Stephen Amell sobre el interpretar a un Green Arrow más viejo, 'Reclusivo y Derrotado'' en Legends of Tomorrow
Por Eric Goldman 24 Feb 2016
n the second part of my new Stephen Amell interview – click here for what he had to say about the current storylines on Arrow in part one – we turn to the actor’s big guest role on Legends of Tomorrow this week. While Amell has already guest starred as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow on Legends, he’ll be doing so in a very different manner this time out – playing the Oliver of 2046.
Amell discussed this version of Oliver, which sports both the classic Oliver Queen comic book goatee and is missing an arm, much like the older version of Green Arrow seen in The Dark Knight Returns. We also discussed 2046’s Connor Hawke (Joseph David-Jones), the possibility of Green Arrow ever meeting Supergirl (now that The Flash is doing a crossover) and much more.
IGN: Now, let me ask you about Legends. You cameoed in the premiere, but of course that was the modern-day Oliver we already know. What was it like getting to do such a different version of this character now that you've played him for a few years?
Amell: Well, it was incredibly exciting. It was probably, in terms of Oliver Queen, it was right up there with the first time that I got to put on the suit in the pilot. It was right up there. It was so much fun to play this older, not necessarily wiser, sort of reclusive, defeated version of Oliver. I mean, how often do you get to jump 30 years in the future and play this version of yourself? Of course, once I tweeted that Oliver would never have the goatee, I mean, you're just setting yourself up for failure. This became inevitable. I wouldn't say it was 100 percent my idea, but once we came up with this conceptually and they asked me if I would like to do it -- which was not a fait accompli, because my priorities lie with Arrow and making sure that we stay on track with that production, so it was a matter of getting me free to do Legends. But once we figured that out logistically, I was the one that was like, "Look, we gotta do the goatee. We have to. I mean, we have to. This is our chance. This is our license. We can do whatever we want. We gotta do the goatee." And they were like, "Okay! Sure. Why not?"
IGN: What's cool to me is there’s an amalgam going on here of the classic comics Oliver, with the goatee, mixed with the Dark Knight Returns Oliver, missing the arm. Was that just a lot of conversations between all of you guys about deciding to mash up these iconic versions of this character, because, like you said, this was your chance to do it all?
Amell: Yeah, the whole missing arm thing was always going to be the way that it was. Marc [Guggenheim] and Greg [Berlanti] were just like, "It's 2046. He's missing an arm, period." It's a very interesting and appropriate nod to the comics. That was logistically challenging, because we had to figure, "Okay, how do we then get him out into battle, and how does he fire an arrow with one arm?" I think the solution that we came up with was really interesting, but there are scenes where we see Oliver without the arm, with a missing limb, and they're very interesting scenes. I was very proud of them. It was nice to work with -- I always like working with Caity Lotz, because we were partners in crime basically for an entire year, with a lot of really challenging shooting, both in present day and in the flashbacks. So I'll always have a special place in my heart for Caity Lotz.
IGN: How much info do we get on what happened to Oliver and where the other people in his life are in this appearance?
Amell: Not a ton. We don't get a ton of info. Conclusions could be drawn, but, again, much like how Oliver and Felicity have to compartmentalize the secret of William being revealed, what happened to Team Arrow and all those people that we've come to know and love in Star City is something that we have to leave on the back burner a little bit. But one thing that I will say is that there is a couple of lasting legacies for characters that people know, that we do see in Star City in 2046.
IGN: Then of course there's Connor Hawke, who we saw at the end of the last episode. In the comics, Connor is Oliver's son. Anything you can say about who he is here, since he has seemingly taken on the Green Arrow mantle?
Amell: He has, because there's a personal stake in it for him. I think Oliver respects what he's doing and respects going out, putting on the suit, putting on the mask and how challenging that is, especially considering the state of Star City. But I don't know if Oliver fully appreciates how he's representing himself personally, as Connor Hawke.
IGN: When Arrow began, things were pretty grounded, and then the universe began to build, as you brought in Barry Allen, and now there's a lot more fantastical elements. With this Legends appearance, we're seeing him in the future, though he himself hasn't traveled through time - but still, the modern day Oliver now knows time travel is possible. Would you like to continue to expand the boundaries of what Oliver's experiences are? At some point do you think he could actually go into even more fantastic realms?
Amell: Yeah, of course. As long as we're on the air, the more fantastical things are going to get, you know what I mean? You gotta keep pushing the envelope. I think anything that exists within the three shows -- or the four shows, as the case may be -- is in play, 100 percent. I don't think that there is anything off the table. If that means time travel, if that means other Earths, if that means more mystical powers, superpowers... You know, we're introducing a character [on Arrow], Vixen, that is able to summon the spirit, an aura, of different animals and morph into them. So that's definitely not something that we saw in Season 1, or Season 2 for that matter, and I like that.
Arrow at its core is always going to be the show without powers, right? I'd say it's probably the most grounded of the three. So when we get down to the nitty-gritty and when we get into more important episodes and when it's time to put the button on our story, it's always going to be a certain type of story that represents our show. In the interim, it is always very nice to bring in these elements, if for no other reason than they add levity. I like seeing how David Ramsey as Diggle reacts to superpowers. Love it. I like having to explain to the group that time travel exists. I like those moments, because they provide, I wouldn't say comedic relief, but just a little bit of levity that is important for both the viewer and the actor over the course of 23 episodes.
IGN: You mentioned there being four shows. Now that Grant is doing the first Supergirl crossover, would you like to see what Oliver makes of her too eventually?
Amell: Sure! In this iteration of the DC Universe, the "Television Universe" as it were, I'm the guy that's been around the longest, so I always feel -- whether I'm on a show or I'm not on a show -- I always feel as though I can in some way, shape or form represent them, and I always want them to be wildly successful and last for many more years than we end up lasting, because I just want to see people have success. So I would love to go over to Supergirl. That would be a blast, if for no other reason than I miss shooting in Los Angeles. [Laughs]
IGN: You set me up for where I was going to go next, which is that it must be really cool for you that you were there at the beginning of all this and to see how this world has expanded, knowing it all began with you as Oliver Queen.
Amell: Yeah. To be clear, I don't take credit for any of it. I think that it lies, principally, in the vision of Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg, but I think we've fostered a really interesting and cool and vibrant universe that has given a lot of people both in front of and behind the camera an opportunity to succeed. You know, I always analogize things to sports, but hopefully it's like one of those really awesome and successful coaching trees, where one person sort of establishes a philosophy and then, however many years later, 20 years later, 30 years later, you can look at the genesis point and point to all of these wonderful careers that sprung of it. I know that, with respect to what we're doing right now, there are a lot of people -- like myself, for example -- who this was my first real, big opportunity. So I'm very proud of it. I'm very proud of where we are and what we're working on.
IGN: Lastly, anything you can say about what appears to be a version of Deathstroke that we're going to see on Legends of Tomorrow?
Amell: …It's a Wilson.
IGN: Should we assume he's as formidable as Slade Wilson?
Amell: All Wilsons are formidable.
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