an elaborate plan to deal with Oliver Queen, and Wilson is "playing a very long game."
As far as Wilson's concerned, "just killing Oliver is too simple and too merciful, quite frankly," Guggenheim said.
Of course, Slade Wilson and Brother Blood won't be the only foes who will face Oliver in the second half of the season. Michael Jai White will return as the Bronze Tiger, Robert Knepper will play the Clock King in Episode 14, and Katrina Law (like Bennett, another "Spartacus" alum) will play Ra's al Ghul's daughter, Nyssa al Ghul, in Episode 13.
And there are more personal struggles, too: In Wednesday's episode, Oliver and Felicity deal with the complicated repercussions of the accident that befell Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), the standout guest star of the last two "Arrow" episodes of 2013.
A pet peeve of the "Arrow" producers is a tendency among some shows to air backdoor pilots and then ignore the events of those episodes. The "Arrow" creative team was determined to make Barry Allen's impact on the characters a lasting one.
"We honor the relationship that Felicity formed with Barry, and we honor the emotional reaction to his accident," Guggenheim said. "It's not all swept under the rug."
Allen's introduction was very well received by critics and fans, and if all goes well, a "Flash" spinoff is possible for next fall -- though of course there's no official news on that front yet (if only the TV industry moved as quickly as the Flash!). And though Felicity and Oliver's reactions to Barry's accident are handled with typical finesse by Emily Bett Rickards and Stephen Amell in Wednesday's episode, as Season 2 progresses, the characters only have more problems to contend with. In fact, what Oliver will face in the second half of Season 2 will make his first-season struggles look easy by comparison, according to Guggenheim.
"His vow [not to kill] gets challenged by all the things he's facing. It's one thing for him to say he's a hero, but now he's called upon to really be a hero," Guggenheim said. "It's not just the no-killing code -- he's got to find a new gear and dig deeper and overcome tougher obstacles. He's got to bring people closer together and be more of a leader, even as that gets much harder. And on the other side of the board, Slade is manipulating events against him."
"The struggle for Oliver is," he added, "how does he adhere to the objective he set for himself of being a hero when things in the city start to get worse and worse?"
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04/01/2014 1:11 pm EST
"It's sort of 'roid rage." That's how "Arrow" executive producer Marc Guggenheim describes the effects of the "mirakuru" drug to which Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) was exposed on the remote island that, for a time, was the unforgiving home to him and Oliver Queen.
As you can see in the exclusive clip from Wednesday's episode of the CW drama (above), Wilson's fury over the murder of Shado by the nefarious Dr. Ivo has made Wilson far more intense than usual (which is saying something). That's partly the effect of the drug, which is a big part of the both the island timeline and present-day events in Starling City, where mirakuru is causing problems for Oliver's crime-fighting team.
According to Guggenheim, when the drug was introduced to the "Arrow" world, a lot of thought went into what its effects would be. The writers try to ground the more fanciful elements of Oliver's world in ways that make them feel like they "belong in the universe of our show," Guggenheim said. "We try to think of, 'What's the closest real-world analogue?' We let that be our compass -- that's what helps us keep the show grounded and not too science fiction-y," he said.
That's how the "Arrow" team came up with the real-world analogy of steroid abuse when depicting the effects of mirakuru, to which both Roy Harper and Slade Wilson have been exposed.
"It gives incredible strength, speed and endurance, but it also comes with cognitive impairment," Guggenheim said. The drug "draws out" anger, an emotion with which Roy (Colton Haynes) has already struggled at times.
"Things will get worse for Roy before they get better," Guggenheim said of the character's Season 2 storyline (Episode 12 will deal with Roy's challenges in more detail).
As Thea tries to understand what her boyfriend is going through, Oliver and his team continue to battle Brother Blood's attempts to create a mirakuru-enhanced army. As viewers learned in Episode 9, Slade Wilson is behind that project, although Oliver doesn't know that yet. So when will he learn the truth?
"We always do things sooner than anyone expects, but that said, as Slade alluded to at the end of Episode 9, it's been five years since they saw each other on the island," Guggenheim said. Wilson has spent that time coming up with an elaborate plan to deal with Oliver Queen, and Wilson is "playing a very long game."
As far as Wilson's concerned, "just killing Oliver is too simple and too merciful, quite frankly," Guggenheim said.
Of course, Slade Wilson and Brother Blood won't be the only foes who will face Oliver in the second half of the season. Michael Jai White will return as the Bronze Tiger, Robert Knepper will play the Clock King in Episode 14, and Katrina Law (like Bennett, another "Spartacus" alum) will play Ra's al Ghul's daughter, Nyssa al Ghul, in Episode 13.
And there are more personal struggles, too: In Wednesday's episode, Oliver and Felicity deal with the complicated repercussions of the accident that befell Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), the standout guest star of the last two "Arrow" episodes of 2013.
A pet peeve of the "Arrow" producers is a tendency among some shows to air backdoor pilots and then ignore the events of those episodes. The "Arrow" creative team was determined to make Barry Allen's impact on the characters a lasting one.
"We honor the relationship that Felicity formed with Barry, and we honor the emotional reaction to his accident," Guggenheim said. "It's not all swept under the rug."
Allen's introduction was very well received by critics and fans, and if all goes well, a "Flash" spinoff is possible for next fall -- though of course there's no official news on that front yet (if only the TV industry moved as quickly as the Flash!). And though Felicity and Oliver's reactions to Barry's accident are handled with typical finesse by Emily Bett Rickards and Stephen Amell in Wednesday's episode, as Season 2 progresses, the characters only have more problems to contend with. In fact, what Oliver will face in the second half of Season 2 will make his first-season struggles look easy by comparison, according to Guggenheim.
"His vow [not to kill] gets challenged by all the things he's facing. It's one thing for him to say he's a hero, but now he's called upon to really be a hero," Guggenheim said. "It's not just the no-killing code -- he's got to find a new gear and dig deeper and overcome tougher obstacles. He's got to bring people closer together and be more of a leader, even as that gets much harder. And on the other side of the board, Slade is manipulating events against him."
"The struggle for Oliver is," he added, "how does he adhere to the objective he set for himself of being a hero when things in the city start to get worse and worse?"
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2.13 "Heir To The Demon": ALEX KINGSTON Y KATRINA LAW (“SPARTACUS”) ESTRELLAS INVITADAS — Mientras que Laurel (Katie Cassidy) continúa desmoronándose, Oliver (Stephen Amell) y Lance (Paul Blackthorne) intentan convencer a Sara (la estrella invitada Caity Lotz) para que se quede en Starling City y finalmente se reúna con Laurel and Dinah (la estrella invitada Alex Kingston). Sin embargo, la antigua compañera de Sara de la League of Assassins, Nyssa (la estrella invitada Katrina Law, “Spartacus”), llega para llevar a Sara back de vuelta al redil, pero cuando Sara se niega, Nyssa secuestra a Dinah. Dándose cuenta de que está poniendo a su familia en peligro al quedarse en la ciudad, Sara considera el volver a unirse a la liga. Wendey Stanzler dirige el episodio escrito por Jake Coburn (#213).
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- Sean Maher habla sobre el papel de Shrapnel en ARROW (comicbookmovie):
Sean Maher habla sobre el papel de Shrapnel en ARROW
Por Superhero96 - 14/01/2014
CBR: When you found out you were playing Shrapnel, did you turn to the DC comics to get a better understanding of the character?
Sean Maher: I worked with ["Arrow" Producer] Andrew Kreisberg years ago on a pilot called "Halley's Comet," and we've just remained dear friends. I flew up and I was in the studio doing costume fittings and I bumped into him. He's like, "We're so thrilled you're here," and I'm like, "I'm so thrilled, too!" He's like, "You know you're Shrapnel." I was like, "What?"
I truly didn't understand who Shrapnel or the Suicide Squad were. That was all news to me. I had very limited knowledge of Shrapnel, but Andrew was amazing and forthcoming with a ton of information and pictures and the comics and all that stuff. He was the one who enlightened me.
CBR: What was your sense of who Shrapnel was from the script?
Sean Maher: What I loved about him, and what I connected to most, is he believes what he is doing is right. He's a hardcore patriot and he believes he is doing what he is doing for the good of his country. When I go to the empathy, especially with the villains -- there's a reason why he does what he does. He's not just mean to be mean. There's something about him that is incredibly righteous in his ways. He truly believes he is doing what he is doing for the greater good.
CBR: Obviously, this Shrapnel is not going to be a metallic menace like in the comic books, but does he sport a colorful costume?
Sean Maher: There wasn't so much of a shift in costume, but it is in line with the whole tone of the show. I didn't really have a huge transformation in terms of getting into superhuman mode. They did some stuff with my makeup that gave me a more maniacal feel in contrast to when I'm just Mark. Mark is seemingly sweet and gentle and bookish and owns a souvenir shop. Then, when you see Shrapnel, it's not a transformation in terms of wardrobe as much as a little bit of makeup.
CBR: Since Arrow doesn't kill anymore, Shrapnel stands a good chance of surviving his time in Starling City. How would you like to see Shrapnel return?
Sean Maher: Gosh, I don't know. That's the beauty of the show; they leave it so open-ended. I'd like to return with a vengeance and a distinct plan in mind. He's incredibly calculating, and -- pun intended -- I think he's going to return with a big bang.
CBR: What was it like working with Stephen Amell?
Sean Maher: Stephen is fantastic. [He's the ] sweetest guy in the world and a new dad. I'm a father of two children, and I met him when his kid was 10 days old. When I found he had a baby, I was like, "Oh, my gosh. How are you sleeping? How's he doing? Is he pooping? Is he eating? What's he doing?"
He's an amazing guy and has an extremely strong physical presence, but he's one of the sweetest guys I've ever worked with. I really enjoyed the whole set-up there. It's a wonderfully warm environment. That's always the energy set forth by the #1 on the call sheet, which is Stephen. He's very excited about the craft and about the storytelling.
CBR: Having been a "hero" on "Warehouse 13" and a villain on "Arrow," can you imagine a place for yourself in one of the DC or Marvel movies?
Sean Maher: I would love any of them, really. Yeah, I've been finding my place in the DC Universe. I'm doing DC animated features. I've been doing the voice of Dick Grayson. It's funny, because I'm like, "Here I am in the DC comic book world and my dear friend [Joss Whedon], who I love so much, is the king of the Marvel world."
I love the comic book and sci-fi genre. For me, as an actor, they allow you to step into the world of imagination because it supersedes reality. It's so much fun. I'm just going to say goodbye to reality, right, and step into this world where things don't actually exist in my everyday life. To just play in the world of imagination is so much fun. Anytime I can do that, I'm grateful.
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Por Superhero96 - 14/01/2014
CBR: When you found out you were playing Shrapnel, did you turn to the DC comics to get a better understanding of the character?
Sean Maher: I worked with ["Arrow" Producer] Andrew Kreisberg years ago on a pilot called "Halley's Comet," and we've just remained dear friends. I flew up and I was in the studio doing costume fittings and I bumped into him. He's like, "We're so thrilled you're here," and I'm like, "I'm so thrilled, too!" He's like, "You know you're Shrapnel." I was like, "What?"
I truly didn't understand who Shrapnel or the Suicide Squad were. That was all news to me. I had very limited knowledge of Shrapnel, but Andrew was amazing and forthcoming with a ton of information and pictures and the comics and all that stuff. He was the one who enlightened me.
CBR: What was your sense of who Shrapnel was from the script?
Sean Maher: What I loved about him, and what I connected to most, is he believes what he is doing is right. He's a hardcore patriot and he believes he is doing what he is doing for the good of his country. When I go to the empathy, especially with the villains -- there's a reason why he does what he does. He's not just mean to be mean. There's something about him that is incredibly righteous in his ways. He truly believes he is doing what he is doing for the greater good.
CBR: Obviously, this Shrapnel is not going to be a metallic menace like in the comic books, but does he sport a colorful costume?
Sean Maher: There wasn't so much of a shift in costume, but it is in line with the whole tone of the show. I didn't really have a huge transformation in terms of getting into superhuman mode. They did some stuff with my makeup that gave me a more maniacal feel in contrast to when I'm just Mark. Mark is seemingly sweet and gentle and bookish and owns a souvenir shop. Then, when you see Shrapnel, it's not a transformation in terms of wardrobe as much as a little bit of makeup.
CBR: Since Arrow doesn't kill anymore, Shrapnel stands a good chance of surviving his time in Starling City. How would you like to see Shrapnel return?
Sean Maher: Gosh, I don't know. That's the beauty of the show; they leave it so open-ended. I'd like to return with a vengeance and a distinct plan in mind. He's incredibly calculating, and -- pun intended -- I think he's going to return with a big bang.
CBR: What was it like working with Stephen Amell?
Sean Maher: Stephen is fantastic. [He's the ] sweetest guy in the world and a new dad. I'm a father of two children, and I met him when his kid was 10 days old. When I found he had a baby, I was like, "Oh, my gosh. How are you sleeping? How's he doing? Is he pooping? Is he eating? What's he doing?"
He's an amazing guy and has an extremely strong physical presence, but he's one of the sweetest guys I've ever worked with. I really enjoyed the whole set-up there. It's a wonderfully warm environment. That's always the energy set forth by the #1 on the call sheet, which is Stephen. He's very excited about the craft and about the storytelling.
CBR: Having been a "hero" on "Warehouse 13" and a villain on "Arrow," can you imagine a place for yourself in one of the DC or Marvel movies?
Sean Maher: I would love any of them, really. Yeah, I've been finding my place in the DC Universe. I'm doing DC animated features. I've been doing the voice of Dick Grayson. It's funny, because I'm like, "Here I am in the DC comic book world and my dear friend [Joss Whedon], who I love so much, is the king of the Marvel world."
I love the comic book and sci-fi genre. For me, as an actor, they allow you to step into the world of imagination because it supersedes reality. It's so much fun. I'm just going to say goodbye to reality, right, and step into this world where things don't actually exist in my everyday life. To just play in the world of imagination is so much fun. Anytime I can do that, I'm grateful.
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- Marc Guggenheim sobre el heróico viaje de "Arrow", la Vendetta de Slade Wilson y más (comicbookresources.com):
Marc Guggenheim sobre el heróico viaje de "Arrow", la Vendetta de Slade Wilson y más
Por Kiel Phegley 15 de enero del 2014
V's Oliver Queen may be wearing a mask now, but it won't be getting any easier for the young billionaire to play hero in The CW's "Arrow."
The show returns tonight at 8:00 Eastern and Pacific with a decidedly different take on supervillain Shrapnel, but for longtime followers of the show, the bad guy of importance is former ally Slade Wilson, who showed up at the tail end of "Arrow's" midseason finale with one-eye and a vendetta against Queen. Meanwhile, city councilman Sebastian Blood is continuing his spread of the superpowering and super unstable Mirakuru drug which changed Slade during Olvier's years on the island. And all this happens against a shifting ground for Oliver's teammates after the introduction of Barry Allen.
To catch up with the changes behind and those coming ahead, CBR News spoke with executive producer and show runner Marc Guggenheim about "Arrow's" return. Over the course of our discussion, the writer details how the introduction of Black Canary changed the show for the better, what it takes to make DC Comics-originating characters like her and Slade work in the realistic setting of the television series and how villains from Shrapnel to the Clock King keep things interesting as Oliver's heroic journey is tested again and again.
CBR News: Marc, with "Arrow" returning this week, I wanted to talk to you about some of the long-term game plans that led to the big reveal in the midseason finale. And one thing we haven't talked about much since it happened was the reveal that Sara survived to become the Black Canary. What made that the plot thread to tie together Season 2?
Marc Guggenheim: The fact that Sara didn't die on the boat was something we had talked about as early as the pilot's filming process. It was something that Andrew [Kreisberg] floated to me and Greg [Berlanti] saying, "You know, we never saw her die." And that was an idea that just didn't die. We'd occasionally find ourselves returning to it. Whenever a whole season of 23 episodes looms ahead of you, you've got a million different ways you can go. There are some signposts you know, but generally speaking, the world is your oyster, and you gravitate towards stories that give you the most bang for your buck. And when we revisited the idea of Sara being alive and coming into the show, we realized that it gave us so many potential ways to go. There are so many ramifications of that, and I don't think we've even scratched the surface of those ramifications in Season 2 yet. It's only been nine episodes so far, and in the second half of the season, Laurel will learn that her sister is still alive. Dinah has yet to learn it as well. We really haven't fully explored what Sara's connection to the League of Assassins is. We still haven't fully explored everything that twist provides, and when one plot twist gives you so many different possibilities, you have to jump at it.
And as far as the whole Black Canary of it all, let me answer the question behind the question. That is, "If we're going to make a Black Canary on the show, why not make it Laurel?" And the answer to that is very simple. We've always said it took five years of pure hell to turn Oliver into the Arrow. If we were going to make Laurel Black Canary overnight, first of all, that wouldn't be consistent with the grounded, realistic tone of the show. But it would also diminish the importance and the impact of Oliver's personal evolution. So by having Sara have gone through her own five-year crucible and be trained by the League of Assassins to become the Black Canary, it basically allows us to bring that character into the show in a way that is a lot quicker than we'd be able to do with Laurel. And one doesn't obviate the other. We've been very consistent that we're in this for the long haul on this show, and even in our short amount of episodes you've seen thus far, we've revealed that the first Deathstroke you met was not Slade Wilson. The Dark Archer was not Tommy Merlyn. Even the first person you see chronologically with a bow and arrow and a green hood isn't Oliver; it's Yao Fei. Going with the Black Canary that's not Laurel but is another member of the Lance family is pretty consistent with our bag of tricks.
One of the other things Sara's appearance does is really tie the modern day and the island story together this season much more than last. I mean that in a plot sense, since they've always been connected thematically. Was that a box you wanted to check off for Season 2?
Yeah, it was definitely something to work in. We're always striving for a close connection between the present and the past. It's a difficult road to hoe, sometimes, because you don't want the past to drive the present or the present to drive the past. You want them to both be storylines that are compelling in their own right. But with the Mirakuru storyline, we wanted to find something that was a thread in both the past and the present. The fact that Sara was on the Queen's Gambit and at least in the vicinity of Lian Yu -- since we now know she spent a year on Ivo's freighter -- it struck us as an obvious low hanging fruit to make her present in both the present and the past. For us, part of the fun of Season 2 has been introducing Sara in the present in episode's four and five, but we haven't seen her in the present since then. But Caity Lotz is still a factor in the show because of her involvement in the flashbacks.
Earlier this season, you told me that the show would be building up to two bigger antagonistic forces. Was that both Sebastian Blood and Slade that you meant, even though we haven't seen much of the latter yet?
Correct. We have more than half a season to go, but back then I was referring to those two. And for a second here, I was thinking, "You're going to ask me about something I said back then? Don't hold me to it!" [Laughs] But that was exactly who I was referring to: Slade and Blood.
The reveal of Slade as a one-eyed villain was something people had been anticipating in some form since his introduction. What was most interesting for the writers in how to make that story work?
To the extent that we have a 'Northern Star' on the show in terms of bad guys, it's to always make sure that every villain is the hero of their own story. For us, that principal means that there's no villain who feels like they're a villain. They all think that they're perfectly justified and everything they do is right in its own way. Towards that end, Slade Wilson has to believe in the righteousness of what he's doing. It's not enough to give him a goatee and an eyepatch and say, "You're a bad guy." You've got to give him a compelling reason for being in Starling City and planning Oliver's demise. And as he intimated in episode nine, if he just wanted to kill Oliver, he could have done that already. Oliver's already shown in episode eight that he can't fight someone who has the Mirakuru in him and win. Slade is not back just to kill Oliver. He's playing the long game, and he's going to do a whole lot more than just kill Oliver before he's done. What that is beyond the speech he gives Blood in episode nine is what forms the spine of the first five episodes back from the holiday break.
With Mirakuru in Blood's hands, Roy has been dosed, and a lot of the plotlines of the season are starting to tie together more. Coming back after the midseason finale, which of the plates you have spinning becomes most important to the future of the show?
I guess the trick for us is to have all those spinning plates and not feel like we're dropping any of them. There's an art to that, and a creative challenge, and the way we deal with that is through the emotional lives of our characters. We never start an episode by going, "Which of the mythology plot threads do we need to pick up?" Rather, it's always, "What's Oliver going through? Where's his head at? Where's his heart at?" That tells us what we need to do in any given episode in terms of moving the plot forward. And the hope is that the storylines don't die on the vine, though that does happen on occasion. I also think that as a result, the plotlines we do pick up have more resonance because Oliver is experiencing them not as a plotline of a heroic journey but as a real person.
People made a big deal out of the introduction of Oliver's mask after Barry Allen appeared on the show, and you talked a lot about this season being about Oliver embracing his heroic side. Like you've said, we're not even half way through this season. Is there a big roadblock or challenge coming to test Oliver's resolve on that front?
I don't know if there's going to be one particular gut punch moment that sets him back. Rather, I see the second half of Season 2 as an escalation of his problems. In other words, if he set this goal for himself at the beginning of the season that "I'm going to be a hero," now here comes Slade Wilson. And Slade is a big obstacle because he's not coming back to prevent Oliver from breathing. He's got a much more complex and wide-ranging plan that he's been five years concocting. It's designed to hit Oliver where he lives, and that's going to be the biggest impediment to Oliver becoming a hero. I think hero's are born out of difficult circumstances, and Oliver will learn in the second half of this season that he can say he's a hero, but the truth of it is that he's going to have to become a hero through adversity. This is a terrible analogy, but Bill Clinton used to openly muse that he'd never be considered a great president because he never had to face a huge crisis. And it's not dissimilar to Oliver in the sense that you can't become a hero without having to overcome a huge sense of adversity. Now we've got Slade Wilson working with Sebastian Blood to provide that adversity, and it's not spoiling anything to say that Oliver will have to rise to the challenge. And how he does that or whether he does it alone or with the people assembled around him is going to be a big question mark for him as we drive towards the season finale.
This week, we're going to have a very Arrow-esque version of Shrapnel. You've said that you always find the story first and then find the DC character to match it. Either with Shrapnel or later on down the season, are there any diamonds in the rough who have showed up and surprised you at how they fit the mission of the show?
Yeah. I think that episode 14 with the Clock King definitely fits that bill. Robert Knepper is playing him, and he's really fantastic. I think he's giving us a different version of Robert Knepper than people familiar with his work might expect, but it's also a quintessential "Arrow" villain in the sense that this is a guy who works with incredible precision and with an almost preternatural ability to keep track of things, including time. That's why the media dubs him the Clock King, and he's going to be far more rounded and realistic than the Clock King of the Batman comics. I love calling these guys "diamonds in the rough." That's a great way to look at these villains. In some ways, they're our most favorite villains to do because we create these villains to match the show. Here we wanted someone so precise it was almost Felicity's opposite number. Then it just occurred to us that it could be the Clock King.
Similarly, earlier this year we had this idea for a serial killer who killed women by pouring a polymer down their throats, and in the writer's room, Andrew said, "There's got to be some character called the Dollmaker." And sure enough, there was! [Laughs] Sometimes we get lucky. But we always start with, "What's the kind of antagonist we want to see on the screen?" and then we look for a comic book character who can give us additional inspiration. That's the key phrase: "Additional Inspiration." But there are also plenty of characters like Slade Wilson who I think are pretty darn faithful to their comic book inspirations.
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Por Kiel Phegley 15 de enero del 2014
V's Oliver Queen may be wearing a mask now, but it won't be getting any easier for the young billionaire to play hero in The CW's "Arrow."
The show returns tonight at 8:00 Eastern and Pacific with a decidedly different take on supervillain Shrapnel, but for longtime followers of the show, the bad guy of importance is former ally Slade Wilson, who showed up at the tail end of "Arrow's" midseason finale with one-eye and a vendetta against Queen. Meanwhile, city councilman Sebastian Blood is continuing his spread of the superpowering and super unstable Mirakuru drug which changed Slade during Olvier's years on the island. And all this happens against a shifting ground for Oliver's teammates after the introduction of Barry Allen.
To catch up with the changes behind and those coming ahead, CBR News spoke with executive producer and show runner Marc Guggenheim about "Arrow's" return. Over the course of our discussion, the writer details how the introduction of Black Canary changed the show for the better, what it takes to make DC Comics-originating characters like her and Slade work in the realistic setting of the television series and how villains from Shrapnel to the Clock King keep things interesting as Oliver's heroic journey is tested again and again.
CBR News: Marc, with "Arrow" returning this week, I wanted to talk to you about some of the long-term game plans that led to the big reveal in the midseason finale. And one thing we haven't talked about much since it happened was the reveal that Sara survived to become the Black Canary. What made that the plot thread to tie together Season 2?
Marc Guggenheim: The fact that Sara didn't die on the boat was something we had talked about as early as the pilot's filming process. It was something that Andrew [Kreisberg] floated to me and Greg [Berlanti] saying, "You know, we never saw her die." And that was an idea that just didn't die. We'd occasionally find ourselves returning to it. Whenever a whole season of 23 episodes looms ahead of you, you've got a million different ways you can go. There are some signposts you know, but generally speaking, the world is your oyster, and you gravitate towards stories that give you the most bang for your buck. And when we revisited the idea of Sara being alive and coming into the show, we realized that it gave us so many potential ways to go. There are so many ramifications of that, and I don't think we've even scratched the surface of those ramifications in Season 2 yet. It's only been nine episodes so far, and in the second half of the season, Laurel will learn that her sister is still alive. Dinah has yet to learn it as well. We really haven't fully explored what Sara's connection to the League of Assassins is. We still haven't fully explored everything that twist provides, and when one plot twist gives you so many different possibilities, you have to jump at it.
And as far as the whole Black Canary of it all, let me answer the question behind the question. That is, "If we're going to make a Black Canary on the show, why not make it Laurel?" And the answer to that is very simple. We've always said it took five years of pure hell to turn Oliver into the Arrow. If we were going to make Laurel Black Canary overnight, first of all, that wouldn't be consistent with the grounded, realistic tone of the show. But it would also diminish the importance and the impact of Oliver's personal evolution. So by having Sara have gone through her own five-year crucible and be trained by the League of Assassins to become the Black Canary, it basically allows us to bring that character into the show in a way that is a lot quicker than we'd be able to do with Laurel. And one doesn't obviate the other. We've been very consistent that we're in this for the long haul on this show, and even in our short amount of episodes you've seen thus far, we've revealed that the first Deathstroke you met was not Slade Wilson. The Dark Archer was not Tommy Merlyn. Even the first person you see chronologically with a bow and arrow and a green hood isn't Oliver; it's Yao Fei. Going with the Black Canary that's not Laurel but is another member of the Lance family is pretty consistent with our bag of tricks.
One of the other things Sara's appearance does is really tie the modern day and the island story together this season much more than last. I mean that in a plot sense, since they've always been connected thematically. Was that a box you wanted to check off for Season 2?
Yeah, it was definitely something to work in. We're always striving for a close connection between the present and the past. It's a difficult road to hoe, sometimes, because you don't want the past to drive the present or the present to drive the past. You want them to both be storylines that are compelling in their own right. But with the Mirakuru storyline, we wanted to find something that was a thread in both the past and the present. The fact that Sara was on the Queen's Gambit and at least in the vicinity of Lian Yu -- since we now know she spent a year on Ivo's freighter -- it struck us as an obvious low hanging fruit to make her present in both the present and the past. For us, part of the fun of Season 2 has been introducing Sara in the present in episode's four and five, but we haven't seen her in the present since then. But Caity Lotz is still a factor in the show because of her involvement in the flashbacks.
Earlier this season, you told me that the show would be building up to two bigger antagonistic forces. Was that both Sebastian Blood and Slade that you meant, even though we haven't seen much of the latter yet?
Correct. We have more than half a season to go, but back then I was referring to those two. And for a second here, I was thinking, "You're going to ask me about something I said back then? Don't hold me to it!" [Laughs] But that was exactly who I was referring to: Slade and Blood.
The reveal of Slade as a one-eyed villain was something people had been anticipating in some form since his introduction. What was most interesting for the writers in how to make that story work?
To the extent that we have a 'Northern Star' on the show in terms of bad guys, it's to always make sure that every villain is the hero of their own story. For us, that principal means that there's no villain who feels like they're a villain. They all think that they're perfectly justified and everything they do is right in its own way. Towards that end, Slade Wilson has to believe in the righteousness of what he's doing. It's not enough to give him a goatee and an eyepatch and say, "You're a bad guy." You've got to give him a compelling reason for being in Starling City and planning Oliver's demise. And as he intimated in episode nine, if he just wanted to kill Oliver, he could have done that already. Oliver's already shown in episode eight that he can't fight someone who has the Mirakuru in him and win. Slade is not back just to kill Oliver. He's playing the long game, and he's going to do a whole lot more than just kill Oliver before he's done. What that is beyond the speech he gives Blood in episode nine is what forms the spine of the first five episodes back from the holiday break.
With Mirakuru in Blood's hands, Roy has been dosed, and a lot of the plotlines of the season are starting to tie together more. Coming back after the midseason finale, which of the plates you have spinning becomes most important to the future of the show?
I guess the trick for us is to have all those spinning plates and not feel like we're dropping any of them. There's an art to that, and a creative challenge, and the way we deal with that is through the emotional lives of our characters. We never start an episode by going, "Which of the mythology plot threads do we need to pick up?" Rather, it's always, "What's Oliver going through? Where's his head at? Where's his heart at?" That tells us what we need to do in any given episode in terms of moving the plot forward. And the hope is that the storylines don't die on the vine, though that does happen on occasion. I also think that as a result, the plotlines we do pick up have more resonance because Oliver is experiencing them not as a plotline of a heroic journey but as a real person.
People made a big deal out of the introduction of Oliver's mask after Barry Allen appeared on the show, and you talked a lot about this season being about Oliver embracing his heroic side. Like you've said, we're not even half way through this season. Is there a big roadblock or challenge coming to test Oliver's resolve on that front?
I don't know if there's going to be one particular gut punch moment that sets him back. Rather, I see the second half of Season 2 as an escalation of his problems. In other words, if he set this goal for himself at the beginning of the season that "I'm going to be a hero," now here comes Slade Wilson. And Slade is a big obstacle because he's not coming back to prevent Oliver from breathing. He's got a much more complex and wide-ranging plan that he's been five years concocting. It's designed to hit Oliver where he lives, and that's going to be the biggest impediment to Oliver becoming a hero. I think hero's are born out of difficult circumstances, and Oliver will learn in the second half of this season that he can say he's a hero, but the truth of it is that he's going to have to become a hero through adversity. This is a terrible analogy, but Bill Clinton used to openly muse that he'd never be considered a great president because he never had to face a huge crisis. And it's not dissimilar to Oliver in the sense that you can't become a hero without having to overcome a huge sense of adversity. Now we've got Slade Wilson working with Sebastian Blood to provide that adversity, and it's not spoiling anything to say that Oliver will have to rise to the challenge. And how he does that or whether he does it alone or with the people assembled around him is going to be a big question mark for him as we drive towards the season finale.
This week, we're going to have a very Arrow-esque version of Shrapnel. You've said that you always find the story first and then find the DC character to match it. Either with Shrapnel or later on down the season, are there any diamonds in the rough who have showed up and surprised you at how they fit the mission of the show?
Yeah. I think that episode 14 with the Clock King definitely fits that bill. Robert Knepper is playing him, and he's really fantastic. I think he's giving us a different version of Robert Knepper than people familiar with his work might expect, but it's also a quintessential "Arrow" villain in the sense that this is a guy who works with incredible precision and with an almost preternatural ability to keep track of things, including time. That's why the media dubs him the Clock King, and he's going to be far more rounded and realistic than the Clock King of the Batman comics. I love calling these guys "diamonds in the rough." That's a great way to look at these villains. In some ways, they're our most favorite villains to do because we create these villains to match the show. Here we wanted someone so precise it was almost Felicity's opposite number. Then it just occurred to us that it could be the Clock King.
Similarly, earlier this year we had this idea for a serial killer who killed women by pouring a polymer down their throats, and in the writer's room, Andrew said, "There's got to be some character called the Dollmaker." And sure enough, there was! [Laughs] Sometimes we get lucky. But we always start with, "What's the kind of antagonist we want to see on the screen?" and then we look for a comic book character who can give us additional inspiration. That's the key phrase: "Additional Inspiration." But there are also plenty of characters like Slade Wilson who I think are pretty darn faithful to their comic book inspirations.
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- Colton Haynes Habla sobre el futuro Alter Ego de Roy, su relación con Thea y Oliver y más (tvequals):
Colton Haynes Habla sobre el futuro Alter Ego de Roy, su relación con Thea y Oliver y más
Por Sandrine Sahakians 15 de enero, 2014
There is still a lot of mystery surrounding Roy Harper’s future alter ego and Colton Haynes, who portrays Roy in The CW’s Arrow, wonders about it as much as we do. But until we get a definitive answer, there are still a lot of things to look forward to this season when it comes to Roy.
Haynes recently took some time to attend the Warner Bros Mondo press tour and talk about Roy’s relationship with Oliver and Thea for the rest of the season, what surprised him the most about joining Arrow and more.
On whether Roy will eventually become Red Arrow, Arsenal, or Speedy
Fans of the comic have been wondering about Roy’s eventual identity since probably the introduction of the character and so has Haynes, but unfortunately he doesn’t know any more than any of us.
He shares, “Well, the conversations with Greg [Berlanti] start off with “Hey, can you give me an update on if I’m going to be Red Arrow, Arsenal, or Speedy?” And he says, “Hey, I’m not going to tell you.” So that’s pretty much how they start.” He added, “I do continue to wear a lot of red hoodies, and you’d think I would become Red Arrow, but I still, I can’t, like I’ve tried bribery. I’ve tried so many things. And they won’t tell me.”
He did tease that we would be finding out a really big big piece of information in episode 12 and that it was going to be “really shocking.”
On the evolution of Roy and Oliver/the Vigilante’s relationship
After Roy and the Vigilante’s interactions in the past few episodes, it’s no surprise to learn that these two are going to have “a lot of negative interactions.”
Haynes noted, “it’s so great that they’ve been able to kind of give Roy and Oliver these quippy, slow, brooding remarks towards each other because it changes the dynamic between Roy and Oliver, obviously, because he’s dating his sister. And it’s also going to be really interesting to find out if Roy ever finds out Oliver and the Arrow are the same person, because it’s going to be so shocking because he doesn’t like Oliver, but he idolizes Arrow. So that’s going to be a really fun thing to see throughout the season. You’ll see a lot more terrible interactions between the two very soon.”
Haynes even teased that Roy “forms a kind of a mini team with a few characters to finally find out who the Arrow is so they can try and start getting getting revenge.”
On how familiar he was with the comic
Haynes didn’t know too much about comic books growing up, but his brother was a huge fan. Haynes even shared a story about his brother calling him when he found out he had been cast in Arrow.
“I got a call from him, and he was crying, and I thought something was wrong. And he was like, “You didn’t tell me you were playing Roy Harper.” And I was like, “How did you know that? I didn’t even tell you I got a new job.” He was like, “It was on my favorite comic book site.” But he was in tears, crying. And he gets mad when I talk about it, but he was in tears, crying, because it’s now in the comic book world, Roy is almost the Robin to Arrow’s Batman. So I’m now very, very well versed in comic lingo, thanks to Geoff Johns.”
As to which character Roy will eventually become, Haynes’ brother thinks it will be Red Arrow.
On an Arrow musical episode
When asked about an Arrow musical episode, Haynes got very enthusiastic, “we need to start this. We need to start hashtagging this. All of you hashtag on the interview and Twitter #ArrowMusicalEpisode.” He continued, “but I know that no one would want to do that. But I would be down for it. I know Emily Bett Rickards would be down for that. So I don’t know. I think it might as well be a musical episode behind the scenes. So we’ll see.”
On what surprised him the most about being on Arrow
First and foremost, Haynes didn’t thing he would be in the show for more than a few episodes. He also didn’t expect to be able to work with so many different characters.
“I thought it was going to be a lot of my work with Thea, and I’ve been lucky enough to work with pretty much every character in the series so far. And they’ve been great with crossing over a lot of the characters and giving them different relationships and things like that. So that was really unexpected, but also very, very exciting because Roy’s gotten to have a lot of interactions with everyone else.”
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Por Sandrine Sahakians 15 de enero, 2014
There is still a lot of mystery surrounding Roy Harper’s future alter ego and Colton Haynes, who portrays Roy in The CW’s Arrow, wonders about it as much as we do. But until we get a definitive answer, there are still a lot of things to look forward to this season when it comes to Roy.
Haynes recently took some time to attend the Warner Bros Mondo press tour and talk about Roy’s relationship with Oliver and Thea for the rest of the season, what surprised him the most about joining Arrow and more.
On whether Roy will eventually become Red Arrow, Arsenal, or Speedy
Fans of the comic have been wondering about Roy’s eventual identity since probably the introduction of the character and so has Haynes, but unfortunately he doesn’t know any more than any of us.
He shares, “Well, the conversations with Greg [Berlanti] start off with “Hey, can you give me an update on if I’m going to be Red Arrow, Arsenal, or Speedy?” And he says, “Hey, I’m not going to tell you.” So that’s pretty much how they start.” He added, “I do continue to wear a lot of red hoodies, and you’d think I would become Red Arrow, but I still, I can’t, like I’ve tried bribery. I’ve tried so many things. And they won’t tell me.”
He did tease that we would be finding out a really big big piece of information in episode 12 and that it was going to be “really shocking.”
On the evolution of Roy and Oliver/the Vigilante’s relationship
After Roy and the Vigilante’s interactions in the past few episodes, it’s no surprise to learn that these two are going to have “a lot of negative interactions.”
Haynes noted, “it’s so great that they’ve been able to kind of give Roy and Oliver these quippy, slow, brooding remarks towards each other because it changes the dynamic between Roy and Oliver, obviously, because he’s dating his sister. And it’s also going to be really interesting to find out if Roy ever finds out Oliver and the Arrow are the same person, because it’s going to be so shocking because he doesn’t like Oliver, but he idolizes Arrow. So that’s going to be a really fun thing to see throughout the season. You’ll see a lot more terrible interactions between the two very soon.”
Haynes even teased that Roy “forms a kind of a mini team with a few characters to finally find out who the Arrow is so they can try and start getting getting revenge.”
On how familiar he was with the comic
Haynes didn’t know too much about comic books growing up, but his brother was a huge fan. Haynes even shared a story about his brother calling him when he found out he had been cast in Arrow.
“I got a call from him, and he was crying, and I thought something was wrong. And he was like, “You didn’t tell me you were playing Roy Harper.” And I was like, “How did you know that? I didn’t even tell you I got a new job.” He was like, “It was on my favorite comic book site.” But he was in tears, crying. And he gets mad when I talk about it, but he was in tears, crying, because it’s now in the comic book world, Roy is almost the Robin to Arrow’s Batman. So I’m now very, very well versed in comic lingo, thanks to Geoff Johns.”
As to which character Roy will eventually become, Haynes’ brother thinks it will be Red Arrow.
On an Arrow musical episode
When asked about an Arrow musical episode, Haynes got very enthusiastic, “we need to start this. We need to start hashtagging this. All of you hashtag on the interview and Twitter #ArrowMusicalEpisode.” He continued, “but I know that no one would want to do that. But I would be down for it. I know Emily Bett Rickards would be down for that. So I don’t know. I think it might as well be a musical episode behind the scenes. So we’ll see.”
On what surprised him the most about being on Arrow
First and foremost, Haynes didn’t thing he would be in the show for more than a few episodes. He also didn’t expect to be able to work with so many different characters.
“I thought it was going to be a lot of my work with Thea, and I’ve been lucky enough to work with pretty much every character in the series so far. And they’ve been great with crossing over a lot of the characters and giving them different relationships and things like that. So that was really unexpected, but also very, very exciting because Roy’s gotten to have a lot of interactions with everyone else.”
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- Marc Guggenheim adelanta de “Blast Radius” en adelante (greenarrowtv):
Marc Guggenheim adelanta de “Blast Radius” en adelante
Por Craig Byrne 15 de Enero, 2014
The wait is over: Arrow returns tonight at 8PM on The CW, with an explosive episode that goes by the name of “Blast Radius.”
To promote the show’s return, GreenArrowTV was able to interview one of the show’s Executive Producers, Marc Guggenheim, about tonight’s show and the events that will follow in the coming weeks on the show… enjoy! Our questions to Mr. Guggenheim are posted in bold; his answers are not.
GREENARROWTV’S CRAIG BYRNE: Where do things pick up when the show returns?
ARROW EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARC GUGGENHEIM: It’s been several weeks since the events of the mid-season finale. The Arrow is hellbent on finding the, as he puts it, “the man in the skull mask” who he saw at the end of Episode 9, and he’s tearing apart Starling City looking for this man, knowing that the frustration of Cyrus Gold and the destruction of the Mirakuru serum were not the end of Starling City’s problems; that as long as this man in the skull mask is out there, he knows that there’s still a danger.
Obviously, what he doesn’t know is that in addition to Sebastian Blood, there is also Slade Wilson who has come to town. So, one of the bombs underneath the table is ‘where is Slade Wilson and when is Oliver going to find out that Slade Wilson is alive and well and in Starling City?
Can you tell us more about the Mark Scheffer character that Sean Maher is playing in “Blast Radius?”
Sean Maher is wonderful. We came back from the midseason finale wanting to do a little bit of an evergreen episode, to get us back into the feeling of Arrow. And when I say evergreen, I mean we didn’t want to make it too mythology-heavy; we just wanted a really great villain. In kicking around ideas around the room, we thought a really great villain, particularly at this moment in Oliver’s journey to becoming a hero, would be somebody who would actually threaten Starling City; the city itself, and place the city in some kind of huge jeopardy. As we talked about it, we talked about the idea of “what if there was a serial bomber in the city?” That would place everyone in jeopardy, including Oliver’s nearest and dearest. As we talked about it, the character of someone who is a little bit like a Timothy McVeigh started to come into focus, and the idea of someone who is such a patriot that they would basically become a terrorist, was very intriguing to us.
And, of course, it plays in an interesting counterpoint to the Arrow, who is, himself, embracing a certain form of anarchy by engaging in vigilantism. That makes for a really cool backdrop, and a good thing to throw into Oliver’s path, as he continues to look for the man in the skull mask.
Episode 10 [also] brings the Arrow together with Sebastian Blood, because if the city is going to be in jeopardy, who is going to come to the fore but Sebastian Blood? It basically makes for some very, very complex situations, because the Arrow knows that there’s a man out there in the skull mask, but he doesn’t know that Sebastian Blood is the man who wears the skull mask.
I give a lot of props to Kevin Alejandro. Whenever he’s in character as Sebastian Blood, and being the good alderman, he always makes me forget that he’s a bad guy. Every single time I see him on screen, I literally forget that “oh! He’s evil.” Because Kevin invests the public face of Sebastian with so much kindness, and so much goodwill, that it’s almost inconceivable that he would be in league with people looking to do bad.
Kevin has a wonderful scene coming up in Episode 11 where we get a chance to see Kevin Alejandro be evil without wearing that mask, and that’s a great deal of fun. It was fun to write for him, and it’s very fun to see him perform it.
Have Oliver’s feelings for Felicity changed since Barry entered the picture?
That is a great question, and that is very much the subject of Episode 10. I wouldn’t know if we sort of pose that as ‘has his feelings for Felicity changed.’ I guess the reason I say that is, is that saying that Oliver’s feelings for Felicity have changed kind of presumes that Oliver even knows what his feelings are. And as I think we’ve probably routinely established on an almost episodic basis, is Oliver’s not someone who is very in touch with his feelings, or at least very comfortable in talking about them. So as a result, he handles things that are of any kind of emotional or romantic territory, not always in the best way, and I think Felicity discovers that the hard way in Episode 10.
Was it always the plan to do a big reveal of Slade in the present day? When did that come up?
I think when we decided to make Manu a series regular at the end of last year, we knew that we were going to tell the story of Slade Wilson being alive in the present, and being an antagonist to Oliver. I think pretty early on, it had just felt natural to us, that that reveal happened in the middle of the season. That felt right. Things are always up for discussion, and pieces do get moved around the board quite a bit, but that’s something we decided upon pretty early and have stuck to. It just felt right. And then, now we have the suspense of “when is Oliver going to learn that Slade is back in town, and of course, how does he find out?”
The next few episodes are said to be pretty heavy for Laurel. Is that correct?
Laurel’s downward spiral has really been her story of the season. She lost Tommy at the end of last season, and has been struggling to hold on to her hope ever since. We’ve seen over the course of the first nine episodes that she has developed an unhealthy habit with pills and with drinking, and that downward spiral is going to get worse before it gets better. But at the same time, it’s also going to actually overlap with what’s happening with the Arrow and the Mirakuru and Sebastian Blood and Slade Wilson, the meta-arc of the season. Put in broad strokes, Laurel’s personal storyline very muc crosses into the mythology of Season 2.
We have her mother coming back soon… can you talk about that family reunion?
Alex Kingston is returning [as Dinah Lance], which is really exciting for us, because we love Alex. She returns probably at Laurel’s lowest point.
Laurel is facing a lot of challenges. In addition to her addiction problems, she is also going to be drawn into the Arrow’s storyline, and that can never be good for Laurel.
On the subject of the Mirakuru, what’s going on with Roy in the second half of the season?
Episode 9 ended with Slade in the past, being injected with the Mirakuru, and Roy in the present being injected with the Mirakuru. Episode 10 sort of picks up and we see the other side of the coin for them. If Episode 9, you learned that the Mirakuru heals you and also makes you strong, Episode 10 shows that nothing comes without a cost, and the downsides become pretty apparent, actually, to both men, very quickly, and Roy is going to face some dark times, and he’s going to face some real difficult struggles. We said at the beginning of the season that Roy was going to go through a crucible this year, and that crucible, for him, is the Mirakuru.
Are we ever going to be able to see how exactly Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) survived?
There’s no plans at the moment. I don’t want to spoil too much, but there really are no plans at the moment. I sort of feel like we’ve moved past that point, and it would be regressing. There’s a lot more story to tell with Malcolm, but I think all that story is best told looking forward rather than looking back.
Looking forward, then, is there any chance we might have a scene with Malcolm and Dinah Lance this time?
You know, total transparency: Not this go-round. We keep trying. We actually really would love to do it, even if it was like a joke and they pass each other in the hallway and do a double-take, but we weren’t able to line up John’s schedule and Alex’s schedule to make it happen this time. We did have a story idea, but actor availability made it impossible to make that work. So, hopefully this show will have a nice, long life, and we love having both Alex and John on the show. I wouldn’t say it’s a matter of “if” but just simply a matter of “when,” because definitely, the desire is there. We’d be crazy not to do it, but there are certain realities that we are limited by. The actors being in the right time and place, for one thing.
What can you reveal about Nyssa al Ghul, and what brings her to Starling City?
I don’t want to spoil what brings her to Starling City, but I will say that it’s one of our best episodes this season. Episode 13, which introduces Nyssa. Katrina Law, by the way, is absolutely phenomenal. She really is a perfect bit of casting. Katrina is wonderful in the role, and gave us everything we needed to tell that story, in a really, really wonderful way. You haven’t seen the last of the League of Assassins, and we’re hoping that you’ll enjoy your first look at Nyssa.
Is there any chance we’ll see Barry Allen on Arrow again before the season is over?
I don’t know, is the honest answer. Everything always gets talked about, and there are all different sorts of possibilities, but I really don’t know. We haven’t hit upon anything just yet. I know that Greg, Geoff, and Andrew are really focused on making the Flash pilot as amazing as it can be, and that’s really where the focus should be. If it’s in the cards, it’ll happen; but if it’s not in the cards, then it won’t.
Have you found yourself surprised by any concepts that DC has allowed you to play withBlast Radius on the show?
I don’t know if “surprised” is the right word. Honestly, DC has been amazing. They’ve been so encouraging, and very cooperative. Even name-dropping Ra’s al Ghul in Episode 5; even that was the product of several months’ worth of casual conversations. So, by the time we get official permission, it doesn’t feel like a surprise. We’re always very open with us about our plans, and they’re always very open with us with their plans and their needs in terms of other DC-related shows and whatnot.
We actually have some very cool DC things coming up. Nothing I can announce just yet, because they really are their own sort of stories, but the level of DC integration, I think it’s fair to say we’ve found a way to kick it up a notch.
Do you have any final words that you’d like to say to the show’s fan base?
Thank you for the support of the show. You guys have been amazing as always, and all of us involved with the show, we really appreciate how supportive you are. We hope we don’t let you down!
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Por Craig Byrne 15 de Enero, 2014
The wait is over: Arrow returns tonight at 8PM on The CW, with an explosive episode that goes by the name of “Blast Radius.”
To promote the show’s return, GreenArrowTV was able to interview one of the show’s Executive Producers, Marc Guggenheim, about tonight’s show and the events that will follow in the coming weeks on the show… enjoy! Our questions to Mr. Guggenheim are posted in bold; his answers are not.
GREENARROWTV’S CRAIG BYRNE: Where do things pick up when the show returns?
ARROW EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARC GUGGENHEIM: It’s been several weeks since the events of the mid-season finale. The Arrow is hellbent on finding the, as he puts it, “the man in the skull mask” who he saw at the end of Episode 9, and he’s tearing apart Starling City looking for this man, knowing that the frustration of Cyrus Gold and the destruction of the Mirakuru serum were not the end of Starling City’s problems; that as long as this man in the skull mask is out there, he knows that there’s still a danger.
Obviously, what he doesn’t know is that in addition to Sebastian Blood, there is also Slade Wilson who has come to town. So, one of the bombs underneath the table is ‘where is Slade Wilson and when is Oliver going to find out that Slade Wilson is alive and well and in Starling City?
Can you tell us more about the Mark Scheffer character that Sean Maher is playing in “Blast Radius?”
Sean Maher is wonderful. We came back from the midseason finale wanting to do a little bit of an evergreen episode, to get us back into the feeling of Arrow. And when I say evergreen, I mean we didn’t want to make it too mythology-heavy; we just wanted a really great villain. In kicking around ideas around the room, we thought a really great villain, particularly at this moment in Oliver’s journey to becoming a hero, would be somebody who would actually threaten Starling City; the city itself, and place the city in some kind of huge jeopardy. As we talked about it, we talked about the idea of “what if there was a serial bomber in the city?” That would place everyone in jeopardy, including Oliver’s nearest and dearest. As we talked about it, the character of someone who is a little bit like a Timothy McVeigh started to come into focus, and the idea of someone who is such a patriot that they would basically become a terrorist, was very intriguing to us.
And, of course, it plays in an interesting counterpoint to the Arrow, who is, himself, embracing a certain form of anarchy by engaging in vigilantism. That makes for a really cool backdrop, and a good thing to throw into Oliver’s path, as he continues to look for the man in the skull mask.
Episode 10 [also] brings the Arrow together with Sebastian Blood, because if the city is going to be in jeopardy, who is going to come to the fore but Sebastian Blood? It basically makes for some very, very complex situations, because the Arrow knows that there’s a man out there in the skull mask, but he doesn’t know that Sebastian Blood is the man who wears the skull mask.
I give a lot of props to Kevin Alejandro. Whenever he’s in character as Sebastian Blood, and being the good alderman, he always makes me forget that he’s a bad guy. Every single time I see him on screen, I literally forget that “oh! He’s evil.” Because Kevin invests the public face of Sebastian with so much kindness, and so much goodwill, that it’s almost inconceivable that he would be in league with people looking to do bad.
Kevin has a wonderful scene coming up in Episode 11 where we get a chance to see Kevin Alejandro be evil without wearing that mask, and that’s a great deal of fun. It was fun to write for him, and it’s very fun to see him perform it.
Have Oliver’s feelings for Felicity changed since Barry entered the picture?
That is a great question, and that is very much the subject of Episode 10. I wouldn’t know if we sort of pose that as ‘has his feelings for Felicity changed.’ I guess the reason I say that is, is that saying that Oliver’s feelings for Felicity have changed kind of presumes that Oliver even knows what his feelings are. And as I think we’ve probably routinely established on an almost episodic basis, is Oliver’s not someone who is very in touch with his feelings, or at least very comfortable in talking about them. So as a result, he handles things that are of any kind of emotional or romantic territory, not always in the best way, and I think Felicity discovers that the hard way in Episode 10.
Was it always the plan to do a big reveal of Slade in the present day? When did that come up?
I think when we decided to make Manu a series regular at the end of last year, we knew that we were going to tell the story of Slade Wilson being alive in the present, and being an antagonist to Oliver. I think pretty early on, it had just felt natural to us, that that reveal happened in the middle of the season. That felt right. Things are always up for discussion, and pieces do get moved around the board quite a bit, but that’s something we decided upon pretty early and have stuck to. It just felt right. And then, now we have the suspense of “when is Oliver going to learn that Slade is back in town, and of course, how does he find out?”
The next few episodes are said to be pretty heavy for Laurel. Is that correct?
Laurel’s downward spiral has really been her story of the season. She lost Tommy at the end of last season, and has been struggling to hold on to her hope ever since. We’ve seen over the course of the first nine episodes that she has developed an unhealthy habit with pills and with drinking, and that downward spiral is going to get worse before it gets better. But at the same time, it’s also going to actually overlap with what’s happening with the Arrow and the Mirakuru and Sebastian Blood and Slade Wilson, the meta-arc of the season. Put in broad strokes, Laurel’s personal storyline very muc crosses into the mythology of Season 2.
We have her mother coming back soon… can you talk about that family reunion?
Alex Kingston is returning [as Dinah Lance], which is really exciting for us, because we love Alex. She returns probably at Laurel’s lowest point.
Laurel is facing a lot of challenges. In addition to her addiction problems, she is also going to be drawn into the Arrow’s storyline, and that can never be good for Laurel.
On the subject of the Mirakuru, what’s going on with Roy in the second half of the season?
Episode 9 ended with Slade in the past, being injected with the Mirakuru, and Roy in the present being injected with the Mirakuru. Episode 10 sort of picks up and we see the other side of the coin for them. If Episode 9, you learned that the Mirakuru heals you and also makes you strong, Episode 10 shows that nothing comes without a cost, and the downsides become pretty apparent, actually, to both men, very quickly, and Roy is going to face some dark times, and he’s going to face some real difficult struggles. We said at the beginning of the season that Roy was going to go through a crucible this year, and that crucible, for him, is the Mirakuru.
Are we ever going to be able to see how exactly Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) survived?
There’s no plans at the moment. I don’t want to spoil too much, but there really are no plans at the moment. I sort of feel like we’ve moved past that point, and it would be regressing. There’s a lot more story to tell with Malcolm, but I think all that story is best told looking forward rather than looking back.
Looking forward, then, is there any chance we might have a scene with Malcolm and Dinah Lance this time?
You know, total transparency: Not this go-round. We keep trying. We actually really would love to do it, even if it was like a joke and they pass each other in the hallway and do a double-take, but we weren’t able to line up John’s schedule and Alex’s schedule to make it happen this time. We did have a story idea, but actor availability made it impossible to make that work. So, hopefully this show will have a nice, long life, and we love having both Alex and John on the show. I wouldn’t say it’s a matter of “if” but just simply a matter of “when,” because definitely, the desire is there. We’d be crazy not to do it, but there are certain realities that we are limited by. The actors being in the right time and place, for one thing.
What can you reveal about Nyssa al Ghul, and what brings her to Starling City?
I don’t want to spoil what brings her to Starling City, but I will say that it’s one of our best episodes this season. Episode 13, which introduces Nyssa. Katrina Law, by the way, is absolutely phenomenal. She really is a perfect bit of casting. Katrina is wonderful in the role, and gave us everything we needed to tell that story, in a really, really wonderful way. You haven’t seen the last of the League of Assassins, and we’re hoping that you’ll enjoy your first look at Nyssa.
Is there any chance we’ll see Barry Allen on Arrow again before the season is over?
I don’t know, is the honest answer. Everything always gets talked about, and there are all different sorts of possibilities, but I really don’t know. We haven’t hit upon anything just yet. I know that Greg, Geoff, and Andrew are really focused on making the Flash pilot as amazing as it can be, and that’s really where the focus should be. If it’s in the cards, it’ll happen; but if it’s not in the cards, then it won’t.
Have you found yourself surprised by any concepts that DC has allowed you to play withBlast Radius on the show?
I don’t know if “surprised” is the right word. Honestly, DC has been amazing. They’ve been so encouraging, and very cooperative. Even name-dropping Ra’s al Ghul in Episode 5; even that was the product of several months’ worth of casual conversations. So, by the time we get official permission, it doesn’t feel like a surprise. We’re always very open with us about our plans, and they’re always very open with us with their plans and their needs in terms of other DC-related shows and whatnot.
We actually have some very cool DC things coming up. Nothing I can announce just yet, because they really are their own sort of stories, but the level of DC integration, I think it’s fair to say we’ve found a way to kick it up a notch.
Do you have any final words that you’d like to say to the show’s fan base?
Thank you for the support of the show. You guys have been amazing as always, and all of us involved with the show, we really appreciate how supportive you are. We hope we don’t let you down!
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- Romance, Venganza y el Regreso de Caras Familiares (tvguide):
Romance, Venganza y el Regreso de Caras Familiares
Por Natalie Abrams 14 de Enero, 2014 08:53 PM ET
When Arrow returns (Wednesday, 8/7c, The CW), Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) has one thing on his mind — and it's not what you think.
The playboy-turned-vigilante will set his sights on tracking down the man in the skull mask, otherwise known as Brother Blood (Kevin Alejandro), who dosed Roy (Colton Haynes) with Mirakuru in a bid to create an army of super soldiers. But his real hunt will eventually lead him to something much worse: Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), who is on a quest to ruin Oliver's life. TVGuide.com caught up with executive producer Marc Guggenheim to get the scoop on what's in store when the show returns.
What can you tell us about Oliver's hunt to find Brother Blood?
Marc Guggenheim: Last year, we had ended Episode 9 with Oliver learning that there was a Dark Archer (John Barrowman) who had bad plans for the city. Oliver was so off the bread crumb, so in Episode 10 we came back and he basically did absolutely nothing about it. We were really determined to correct that mistake with the man in the skull mask in Season 2. We wanted to come back after our hiatus with Oliver in a full head of steam with a singular purpose of finding this guy. The man in the skull mask plays a very large role in the next couple of episodes. The Arrow has been spending the holidays and the weeks between Episodes 9 and 10 basically turning the city upside down looking for this man.
As far as we know, Slade wants revenge for Shado's death, but is there more to it?
Guggenheim: For Slade, he has spent five years planning his revenge. Suffice it to say that simply killing Oliver would not be worthy of a five-year plan. Between Episodes 10 and 18, which would be the next chunk, you'll really get a full sense of what Slade has basically come to Starling to do. It's nothing as simple or as merciful as killing Oliver.
Can you talk about Laurel's (Katie Cassidy) spiral into drug and alcohol abuse? At what point does her family need to step in, especially Sara (Caity Lotz), who was part of the cause of this in some ways?
Guggenheim: It's really something in the first four to five episodes back. Even though Sara, in flashbacks, has been a part of the show, Sara in the present day has been gone since Episode 5. It's really since that episode that Laurel has gone on this downward journey. It's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. And it'll get a whole lot worse before we see what reaction Sara has to it.
Fans have been very vocal about seeing Oliver and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) together. Do you see a romantic potential for them?
Guggenheim: There's always potential. There's clearly a connection between the two of them and a lot of chemistry between Stephen and Emily. Whether that gets consummated in some way, I would say everyone has to keep watching. Part of the fun for us with the show is doing this razor's edge walk with them. The characters are two very different people, yet they're drawn together. They're also drawn to other people at the same time. A big part of Episode 10 is the fallout from the Barry-Felicity flirtation. They have some quintessential Oliver-Felicity moments in the first four to five episodes of the second half of the season.
How much of Felicity's background will you explore?
Guggenheim: We talk a lot about whether Felicity is an only child or not, but the truth of the matter is until we actually write it and put it on screen, anything is possible. That said, we are going to learn a bit about Felicity's parentage. We'll learn it pretty soon.
How is Roy handling his newfound powers?
Guggenheim: One of the biggest hanging chads off the midseason cliffhanger was Roy has been to exposed to the Mirakuru and lived to tell the tale. We all know from seeing Slade in the flashbacks what that means. A big part of the drive of our first few episodes back is Roy's discovery of his abilities and how he's struggling with it. As we've seen with Slade in just the hint in Episode 9 — and this will be explicated in the flashbacks once we return — Mirakuru giveth and it taketh away. It obviously makes you a very formidable physical force, but there are also some downsides to it that both Roy in the present and Slade in the past will be experiencing.
The other hanging chad is the truth about Malcolm being Thea's father. Can you talk about the implications of Thea (Willa Holland) being the progeny of one of Oliver's greatest foes?
Guggenheim: For us, the fun of that reveal at the end of Episode 7 wasn't so much the reveal, it was the fact that now we have several bombs under several different tables. Oliver and Thea have yet to find out the truth. By the end of the season, they will learn the truth, but how and when will be part of the surprise.
Will we see Iasbel Rochev (Summer Glau) again because there is still the question of why she wanted to acquire Queen Consolidated?
Guggenheim: Summer will be returning to the show. We have not seen the last of Isabel. All of Isabel's motives will be revealed. That said, not everyone on the show has to be planning on blowing up the city. There are some people who are heroes, some people who are bad guys and there are people who have to just be people. That said, in Episode 8, we got a taste that there's a history between Isabel and Moira that we don't fully understand or know about yet. When Isabel returns, we will learn the secrets of that exchange that they had.
Talk about some of the villains coming in during the second half of the season.
Guggenheim: Robert Knepper is coming in Episode 12 [as the Clock King]. He plays a bad guy, but there's an expectation when Robert Knepper plays a bad guy that you'll be seeing a very specific version of Robert. What's wonderful about his turn on Arrow is that he's every bit as scary as we've seen him be before, but in a completely different way. He really took a lot of inspiration from his character being the Clock King in the comics. Then we have Katrina Law coming in Episode 13 as Nyssa al Ghul. She is outstanding. We loved having her on the show. We thought she was the perfect embodiment of the daughter of Ra's al Ghul.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Arrow-Scoop ... 76044.aspx
Por Natalie Abrams 14 de Enero, 2014 08:53 PM ET
When Arrow returns (Wednesday, 8/7c, The CW), Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) has one thing on his mind — and it's not what you think.
The playboy-turned-vigilante will set his sights on tracking down the man in the skull mask, otherwise known as Brother Blood (Kevin Alejandro), who dosed Roy (Colton Haynes) with Mirakuru in a bid to create an army of super soldiers. But his real hunt will eventually lead him to something much worse: Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), who is on a quest to ruin Oliver's life. TVGuide.com caught up with executive producer Marc Guggenheim to get the scoop on what's in store when the show returns.
What can you tell us about Oliver's hunt to find Brother Blood?
Marc Guggenheim: Last year, we had ended Episode 9 with Oliver learning that there was a Dark Archer (John Barrowman) who had bad plans for the city. Oliver was so off the bread crumb, so in Episode 10 we came back and he basically did absolutely nothing about it. We were really determined to correct that mistake with the man in the skull mask in Season 2. We wanted to come back after our hiatus with Oliver in a full head of steam with a singular purpose of finding this guy. The man in the skull mask plays a very large role in the next couple of episodes. The Arrow has been spending the holidays and the weeks between Episodes 9 and 10 basically turning the city upside down looking for this man.
As far as we know, Slade wants revenge for Shado's death, but is there more to it?
Guggenheim: For Slade, he has spent five years planning his revenge. Suffice it to say that simply killing Oliver would not be worthy of a five-year plan. Between Episodes 10 and 18, which would be the next chunk, you'll really get a full sense of what Slade has basically come to Starling to do. It's nothing as simple or as merciful as killing Oliver.
Can you talk about Laurel's (Katie Cassidy) spiral into drug and alcohol abuse? At what point does her family need to step in, especially Sara (Caity Lotz), who was part of the cause of this in some ways?
Guggenheim: It's really something in the first four to five episodes back. Even though Sara, in flashbacks, has been a part of the show, Sara in the present day has been gone since Episode 5. It's really since that episode that Laurel has gone on this downward journey. It's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. And it'll get a whole lot worse before we see what reaction Sara has to it.
Fans have been very vocal about seeing Oliver and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) together. Do you see a romantic potential for them?
Guggenheim: There's always potential. There's clearly a connection between the two of them and a lot of chemistry between Stephen and Emily. Whether that gets consummated in some way, I would say everyone has to keep watching. Part of the fun for us with the show is doing this razor's edge walk with them. The characters are two very different people, yet they're drawn together. They're also drawn to other people at the same time. A big part of Episode 10 is the fallout from the Barry-Felicity flirtation. They have some quintessential Oliver-Felicity moments in the first four to five episodes of the second half of the season.
How much of Felicity's background will you explore?
Guggenheim: We talk a lot about whether Felicity is an only child or not, but the truth of the matter is until we actually write it and put it on screen, anything is possible. That said, we are going to learn a bit about Felicity's parentage. We'll learn it pretty soon.
How is Roy handling his newfound powers?
Guggenheim: One of the biggest hanging chads off the midseason cliffhanger was Roy has been to exposed to the Mirakuru and lived to tell the tale. We all know from seeing Slade in the flashbacks what that means. A big part of the drive of our first few episodes back is Roy's discovery of his abilities and how he's struggling with it. As we've seen with Slade in just the hint in Episode 9 — and this will be explicated in the flashbacks once we return — Mirakuru giveth and it taketh away. It obviously makes you a very formidable physical force, but there are also some downsides to it that both Roy in the present and Slade in the past will be experiencing.
The other hanging chad is the truth about Malcolm being Thea's father. Can you talk about the implications of Thea (Willa Holland) being the progeny of one of Oliver's greatest foes?
Guggenheim: For us, the fun of that reveal at the end of Episode 7 wasn't so much the reveal, it was the fact that now we have several bombs under several different tables. Oliver and Thea have yet to find out the truth. By the end of the season, they will learn the truth, but how and when will be part of the surprise.
Will we see Iasbel Rochev (Summer Glau) again because there is still the question of why she wanted to acquire Queen Consolidated?
Guggenheim: Summer will be returning to the show. We have not seen the last of Isabel. All of Isabel's motives will be revealed. That said, not everyone on the show has to be planning on blowing up the city. There are some people who are heroes, some people who are bad guys and there are people who have to just be people. That said, in Episode 8, we got a taste that there's a history between Isabel and Moira that we don't fully understand or know about yet. When Isabel returns, we will learn the secrets of that exchange that they had.
Talk about some of the villains coming in during the second half of the season.
Guggenheim: Robert Knepper is coming in Episode 12 [as the Clock King]. He plays a bad guy, but there's an expectation when Robert Knepper plays a bad guy that you'll be seeing a very specific version of Robert. What's wonderful about his turn on Arrow is that he's every bit as scary as we've seen him be before, but in a completely different way. He really took a lot of inspiration from his character being the Clock King in the comics. Then we have Katrina Law coming in Episode 13 as Nyssa al Ghul. She is outstanding. We loved having her on the show. We thought she was the perfect embodiment of the daughter of Ra's al Ghul.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Arrow-Scoop ... 76044.aspx
- Productor ejecutivo de 'Arrow' sobre el plan destructivo de Slade, los obstáculos de 'Olicity' ya la oscura espiral de Laurel (THR):
Productor ejecutivo de 'Arrow' sobre el plan destructivo de Slade, los obstáculos de 'Olicity' ya la oscura espiral de Laurel
Por Philiana Ng 7:15 AM PST 15/01/2014
Arrow returns with several looming questions following the events of the winter finale.
With Oliver Queen's former mentor Slade Wilson back in action and ready to turn Oliver's world upside down, the CW's comic-book drama kicks off the remaining episodes of the season with a flurry of action. Not only will Oliver likely face off against his island friend, but in Wednesday's return, he will have his hands full with the latest DC Comics villain Shrapnel (guest star Sean Maher), Roy's uncontrollable super strength and an unraveling Laurel.
Executive producer Marc Guggenheim talks to The Hollywood Reporter about what to expect from the second half of the sophomore season.
[Warning: Minor spoilers ahead.]
In the winter finale, Slade declared that his sole mission was to turn Oliver’s world upside down. Has Slade turned pure evil, or is there some redemption for him?
What a great question. I will say that I don't think anyone on our show is pure evil. We always try really hard to write according to the axiom that everyone is the hero in their own story. In other words, in real life, even the most evil people think they're doing the right thing -- at least, through their own lens through which they view their world. Slade is taking actions that he feels are very justified and thus in his mind, he's not pure evil, he's not even evil. He's just a man with a very serious vendetta. For us, the advantage of doing it that way are even our antagonists are grounded and realistic, and I think they're made more compelling when their motivations are made more human than the comic-book trademark "pure evil." That's just as true for Slade as for any of the villains on our show.
Hypothetically, if Oliver were to find out about Slade, how do you think he’d take the news?
I can tell you that hypothetically, were he to find out that Slade is alive and kicking in Starling City, Oliver would not take that well. (Laughs.) And I guess I can spoil and say that it is just a matter of matter of time before Oliver discovers that Slade is in Starling City. We actually have a whole episode and a whole storyline devoted to Oliver's reaction to that news. I won't tell you what episode that is.
So that's coming soon?
I think the one thing you always safely say about the show is everything is always coming soon because we really accelerate story so fast as a general rule. We try to make things happen faster than people expect.
Slade has Sebastian Blood in his corner. Is he just a pawn or somebody he's using as a tool, or is there more there?
The answer to that question will really come in the form of episode 11 which is a very Sebastian Blood-centric episode. I think it will shed a lot of light on the Slade/Blood relationship.
Sebastian has shown interest in Laurel? How real is that romance?
That's definitely the subject of episodes 10 and 11. Episodes 10 and 11 are not a two-parter in the traditional sense but they're definitely two episodes that speak to each other. They're definitely telling two sides of the same coin in terms of story. Obviously there's this burgeoning relationship between Laurel and Sebastian, right at the same time we're learning Sebastian is in bed with Slade. Laurel, in her storyline, really begin to collide with the meta story of the season and the mythology of the season. That's something that's a lot of fun for us and something we didn't get to do with Laurel last year. Katie Cassidy, we've put a lot on her shoulders in these episodes coming back and she's really knocked the ball out of the park. She's been outstanding.
We've seen the beginnings of Laurel not handling her situation well. How deep does she go in her downward spiral?
She has not hit bottom yet. Things are going to be getting much much worse for her before they get better. What will make this difficult for Oliver and Lance to watch is the fact that they know, on some level, that if Laurel knew her sister was still alive, that may be the thing that pulls her out of this downward spiral. The only question is will she get pulled out of that before she hits rock bottom, or worse? That's a big bit of the tension of the first four episodes of the season 2B.
Will Sara come back into the fray in the modern day? Will she come face to face with Laurel?
It's probably not spoiling anything to say that it's only a matter of time before Sara returns to modern-day Starling City. We've already made the decision as to when and how and why exactly all that [Sara coming face to face with Laurel] will happen. When, over the course of the next 13 episodes that happens, I'm not saying.
It’s apparent that there has been a lot more Felicity/Oliver action this season. What is the state of their working relationship at the moment? Will they face significant obstacles down the line?
The second question first: They definitely will face obstacles down the line. The burgeoning relationship between Felicity and Barry Allen from episodes eight and nine, that gets addressed from the Oliver side of things very directly in episode 10. For sure anyone who wants Oliver and Felicity to romantically hook up, Barry is a serious impediment to that. Then we'll be throwing another impediment in their path in a reasonably short order. Part of the fun of seeing Oliver and Felicity together is their relationship is so messy. They're both friends, they're very different people, they're co-workers in the oddest set of circumstances but at the same time, they're drawn to each other with an obvious chemistry. Their relationship, lowercase "R," is really fraught and that's what creates the fun and the drama for us, of watching these two very different people dance around each other.
Isabel is still in Oliver's orbit but she hasn't yet made a significant splash. Is her time coming?
Yeah, her time is definitely coming on the show. I wish we had been able to have her time come a little sooner. We have a lot of characters and we're telling a lot of story, but we have not seen the last of Isabel Rochev. In episode eight, Moira and Isabel had their encounter at Moira's party where we learned that there's a lot more history vis-a-vis Isabel and the Queen family than we previously thought. It's just a matter of time before all those chickens come to roost.
How does Roy’s dynamic with the Arrow change following his injection?
Things are going to get very, very interesting. Episodes eight and nine fundamentally changed the Arrow/Roy relationship because in addition to being injected with the Mirakuru, the Arrow also shot Roy in the leg with an arrow. (Laughs.) There's quite a bit of repair work with that relationship and the Mirakuru is going to be a serious impediments to that repair work. I don't want to spoil whether that repair work is even successful but I will say that the consequences of eight and nine are two things that are really covered in very direct fashion in the first four episodes of the second half.
How much danger does he find himself in with his new super strength?
In episode nine, two people got injected with the Mirakuru: Slade in the past and Roy in the present. Both men in both timeframes are going to learn that their increased strength and improved healing abilities, there is a cost. The ramifications of that cost for both men, quite frankly, really take both men through the end of the season. Nothing is as simple as you're injected and everything is wine and roses for you from that point forward. If anything, it's definitely a mixed bag whether or not being exposed to the Mirakuru was a good thing.
How worried should Moira be about Thea stumbling upon the truth about her dad, Malcolm?
Moira should be and is extremely worried that Thea will learn the truth about her parentage, but maybe it's not Thea she has to worry about.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ity-671164
Por Philiana Ng 7:15 AM PST 15/01/2014
Arrow returns with several looming questions following the events of the winter finale.
With Oliver Queen's former mentor Slade Wilson back in action and ready to turn Oliver's world upside down, the CW's comic-book drama kicks off the remaining episodes of the season with a flurry of action. Not only will Oliver likely face off against his island friend, but in Wednesday's return, he will have his hands full with the latest DC Comics villain Shrapnel (guest star Sean Maher), Roy's uncontrollable super strength and an unraveling Laurel.
Executive producer Marc Guggenheim talks to The Hollywood Reporter about what to expect from the second half of the sophomore season.
[Warning: Minor spoilers ahead.]
In the winter finale, Slade declared that his sole mission was to turn Oliver’s world upside down. Has Slade turned pure evil, or is there some redemption for him?
What a great question. I will say that I don't think anyone on our show is pure evil. We always try really hard to write according to the axiom that everyone is the hero in their own story. In other words, in real life, even the most evil people think they're doing the right thing -- at least, through their own lens through which they view their world. Slade is taking actions that he feels are very justified and thus in his mind, he's not pure evil, he's not even evil. He's just a man with a very serious vendetta. For us, the advantage of doing it that way are even our antagonists are grounded and realistic, and I think they're made more compelling when their motivations are made more human than the comic-book trademark "pure evil." That's just as true for Slade as for any of the villains on our show.
Hypothetically, if Oliver were to find out about Slade, how do you think he’d take the news?
I can tell you that hypothetically, were he to find out that Slade is alive and kicking in Starling City, Oliver would not take that well. (Laughs.) And I guess I can spoil and say that it is just a matter of matter of time before Oliver discovers that Slade is in Starling City. We actually have a whole episode and a whole storyline devoted to Oliver's reaction to that news. I won't tell you what episode that is.
So that's coming soon?
I think the one thing you always safely say about the show is everything is always coming soon because we really accelerate story so fast as a general rule. We try to make things happen faster than people expect.
Slade has Sebastian Blood in his corner. Is he just a pawn or somebody he's using as a tool, or is there more there?
The answer to that question will really come in the form of episode 11 which is a very Sebastian Blood-centric episode. I think it will shed a lot of light on the Slade/Blood relationship.
Sebastian has shown interest in Laurel? How real is that romance?
That's definitely the subject of episodes 10 and 11. Episodes 10 and 11 are not a two-parter in the traditional sense but they're definitely two episodes that speak to each other. They're definitely telling two sides of the same coin in terms of story. Obviously there's this burgeoning relationship between Laurel and Sebastian, right at the same time we're learning Sebastian is in bed with Slade. Laurel, in her storyline, really begin to collide with the meta story of the season and the mythology of the season. That's something that's a lot of fun for us and something we didn't get to do with Laurel last year. Katie Cassidy, we've put a lot on her shoulders in these episodes coming back and she's really knocked the ball out of the park. She's been outstanding.
We've seen the beginnings of Laurel not handling her situation well. How deep does she go in her downward spiral?
She has not hit bottom yet. Things are going to be getting much much worse for her before they get better. What will make this difficult for Oliver and Lance to watch is the fact that they know, on some level, that if Laurel knew her sister was still alive, that may be the thing that pulls her out of this downward spiral. The only question is will she get pulled out of that before she hits rock bottom, or worse? That's a big bit of the tension of the first four episodes of the season 2B.
Will Sara come back into the fray in the modern day? Will she come face to face with Laurel?
It's probably not spoiling anything to say that it's only a matter of time before Sara returns to modern-day Starling City. We've already made the decision as to when and how and why exactly all that [Sara coming face to face with Laurel] will happen. When, over the course of the next 13 episodes that happens, I'm not saying.
It’s apparent that there has been a lot more Felicity/Oliver action this season. What is the state of their working relationship at the moment? Will they face significant obstacles down the line?
The second question first: They definitely will face obstacles down the line. The burgeoning relationship between Felicity and Barry Allen from episodes eight and nine, that gets addressed from the Oliver side of things very directly in episode 10. For sure anyone who wants Oliver and Felicity to romantically hook up, Barry is a serious impediment to that. Then we'll be throwing another impediment in their path in a reasonably short order. Part of the fun of seeing Oliver and Felicity together is their relationship is so messy. They're both friends, they're very different people, they're co-workers in the oddest set of circumstances but at the same time, they're drawn to each other with an obvious chemistry. Their relationship, lowercase "R," is really fraught and that's what creates the fun and the drama for us, of watching these two very different people dance around each other.
Isabel is still in Oliver's orbit but she hasn't yet made a significant splash. Is her time coming?
Yeah, her time is definitely coming on the show. I wish we had been able to have her time come a little sooner. We have a lot of characters and we're telling a lot of story, but we have not seen the last of Isabel Rochev. In episode eight, Moira and Isabel had their encounter at Moira's party where we learned that there's a lot more history vis-a-vis Isabel and the Queen family than we previously thought. It's just a matter of time before all those chickens come to roost.
How does Roy’s dynamic with the Arrow change following his injection?
Things are going to get very, very interesting. Episodes eight and nine fundamentally changed the Arrow/Roy relationship because in addition to being injected with the Mirakuru, the Arrow also shot Roy in the leg with an arrow. (Laughs.) There's quite a bit of repair work with that relationship and the Mirakuru is going to be a serious impediments to that repair work. I don't want to spoil whether that repair work is even successful but I will say that the consequences of eight and nine are two things that are really covered in very direct fashion in the first four episodes of the second half.
How much danger does he find himself in with his new super strength?
In episode nine, two people got injected with the Mirakuru: Slade in the past and Roy in the present. Both men in both timeframes are going to learn that their increased strength and improved healing abilities, there is a cost. The ramifications of that cost for both men, quite frankly, really take both men through the end of the season. Nothing is as simple as you're injected and everything is wine and roses for you from that point forward. If anything, it's definitely a mixed bag whether or not being exposed to the Mirakuru was a good thing.
How worried should Moira be about Thea stumbling upon the truth about her dad, Malcolm?
Moira should be and is extremely worried that Thea will learn the truth about her parentage, but maybe it's not Thea she has to worry about.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ity-671164
- Jefe de 'Arrow' adelanta el arco de Roy a lo Batman begins; Además, cuatro primicias más (inside.ew):
Jefe de 'Arrow' adelanta el arco de Roy a lo Batman begins; Además, cuatro primicias más
Por Sandra Gonzalez 15 de enero, 2014 at 5:36PM
The back half of Arrow‘s second season is going to be a trying one for young Roy Harper (Colton Haynes).
After being injected with Mirakuru in the mid-season finale, the first episode back, airing Wednesday night, will explore the benefits — and consequences — of his newfound strength. “We’re going to learn starting with episode 10 that the Mirakuru may give you incredible strength and it really may accelerate your healing, but it comes with some very significant mental downsides as well,” teases executive producer Marc Guggenheim. “And Roy will be experiencing those in the present, and Slade in the past [via flashbacks] will begin to develop those difficulties.”
Guggenheim adds that as everything about Roy’s current predicament becomes clearer, we’re also going to see how it affects the people around him — Thea and Oliver included. “We always said that this year, Roy is going to go through a crucible. And the Mirakuru [storyline] is basically that ordeal and for sure when he comes out the other side — if he comes out the other side — he will be a different person and set on a different path,” he says. “You will start to see that as early as episode 12.”
It’s part of the longer story the writers are telling with Roy, explains Guggenheim, one that shows him going “from being sort of the street urchin we met in episode 15 last year to somebody who could potentially inherit the Arrow’s mantel as Roy Harper did in the comic books. We’re never really driven too much by what we call the comic book destinies of characters, but we’re very much aware of them and we’re very much aware that we’re telling a Batman Begins-style story for all of our characters. And obviously the Mirakuru and what Roy will experience in the wake of episode 9 is a big part of that Batman Begins-like story for him.”
Guggenheim also teased a few more plot points that await fans in the second half of the season. Here are answers to some more burning questions:
+ Have they decided what they’re doing with Flash in episode 20?
Not yet. After it was decided that the Flash pilot would stand alone — rather than being part of the 20th episode of the season — plans had to change, said Guggenheim. But the official plan is still in the works. “We’ve had a lot of afferent internal discussions of how episode 20 basically becoming an Arrow episode instead of a backdoor pilot could operate in terms of the connection to Barry. But we haven’t come to a decision yet, so we’re not ready to talk about it yet,” he said.
+ Will Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) continue to have tension over Barry?
Yes. And you will see more of it in Wednesday night’s episode. “One of our pet peeves is when a show does a backdoor pilot and the episode that follows it tends to ignore what happened in the backdoor pilot. And episodes 8 and 9 served as the introduction of Barry Allen, and it struck us as wrong not to acknowledge everything that happened in those two episodes, particularly in regard to Barry’s burgeoning relationship with Felicity,” he says. “So a good chunk of the emotional real estate in episode 10 is spent on Felicity’s reaction to Barry being electrocuted at the end of episode 9 and being struck by lightning.”
+ What’s with Oliver’s big black eye?
It’s the result of a fight, duh! But the real scoop here? It’s such a brutal encounter that the producers decided Oliver will sport the shiner for a while. “I will say this: I was telling Stephen we really haven’t seen the last of that black eye. On this show, particularly Oliver, [characters] tend to get hurt and within an episode’s time they’re fully healed. That black eye in particular is not going anywhere anytime soon.”
+ What’s going on with Sebastian Blood in the second half?
Wednesday’s episode will see Sebastian Blood break out as a character after spending some time in the background. And there’s more of that to come, says Guggenheim. “If you think he comes to the forefront in episode 10, you really haven’t seen anything yet,” he says. “Episode 11 I would say is really Sebastian’s episode to shine. And I would say there is a moment in episode 11 that feels somewhat confrontational. But I will say, Oliver’s not the only member of the Queen family that Sebastian is going to have a confrontation with.”
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/15/arrow ... storyline/
Por Sandra Gonzalez 15 de enero, 2014 at 5:36PM
The back half of Arrow‘s second season is going to be a trying one for young Roy Harper (Colton Haynes).
After being injected with Mirakuru in the mid-season finale, the first episode back, airing Wednesday night, will explore the benefits — and consequences — of his newfound strength. “We’re going to learn starting with episode 10 that the Mirakuru may give you incredible strength and it really may accelerate your healing, but it comes with some very significant mental downsides as well,” teases executive producer Marc Guggenheim. “And Roy will be experiencing those in the present, and Slade in the past [via flashbacks] will begin to develop those difficulties.”
Guggenheim adds that as everything about Roy’s current predicament becomes clearer, we’re also going to see how it affects the people around him — Thea and Oliver included. “We always said that this year, Roy is going to go through a crucible. And the Mirakuru [storyline] is basically that ordeal and for sure when he comes out the other side — if he comes out the other side — he will be a different person and set on a different path,” he says. “You will start to see that as early as episode 12.”
It’s part of the longer story the writers are telling with Roy, explains Guggenheim, one that shows him going “from being sort of the street urchin we met in episode 15 last year to somebody who could potentially inherit the Arrow’s mantel as Roy Harper did in the comic books. We’re never really driven too much by what we call the comic book destinies of characters, but we’re very much aware of them and we’re very much aware that we’re telling a Batman Begins-style story for all of our characters. And obviously the Mirakuru and what Roy will experience in the wake of episode 9 is a big part of that Batman Begins-like story for him.”
Guggenheim also teased a few more plot points that await fans in the second half of the season. Here are answers to some more burning questions:
+ Have they decided what they’re doing with Flash in episode 20?
Not yet. After it was decided that the Flash pilot would stand alone — rather than being part of the 20th episode of the season — plans had to change, said Guggenheim. But the official plan is still in the works. “We’ve had a lot of afferent internal discussions of how episode 20 basically becoming an Arrow episode instead of a backdoor pilot could operate in terms of the connection to Barry. But we haven’t come to a decision yet, so we’re not ready to talk about it yet,” he said.
+ Will Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) continue to have tension over Barry?
Yes. And you will see more of it in Wednesday night’s episode. “One of our pet peeves is when a show does a backdoor pilot and the episode that follows it tends to ignore what happened in the backdoor pilot. And episodes 8 and 9 served as the introduction of Barry Allen, and it struck us as wrong not to acknowledge everything that happened in those two episodes, particularly in regard to Barry’s burgeoning relationship with Felicity,” he says. “So a good chunk of the emotional real estate in episode 10 is spent on Felicity’s reaction to Barry being electrocuted at the end of episode 9 and being struck by lightning.”
+ What’s with Oliver’s big black eye?
It’s the result of a fight, duh! But the real scoop here? It’s such a brutal encounter that the producers decided Oliver will sport the shiner for a while. “I will say this: I was telling Stephen we really haven’t seen the last of that black eye. On this show, particularly Oliver, [characters] tend to get hurt and within an episode’s time they’re fully healed. That black eye in particular is not going anywhere anytime soon.”
+ What’s going on with Sebastian Blood in the second half?
Wednesday’s episode will see Sebastian Blood break out as a character after spending some time in the background. And there’s more of that to come, says Guggenheim. “If you think he comes to the forefront in episode 10, you really haven’t seen anything yet,” he says. “Episode 11 I would say is really Sebastian’s episode to shine. And I would say there is a moment in episode 11 that feels somewhat confrontational. But I will say, Oliver’s not the only member of the Queen family that Sebastian is going to have a confrontation with.”
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/15/arrow ... storyline/
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Arrow 2.11 Promo "Blind Spot" [HD]:
- Arrow 2.11 Extended Promo "Blind Spot" [HD]:
Añadidos los enlaces y rátings del 2.10 "Blast Radius". Podéis encontrarlos AQUÍ
- Arrow 2.11 Extended Promo "Blind Spot" [HD]:
Añadidos los enlaces y rátings del 2.10 "Blast Radius". Podéis encontrarlos AQUÍ
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Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Arrow Season 2 "Billionaire" Promo:
- HQ Stills del 2.12 "Tremors":
- HQ Stills del 2.12 "Tremors":
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Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Arrow - 2.11 "Blind Spot" Producer's Preview:
- The CW "TV Now" February 2014 Promo:
- The CW "TV Now" February 2014 Promo:
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Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Arrow - 2.11 "Blind Spot" Sneak Peek:
- Arrow - 2.11 "Blind Spot" Sneak Peek #2:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ppy-673044
- Arrow - 2.11 "Blind Spot" Sneak Peek #2:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ppy-673044
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Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Ponemos el foco sobre la estrella de 'Arrow' Emily Bett Rickards (thetvaddict):
Ponemos el fofo sobre la estrella de 'Arrow' Emily Bett Rickards
Por Tiffany Vogt 22 de enero, 2014
Behind every great man is a woman. This especially holds true on the CW drama ARROW. Where would Oliver Queen be without his trusty teammate and computer-whiz, Felicity? In a press interview at the Warner Bros. Mondo International Press Tour, star Emily Bett Rickards talked about the evolution of her character and how she thanks her lucky stars every day for such a dream job.
Felicity right now is kind of torn between a couple different men in her lives. If you could offer her some advice about these men, what would you give her?
EMILY: I would say, “Follow your heart, and don’t make it too dramatic. Your best defense mechanism is to not get tangled.” I should probably listen to that.
Are you glad to see her getting away from her computer a bit more?
EMILY: I am. I think it’s really important for her as a person as to grow because if she’s hiding behind that screen all the time, she’s not really going to grow, I don’t think, a whole lot more. I mean, she’s very smart, and she can problem?solve and figure out as many problems as she can on her computer, but people are a totally different species than computers.
What has been the evolution of your character? How did she change from the first season to this season?
EMILY: More confidence, definitely stronger, has more of an idea about the role she’s playing within the group, I think. Being able to brainstorm and have more of a say and more of a weight in the group. Being a part of a group alone, she’s never been in a family like that or in a friendship like that. So she’s definitely becoming independent in a very strange way. I think we all identify and find ourselves amongst other people, and other people help us grow. I think that’s really happening for her.
What did you learn from Felicity?
EMILY: I think as she becomes more brave, she’s sort of teaching me how to become a little bit more courageous. She’s just got this very solid idea of what is right. Like she has a very interesting way of perspective because she’s always learning from Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Diggle (David Ramsey). But she’s definitely holding her ground, especially in the second season. I think I’m growing with her too, because my life has changed a lot in the past year, and so has hers. And I think being able to view other people’s perspectives ?? and, hopefully, I can do that as well ?? while keeping your feet on the ground and keeping your own sort of steady mind is a lesson that we could all use.
For you, how has it been working on the show for two seasons?
EMILY: It’s great. I mean, my life has changed. I mean, I’m getting to do what I love. And I’ve made a lot of really good friends and gotten to work with some really, really talented people, people I’ve always wanted to work with. It’s been a dream.
Do you like watching television shows on Blu?ray, DVD, digital?
EMILY: Oh, yeah, absolutely. I like to binge?watch. So when things come out, like SCANDAL is on Season 3 right now, so I’m waiting for all of the episodes of Season 3 to come out so I can watch it all within, like, a two?day period. That’s what I like. How do you watch one and then wait another week? It’s so hard. You’re thinking about it all week. I wouldn’t get any work done. (Laughs)
You were originally just going to do one episode and now you have a regular role. So what’s the whole story behind it?
EMILY: I went in for one audition, and I hadn’t seen those casting directors in forever. And then a few hours later, I was at work. I used to work at this dog shop where me and my dog would just chill and hang out, and I would run lines behind the counter with my feet up on the table. And I got a call saying I was on hold, and that was great, and I just went in and did the one day. Then they called me back, and then they called me back again a couple weeks later. And it just sort of grew, and all of a sudden this term of “regular” was being thrown around, which meant nothing to me at the time because I didn’t understand what it meant. And here I am, living the dream.
The show is very popular internationally. Why do you think that is?
EMILY: I think it’s really entertaining. I think that it’s really action?packed. And I also think that we all enjoy watching superheroes. I like watching superheroes. I like watching someone sort of wear a mask and then be themselves. It is always sort of like fighting with this dissonance of who they are and identity and that sort of thing. I think that’s really interesting for people.
http://www.thetvaddict.com/2014/01/22/a ... interview/
Por Tiffany Vogt 22 de enero, 2014
Behind every great man is a woman. This especially holds true on the CW drama ARROW. Where would Oliver Queen be without his trusty teammate and computer-whiz, Felicity? In a press interview at the Warner Bros. Mondo International Press Tour, star Emily Bett Rickards talked about the evolution of her character and how she thanks her lucky stars every day for such a dream job.
Felicity right now is kind of torn between a couple different men in her lives. If you could offer her some advice about these men, what would you give her?
EMILY: I would say, “Follow your heart, and don’t make it too dramatic. Your best defense mechanism is to not get tangled.” I should probably listen to that.
Are you glad to see her getting away from her computer a bit more?
EMILY: I am. I think it’s really important for her as a person as to grow because if she’s hiding behind that screen all the time, she’s not really going to grow, I don’t think, a whole lot more. I mean, she’s very smart, and she can problem?solve and figure out as many problems as she can on her computer, but people are a totally different species than computers.
What has been the evolution of your character? How did she change from the first season to this season?
EMILY: More confidence, definitely stronger, has more of an idea about the role she’s playing within the group, I think. Being able to brainstorm and have more of a say and more of a weight in the group. Being a part of a group alone, she’s never been in a family like that or in a friendship like that. So she’s definitely becoming independent in a very strange way. I think we all identify and find ourselves amongst other people, and other people help us grow. I think that’s really happening for her.
What did you learn from Felicity?
EMILY: I think as she becomes more brave, she’s sort of teaching me how to become a little bit more courageous. She’s just got this very solid idea of what is right. Like she has a very interesting way of perspective because she’s always learning from Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Diggle (David Ramsey). But she’s definitely holding her ground, especially in the second season. I think I’m growing with her too, because my life has changed a lot in the past year, and so has hers. And I think being able to view other people’s perspectives ?? and, hopefully, I can do that as well ?? while keeping your feet on the ground and keeping your own sort of steady mind is a lesson that we could all use.
For you, how has it been working on the show for two seasons?
EMILY: It’s great. I mean, my life has changed. I mean, I’m getting to do what I love. And I’ve made a lot of really good friends and gotten to work with some really, really talented people, people I’ve always wanted to work with. It’s been a dream.
Do you like watching television shows on Blu?ray, DVD, digital?
EMILY: Oh, yeah, absolutely. I like to binge?watch. So when things come out, like SCANDAL is on Season 3 right now, so I’m waiting for all of the episodes of Season 3 to come out so I can watch it all within, like, a two?day period. That’s what I like. How do you watch one and then wait another week? It’s so hard. You’re thinking about it all week. I wouldn’t get any work done. (Laughs)
You were originally just going to do one episode and now you have a regular role. So what’s the whole story behind it?
EMILY: I went in for one audition, and I hadn’t seen those casting directors in forever. And then a few hours later, I was at work. I used to work at this dog shop where me and my dog would just chill and hang out, and I would run lines behind the counter with my feet up on the table. And I got a call saying I was on hold, and that was great, and I just went in and did the one day. Then they called me back, and then they called me back again a couple weeks later. And it just sort of grew, and all of a sudden this term of “regular” was being thrown around, which meant nothing to me at the time because I didn’t understand what it meant. And here I am, living the dream.
The show is very popular internationally. Why do you think that is?
EMILY: I think it’s really entertaining. I think that it’s really action?packed. And I also think that we all enjoy watching superheroes. I like watching superheroes. I like watching someone sort of wear a mask and then be themselves. It is always sort of like fighting with this dissonance of who they are and identity and that sort of thing. I think that’s really interesting for people.
http://www.thetvaddict.com/2014/01/22/a ... interview/
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Arrow 2.12 "Tremors" Promo:
- Arrow 2.12 "Tremors" Extended Promo:
Añadidos los enlaces y rátings del 2.11 "Blind Spot". Podéis encontrarlos AQUÍ
- Arrow 2.12 "Tremors" Extended Promo:
Añadidos los enlaces y rátings del 2.11 "Blind Spot". Podéis encontrarlos AQUÍ
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Nueva imagen promocional de "DeathStroke" y BTS de la cración de la máscara:
(Gracias a Marv Wolfman en Facebook)
(Gracias a Marv Wolfman en Facebook)
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Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Exclusive Interview with Arrow Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim (DC ComicsNews):
- Podcast con Marc Guggenheim (randomchatter):
http://www.randomchatter.com/2014/01/gj-211-blind-spot/
- Podcast con Marc Guggenheim (randomchatter):
http://www.randomchatter.com/2014/01/gj-211-blind-spot/
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Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Regresa "The Huntress" en un capítulo de "Birds of Prey":
- Arrow 2.12 "Tremors" Clip:
¡The Huntress regresa a Starling City!
Jessica de Gouw repetirá en su papel como la vigilante de DC Comics en un próximo episodio titulado "Birds of Prey".
La última vez que vimos a Helena Bertinelli, el desdeñado antiguo amor de Oliver (Stephen Amell) estaba a la caza de su padre, el jefe del crimen Frank Bertinelli (Jeffrey Nordling) después de que éste hiciera asesinar a su prometido. Helena regresará a Starling City con la esperanza de una dura venganza después de que Arrow arrestara a Frank. Sin embargo, para matarle, va a tener que pasar por encima de Arrow... ¡y de Canary (Caity Lotz)!
"Consideramos a Jessica un miembro de la familia de Arrow y estamos deseando el tenerla de vuelta para un episodio del que todo el mundo estará hablando después," dijo el productor ejecutivo Marc Guggenheim.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Arrow-Huntr ... 76554.aspx
Jessica de Gouw repetirá en su papel como la vigilante de DC Comics en un próximo episodio titulado "Birds of Prey".
La última vez que vimos a Helena Bertinelli, el desdeñado antiguo amor de Oliver (Stephen Amell) estaba a la caza de su padre, el jefe del crimen Frank Bertinelli (Jeffrey Nordling) después de que éste hiciera asesinar a su prometido. Helena regresará a Starling City con la esperanza de una dura venganza después de que Arrow arrestara a Frank. Sin embargo, para matarle, va a tener que pasar por encima de Arrow... ¡y de Canary (Caity Lotz)!
"Consideramos a Jessica un miembro de la familia de Arrow y estamos deseando el tenerla de vuelta para un episodio del que todo el mundo estará hablando después," dijo el productor ejecutivo Marc Guggenheim.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Arrow-Huntr ... 76554.aspx
- Arrow 2.12 "Tremors" Clip:
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Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Colton Haynes sobre los trajes, los falsos abdominales y los aderezos (nerdrepository):
- Oliver acoge a Roy bajo su ala en "Arrow" (buzzfeed):
- ¿Descubrirá finalmente Roy la verdadera identidad de Arrow? (TVGuide):
- Colton Haynes de "Arrow" entrena para las nuevas estrellas invitadas de DC (comicbookresources):
- Colton Haynes: 'Sólo se va a poner peor antes de que se ponga mejor' (Zap-2-it):
- ¿Descubrirá Roy la verdadera identidad de Arrow? (justjaredjr):
- Colton Haynes: Roy va a 'vérselas negras' (THR):
- Stephen Amell Adelanta un episodio centrado en Roy con 'Tremors' (mtv):
Colton Haynes sobre los trajes, los falsos abdominales y los aderezos
Por Kyle Wilson 28 de enero, 2014
We’re two episodes into the back half of Arrow‘s second season, and fans are already getting major developments with the characters. Following last week’s nerd-out last five minutes, Warner Bros. Television was nice enough to give me some time to talk to series regular Colton Haynes, who plays the future sidekick-in-training Roy Harper. The guy is a riot, and here are some of the highlights.
[Warning: major spoilers for last week's episode, "Blind Spot," along with mild spoilers for this week's episode, "Tremors."]
Big developments in last week’s episode for your character. Are you pumped to finally get to do what fans have been waiting for, with Oliver now deciding to train Roy?
It’s taken long enough, but obviously it needed to take its time to give Roy a chance to go through the darkness before he starts to see some light. I’m super stoked! It seemed like it was pretty well received. I think this next episode is going to make fans go even crazier. There’s a lot of Easter eggs and a lot things that happen between them that really happen in the comics.
One of the interesting new elements to this origin is that Roy has superpowers, due to the Mirakuru drug injection, when Oliver decides to train him. Can you talk about how that affects the training and their relationship?
Most of it is Roy now has super strength, so in Roy’s mind he doesn’t need any training. He thinks “I can just go beat these guys’ asses. I’m more powerful than you. So what do I need to do?”
What Arrow is going to teach, well attempt to teach him, is to control the strength which Roy doesn’t really understand. He’s kind of a hot-headed cannon. He’s going to be really frustrated by finding out training doesn’t mean fighting people, training means slapping water and these stupid things Roy thinks are useless. Which is only going to make Roy even more mad, even more upset.
Roy is going to be faced with a really heated conversation with Arrow by saying “I don’t need you. Do you want my help or do you not? Because I can do this on my own.” That’s going to be a really fun scene for everyone to see because you’re going to see a side of Roy and a confidence of Roy that you haven’t seen yet, and it’s going to be scary for Arrow.
The training starts this time because Roy has now acquired powers, but viewers haven’t seen Roy do anything archery-related on the show thus far, even though that’s a key element to the history of the character. Can we expect to see that worked in now that Oliver has taken Roy under his wing?
I think eventually there’s a funny part in one of the upcoming episodes that involves archery. It might involve some “Legolas-ing.” I’m not sure if you’re familiar with the term, I just learned it. I don’t think I’m supposed to say that term because I think it’s a bad term, but I just said it!
But there’s going to be some funny aspects to the archery. Roy’s not jumping into that too quickly, because he has to be trusted by Arrow to know that he’s not just going to go off and get into some more trouble.
Is it as much as fun to punch holes in walls and rip the doors off cars as it looks?
Well, it looks really badass. I loved watching it. I thought “Hey, I look super cool!” But the reality is that most of the time it’s not me. I have an amazing stunt double named Curtis who is a freakin’ pro. He’s awesome. I do punch the walls and things like that, but I haven’t been really successful.
You’re going to probably see on the blooper reel, there’s a scene where I slipped on the water and I face-planted. Another time I didn’t hit the wall hard enough, so I didn’t break the wall. I just made my knuckles bleed for two days. There’s a lot of funny things that go into it to get that cool end product. I look like a badass, but let’s just be real, I’m not really that cool.
On that note, do you think there’s more room for a lighter, funny side of Roy on the show? I’ve seen the pic of you in the Jennifer Lawrence dress among other things on your Twitter that show you don’t take yourself that seriously.
There’s been a few moments where they’ve kind of written that in, which I don’t think they intended on doing. But I don’t take myself too seriously. I kind of walk to the beat of my own drum, which I’m happy that I’m able to do that on my own. They’ve put a few comedy moments in there, especially with scenes with Sin and Thea, like that scene where I was telling Thea to dress Sin in something slutty.
I think it could happen, but right now Roy is going down a dark place, but eventually we could see that if he gets what he wants overall, which would be to become the sidekick. Once he becomes the sidekick [the writers] are probably going to delve into Roy’s past, and I’m sure a few people from his past are going to enter his life, which is probably going to cause some more darkness. So we’ll see, I’m not sure if Roy’s comedy routine is going to continue but I hope so!
Since you are kind of a light-hearted guy, is it hard to tap into some of the darker and angrier places that Roy has to go?
Most people would think “Oh, I need to listen to music and think of puppies dying” but it’s not really that hard for me. It comes pretty naturally. I’ve never really been like that as a person or had to get that crazy, but I moved around a lot and kind of saw the world, so I think that’s helped out a lot with being able to communicate these stories with these kinds of dark characters that I’ve been able to play.
Assuming that it happens at some point on the show, do you have an idea of how you want Roy’s “Red Arrow” costume to look? Have you seen some of the fan art?
I have seen a few different fan variations. I love when people send me their things. Someone put a mock-up shoot of me as Red Arrow, which I think they just Photoshopped me over Stephen [Amells]‘s body and made the costume red. It looks really cool. But hopefully whatever I wear is not shirtless. [laughs] I would just love to continue to, if I see a McDonald’s, do what I always do and drive through the drive-thru. And I love ranch dressing too much to be shirtless every day.
So whatever the costume is hopefully it’s like… you know those costumes where they add muscles and make it look like you have a bigger chest and add abs and stuff? I’d love one of those. Maybe they’ll hire an airbrusher or something to help me out. We’ll see. Just something that doesn’t show my whole body so I can still eat fast food.
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Por Kyle Wilson 28 de enero, 2014
We’re two episodes into the back half of Arrow‘s second season, and fans are already getting major developments with the characters. Following last week’s nerd-out last five minutes, Warner Bros. Television was nice enough to give me some time to talk to series regular Colton Haynes, who plays the future sidekick-in-training Roy Harper. The guy is a riot, and here are some of the highlights.
[Warning: major spoilers for last week's episode, "Blind Spot," along with mild spoilers for this week's episode, "Tremors."]
Big developments in last week’s episode for your character. Are you pumped to finally get to do what fans have been waiting for, with Oliver now deciding to train Roy?
It’s taken long enough, but obviously it needed to take its time to give Roy a chance to go through the darkness before he starts to see some light. I’m super stoked! It seemed like it was pretty well received. I think this next episode is going to make fans go even crazier. There’s a lot of Easter eggs and a lot things that happen between them that really happen in the comics.
One of the interesting new elements to this origin is that Roy has superpowers, due to the Mirakuru drug injection, when Oliver decides to train him. Can you talk about how that affects the training and their relationship?
Most of it is Roy now has super strength, so in Roy’s mind he doesn’t need any training. He thinks “I can just go beat these guys’ asses. I’m more powerful than you. So what do I need to do?”
What Arrow is going to teach, well attempt to teach him, is to control the strength which Roy doesn’t really understand. He’s kind of a hot-headed cannon. He’s going to be really frustrated by finding out training doesn’t mean fighting people, training means slapping water and these stupid things Roy thinks are useless. Which is only going to make Roy even more mad, even more upset.
Roy is going to be faced with a really heated conversation with Arrow by saying “I don’t need you. Do you want my help or do you not? Because I can do this on my own.” That’s going to be a really fun scene for everyone to see because you’re going to see a side of Roy and a confidence of Roy that you haven’t seen yet, and it’s going to be scary for Arrow.
The training starts this time because Roy has now acquired powers, but viewers haven’t seen Roy do anything archery-related on the show thus far, even though that’s a key element to the history of the character. Can we expect to see that worked in now that Oliver has taken Roy under his wing?
I think eventually there’s a funny part in one of the upcoming episodes that involves archery. It might involve some “Legolas-ing.” I’m not sure if you’re familiar with the term, I just learned it. I don’t think I’m supposed to say that term because I think it’s a bad term, but I just said it!
But there’s going to be some funny aspects to the archery. Roy’s not jumping into that too quickly, because he has to be trusted by Arrow to know that he’s not just going to go off and get into some more trouble.
Is it as much as fun to punch holes in walls and rip the doors off cars as it looks?
Well, it looks really badass. I loved watching it. I thought “Hey, I look super cool!” But the reality is that most of the time it’s not me. I have an amazing stunt double named Curtis who is a freakin’ pro. He’s awesome. I do punch the walls and things like that, but I haven’t been really successful.
You’re going to probably see on the blooper reel, there’s a scene where I slipped on the water and I face-planted. Another time I didn’t hit the wall hard enough, so I didn’t break the wall. I just made my knuckles bleed for two days. There’s a lot of funny things that go into it to get that cool end product. I look like a badass, but let’s just be real, I’m not really that cool.
On that note, do you think there’s more room for a lighter, funny side of Roy on the show? I’ve seen the pic of you in the Jennifer Lawrence dress among other things on your Twitter that show you don’t take yourself that seriously.
There’s been a few moments where they’ve kind of written that in, which I don’t think they intended on doing. But I don’t take myself too seriously. I kind of walk to the beat of my own drum, which I’m happy that I’m able to do that on my own. They’ve put a few comedy moments in there, especially with scenes with Sin and Thea, like that scene where I was telling Thea to dress Sin in something slutty.
I think it could happen, but right now Roy is going down a dark place, but eventually we could see that if he gets what he wants overall, which would be to become the sidekick. Once he becomes the sidekick [the writers] are probably going to delve into Roy’s past, and I’m sure a few people from his past are going to enter his life, which is probably going to cause some more darkness. So we’ll see, I’m not sure if Roy’s comedy routine is going to continue but I hope so!
Since you are kind of a light-hearted guy, is it hard to tap into some of the darker and angrier places that Roy has to go?
Most people would think “Oh, I need to listen to music and think of puppies dying” but it’s not really that hard for me. It comes pretty naturally. I’ve never really been like that as a person or had to get that crazy, but I moved around a lot and kind of saw the world, so I think that’s helped out a lot with being able to communicate these stories with these kinds of dark characters that I’ve been able to play.
Assuming that it happens at some point on the show, do you have an idea of how you want Roy’s “Red Arrow” costume to look? Have you seen some of the fan art?
I have seen a few different fan variations. I love when people send me their things. Someone put a mock-up shoot of me as Red Arrow, which I think they just Photoshopped me over Stephen [Amells]‘s body and made the costume red. It looks really cool. But hopefully whatever I wear is not shirtless. [laughs] I would just love to continue to, if I see a McDonald’s, do what I always do and drive through the drive-thru. And I love ranch dressing too much to be shirtless every day.
So whatever the costume is hopefully it’s like… you know those costumes where they add muscles and make it look like you have a bigger chest and add abs and stuff? I’d love one of those. Maybe they’ll hire an airbrusher or something to help me out. We’ll see. Just something that doesn’t show my whole body so I can still eat fast food.
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- Oliver acoge a Roy bajo su ala en "Arrow" (buzzfeed):
On the surface, this week’s all-new episode of Arrow teases Bronze Tiger’s (Michael Jai White) plan to sell Malcolm’s (John Barrowman) earthquake machine (the one that decimated The Glades at the end of Season 1) to the highest bidder. But the installment, titled “Tremors” and written by executive producer Marc Guggenheim and co-executive producer Drew Z. Greenberg, also slyly sets up seismic events that threaten to shake up the foundations that The CW superhero series is firmly built upon.
But first, to recap: Roy (Colton Haynes) been injected with a mysterious serum called Mirakuru (roughly translated as “The Miracle”) that kills 99.9% of dosed subjects. But, if a subject actually survives the transition, they’re imbued with superhuman abilities: strength, endurance, durability, reflexes, healing, and speed. In short, they’re superhero ready.
However, Oliver (Stephen Amell) learned the hard way that Mirakuru channels itself through rage, so he’s begrudgingly taken Roy under his wing after watching his former ally, Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), succumb to the serum’s side effects. “Through Roy’s training, Oliver has a chance to revisit some old sins,” Guggenheim told BuzzFeed, not just referencing Slade, but also The Huntress (Jessica De Gouw).
“He failed miserably to be a guide for The Huntress, so now he’s setting out to do this right,” Guggenheim added. “We always want to be consistent with what we’ve already established for any character that has a superhero destiny. If it was as easy as putting on a costume and fighting crime, then anyone could do it. It took five years of hell to turn Oliver into The Arrow. It took five years of hell, and The League of Assassins, to turn Sara [Caity Lotz] into The Black Canary. It’s not that Roy couldn’t be a member of Team Arrow without the Mirakuru; it’s that he couldn’t do these things without going through the crucible the Mirakuru establishes.”
But don’t expect Roy to enter Oliver’s Arrow lair — or take a crack at his salmon ladder — just yet. “To preserve his secret identity, Oliver is talking around a lot of things because the more information he gives Roy, the closer Roy gets to figuring out that identity,” Guggeinheim revealed. “That’s why the training doesn’t take place in the lair. We can’t bring Roy in without revealing Oliver’s identity since it’s right beneath his club. So, it’ll be a while before we get Roy in there. Or on the salmon ladder.”
Thankfully, that doesn’t mean a partnership between Roy and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) — or, Rolicity, as enthusiastic fans have anticipatorily dubbed them — is entirely off the table for Season 2.
“The main drive for us as storytellers is to keep things new and fresh and exciting, so watching Oliver, Diggle [David Ramsey], and Felicity interact with these new people coming into their world is fun,” Greenberg said. “I think one of the great joys of this season has been Felicity and Sara getting to know each other. It’s opened up new aspects of each character, and I love that we’ve been able to do that.”
And the writers are mindful of how much truly hinges on Oliver maintaining his secret identity. “We address that head on in the episode when someone asks Oliver how many people know his real identity and he replies, ‘Too many,’” Guggeinheim noted before Greenberg added, “We always have to be cognizant of keeping Oliver’s secret identity. We’ve limited it to the people who need to know for the time being.”
Haynes, however, is holding out hope that becoming Oliver’s mentee will mean that Roy is finally integrated into Arrow’s overall mythology. “I’m not excited about the possibility of giving up McDonald’s, but I’m excited to potentially work with more of the cast and to hopefully become a superhero,” the actor told BuzzFeed.
Which begs the question: What is the secret to successfully punching a bowl of water (a task Oliver asks of Roy in BuzzFeed’s exclusive clip)? “You gotta close your eyes, take a deep breathe, and imagine you’re in a rap video,” Haynes revealed.
You can see the clip here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman ... r-his-wing
But first, to recap: Roy (Colton Haynes) been injected with a mysterious serum called Mirakuru (roughly translated as “The Miracle”) that kills 99.9% of dosed subjects. But, if a subject actually survives the transition, they’re imbued with superhuman abilities: strength, endurance, durability, reflexes, healing, and speed. In short, they’re superhero ready.
However, Oliver (Stephen Amell) learned the hard way that Mirakuru channels itself through rage, so he’s begrudgingly taken Roy under his wing after watching his former ally, Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), succumb to the serum’s side effects. “Through Roy’s training, Oliver has a chance to revisit some old sins,” Guggenheim told BuzzFeed, not just referencing Slade, but also The Huntress (Jessica De Gouw).
“He failed miserably to be a guide for The Huntress, so now he’s setting out to do this right,” Guggenheim added. “We always want to be consistent with what we’ve already established for any character that has a superhero destiny. If it was as easy as putting on a costume and fighting crime, then anyone could do it. It took five years of hell to turn Oliver into The Arrow. It took five years of hell, and The League of Assassins, to turn Sara [Caity Lotz] into The Black Canary. It’s not that Roy couldn’t be a member of Team Arrow without the Mirakuru; it’s that he couldn’t do these things without going through the crucible the Mirakuru establishes.”
But don’t expect Roy to enter Oliver’s Arrow lair — or take a crack at his salmon ladder — just yet. “To preserve his secret identity, Oliver is talking around a lot of things because the more information he gives Roy, the closer Roy gets to figuring out that identity,” Guggeinheim revealed. “That’s why the training doesn’t take place in the lair. We can’t bring Roy in without revealing Oliver’s identity since it’s right beneath his club. So, it’ll be a while before we get Roy in there. Or on the salmon ladder.”
Thankfully, that doesn’t mean a partnership between Roy and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) — or, Rolicity, as enthusiastic fans have anticipatorily dubbed them — is entirely off the table for Season 2.
“The main drive for us as storytellers is to keep things new and fresh and exciting, so watching Oliver, Diggle [David Ramsey], and Felicity interact with these new people coming into their world is fun,” Greenberg said. “I think one of the great joys of this season has been Felicity and Sara getting to know each other. It’s opened up new aspects of each character, and I love that we’ve been able to do that.”
And the writers are mindful of how much truly hinges on Oliver maintaining his secret identity. “We address that head on in the episode when someone asks Oliver how many people know his real identity and he replies, ‘Too many,’” Guggeinheim noted before Greenberg added, “We always have to be cognizant of keeping Oliver’s secret identity. We’ve limited it to the people who need to know for the time being.”
Haynes, however, is holding out hope that becoming Oliver’s mentee will mean that Roy is finally integrated into Arrow’s overall mythology. “I’m not excited about the possibility of giving up McDonald’s, but I’m excited to potentially work with more of the cast and to hopefully become a superhero,” the actor told BuzzFeed.
Which begs the question: What is the secret to successfully punching a bowl of water (a task Oliver asks of Roy in BuzzFeed’s exclusive clip)? “You gotta close your eyes, take a deep breathe, and imagine you’re in a rap video,” Haynes revealed.
You can see the clip here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman ... r-his-wing
- ¿Descubrirá finalmente Roy la verdadera identidad de Arrow? (TVGuide):
¿Descubrirá finalmente Roy la verdadera identidad de Arrow?
Por Natalie Abrams 28 de Enero, 2014 08:20 PM ET
Roy Harper is on his way to becoming the superhero we all know and love — or is he?
On Wednesday's Arrow (8/7c, The CW), Oliver (Stephen Amell) will finally start training Roy (Colton Haynes) after his comic book sidekick was injected with the Mirakuru serum. But training with his vigilante hero isn't exactly what Roy had in mind.
Arrow Exclusive: The Huntress returns for "Birds of Prey" episode!
"Originally, that had been everything that Roy wanted until he started being treated like a little lapdog," Haynes tells TVGuide.com. "Right away, he's super excited he's getting to train, but he doesn't realize what the training is going to be. It's going to be a lot of slapping water and a lot of mental training as opposed to kicking everyone's a-- like he wants to do."
But the rebellious Roy, whose uncontrollable strength can cause him to go off the rails, has a big request before the Arrow can train him: He wants to know the emerald archer's true identity. "He's been snooping," says Haynes, who hints that a shocking moment at the end of Wednesday's episode will finally give fans answers in the identity department. Could Roy be the mystery person the group puts to a vote?
The Arrow's main goal of training Roy is to prevent the same fate that fell upon Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), who turned out to be the big villain trying to take down Oliver's world this season after his Mirakuru injection on the island — which was basically Oliver's doing. "Right now, really anything is setting Roy off," Haynes says. "If he were to find out that the Arrow was behind all this pretty much, he would do anything he could to try to hurt the Arrow, but also possibly even start hurting other people on Arrow's team as well.
"It's only going to get worse before it gets better," he continues. "Roy is on the path of hurting himself or hurting someone close to the Arrow, and I think that's going to cause Arrow to make some changes in his team lineup."
Roy will get a taste of the action he craves when Arrow brings him out on a mission to take down the returning Bronze Tiger (Michael Jai White). "Roy's anger is going to get the best of him and he's going to unleash his wrath on Bronze Tiger and a few of his other minions," he says. "Roy really wants to be a superhero overnight, but that's not possible because the Arrow had to go through five years on the island before he could become anything."
Wherever Roy's path takes him — either to superhero status or down the trail to darkness — it will affect his relationship with Thea (Willa Holland). "Thea is about to get her world rocked by some news that Moira [Susanna Thompson] has been keeping from her pretty much her whole entire life," Haynes says. "That's going to overshadow the effects of Roy's anger, but Thea is very concerned about Roy's well-being. There's also another thing coming up very soon that will cause another rift in Roy and Thea's relationship."
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Por Natalie Abrams 28 de Enero, 2014 08:20 PM ET
Roy Harper is on his way to becoming the superhero we all know and love — or is he?
On Wednesday's Arrow (8/7c, The CW), Oliver (Stephen Amell) will finally start training Roy (Colton Haynes) after his comic book sidekick was injected with the Mirakuru serum. But training with his vigilante hero isn't exactly what Roy had in mind.
Arrow Exclusive: The Huntress returns for "Birds of Prey" episode!
"Originally, that had been everything that Roy wanted until he started being treated like a little lapdog," Haynes tells TVGuide.com. "Right away, he's super excited he's getting to train, but he doesn't realize what the training is going to be. It's going to be a lot of slapping water and a lot of mental training as opposed to kicking everyone's a-- like he wants to do."
But the rebellious Roy, whose uncontrollable strength can cause him to go off the rails, has a big request before the Arrow can train him: He wants to know the emerald archer's true identity. "He's been snooping," says Haynes, who hints that a shocking moment at the end of Wednesday's episode will finally give fans answers in the identity department. Could Roy be the mystery person the group puts to a vote?
The Arrow's main goal of training Roy is to prevent the same fate that fell upon Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), who turned out to be the big villain trying to take down Oliver's world this season after his Mirakuru injection on the island — which was basically Oliver's doing. "Right now, really anything is setting Roy off," Haynes says. "If he were to find out that the Arrow was behind all this pretty much, he would do anything he could to try to hurt the Arrow, but also possibly even start hurting other people on Arrow's team as well.
"It's only going to get worse before it gets better," he continues. "Roy is on the path of hurting himself or hurting someone close to the Arrow, and I think that's going to cause Arrow to make some changes in his team lineup."
Roy will get a taste of the action he craves when Arrow brings him out on a mission to take down the returning Bronze Tiger (Michael Jai White). "Roy's anger is going to get the best of him and he's going to unleash his wrath on Bronze Tiger and a few of his other minions," he says. "Roy really wants to be a superhero overnight, but that's not possible because the Arrow had to go through five years on the island before he could become anything."
Wherever Roy's path takes him — either to superhero status or down the trail to darkness — it will affect his relationship with Thea (Willa Holland). "Thea is about to get her world rocked by some news that Moira [Susanna Thompson] has been keeping from her pretty much her whole entire life," Haynes says. "That's going to overshadow the effects of Roy's anger, but Thea is very concerned about Roy's well-being. There's also another thing coming up very soon that will cause another rift in Roy and Thea's relationship."
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Arrow-Colto ... 76909.aspx
- Colton Haynes de "Arrow" entrena para las nuevas estrellas invitadas de DC (comicbookresources):
Colton Haynes de "Arrow" entrena para las nuevas estrellas invitadas de DC
Por Kiel Phegley 29 de Enero, 2014
Tonight on The CW, the DC Comics superhero drama "Arrow" is going to feel "Tremors."
Aside from the promised return of the villainous Bronze Tiger (Michael Jai White) and the devastating earthquake machine created by Malcolm Merlyn, the ominously named episode will focus on a contentious team-up between star Stephen Amell's Oliver Queen and the now super powered Roy Harper as played by Colton Haynes. As Harper is known varyingly as Speedy/Red Arrow/Arsenal in the comics, viewers of the show have long waited for Haynes' character to step closer to the sidekick role. And tonight, the character's training on that path seemingly begins.
In advance of "Tremors" premiering at 8:00 Eastern and Pacific, CBR News caught up with Haynes about where his character has come in two seasons. Below, the actor shares his thoughts on the slow boil to Roy's superhero destiny, why his training is really a two-part affair and how this story will not only ramp up the action of Season 2 but also open the door for more and more cameos from across the DC Universe.
CBR News: Colton, last time we talked, Roy was at an all-time low point as a character, and now his arc seems to be on the upswing as he's training for full-on vigilante duties in this week's episode. It's been a long journey from street kid to hero-in-training. Are you happy the producers took their time putting him in this place?
Colton Haynes: I think it definitely called for it. They had to have a desire for Roy to earn his winning day. But for me personally, they won't tell me anything in advance. [Laughs] It's probably because I'd give away every spoiler, but I didn't know when this day would come or how long it would take. But now I think it's really cool because they've set up this story across two episodes where Roy really gets to redeem himself and actually become something.
So it's been a really long journey, but I'm excited to see where it's going. This training episode is awesome. I have some great scenes with Oliver, and I also have some pretty heated scenes. It's not all happiness that Roy gets to become something. He has these annoying training scenes where he feels like he's too good for it -- like slapping water.
Is part of the attraction to Roy for you that he is a loose cannon?
Yeah, that's pretty much how I am in real life. [Laughs] Kidding! But it is really nice to play someone who's dark but who also has these qualities where you see his inner struggles unraveling. It was great to do episodes where Roy has a breakdown and can't handle it anymore. He got his teary-eyed moment. And it's fun because the writers are so great at making Roy likable while he's still very angry. I like playing both sides of that. In that sense, Roy's not a complete jerk.
In the preview for the episode, it seems like you're also getting to have some fun with the concept of Roy's hoodies. Is that a piece of clothing you're attached to now, or have you gone hoodie-free because of the part?
[Laughs] I've never owned a hoodie, but now it's become a thing. My nephews are wearing red hoodies, and people send me pictures on Twitter of their watch parties where they're wearing red hoodies. It's become a pivotal part of the character. If I do eventually -- some day soon, hopefully -- get to don a costume, I hope a red hoodie is part of it. But it's been fun because now they've cracked jokes about it a few times on the show, and they'll continue to do that -- people calling Roy "Abercrombie" and all that. It's a key part of the character now.
Lately, you've also been able to do a lot more superhero-esque stuff with punching walls and seeing them crumble. This week sees the return of Michael Jai White as the Bronze Tiger. Does that mean you'll get to see some real action mixing it up with supervillains as well?
It's really fun knowing the way the next few episodes are going to go with the amount of comic book characters they're bringing in that have never been seen on the show before. There's a lot little Easter Eggs coming up in the next few episodes where the super comic book fans will be going, "Wait... does that mean they're going to bring in that character? Does it mean this thing is going to happen?" There's also a lot of teaming up coming in the next few episodes.
But it was fun working with Stephen's character and also with Michael because I'm no longer just punching through walls. Though really, I was not too successful at that during filming. Two times I punched what was supposed to be a fake wall, and it didn't break. My wrist almost did! [Laughs] But I was walking around with bloody knuckles for a few days. So it's fun to now punch actual people in the face as opposed to just walls. And most of the time that's not me. It's my amazing stuntman Curtis [Braconnier] who looks exactly like me and now has his own Tumblr account where people can submit screen grabs of him doing this stuff instead of me. I owe it all to him.
There's a lot of comic book stuff coming up in this part of the season with Deathstroke and other characters, but it also feels like we're in the part of the season where long-running plotlines are crossing over and paying off. The master plan is starting to come together. What's that like for you as a character in the series?
Yeah, it's very cool to bring new people in because you get some new energy and some fresh material. It's great to see the way the fans react. We're all pretty invested in our social media, which is a huge reason that the show has been so successful. But now these new characters seem to be sitting well with the audience, and for me, it's cool to meet so many people for the first time -- even people I didn't meet in the first season. It makes for a fun dynamic on set. We're not just plateauing. We're really, really ramping things up. I think the whole season has been that way, and we've been on a constant climb that we don't want to stop that. In the past few scripts that I've been reading, we continue to amp it up to a huge... well, I can't say that! [Laughs] It just gets bigger. As generic as that sounds, it's really all I can say.
So with Roy slapping a bowl full of water this week, we know from previous stories that that's to prepare him to shoot with a bow and arrow. Have you been able to pick up a bow and arrow and fire one off yet?
I can say that I have picked up a bow. It probably wasn't mine. But when that scene comes out, it's going to be pretty funny. There's so much to do with that. There's a whole world behind archery today that I didn't know anything about. There's this thing called "Legolasing" that are bad archery videos people load up to YouTube. It'll be fun to watch Roy think he knows what he's doing but get knocked down a few pegs by what he attempts to do.
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Por Kiel Phegley 29 de Enero, 2014
Tonight on The CW, the DC Comics superhero drama "Arrow" is going to feel "Tremors."
Aside from the promised return of the villainous Bronze Tiger (Michael Jai White) and the devastating earthquake machine created by Malcolm Merlyn, the ominously named episode will focus on a contentious team-up between star Stephen Amell's Oliver Queen and the now super powered Roy Harper as played by Colton Haynes. As Harper is known varyingly as Speedy/Red Arrow/Arsenal in the comics, viewers of the show have long waited for Haynes' character to step closer to the sidekick role. And tonight, the character's training on that path seemingly begins.
In advance of "Tremors" premiering at 8:00 Eastern and Pacific, CBR News caught up with Haynes about where his character has come in two seasons. Below, the actor shares his thoughts on the slow boil to Roy's superhero destiny, why his training is really a two-part affair and how this story will not only ramp up the action of Season 2 but also open the door for more and more cameos from across the DC Universe.
CBR News: Colton, last time we talked, Roy was at an all-time low point as a character, and now his arc seems to be on the upswing as he's training for full-on vigilante duties in this week's episode. It's been a long journey from street kid to hero-in-training. Are you happy the producers took their time putting him in this place?
Colton Haynes: I think it definitely called for it. They had to have a desire for Roy to earn his winning day. But for me personally, they won't tell me anything in advance. [Laughs] It's probably because I'd give away every spoiler, but I didn't know when this day would come or how long it would take. But now I think it's really cool because they've set up this story across two episodes where Roy really gets to redeem himself and actually become something.
So it's been a really long journey, but I'm excited to see where it's going. This training episode is awesome. I have some great scenes with Oliver, and I also have some pretty heated scenes. It's not all happiness that Roy gets to become something. He has these annoying training scenes where he feels like he's too good for it -- like slapping water.
Is part of the attraction to Roy for you that he is a loose cannon?
Yeah, that's pretty much how I am in real life. [Laughs] Kidding! But it is really nice to play someone who's dark but who also has these qualities where you see his inner struggles unraveling. It was great to do episodes where Roy has a breakdown and can't handle it anymore. He got his teary-eyed moment. And it's fun because the writers are so great at making Roy likable while he's still very angry. I like playing both sides of that. In that sense, Roy's not a complete jerk.
In the preview for the episode, it seems like you're also getting to have some fun with the concept of Roy's hoodies. Is that a piece of clothing you're attached to now, or have you gone hoodie-free because of the part?
[Laughs] I've never owned a hoodie, but now it's become a thing. My nephews are wearing red hoodies, and people send me pictures on Twitter of their watch parties where they're wearing red hoodies. It's become a pivotal part of the character. If I do eventually -- some day soon, hopefully -- get to don a costume, I hope a red hoodie is part of it. But it's been fun because now they've cracked jokes about it a few times on the show, and they'll continue to do that -- people calling Roy "Abercrombie" and all that. It's a key part of the character now.
Lately, you've also been able to do a lot more superhero-esque stuff with punching walls and seeing them crumble. This week sees the return of Michael Jai White as the Bronze Tiger. Does that mean you'll get to see some real action mixing it up with supervillains as well?
It's really fun knowing the way the next few episodes are going to go with the amount of comic book characters they're bringing in that have never been seen on the show before. There's a lot little Easter Eggs coming up in the next few episodes where the super comic book fans will be going, "Wait... does that mean they're going to bring in that character? Does it mean this thing is going to happen?" There's also a lot of teaming up coming in the next few episodes.
But it was fun working with Stephen's character and also with Michael because I'm no longer just punching through walls. Though really, I was not too successful at that during filming. Two times I punched what was supposed to be a fake wall, and it didn't break. My wrist almost did! [Laughs] But I was walking around with bloody knuckles for a few days. So it's fun to now punch actual people in the face as opposed to just walls. And most of the time that's not me. It's my amazing stuntman Curtis [Braconnier] who looks exactly like me and now has his own Tumblr account where people can submit screen grabs of him doing this stuff instead of me. I owe it all to him.
There's a lot of comic book stuff coming up in this part of the season with Deathstroke and other characters, but it also feels like we're in the part of the season where long-running plotlines are crossing over and paying off. The master plan is starting to come together. What's that like for you as a character in the series?
Yeah, it's very cool to bring new people in because you get some new energy and some fresh material. It's great to see the way the fans react. We're all pretty invested in our social media, which is a huge reason that the show has been so successful. But now these new characters seem to be sitting well with the audience, and for me, it's cool to meet so many people for the first time -- even people I didn't meet in the first season. It makes for a fun dynamic on set. We're not just plateauing. We're really, really ramping things up. I think the whole season has been that way, and we've been on a constant climb that we don't want to stop that. In the past few scripts that I've been reading, we continue to amp it up to a huge... well, I can't say that! [Laughs] It just gets bigger. As generic as that sounds, it's really all I can say.
So with Roy slapping a bowl full of water this week, we know from previous stories that that's to prepare him to shoot with a bow and arrow. Have you been able to pick up a bow and arrow and fire one off yet?
I can say that I have picked up a bow. It probably wasn't mine. But when that scene comes out, it's going to be pretty funny. There's so much to do with that. There's a whole world behind archery today that I didn't know anything about. There's this thing called "Legolasing" that are bad archery videos people load up to YouTube. It'll be fun to watch Roy think he knows what he's doing but get knocked down a few pegs by what he attempts to do.
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- Colton Haynes: 'Sólo se va a poner peor antes de que se ponga mejor' (Zap-2-it):
Colton Haynes: 'Sólo se va a poner peor antes de que se ponga mejor'
Por Laurel Brown 29 de enero, 2014 10:00 AM ET
"Arrow" hasn't been very nice to the character of Roy Harper. The kid had it tough even before getting a dose of rage-and-super-strength-inducing mirakuru. But, according to actor Colton Haynes, things are only going to get worse for the wannabe hero before anything can get better.
Zap2it: What is coming up for Roy Harper in the next few episodes?
Colton Haynes: Roy is ... he's as big of a smart-a** as ever. But he's now getting to, as of the last episode, he gains the trust from Oliver -- not from Oliver, from the Arrow -- to start training. That's really good, that's what he's been and hoping to do ever since he got involved in all this. So that's good.
But he's going to have to be put through a training session that's going to be a little underwhelming. It's just going to piss Roy off a little bit, because he's going to be just doing more pointless things -- or things that he feels are really pointless. He just wants to get in on the action, but he's not ready yet.
How does he feel about the Arrow, seeing as how the vigilante shot Roy in the leg the last time they met?
I think that if you stick your nose too much into people's business, you kind of -- Roy deserved to be shot. He was going to hurt himself and hurt a lot of people. So he had to be stopped. But shooting me in the leg with an arrow? I mean, shoot me in the hand, not in the leg! That was a little harsh. Hopefully, Roy gets to talk to Oliver or Arrow and be like, 'That was pretty low, man. I don't appreciate that.'
What's Roy's emotional state like at this point?
Roy is still dealing with his anger issues, which is really going to be an issue when it comes to gaining the trust of Arrow.
How will all of this affect the relationship with Thea?
He has to lie to Thea, and Thea's being lied to by everybody in her family, and Thea is really going to -- you're going to start to see her unraveling a lot. She's already cut her hair -- that's a big thing for a girl. She's emotionally losing it because of her family's secrets and also because of some games Roy is going to start playing with her.
I think he really just doesn't want to get her involved because he really doesn't want to hurt her. He's going to get some news this episode that means he's going to have to lie to Thea more. Because if Roy finds out who the Arrow really is, that's going to cause a huge rift -- I mean, he's Thea's brother! That's going to cause a huge rift between Roy and Thea. He's going to have to choose -- 'Do I want to team-up with Arrow? Or do I want to be in a relationship with you?' It's going to be hard for him to make that choice.
Sebastian Blood told Roy that he would kill for his mirakuru benefactor. Is that actually possible?
I do think there are certain circumstances when that would be true. Because he's the reason why Roy is the way he is. Roy's happy to be -- he's hopefully gonna learn to be happy with what he's been given. Right now he's not. He's really frustrated with it, he's really emotional. It's causing a lot of problems for him.
But if he can hone that? If he can find out ways to deal with that? He's going to have to pay Sebastian back, because Roy's got a lot of pride. Roy wants to pay him back in a way.
Since he still has so much anger, are we going to see Roy "hulk out" during his training?
We're gonna see a lot of that. We're going to see a lot of anger episodes. Especially in this episode, we're going to see a lot of these moments between Roy and Arrow. It's only going to get worse before it gets better. It's going to be pretty bad. Roy is gonna start really hurting people really close to him -- physically and mentally. That's going to hurt him in the long run.
But it's going to be a long journey for Mr. Roy Harper. And if he doesn't clean up his act, I have a feeling that that's not going to happen any time soon.
What is going to stop Roy from turning into another Slade Wilson or Cyrus Gold?
They didn't have a mentor. That's what Arrow's trying to be, almost like an older brother to Roy. But Roy is not responding really well to it. If he can trump it, if he can really get in there and get hold of Roy's mind and his ability, then I think Roy could come out and kind of see the light. But as of now, I think that Roy's a little fed up with the training that the Arrow is about to put him through.
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Por Laurel Brown 29 de enero, 2014 10:00 AM ET
"Arrow" hasn't been very nice to the character of Roy Harper. The kid had it tough even before getting a dose of rage-and-super-strength-inducing mirakuru. But, according to actor Colton Haynes, things are only going to get worse for the wannabe hero before anything can get better.
Zap2it: What is coming up for Roy Harper in the next few episodes?
Colton Haynes: Roy is ... he's as big of a smart-a** as ever. But he's now getting to, as of the last episode, he gains the trust from Oliver -- not from Oliver, from the Arrow -- to start training. That's really good, that's what he's been and hoping to do ever since he got involved in all this. So that's good.
But he's going to have to be put through a training session that's going to be a little underwhelming. It's just going to piss Roy off a little bit, because he's going to be just doing more pointless things -- or things that he feels are really pointless. He just wants to get in on the action, but he's not ready yet.
How does he feel about the Arrow, seeing as how the vigilante shot Roy in the leg the last time they met?
I think that if you stick your nose too much into people's business, you kind of -- Roy deserved to be shot. He was going to hurt himself and hurt a lot of people. So he had to be stopped. But shooting me in the leg with an arrow? I mean, shoot me in the hand, not in the leg! That was a little harsh. Hopefully, Roy gets to talk to Oliver or Arrow and be like, 'That was pretty low, man. I don't appreciate that.'
What's Roy's emotional state like at this point?
Roy is still dealing with his anger issues, which is really going to be an issue when it comes to gaining the trust of Arrow.
How will all of this affect the relationship with Thea?
He has to lie to Thea, and Thea's being lied to by everybody in her family, and Thea is really going to -- you're going to start to see her unraveling a lot. She's already cut her hair -- that's a big thing for a girl. She's emotionally losing it because of her family's secrets and also because of some games Roy is going to start playing with her.
I think he really just doesn't want to get her involved because he really doesn't want to hurt her. He's going to get some news this episode that means he's going to have to lie to Thea more. Because if Roy finds out who the Arrow really is, that's going to cause a huge rift -- I mean, he's Thea's brother! That's going to cause a huge rift between Roy and Thea. He's going to have to choose -- 'Do I want to team-up with Arrow? Or do I want to be in a relationship with you?' It's going to be hard for him to make that choice.
Sebastian Blood told Roy that he would kill for his mirakuru benefactor. Is that actually possible?
I do think there are certain circumstances when that would be true. Because he's the reason why Roy is the way he is. Roy's happy to be -- he's hopefully gonna learn to be happy with what he's been given. Right now he's not. He's really frustrated with it, he's really emotional. It's causing a lot of problems for him.
But if he can hone that? If he can find out ways to deal with that? He's going to have to pay Sebastian back, because Roy's got a lot of pride. Roy wants to pay him back in a way.
Since he still has so much anger, are we going to see Roy "hulk out" during his training?
We're gonna see a lot of that. We're going to see a lot of anger episodes. Especially in this episode, we're going to see a lot of these moments between Roy and Arrow. It's only going to get worse before it gets better. It's going to be pretty bad. Roy is gonna start really hurting people really close to him -- physically and mentally. That's going to hurt him in the long run.
But it's going to be a long journey for Mr. Roy Harper. And if he doesn't clean up his act, I have a feeling that that's not going to happen any time soon.
What is going to stop Roy from turning into another Slade Wilson or Cyrus Gold?
They didn't have a mentor. That's what Arrow's trying to be, almost like an older brother to Roy. But Roy is not responding really well to it. If he can trump it, if he can really get in there and get hold of Roy's mind and his ability, then I think Roy could come out and kind of see the light. But as of now, I think that Roy's a little fed up with the training that the Arrow is about to put him through.
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- ¿Descubrirá Roy la verdadera identidad de Arrow? (justjaredjr):
¿Descubrirá Roy la verdadera identidad de Arrow?
Miércoles 29 de enero 2014 a las 11:30 am
Colton Haynes opens up about Roy’s difficult journey ahead on Arrow in this brand new interview!
The 25-year-old actor’s character turns to Arrow (Stephen Amell) for answers about his new-found strength, and Oliver agrees to help train him.
However, Roy is determined to find out his true identity, which Oliver is obviously hesitant to divulge and doesn’t make Roy very happy.
JJJ caught up with Colton to find out what we can expect from their teaming up, as well as Roy’s relationship with Thea (Willa Holland), and how he may better channel his seemingly always-present anger:
JustJaredJr: Last time we talked, you were still pretty new to the show, and now a year later, Roy is becoming this major player with his newly-acquired power. Were you excited to finally go there with the character?
Colton Haynes: Yeah, it was really nice to have a lot to do and also work with Stephen because recently, I’ve almost been acting as the errand boy. I think this last episode, I’ve kind of proven myself to Arrow and he’s allowing me to train with him. So in this upcoming episode, I have a few really, really huge scenes with Arrow because I can’t really wrap my head around havign to do these ridiculous training methods, and I can’t just go and beat someone up (laughs). He’s not trusting Roy very much and that’s making Roy very angry. It’s going to bring out some very heated interactions between Roy and Arrow.
JJJ: So is it safe to say things are going to get worse for Roy before they get better?
CH: I would say a lot worse before they get better (laughs). You know, Roy’s already pretty sassy, so having this Mirakuru, it’s not going to make him any…nicer.
JJJ: Of course, Roy is unaware of Arrow’s identity. How long will Oliver leave him in the dark?
CH: He’s a little weary, but obviously Roy doesn’t know that Arrow is his girlfriend’s brother. So he has to be careful and watch that aspect (laughs). But yeah, he’s really going to have to fill him in on his secret if he wants Roy to truly trust him. He can’t keep lying to everybody. If Roy can prove himself to Arrow in this next episode, I think there’s going to be a good chance that a partnership will be formed and they’ll get closer to find out who each other really are.
JJJ: It’s no secret that Roy and Oliver aren’t that fond of each other. What do you think it is that makes Oliver want to help him?
CH: I think a lot of it is, in a way, they almost went through a similar thing – Roy growing up on the wrong side of the tracks and Oliver having to suffer all those years on the island. But he really feels bad for his sister because they’ve been dealing with all the family drama. She’s really seeking someone to be her rock and Arrow feels that Roy could be that. But now, Roy is so volatile and immersed in this journey in trying to become someone and help out with the greater good. I think Oliver is weary mostly for his sister, but also doesn’t want Roy’s power to overtake him and all that he’s worked for these years.
JJJ: Roy has been pushing Thea away lately. What’s his biggest fear when it comes to her?
CH: His biggest fear is that he doesn’t want to hurt her. We saw him backhand Sin across the room, which obviously, Sin’s one of his best friends. He has no control over this. He doesn’t want to hurt her, but he also doesn’t want her to think that he’s a freak in any way, because he has no answers and can’t explain what’s happening to him, which is why Oliver is going to help guide him. But there is another player in this equation, which is Slade, who has gone through the exact same thing. So should he listen to Arrow and keep being talked down to by him, or should he listen to Slade? You can’t only be talked down to so much before he gets fed up.
JJJ: Speaking of Sin, we love the dynamic between her and Roy. It makes for some funny moments too. What can we expect from her as Roy is going through this training. How much will she know?
CH: She’s going to know a lot because he doesn’t really have anyone he can talk to. He still can’t trust Thea. I finally watched that episode and yeah, there were some really funny moments. They added some comedy to our little trio, our Scooby Gang, I guess that’s what they call it. She’s going to be a pivotal part. But we’re going to see her disappear for a few episodes. We’re not really sure where she’s going or what information she can be bringing back, but they are always working together and always have each other’s backs. I wouldn’t rule out a possible teaming up between Sin and Roy in the future. You never know.
JJJ: Of course, fans would love for Roy to team up with Arrow and it seems like that’s the direction this could be heading. But this could still go a different way, no?
CH: So obviously with the comic books, there’s a few different options. Roy could go dark and be Arsenal, or he could be Red Arrow, or Speedy, but I think they are going to take some time to see what path Roy goes down. I think he does compliment Arrow’s strengths. He does have things that Arrow doesn’t have. But right now, he’s just that kid who wants to fight all the time. He has so much pent-up anger and so much energy that he needs to get out, but I think Roy needs to get a puppy or a cat or something. I think he needs to just calm down and start doing yoga.
JJJ: He’s a tad…intense.
CH: Yeah, he’s so angry all the time. He does these nose flares and his eyebrows…he makes this scary face all the time. He maybe needs to start doing some acupuncture.
JJJ: That wouldn’t be a bad idea! So what about Felicity and Diggle? Where do they stand when it comes to Oliver training Roy? Are we going to see them all interact?
CH: We are going to see a few introductions that Roy hasn’t had with a few of those characters this week. There’s a lot of funny little comedic lines placed in there too. If Arrow gives away their identity, then Roy knows who all of them are, so he has to really watch that and decide if Roy’s ready to withhold this information, and if he trusts him. Because Roy can turn around and really mess everything up. But also, Felicity and Diggle could be upset that he’s just outing them like that.
http://www.justjaredjr.com/2014/01/29/c ... -identity/
Miércoles 29 de enero 2014 a las 11:30 am
Colton Haynes opens up about Roy’s difficult journey ahead on Arrow in this brand new interview!
The 25-year-old actor’s character turns to Arrow (Stephen Amell) for answers about his new-found strength, and Oliver agrees to help train him.
However, Roy is determined to find out his true identity, which Oliver is obviously hesitant to divulge and doesn’t make Roy very happy.
JJJ caught up with Colton to find out what we can expect from their teaming up, as well as Roy’s relationship with Thea (Willa Holland), and how he may better channel his seemingly always-present anger:
JustJaredJr: Last time we talked, you were still pretty new to the show, and now a year later, Roy is becoming this major player with his newly-acquired power. Were you excited to finally go there with the character?
Colton Haynes: Yeah, it was really nice to have a lot to do and also work with Stephen because recently, I’ve almost been acting as the errand boy. I think this last episode, I’ve kind of proven myself to Arrow and he’s allowing me to train with him. So in this upcoming episode, I have a few really, really huge scenes with Arrow because I can’t really wrap my head around havign to do these ridiculous training methods, and I can’t just go and beat someone up (laughs). He’s not trusting Roy very much and that’s making Roy very angry. It’s going to bring out some very heated interactions between Roy and Arrow.
JJJ: So is it safe to say things are going to get worse for Roy before they get better?
CH: I would say a lot worse before they get better (laughs). You know, Roy’s already pretty sassy, so having this Mirakuru, it’s not going to make him any…nicer.
JJJ: Of course, Roy is unaware of Arrow’s identity. How long will Oliver leave him in the dark?
CH: He’s a little weary, but obviously Roy doesn’t know that Arrow is his girlfriend’s brother. So he has to be careful and watch that aspect (laughs). But yeah, he’s really going to have to fill him in on his secret if he wants Roy to truly trust him. He can’t keep lying to everybody. If Roy can prove himself to Arrow in this next episode, I think there’s going to be a good chance that a partnership will be formed and they’ll get closer to find out who each other really are.
JJJ: It’s no secret that Roy and Oliver aren’t that fond of each other. What do you think it is that makes Oliver want to help him?
CH: I think a lot of it is, in a way, they almost went through a similar thing – Roy growing up on the wrong side of the tracks and Oliver having to suffer all those years on the island. But he really feels bad for his sister because they’ve been dealing with all the family drama. She’s really seeking someone to be her rock and Arrow feels that Roy could be that. But now, Roy is so volatile and immersed in this journey in trying to become someone and help out with the greater good. I think Oliver is weary mostly for his sister, but also doesn’t want Roy’s power to overtake him and all that he’s worked for these years.
JJJ: Roy has been pushing Thea away lately. What’s his biggest fear when it comes to her?
CH: His biggest fear is that he doesn’t want to hurt her. We saw him backhand Sin across the room, which obviously, Sin’s one of his best friends. He has no control over this. He doesn’t want to hurt her, but he also doesn’t want her to think that he’s a freak in any way, because he has no answers and can’t explain what’s happening to him, which is why Oliver is going to help guide him. But there is another player in this equation, which is Slade, who has gone through the exact same thing. So should he listen to Arrow and keep being talked down to by him, or should he listen to Slade? You can’t only be talked down to so much before he gets fed up.
JJJ: Speaking of Sin, we love the dynamic between her and Roy. It makes for some funny moments too. What can we expect from her as Roy is going through this training. How much will she know?
CH: She’s going to know a lot because he doesn’t really have anyone he can talk to. He still can’t trust Thea. I finally watched that episode and yeah, there were some really funny moments. They added some comedy to our little trio, our Scooby Gang, I guess that’s what they call it. She’s going to be a pivotal part. But we’re going to see her disappear for a few episodes. We’re not really sure where she’s going or what information she can be bringing back, but they are always working together and always have each other’s backs. I wouldn’t rule out a possible teaming up between Sin and Roy in the future. You never know.
JJJ: Of course, fans would love for Roy to team up with Arrow and it seems like that’s the direction this could be heading. But this could still go a different way, no?
CH: So obviously with the comic books, there’s a few different options. Roy could go dark and be Arsenal, or he could be Red Arrow, or Speedy, but I think they are going to take some time to see what path Roy goes down. I think he does compliment Arrow’s strengths. He does have things that Arrow doesn’t have. But right now, he’s just that kid who wants to fight all the time. He has so much pent-up anger and so much energy that he needs to get out, but I think Roy needs to get a puppy or a cat or something. I think he needs to just calm down and start doing yoga.
JJJ: He’s a tad…intense.
CH: Yeah, he’s so angry all the time. He does these nose flares and his eyebrows…he makes this scary face all the time. He maybe needs to start doing some acupuncture.
JJJ: That wouldn’t be a bad idea! So what about Felicity and Diggle? Where do they stand when it comes to Oliver training Roy? Are we going to see them all interact?
CH: We are going to see a few introductions that Roy hasn’t had with a few of those characters this week. There’s a lot of funny little comedic lines placed in there too. If Arrow gives away their identity, then Roy knows who all of them are, so he has to really watch that and decide if Roy’s ready to withhold this information, and if he trusts him. Because Roy can turn around and really mess everything up. But also, Felicity and Diggle could be upset that he’s just outing them like that.
http://www.justjaredjr.com/2014/01/29/c ... -identity/
- Colton Haynes: Roy va a 'vérselas negras' (THR):
Colton Haynes: Roy va a 'vérselas negras'
Por Philiana Ng 7:00 AM PST 29/01/2014
Is Roy Harper finally on the road to becoming Oliver Queen's sidekick on Arrow?
Though it may appear that way, Roy is also forced to learn how to control his superhuman strength -- thanks to a dose of the powerful Mirakuru serum -- without harming those around him. In the last episode, which saw Roy nearly beat a man to death, that is a tall order. That's where Oliver, under his Arrow cover, comes in.
Actor Colton Haynes talks to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of Wednesday's episode about Roy's "long journey" to possibly joining the Arrow's inner circle, Thea's impending implosion and why people should not trust Roy for the rest of the season.
Roy is officially embarking on his training with the Arrow. Is it nice to finally get the ball rolling?
Definitely. I think it's going to be a long journey but it's nice to at least know that Roy has garnered enough trust to start the steps of becoming a possible sidekick -- if he doesn't screw it up. That journey is going to be a lot longer than people expect. We're going to draw it out a bit and let their minds wander.
Pairing Roy and the Arrow seems ripe for comedy. Should we expect lighter moments between the two?
We have secret jabs at each other. It's like a brotherly relationship. We do get to work a lot together from here on out. If [Arrow] does decide that he wants Roy to be his partner, he's going to have to introduce his other partners, Felicity and Diggle, and that means he's going to have to reveal who he really is and give their identities away as well. He's going to really have to trust Roy to be able to really do that. What if Roy's emotions get the best of him? He can pretty much reveal to Slade who everyone is, so it's going to be interesting. He's got a few options for himself.
I imagine there will be hiccups along the way as things are rarely that smooth in Starling City...
I know. I'm reading the next few scripts and I'm like, "Gosh, Roy is really going through his island, so to speak." They're really putting Roy through the wringer, emotionally and physically. A lot of other characters are being affected by Roy's mood swings as well.
What kinds of situations or corners does Roy get himself backed into on this, as you put it, extremely long journey to becoming a potential sidekick?
Roy's really going to deal with his anger issues -- a lot of that is because of the Mirakuru -- the way Slade has, but Slade has taken a turn for the worse. He's gone to the dark side. The goal for Arrow is to tame Roy and make him a good guy and not hurt anybody and be devilish. I'm not sure if that's going to happen. Roy is really, really angry and he can't really pull it back. That's probably going to cause Roy to hurt people close to him. It's going to get a lot worse before it gets even better.
In the last episode, we saw Roy nearly kill a man and injure Sin. How significant is that obstacle for him? Will he be able to deal with it or learn to suppress it?
It is going to be a huge obstacle. Someone he cares about, besides Thea, is Sin. And you see him almost killing a guy and then backhands Sin right across the room. For one, that's not cool because they're best friends. So it's forcing him to do things that are ridiculous. It's just starting now so it's only going to get worse. But hopefully he can turn it around and use it for good. Well you know how TV goes... (Laughs.) I just feel bad for Roy. I just have a feeling he's going to hurt a lot of people.
How worried should viewers be about the status of the Roy and Thea relationship because of this that he's going through?
Thea's not only being overwhelmed with Roy's emotions, her emotions are going nuts because her family's full of secrets. They're a family who isn't really communicating with each other. We're about to find out that Moira's harboring a secret that is going to be affect Thea so, so hard and she's going to start down a dark hole. That secret is going to overshadow her and Roy's problems, but at the same time, if Thea finds out all the secrets about her brother [Oliver] that could also throw a kink in their relationship as well -- especially the fact that he's been doing it behind her back. Thea is probably going to go through a lot harder [time] than Roy. And it's going to be a big, big, big problem with their relationship going forward.
Are you referring to Moira's secret being something other than Thea's biological father?
Oh yeah. It's definitely that and possibly the fact that everyone's been keeping secrets from her and her brother's been lying to her the entire time. That's going to be something else that's going to hit her hard.
How close does Roy get to going the way of Slade?
It's not a worry right now. We have a table read in a few days and I have a feeling that could be addressed, but it's not an issue right now. It's more of Arrow trying to keep Roy from hurting himself or hurting people close to him, which is a very big worry for everybody. I wouldn't trust Roy a lot for the rest of the season.
Every day in Starling City is a rough day it seems. It would be a welcome change to see them all have a nice day for once.
It'd be nice for me to not give that brooding, scary, sad, angry face all the time. What if we all took a vacation? We could all take a vacation to Wisteria Lane and have a nice cup of coffee. (Laughs.) Maybe a musical episode or something?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ver-674687
Por Philiana Ng 7:00 AM PST 29/01/2014
Is Roy Harper finally on the road to becoming Oliver Queen's sidekick on Arrow?
Though it may appear that way, Roy is also forced to learn how to control his superhuman strength -- thanks to a dose of the powerful Mirakuru serum -- without harming those around him. In the last episode, which saw Roy nearly beat a man to death, that is a tall order. That's where Oliver, under his Arrow cover, comes in.
Actor Colton Haynes talks to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of Wednesday's episode about Roy's "long journey" to possibly joining the Arrow's inner circle, Thea's impending implosion and why people should not trust Roy for the rest of the season.
Roy is officially embarking on his training with the Arrow. Is it nice to finally get the ball rolling?
Definitely. I think it's going to be a long journey but it's nice to at least know that Roy has garnered enough trust to start the steps of becoming a possible sidekick -- if he doesn't screw it up. That journey is going to be a lot longer than people expect. We're going to draw it out a bit and let their minds wander.
Pairing Roy and the Arrow seems ripe for comedy. Should we expect lighter moments between the two?
We have secret jabs at each other. It's like a brotherly relationship. We do get to work a lot together from here on out. If [Arrow] does decide that he wants Roy to be his partner, he's going to have to introduce his other partners, Felicity and Diggle, and that means he's going to have to reveal who he really is and give their identities away as well. He's going to really have to trust Roy to be able to really do that. What if Roy's emotions get the best of him? He can pretty much reveal to Slade who everyone is, so it's going to be interesting. He's got a few options for himself.
I imagine there will be hiccups along the way as things are rarely that smooth in Starling City...
I know. I'm reading the next few scripts and I'm like, "Gosh, Roy is really going through his island, so to speak." They're really putting Roy through the wringer, emotionally and physically. A lot of other characters are being affected by Roy's mood swings as well.
What kinds of situations or corners does Roy get himself backed into on this, as you put it, extremely long journey to becoming a potential sidekick?
Roy's really going to deal with his anger issues -- a lot of that is because of the Mirakuru -- the way Slade has, but Slade has taken a turn for the worse. He's gone to the dark side. The goal for Arrow is to tame Roy and make him a good guy and not hurt anybody and be devilish. I'm not sure if that's going to happen. Roy is really, really angry and he can't really pull it back. That's probably going to cause Roy to hurt people close to him. It's going to get a lot worse before it gets even better.
In the last episode, we saw Roy nearly kill a man and injure Sin. How significant is that obstacle for him? Will he be able to deal with it or learn to suppress it?
It is going to be a huge obstacle. Someone he cares about, besides Thea, is Sin. And you see him almost killing a guy and then backhands Sin right across the room. For one, that's not cool because they're best friends. So it's forcing him to do things that are ridiculous. It's just starting now so it's only going to get worse. But hopefully he can turn it around and use it for good. Well you know how TV goes... (Laughs.) I just feel bad for Roy. I just have a feeling he's going to hurt a lot of people.
How worried should viewers be about the status of the Roy and Thea relationship because of this that he's going through?
Thea's not only being overwhelmed with Roy's emotions, her emotions are going nuts because her family's full of secrets. They're a family who isn't really communicating with each other. We're about to find out that Moira's harboring a secret that is going to be affect Thea so, so hard and she's going to start down a dark hole. That secret is going to overshadow her and Roy's problems, but at the same time, if Thea finds out all the secrets about her brother [Oliver] that could also throw a kink in their relationship as well -- especially the fact that he's been doing it behind her back. Thea is probably going to go through a lot harder [time] than Roy. And it's going to be a big, big, big problem with their relationship going forward.
Are you referring to Moira's secret being something other than Thea's biological father?
Oh yeah. It's definitely that and possibly the fact that everyone's been keeping secrets from her and her brother's been lying to her the entire time. That's going to be something else that's going to hit her hard.
How close does Roy get to going the way of Slade?
It's not a worry right now. We have a table read in a few days and I have a feeling that could be addressed, but it's not an issue right now. It's more of Arrow trying to keep Roy from hurting himself or hurting people close to him, which is a very big worry for everybody. I wouldn't trust Roy a lot for the rest of the season.
Every day in Starling City is a rough day it seems. It would be a welcome change to see them all have a nice day for once.
It'd be nice for me to not give that brooding, scary, sad, angry face all the time. What if we all took a vacation? We could all take a vacation to Wisteria Lane and have a nice cup of coffee. (Laughs.) Maybe a musical episode or something?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ver-674687
- Stephen Amell Adelanta un episodio centrado en Roy con 'Tremors' (mtv):
Stephen Amell Adelanta un episodio centrado en Roy con 'Tremors'
Por Alex Zalben 29 de enero, 2014 3:07 PM EST 727
After nearly a season of appearing on The CW's "Arrow," Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) is finally embracing his comic book origins. "Tremors," which airs tonight, finds Roy becoming the disciple of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and continuing the long road to becoming superhero Red Arrow.
"Oliver's not the best teacher," Amell said when we caught up on the phone in advance of the episode's premiere. "I wouldn't expect, knowing what I know about him, to be the most patient individual. So having to train Roy, and deal with the side effects of Mirakuru, it's an undertaking that to me seems like its doomed to failure."
The show, despite its four-color origins, has mostly eschewed superpowers in favor of more down to earth takes on heroes. But this season has introduced a drug called Mirakuru which kills most people... But for a select few, including Roy and villain Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), grants incredible strength, healing, and reflexes. It also has a few unintended side effects.
"When you watch the episode you'll see the Mirakuru is affecting Slade in the past, and Roy in the present," Marc Guggenheim, Executive Producer of "Arrow" and writer of tonight's episode told us. "They're both faced with tremors that are caused by the Mirakuru."
"Well, it's a good title, I'll tell you that much. It was a good movie in the '80s," Amell joked on the name of the episode.
But beyond the physical tremors experienced by Roy and Slade, the team will also be dealing with a threat from the past. Specifically, the earthquake machine that destroyed a large portion of Starling City in the season one finale. Despite all that, "Tremors" wasn't even the original title of the episode.
"One title we played around with was the title 'Broken,' " Guggenheim added. "Laurel is continuing her downward spiral, she's broken. Roy is broken by the Mirakuru, Slade is broken by the Mirakuru. Moira is even broken by the guilt she feels for having caused the earthquake at the end of last year, for having helped caused the earthquake. Another theme throughout episode twelve is reparations, and if broken people can be repaired."
Speculating a bit, it's possible the "Broken" title could have also applied to the relationship between Slade Wilson and Oliver Queen. Once friends trapped on a dangerous island together, something happened between the duo that led to Slade losing his eye, and putting together a master plan to destroy Queen in the present. So what went wrong?
"We actually learn in this episode what happened," Amell noted. "Or at least what Oliver thinks happened with he and Slade on the island. Which we've hinted at before, but I actually get a chance to say."
And true to form on "Arrow," the past affects the present. "The word is 'train' Roy, but I really think he's trying to control him," Amell said. "Because he is so aware of how bad things got with Slade."
"It's Roy's episode," added Guggenheim. "We're paying off a promise we made to the audience a year ago, when we introduced Roy. The journey has made it more memorable, and far more momentous."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/172141 ... re_twitter
Por Alex Zalben 29 de enero, 2014 3:07 PM EST 727
After nearly a season of appearing on The CW's "Arrow," Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) is finally embracing his comic book origins. "Tremors," which airs tonight, finds Roy becoming the disciple of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and continuing the long road to becoming superhero Red Arrow.
"Oliver's not the best teacher," Amell said when we caught up on the phone in advance of the episode's premiere. "I wouldn't expect, knowing what I know about him, to be the most patient individual. So having to train Roy, and deal with the side effects of Mirakuru, it's an undertaking that to me seems like its doomed to failure."
The show, despite its four-color origins, has mostly eschewed superpowers in favor of more down to earth takes on heroes. But this season has introduced a drug called Mirakuru which kills most people... But for a select few, including Roy and villain Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), grants incredible strength, healing, and reflexes. It also has a few unintended side effects.
"When you watch the episode you'll see the Mirakuru is affecting Slade in the past, and Roy in the present," Marc Guggenheim, Executive Producer of "Arrow" and writer of tonight's episode told us. "They're both faced with tremors that are caused by the Mirakuru."
"Well, it's a good title, I'll tell you that much. It was a good movie in the '80s," Amell joked on the name of the episode.
But beyond the physical tremors experienced by Roy and Slade, the team will also be dealing with a threat from the past. Specifically, the earthquake machine that destroyed a large portion of Starling City in the season one finale. Despite all that, "Tremors" wasn't even the original title of the episode.
"One title we played around with was the title 'Broken,' " Guggenheim added. "Laurel is continuing her downward spiral, she's broken. Roy is broken by the Mirakuru, Slade is broken by the Mirakuru. Moira is even broken by the guilt she feels for having caused the earthquake at the end of last year, for having helped caused the earthquake. Another theme throughout episode twelve is reparations, and if broken people can be repaired."
Speculating a bit, it's possible the "Broken" title could have also applied to the relationship between Slade Wilson and Oliver Queen. Once friends trapped on a dangerous island together, something happened between the duo that led to Slade losing his eye, and putting together a master plan to destroy Queen in the present. So what went wrong?
"We actually learn in this episode what happened," Amell noted. "Or at least what Oliver thinks happened with he and Slade on the island. Which we've hinted at before, but I actually get a chance to say."
And true to form on "Arrow," the past affects the present. "The word is 'train' Roy, but I really think he's trying to control him," Amell said. "Because he is so aware of how bad things got with Slade."
"It's Roy's episode," added Guggenheim. "We're paying off a promise we made to the audience a year ago, when we introduced Roy. The journey has made it more memorable, and far more momentous."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/172141 ... re_twitter
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
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- Felicity Smoak consigue que se muestre su historia pasada en la Season 2 (zap-2-it):
- Katrina Law hace su debut como Nyssa, la hija de Ra's al Ghul (IGN):
- Revelado el título y créditos del episodio 2.17:
El episodio 2.17 tendrá por título "Birds of Prey". Está escrito por Mark Bemesderfer & A.C. Bradley y dirigido por John Behring.
(thanks to @marcguggenheim)
- Deathstroke design art by Andy Poon:
Felicity Smoak consigue que se muestre su historia pasada en la Season 2
Por Laurel Brown 29 de enero, 2014 7:30 PM ET
Over a year since her introduction on "Arrow," Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) is finally going to get a character backstory in Season 2.
If you've been paying attention to everyone's favorite blonde computer genius, Felicity doesn't have much of a life on "Arrow" other than her work with Oliver and Diggle. We know she is great with computers and has a penchant for cute dresses/earrings/shoes. Felicity is Jewish. She likes decorating lairs and does not like jumping out of airplanes. And the character is both educated and silly.
That's pretty much it.
This brings up a lot of questions. Where does Felicity live? Who are her parents? Are there any Smoak siblings out there? What does Felicity do in the few hours not devoted to fighting crime and hacking high-level security systems?
While Felicity is likely to remain a mystery in some respects, there will be at least a little back-story coming this season. When we asked Colton Haynes if he knew anything about Roy Harper's past on "Arrow," he said no -- but then offered a tidbit about Felicity.
"A really cool thing that has come up, that I got to read, is that they're going to start unraveling Felicity's character," Haynes says. "We're going to find out things about her family that we haven't found out yet in the past two years. So that's going to be fun. But they're taking a little backseat to Roy's past."
Sure, there aren't many details in that, but at least it's a promise of something coming.
What does Rickards think about more information about her character's personal life? When we talked to the actress during the summer, she expressed a great desire to know what was up with Felicity. "What she does in between working and walking to Verdant from Queen Consolidated is just a mystery to everyone," Rickards points out. "I mean, she ends up in the same clothes. But what does she do on the way?"
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox ... son-2.html
Por Laurel Brown 29 de enero, 2014 7:30 PM ET
Over a year since her introduction on "Arrow," Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) is finally going to get a character backstory in Season 2.
If you've been paying attention to everyone's favorite blonde computer genius, Felicity doesn't have much of a life on "Arrow" other than her work with Oliver and Diggle. We know she is great with computers and has a penchant for cute dresses/earrings/shoes. Felicity is Jewish. She likes decorating lairs and does not like jumping out of airplanes. And the character is both educated and silly.
That's pretty much it.
This brings up a lot of questions. Where does Felicity live? Who are her parents? Are there any Smoak siblings out there? What does Felicity do in the few hours not devoted to fighting crime and hacking high-level security systems?
While Felicity is likely to remain a mystery in some respects, there will be at least a little back-story coming this season. When we asked Colton Haynes if he knew anything about Roy Harper's past on "Arrow," he said no -- but then offered a tidbit about Felicity.
"A really cool thing that has come up, that I got to read, is that they're going to start unraveling Felicity's character," Haynes says. "We're going to find out things about her family that we haven't found out yet in the past two years. So that's going to be fun. But they're taking a little backseat to Roy's past."
Sure, there aren't many details in that, but at least it's a promise of something coming.
What does Rickards think about more information about her character's personal life? When we talked to the actress during the summer, she expressed a great desire to know what was up with Felicity. "What she does in between working and walking to Verdant from Queen Consolidated is just a mystery to everyone," Rickards points out. "I mean, she ends up in the same clothes. But what does she do on the way?"
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox ... son-2.html
- Katrina Law hace su debut como Nyssa, la hija de Ra's al Ghul (IGN):
Katrina Law hace su debut como Nyssa, la hija de Ra's al Ghul
Por Eric Goldman 29 de enero, 2014
Arrow ha estado explorando el universo de DC Comics de manera creciente y genial a medida que se progresa en la Season 2 y se ha visto múltiples referencias a un jugador grande de DC quien también es familiar a los que vieron las películas de Batman de Christopher Nolan - que no es otro más que Ra's al Ghul. Ahora, en el episodio 2.13 que se emitirá el 5 de Febrero de Arrow, titulado "Heir to the Demon," conoceremos a una de las hijas de Ra's al Ghul's, interpretada por Katrina Law (Spartacus) que hará su debut en la serie como Nyssa.
En los cómics, Nyssa es la medio hermana de Talia al Ghul y es conocida como Nyssa Raatko. Su viaje en los cómics ha incluido el planear asesinar a Supermán con una bala de kriptonita, sólo para que su plan fuera desbaratado por Batman, y el convertirse en la co-cabecilla de la League of Assassins, junto a Talia. En el episodio de la próxima semana, Nyssa será introducida como un miembro de la League of Assassins que quiere traer a Sara Lance/Canary (Caity Lotz) de nuevo al rebalo. Sin embargo, Sara no está tan de acuerdo, llevando a Nyssa a subir las apuestas y secuestrar alguien cercano a Sara.
El productor ejecutivo de Arrow Andrew Kreisberg explicó, “Nuestra Nyssa ciertamente tiene tintes de Talia. Katrina audicionó para Shado y en realidad quedaron Katrina y Celina [Jade] y sinceramente, parte de ello fue porque sabíamos que tenfdría escenas con Slade [interpretado por Manu Bennett], y se sentía como demasiado Spartacusl. Pero ella es alguien de quien hemos sido fan. Cuando surgió este papel, vimos a mucha gente para él, pero ella es ciertamente exótica y bella e inteligente y nuestros especialistas están como en la luna, porque puede hacer muchas de sus escenas de acción.” Kreisberg también comentó que Nyssa es, “la siguiente oleada de la League of Assasins que llega a Starling City. Pero tiene algunos secretos interesantes también...”
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/29/ ... hter-nyssa
Por Eric Goldman 29 de enero, 2014
Arrow ha estado explorando el universo de DC Comics de manera creciente y genial a medida que se progresa en la Season 2 y se ha visto múltiples referencias a un jugador grande de DC quien también es familiar a los que vieron las películas de Batman de Christopher Nolan - que no es otro más que Ra's al Ghul. Ahora, en el episodio 2.13 que se emitirá el 5 de Febrero de Arrow, titulado "Heir to the Demon," conoceremos a una de las hijas de Ra's al Ghul's, interpretada por Katrina Law (Spartacus) que hará su debut en la serie como Nyssa.
En los cómics, Nyssa es la medio hermana de Talia al Ghul y es conocida como Nyssa Raatko. Su viaje en los cómics ha incluido el planear asesinar a Supermán con una bala de kriptonita, sólo para que su plan fuera desbaratado por Batman, y el convertirse en la co-cabecilla de la League of Assassins, junto a Talia. En el episodio de la próxima semana, Nyssa será introducida como un miembro de la League of Assassins que quiere traer a Sara Lance/Canary (Caity Lotz) de nuevo al rebalo. Sin embargo, Sara no está tan de acuerdo, llevando a Nyssa a subir las apuestas y secuestrar alguien cercano a Sara.
El productor ejecutivo de Arrow Andrew Kreisberg explicó, “Nuestra Nyssa ciertamente tiene tintes de Talia. Katrina audicionó para Shado y en realidad quedaron Katrina y Celina [Jade] y sinceramente, parte de ello fue porque sabíamos que tenfdría escenas con Slade [interpretado por Manu Bennett], y se sentía como demasiado Spartacusl. Pero ella es alguien de quien hemos sido fan. Cuando surgió este papel, vimos a mucha gente para él, pero ella es ciertamente exótica y bella e inteligente y nuestros especialistas están como en la luna, porque puede hacer muchas de sus escenas de acción.” Kreisberg también comentó que Nyssa es, “la siguiente oleada de la League of Assasins que llega a Starling City. Pero tiene algunos secretos interesantes también...”
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/29/ ... hter-nyssa
- Revelado el título y créditos del episodio 2.17:
El episodio 2.17 tendrá por título "Birds of Prey". Está escrito por Mark Bemesderfer & A.C. Bradley y dirigido por John Behring.
(thanks to @marcguggenheim)
- Deathstroke design art by Andy Poon:
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!