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- Emily Bett Rickards sopesa su más 'liviana' (¡pero loca!) Season 4 y reacciona a la teoría de 'Felicity muerta' (TVLine):
- Emily Bett Rickards tiene esperanza para las ‘almas gemelas’ Olicity (zap2it):
- Stephen Amell sobre la introducción de Vixen y el hijo de Oliver puesto en la mira (IGN):
- Emily Bett Rickards: ser disparada ha cambiado a Felicity para siempre (zap2it):
- Emily Bett Rickards adelabta quién está en la tumba (EW):
- Megalyn E.K. llama a su papel como Vixen un 'sueño hecho realidad' (CBR):
- Megalyn E.K. habla sobre el hacerse cargo de Vixen en 'Arrow' (accesshollywood):
- Megalyn Echikunwoke sobre la Season 4 y el lugar de Vixen en el equipo de Oliver (collider):
- Stephen Amell se ebre sobre el secreto de Oliver y su episodio favorito (TVInsider):
- La nueva estrella "Arrow" Megalyn Echikunwoke habla sobre el llevar a Vixen a una serie de acción (nerdist):
- Emily Bett Rickards nos avisa de que habrá problemas para Olicity: ¡¿Habrá ni siquiera una boda?! (eonline):
- Entrevista exclusiva con Katie Cassidy de "Arrow" (talknerdywithus):
- Stephen Amell habla sobre el crossover con Vixen, el futuro de Oliver con Felicity y más (Variety):
- Emily Bett Rickards sobre la sorprendente decisión de Felicity (EW):
- Stephen Amell sobre el interpretar a un Green Arrow más viejo, 'Reclusivo y Derrotado'' en Legends of Tomorrow (IGN):
- Megalyn Echikunwoke habla sobre la transición de Vixen a una serie de acción, la broma de Detroit de Deadpool y más (comicbook):
- Estrella de 'Legends of Tomorrow' habla sobre la gran sorpresa 'Arrow' (ETOnline):
Emily Bett Rickards sopesa su más 'liviana' (¡pero loca!) Season 4 y reacciona a la teoría de 'Felicity muerta'
Por Matt Webb Mitovich / 22 Feb 2016, 12:31 PM PST
Coming off a year in which Felicity alternately mourned and felt betrayed by Oliver, Arrow‘s Emily Bett Rickards was promised “lighter, more jovial” times ahead. Season 4 indeed delivered on that, but also so much more.
With the IT whiz-turned-tech titan poised to get blindsided this Wednesday (The CW, 8/7) by the news that fiancé Oliver has a kid out there, TVLine invited Rickards to take stock of her Season 4 storylines to date, tease Felicity’s reaction to the William reveal and wrap her brain around one wild flash-forward grave theory.
TVLINE | Felicity this season has experienced domestic bliss, near-death, paralysis, the return of her long-lost father… and a to-be-broken engagement. Did you know Season 4 would serve up so much drama for her?
Oh my goodness, I could use you for recaps all the time! [Laughs] I think I did know. Although I was promised a happier season — and the writers delivered on that, since Felicity does have a more jovial and positive look at life than she did last year — I wouldn’t have been able to predict we’d pack in so many big life changes for one character in a season. It sort of asks the question, “Does everyone goesArrow through such impactful life changes every single year?” Do you ever just get a year of, “Oh, it was such a lovely year, actually! Thank you so much for asking. I didn’t do anything, nothing happened to me”? And would we enjoy that or not?
TVLINE | Did you have any concerns about Felicity and Oliver going into the season as a happy couple?
I did. Stephen [Amell] and I wanted to keep the relationship real and grounded but also interesting to watch on TV — which is hard to do, because we’re interested in people being “tortured and not together,” or “together but something’s wrong” or “someones keeping a secret.” We do play those things, but Stephen and I really wanted to make it important that when they are together, they are happy, that it is a healthy, communicative relationship, or we show them working toward that. I feel like the real struggle in our day-to-day lives is something we sometimes ignore on television — maybe it’s not interesting to watch, but we can only hope that it is. Although then we just stick a dagger in it and everyone’s happy again. Yea!
TVLINE | Donna (played by Charlotte Ross) has had a greater presence this season. What avenues has that opened up for you as an actress?
I mean, besides just working with Charlotte, because we love to work together, it’s so rewarding as a character to have your mother in a scene with you, to have your mother in your life. Because no matter how old you are, you always feel like a child around your parents. ArrowSometimes you’re giving your mom advice or something like that, but still, they almost have this magical power they can put on you and then you just feel like a “young human” again. It is so awesome for me as an actor and for Felicity to have her mother around, because you get to play different parts. You even get to use different parts of your vocal range, because you talk to your mother so differently than you talk to anybody else. That’s something mothers can always hold onto, even if their kids grow up.
TVLINE | Curtis (Echo Kellum) is also new to the mix this season. What do you think he brings out in Felicity?
First of all, he brings out all of my laughs. I adore him. As opposed to being attracted to each other in an opposites sense, they get to vibe on the same level, which I think is so rewarding for both of them, because they don’t get that from a lot of people. I like how that can snap each other out of it when they’re not focused, to keep each other on task. And then when they’re too focused, they really care about each other. That is a relationship I’m hoping we can explore a lot more.
TVLINE | You had a chance to act opposite yourself this season. Is it trippy to see the end product on-screen?
It was so much fun to do, and exhausting to do, and rewarding to do…. I couldn’t have asked for anything more, I felt so fulfilled. But seeing it and wanting to be able to do it again, it’s not so much “trippy” arrow-goth-felicitybut being like, “Oh, that’s how that works.” Ali Liebert (Bomb Girls) was my scene partner [alternating as Goth or regular Felicity], and it was so awesome to work a character with another actor I’ve trained with before, to have these beautiful sense of, “We’re molding together these scenes.” Ali’s such an amazing actor, so it was a treat. It was like I was throwing confetti in the air every time we yelled “cut,” it was so much fun.
TVLINE | It may not be for the long-term, it seems, but how did you prepare for the paralysis storyline? [Showrunner] Wendy [Mericle] told me you were excited for the challenge.
I was excited for the challenge, I was excited for change. I’m so expressive with my body, as an actor, as Felicity, that I was worried about getting in a chair and then not being able to use her entire body. But I talked to a woman who had become paralyzed in her 20s in a snowboarding accident, and that conversation was really eye-opening. She was very generous and giving with all of her experience and information. It made me upset that we didn’t have more time to show what [the acclimation] would be like, because that’s not what our show is about. It made me feel apologetic [because] this takes over your life and we were only able to show that in a minute. I liked that Felicity’s mindset — and obviously it would have taken a lot more time [to accept], I cannot stress that enough — was, “This is what my life is now and I’m still going to my goals and dreams come true.” I was proud of her for that, and it was something they promised at the beginning of this season, that Felicity would be lighter, that she is going to be headed in that direction but nothing is going to stop her.
TVLINE | What can you tease about Felicity’s reaction to the news about Oliver’s son William?
I feel like we saw her in the crossover episode react in a certain way, and we’ll see seams of that play into this reality, this timeline that we watch — which is interesting to think about, that we’re not watching all of the timelines all the time and yet they’re happeninnnng! [Laughs] I think we all know Felicity’s heart pretty well, and we know that she tries to be as honest as possible all of the time. I feel like that’s something she respect in her friends and in the people she surrounds herself with, and with that said, when she finds out this information that she would hope to have known, we can probably predict how she is going to react!
TVLINE | How did you find out that Felicity would not be wearing her engagement ring in the flash forward, and what was your reaction?
It literally said in the script, “NO RING,” and I was like, “OK….” Filming that scene, we knew virtually nothing about what it really was about. [Ed. Note: At the time, the identity of the person in the grave was not set in stone.] Your character knows what’s going on but as an actor you don’t, so it was about trying to get as much information from the writers and potentially where this story is headed…. Everything’s going to make sense in the end, but at the same time, I found filming that eighth of a page to be very… I couldn’t stress myself out about it, but I found it difficult. Because I like to know what the authenticity is.
TVLINE | You almost have to play it down the middle….
Yeah, or play both extremes. I think I’m always going to feel like, “Oh, that was a cheat, because if you had known this….” But as for having no ring on, that was a huge question of, “Well, what is their relationship and why are in this car together?” Obviously they’ve stayed in contact without this ring on, so what does that mean for them? What is the weight between them? Is it their relationship, is it the situation they just went through? What are they talking about in this scene?” Because the scene wasn’t about the ring. And yet the ring fills this underlying space in the middle between them.
TVLINE | Have you seen the fan theory that Felicity is in the grave and that Oliver is hallucinating her there in the limo?
No! Oh my God, how cool is that?! Like, not “cool,” but no, I hadn’t even thought of that…. Who do you think is in the grave?
http://tvline.com/2016/02/22/arrow-seas ... r-william/
Por Matt Webb Mitovich / 22 Feb 2016, 12:31 PM PST
Coming off a year in which Felicity alternately mourned and felt betrayed by Oliver, Arrow‘s Emily Bett Rickards was promised “lighter, more jovial” times ahead. Season 4 indeed delivered on that, but also so much more.
With the IT whiz-turned-tech titan poised to get blindsided this Wednesday (The CW, 8/7) by the news that fiancé Oliver has a kid out there, TVLine invited Rickards to take stock of her Season 4 storylines to date, tease Felicity’s reaction to the William reveal and wrap her brain around one wild flash-forward grave theory.
TVLINE | Felicity this season has experienced domestic bliss, near-death, paralysis, the return of her long-lost father… and a to-be-broken engagement. Did you know Season 4 would serve up so much drama for her?
Oh my goodness, I could use you for recaps all the time! [Laughs] I think I did know. Although I was promised a happier season — and the writers delivered on that, since Felicity does have a more jovial and positive look at life than she did last year — I wouldn’t have been able to predict we’d pack in so many big life changes for one character in a season. It sort of asks the question, “Does everyone goesArrow through such impactful life changes every single year?” Do you ever just get a year of, “Oh, it was such a lovely year, actually! Thank you so much for asking. I didn’t do anything, nothing happened to me”? And would we enjoy that or not?
TVLINE | Did you have any concerns about Felicity and Oliver going into the season as a happy couple?
I did. Stephen [Amell] and I wanted to keep the relationship real and grounded but also interesting to watch on TV — which is hard to do, because we’re interested in people being “tortured and not together,” or “together but something’s wrong” or “someones keeping a secret.” We do play those things, but Stephen and I really wanted to make it important that when they are together, they are happy, that it is a healthy, communicative relationship, or we show them working toward that. I feel like the real struggle in our day-to-day lives is something we sometimes ignore on television — maybe it’s not interesting to watch, but we can only hope that it is. Although then we just stick a dagger in it and everyone’s happy again. Yea!
TVLINE | Donna (played by Charlotte Ross) has had a greater presence this season. What avenues has that opened up for you as an actress?
I mean, besides just working with Charlotte, because we love to work together, it’s so rewarding as a character to have your mother in a scene with you, to have your mother in your life. Because no matter how old you are, you always feel like a child around your parents. ArrowSometimes you’re giving your mom advice or something like that, but still, they almost have this magical power they can put on you and then you just feel like a “young human” again. It is so awesome for me as an actor and for Felicity to have her mother around, because you get to play different parts. You even get to use different parts of your vocal range, because you talk to your mother so differently than you talk to anybody else. That’s something mothers can always hold onto, even if their kids grow up.
TVLINE | Curtis (Echo Kellum) is also new to the mix this season. What do you think he brings out in Felicity?
First of all, he brings out all of my laughs. I adore him. As opposed to being attracted to each other in an opposites sense, they get to vibe on the same level, which I think is so rewarding for both of them, because they don’t get that from a lot of people. I like how that can snap each other out of it when they’re not focused, to keep each other on task. And then when they’re too focused, they really care about each other. That is a relationship I’m hoping we can explore a lot more.
TVLINE | You had a chance to act opposite yourself this season. Is it trippy to see the end product on-screen?
It was so much fun to do, and exhausting to do, and rewarding to do…. I couldn’t have asked for anything more, I felt so fulfilled. But seeing it and wanting to be able to do it again, it’s not so much “trippy” arrow-goth-felicitybut being like, “Oh, that’s how that works.” Ali Liebert (Bomb Girls) was my scene partner [alternating as Goth or regular Felicity], and it was so awesome to work a character with another actor I’ve trained with before, to have these beautiful sense of, “We’re molding together these scenes.” Ali’s such an amazing actor, so it was a treat. It was like I was throwing confetti in the air every time we yelled “cut,” it was so much fun.
TVLINE | It may not be for the long-term, it seems, but how did you prepare for the paralysis storyline? [Showrunner] Wendy [Mericle] told me you were excited for the challenge.
I was excited for the challenge, I was excited for change. I’m so expressive with my body, as an actor, as Felicity, that I was worried about getting in a chair and then not being able to use her entire body. But I talked to a woman who had become paralyzed in her 20s in a snowboarding accident, and that conversation was really eye-opening. She was very generous and giving with all of her experience and information. It made me upset that we didn’t have more time to show what [the acclimation] would be like, because that’s not what our show is about. It made me feel apologetic [because] this takes over your life and we were only able to show that in a minute. I liked that Felicity’s mindset — and obviously it would have taken a lot more time [to accept], I cannot stress that enough — was, “This is what my life is now and I’m still going to my goals and dreams come true.” I was proud of her for that, and it was something they promised at the beginning of this season, that Felicity would be lighter, that she is going to be headed in that direction but nothing is going to stop her.
TVLINE | What can you tease about Felicity’s reaction to the news about Oliver’s son William?
I feel like we saw her in the crossover episode react in a certain way, and we’ll see seams of that play into this reality, this timeline that we watch — which is interesting to think about, that we’re not watching all of the timelines all the time and yet they’re happeninnnng! [Laughs] I think we all know Felicity’s heart pretty well, and we know that she tries to be as honest as possible all of the time. I feel like that’s something she respect in her friends and in the people she surrounds herself with, and with that said, when she finds out this information that she would hope to have known, we can probably predict how she is going to react!
TVLINE | How did you find out that Felicity would not be wearing her engagement ring in the flash forward, and what was your reaction?
It literally said in the script, “NO RING,” and I was like, “OK….” Filming that scene, we knew virtually nothing about what it really was about. [Ed. Note: At the time, the identity of the person in the grave was not set in stone.] Your character knows what’s going on but as an actor you don’t, so it was about trying to get as much information from the writers and potentially where this story is headed…. Everything’s going to make sense in the end, but at the same time, I found filming that eighth of a page to be very… I couldn’t stress myself out about it, but I found it difficult. Because I like to know what the authenticity is.
TVLINE | You almost have to play it down the middle….
Yeah, or play both extremes. I think I’m always going to feel like, “Oh, that was a cheat, because if you had known this….” But as for having no ring on, that was a huge question of, “Well, what is their relationship and why are in this car together?” Obviously they’ve stayed in contact without this ring on, so what does that mean for them? What is the weight between them? Is it their relationship, is it the situation they just went through? What are they talking about in this scene?” Because the scene wasn’t about the ring. And yet the ring fills this underlying space in the middle between them.
TVLINE | Have you seen the fan theory that Felicity is in the grave and that Oliver is hallucinating her there in the limo?
No! Oh my God, how cool is that?! Like, not “cool,” but no, I hadn’t even thought of that…. Who do you think is in the grave?
http://tvline.com/2016/02/22/arrow-seas ... r-william/
- Emily Bett Rickards tiene esperanza para las ‘almas gemelas’ Olicity (zap2it):
Emily Bett Rickards tiene esperanza para las ‘almas gemelas’ Olicity
Por Chris E. Hayner a las 12:02 PM 22 Feb, 2016
Oliver’s (Stephen Amell) secret is out and he may be facing his biggest challenge yet on “Arrow.” Bigger than Ra’s al Ghul (Matt Nable), bigger than any army of HIVE soldiers and even bigger than Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough). Oliver now has to come face-to-face with his own lies and the fact that he has betrayed the trust of the woman he loves, his fiancee Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards).
After keeping his son a secret from Felicity for so long — though it was at the request of the child’s mother — the couple is headed for a seriously rocky road that threatens to tear them apart.
Will they make it out on the other side of the drama together, though? Speaking to Zap2it, Rickards admits that she doesn’t know, but she does say she’s not ready to call it a day on the relationship fans have dubbed “Olicity” just yet.
“I feel like they are intertwined in a way, hopefully with a connection and depth we have showed and portrayed, that can withstand this repetitive hit to Felicity’s heart,” says Rickards. “I think that speaks a lot to the reality of relationships. This does happen, someone does hurt you over and over and over again. But what happens when it’s your soulmate? I think that’s important because not everyone finds that person they’re connected to. What that means for them, we can’t really judge because we’re not them to a certain extent.”
Rickards is hoping communication will be the key to help mend the divide between the two. “Stephen and I have been very protective over showing that they’re open to communication, that they’re open to working through things, that they’re open to decompressing together,” she says.
In the end, while it takes two to make a relationship work, Felicity’s going to have to search her own soul to decide whether or not her and Oliver’s love will win out in the end.
“It’s about weighing out what is important to you. Is this connection that you believe you may not find again with anybody else and that you don’t want to lose with this person — is that more important than risking again whatever value you hold so tightly that they keep making a mistake on?” Rickards asks. “Is it worth having that value crushed again and rebuilt? Is it possible it can be rebuilt? If it is possible for that wound to heal — potentially only to be broken into again — are you willing to risk it?”
Regardless of what happens in their personal lives though, there’s still an issue solve and Team Arrow needs their Overwatch to help keep them alive. Luckily, Felicity knows where to draw the line between personal business and superhero business.
“Although he’s hiding something from her, it’s what do they do with that information next, now that it’s out in the open,” she says.
http://zap2it.com/2016/02/arrow-emily-b ... soulmates/
Por Chris E. Hayner a las 12:02 PM 22 Feb, 2016
Oliver’s (Stephen Amell) secret is out and he may be facing his biggest challenge yet on “Arrow.” Bigger than Ra’s al Ghul (Matt Nable), bigger than any army of HIVE soldiers and even bigger than Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough). Oliver now has to come face-to-face with his own lies and the fact that he has betrayed the trust of the woman he loves, his fiancee Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards).
After keeping his son a secret from Felicity for so long — though it was at the request of the child’s mother — the couple is headed for a seriously rocky road that threatens to tear them apart.
Will they make it out on the other side of the drama together, though? Speaking to Zap2it, Rickards admits that she doesn’t know, but she does say she’s not ready to call it a day on the relationship fans have dubbed “Olicity” just yet.
“I feel like they are intertwined in a way, hopefully with a connection and depth we have showed and portrayed, that can withstand this repetitive hit to Felicity’s heart,” says Rickards. “I think that speaks a lot to the reality of relationships. This does happen, someone does hurt you over and over and over again. But what happens when it’s your soulmate? I think that’s important because not everyone finds that person they’re connected to. What that means for them, we can’t really judge because we’re not them to a certain extent.”
Rickards is hoping communication will be the key to help mend the divide between the two. “Stephen and I have been very protective over showing that they’re open to communication, that they’re open to working through things, that they’re open to decompressing together,” she says.
In the end, while it takes two to make a relationship work, Felicity’s going to have to search her own soul to decide whether or not her and Oliver’s love will win out in the end.
“It’s about weighing out what is important to you. Is this connection that you believe you may not find again with anybody else and that you don’t want to lose with this person — is that more important than risking again whatever value you hold so tightly that they keep making a mistake on?” Rickards asks. “Is it worth having that value crushed again and rebuilt? Is it possible it can be rebuilt? If it is possible for that wound to heal — potentially only to be broken into again — are you willing to risk it?”
Regardless of what happens in their personal lives though, there’s still an issue solve and Team Arrow needs their Overwatch to help keep them alive. Luckily, Felicity knows where to draw the line between personal business and superhero business.
“Although he’s hiding something from her, it’s what do they do with that information next, now that it’s out in the open,” she says.
http://zap2it.com/2016/02/arrow-emily-b ... soulmates/
Stephen Amell sobre la introducción de Vixen y el hijo de Oliver puesto en la mira
Por Eric Goldman 23 Feb 2016
You’ll be seeing a lot of Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen on TV this week, though it will include two dramatically different versions of Green Arrow.
On Wednesday, in Arrow, Oliver will discover that Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) has taken his son, William. That big episode also includes the live-action debut of Vixen (Megalyn Echikunwoke), after the character was introduced in animation last year.
Amell will then appear the very next night on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, as the Legends team finds themselves in 2046, where they encounter an older and notably altered Oliver.
With so much underway in the Arrow-verse, I had a lengthy conversation with Amell about both series.
I’ll be running the second section, focused on Legends of Tomorrow, on Wednesday. In the meantime, check out what Amell has to say about Damien targeting William, what William’s very existence means to Oliver and Felicity’s relationship, the introduction of Vixen and much more.
IGN TV: We've got two big shows to talk about, but let me start off with Arrow. Damien Darhk has certainly found a way to cross a new line, going after William. Suffice to say Oliver is going to be pretty pissed off about this situation?
Stephen Amell: Yeah, it's kind of an unprecedented pissed off for Oliver, because he's never had to deal with this before. There are instincts that exist as a brother, as a son, as a boyfriend/finance/lover, as a best friend, but those instincts pale in comparison to the instincts of a father, and that's a dangerous spot for Oliver. If he's not making sound decisions against an opponent like Damien Darhk, then he's going to be in big trouble.
IGN: Of course, in the middle of this, this is all news to not just Felicity but a lot of people except for Thea right now, but is there even time to deal with the "I have a son" of it all given the fact that this boy's life is in danger?
Amell: No, there's not. Felicity finds out, and then there's a quick moment where everyone on the team that doesn't know about it finds out. So there's the fact that I kept a secret from Felicity. There's also the consideration of Laurel doing the math and figuring out who William is, who his mother is and when he was conceived, which is also something that we have to touch on in the episode.
IGN: Yeah, that's a dicey situation. [Laughs]
Amell: It is a dicey situation! But that all has to wait, and I was actually very happy -- because it would have been easy to get stuck in the melodrama of that situation when, realistically, there's a mother [Samanatha] who's lost her child, a father who's lost his son and an understandably worried mother. So we compartmentalize all of that stuff in pursuit of William.
IGN: They set up Oliver having a son a couple years ago on the show, and it was always kind of there in the background. Do you like that now's the time that you guys are really delving into what it means that Oliver has a son?
Amell: Yeah, I have to say, just from a personal standpoint, I think that this is probably my favorite storyline, for a variety of reasons. The fact that we introduced it in Season 2, I was actually part of the pitch for touching on it again in Season 3, and then the fact that we got into it this year with a little bit more depth -- just the fact that we've been able to tell a story over the course of three years is not something that a lot of television shows are able to say. So many things have to go right for you to be able to tease and tell a story over the course of three years. It's very rare. I'm very proud of it, and I think everyone involved has done a good job. It's not that it ends this week, but it's a very definitive chapter in the story.
IGN: And then of course in the midst of this, this episode is also introducing Vixen into the show and into live-action. How does she come into this story?
Amell: Megalyn did a fantastic job. She was such a pleasure to have on set, to work with. She had obviously voiced the character, but she dropped right into the action of it. She's just a totally kick-ass, badass, interesting character that I hope we get to see again, certainly somewhere within this DC universe, whether she gets her own show or comes back and plays with us for a little bit.
You know, every time that Team Arrow goes up against Damien Darhk, he's just summarily defeated them quickly and efficiently and without a ton of effort. So Oliver, once he finds out that Darhk has William, he's just going to go back at Darhk in the same way that he's been going all season, and it's actually the team, Felicity in particular, that talks him out of his thing. Basically, "This is the definition of insanity. You're just doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result," which prompts Oliver to think outside the box and track down Vixen.
IGN: Vixen and Oliver met in the animated series, with you voicing Oliver. Will that be reflected upon here? Is that definitely in the history of the show, that meeting we saw in animation?
Amell: [Laughs] Well, there's not a ton of time to get into, but I would say that Oliver makes a reference to it with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek.
IGN: Megalyn has voiced the role, but this is a new way to interpret it, seeing her there onscreen. Is it fun for you to welcome her, or anyone when they come into the superhero realm of this show, into the costumed world?
Amell: Oh, of course! The parts that I have fun with are the superhero costume when you first get it -- it always looks good, but it fits horribly. Not that they don't do an excellent job with the costumes, like fitting it, but there's the element of fitting it and then you have to see how it reacts after 12 hours on set doing action, right? And there's no way to anticipate that in any way, shape or form. We've learned some lessons since we started Arrow, but you know, the first time that I put on the Arrow costume, there were these big Army boots, and I couldn't actually move my arm back to grab an arrow. So you learn from there. I remember the first time that Grant put on the Flash costume, he could only lift his knee so high, but he has to run! Same thing for Katie Cassidy, for Caity Lotz, and for Megalyn, I think she had some sore spots by the end of her action, but she looks badass, and she really pulls it off. She really did. She really embodied that character and brought an attitude and a badassness... if that's a word.
IGN: Why not?
Amell: Yeah, why not? [Laughs] It was very welcome on the show. I really hope she comes back. She was a huge coup for us that we were able to bring her from... I don't know that this has ever happened in reverse. Has someone ever played an animated character and then played the real-life version?
IGN: I might be forgetting someone, but I can't think of it happening offhand - just the reverse situation.
Amell: Yeah, Eric, she totally nailed it. She was awesome. We'd be lucky to have her back.
IGN: Meanwhile, you've got this big season-long mystery of who is in that grave. The reintroduction of William and Samantha suddenly offered new possibilities. Do you enjoy seeing all the theories out there and everyone speculating and going down different roads?
Amell: It is interesting, because whenever there's a big mystery like this on the show, people are almost always wrong, right? And I mean like 98 percent of people, which is always surprising to me, because, yeah, people are usually wrong. People who follow me on Facebook will know this especially, but Evil Story Steve has really enjoyed this element of storytelling. I think it's super interesting. I was actually having a conversation with Marc Guggenheim the other day that it would be really nice if every season… Now, not necessarily revealing someone in the grave, because there is a really dark, almost perverse element to that that I haven't enjoyed, because this is someone who I work with and could be someone I have been working with for a very long time - you just don't want to see anyone in the grave, bottom line. But I do think that the flash-forward is a very, very fun storytelling technique, and I would hope that we can incorporate something like that in future years.
IGN: In the Flash crossover, the revelation about William was catastrophic for Oliver and Felicity. As we discussed, these are very different circumstances for her to find out in, where everyone’s priority would initially be rescuing William. But whatever happens at the end of this episode, how do they move forward given this giant secret he chose to keep, especially after what we saw the first time he kept that secret?
Amell: Yeah, for fans of the show and people who remember dialogue, there is a very interesting and I think appropriate callback to what happened before Barry altered the timeline a little bit that shows things do come to their inevitable conclusion, regardless of how long you put them off. It's an interesting reveal for Oliver and Felicity, and I'm very proud of how we resolve things in this episode. I feel like it was very adult and reflective of a real relationship that's built on more than just stolen looks and superhero exploits.
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Por Eric Goldman 23 Feb 2016
You’ll be seeing a lot of Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen on TV this week, though it will include two dramatically different versions of Green Arrow.
On Wednesday, in Arrow, Oliver will discover that Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) has taken his son, William. That big episode also includes the live-action debut of Vixen (Megalyn Echikunwoke), after the character was introduced in animation last year.
Amell will then appear the very next night on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, as the Legends team finds themselves in 2046, where they encounter an older and notably altered Oliver.
With so much underway in the Arrow-verse, I had a lengthy conversation with Amell about both series.
I’ll be running the second section, focused on Legends of Tomorrow, on Wednesday. In the meantime, check out what Amell has to say about Damien targeting William, what William’s very existence means to Oliver and Felicity’s relationship, the introduction of Vixen and much more.
IGN TV: We've got two big shows to talk about, but let me start off with Arrow. Damien Darhk has certainly found a way to cross a new line, going after William. Suffice to say Oliver is going to be pretty pissed off about this situation?
Stephen Amell: Yeah, it's kind of an unprecedented pissed off for Oliver, because he's never had to deal with this before. There are instincts that exist as a brother, as a son, as a boyfriend/finance/lover, as a best friend, but those instincts pale in comparison to the instincts of a father, and that's a dangerous spot for Oliver. If he's not making sound decisions against an opponent like Damien Darhk, then he's going to be in big trouble.
IGN: Of course, in the middle of this, this is all news to not just Felicity but a lot of people except for Thea right now, but is there even time to deal with the "I have a son" of it all given the fact that this boy's life is in danger?
Amell: No, there's not. Felicity finds out, and then there's a quick moment where everyone on the team that doesn't know about it finds out. So there's the fact that I kept a secret from Felicity. There's also the consideration of Laurel doing the math and figuring out who William is, who his mother is and when he was conceived, which is also something that we have to touch on in the episode.
IGN: Yeah, that's a dicey situation. [Laughs]
Amell: It is a dicey situation! But that all has to wait, and I was actually very happy -- because it would have been easy to get stuck in the melodrama of that situation when, realistically, there's a mother [Samanatha] who's lost her child, a father who's lost his son and an understandably worried mother. So we compartmentalize all of that stuff in pursuit of William.
IGN: They set up Oliver having a son a couple years ago on the show, and it was always kind of there in the background. Do you like that now's the time that you guys are really delving into what it means that Oliver has a son?
Amell: Yeah, I have to say, just from a personal standpoint, I think that this is probably my favorite storyline, for a variety of reasons. The fact that we introduced it in Season 2, I was actually part of the pitch for touching on it again in Season 3, and then the fact that we got into it this year with a little bit more depth -- just the fact that we've been able to tell a story over the course of three years is not something that a lot of television shows are able to say. So many things have to go right for you to be able to tease and tell a story over the course of three years. It's very rare. I'm very proud of it, and I think everyone involved has done a good job. It's not that it ends this week, but it's a very definitive chapter in the story.
IGN: And then of course in the midst of this, this episode is also introducing Vixen into the show and into live-action. How does she come into this story?
Amell: Megalyn did a fantastic job. She was such a pleasure to have on set, to work with. She had obviously voiced the character, but she dropped right into the action of it. She's just a totally kick-ass, badass, interesting character that I hope we get to see again, certainly somewhere within this DC universe, whether she gets her own show or comes back and plays with us for a little bit.
You know, every time that Team Arrow goes up against Damien Darhk, he's just summarily defeated them quickly and efficiently and without a ton of effort. So Oliver, once he finds out that Darhk has William, he's just going to go back at Darhk in the same way that he's been going all season, and it's actually the team, Felicity in particular, that talks him out of his thing. Basically, "This is the definition of insanity. You're just doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result," which prompts Oliver to think outside the box and track down Vixen.
IGN: Vixen and Oliver met in the animated series, with you voicing Oliver. Will that be reflected upon here? Is that definitely in the history of the show, that meeting we saw in animation?
Amell: [Laughs] Well, there's not a ton of time to get into, but I would say that Oliver makes a reference to it with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek.
IGN: Megalyn has voiced the role, but this is a new way to interpret it, seeing her there onscreen. Is it fun for you to welcome her, or anyone when they come into the superhero realm of this show, into the costumed world?
Amell: Oh, of course! The parts that I have fun with are the superhero costume when you first get it -- it always looks good, but it fits horribly. Not that they don't do an excellent job with the costumes, like fitting it, but there's the element of fitting it and then you have to see how it reacts after 12 hours on set doing action, right? And there's no way to anticipate that in any way, shape or form. We've learned some lessons since we started Arrow, but you know, the first time that I put on the Arrow costume, there were these big Army boots, and I couldn't actually move my arm back to grab an arrow. So you learn from there. I remember the first time that Grant put on the Flash costume, he could only lift his knee so high, but he has to run! Same thing for Katie Cassidy, for Caity Lotz, and for Megalyn, I think she had some sore spots by the end of her action, but she looks badass, and she really pulls it off. She really did. She really embodied that character and brought an attitude and a badassness... if that's a word.
IGN: Why not?
Amell: Yeah, why not? [Laughs] It was very welcome on the show. I really hope she comes back. She was a huge coup for us that we were able to bring her from... I don't know that this has ever happened in reverse. Has someone ever played an animated character and then played the real-life version?
IGN: I might be forgetting someone, but I can't think of it happening offhand - just the reverse situation.
Amell: Yeah, Eric, she totally nailed it. She was awesome. We'd be lucky to have her back.
IGN: Meanwhile, you've got this big season-long mystery of who is in that grave. The reintroduction of William and Samantha suddenly offered new possibilities. Do you enjoy seeing all the theories out there and everyone speculating and going down different roads?
Amell: It is interesting, because whenever there's a big mystery like this on the show, people are almost always wrong, right? And I mean like 98 percent of people, which is always surprising to me, because, yeah, people are usually wrong. People who follow me on Facebook will know this especially, but Evil Story Steve has really enjoyed this element of storytelling. I think it's super interesting. I was actually having a conversation with Marc Guggenheim the other day that it would be really nice if every season… Now, not necessarily revealing someone in the grave, because there is a really dark, almost perverse element to that that I haven't enjoyed, because this is someone who I work with and could be someone I have been working with for a very long time - you just don't want to see anyone in the grave, bottom line. But I do think that the flash-forward is a very, very fun storytelling technique, and I would hope that we can incorporate something like that in future years.
IGN: In the Flash crossover, the revelation about William was catastrophic for Oliver and Felicity. As we discussed, these are very different circumstances for her to find out in, where everyone’s priority would initially be rescuing William. But whatever happens at the end of this episode, how do they move forward given this giant secret he chose to keep, especially after what we saw the first time he kept that secret?
Amell: Yeah, for fans of the show and people who remember dialogue, there is a very interesting and I think appropriate callback to what happened before Barry altered the timeline a little bit that shows things do come to their inevitable conclusion, regardless of how long you put them off. It's an interesting reveal for Oliver and Felicity, and I'm very proud of how we resolve things in this episode. I feel like it was very adult and reflective of a real relationship that's built on more than just stolen looks and superhero exploits.
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Emily Bett Rickards: ser disparada ha cambiado a Felicity para siempre
por Chris E. Hayner 23 Feb, 2016
While so much of “Arrow” Season 4 has been wrapped up in Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) terrorizing Star City and the relationship that has blossomed between Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards), there is one event that stems from both of these that has changed a character central to the show forever.
After being shot in the midseason finale, Felicity found herself paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. It’s a development Rickards herself took a personal responsibility in how it was portrayed. Speaking to Zap2it, she says, “I was very protective over it, actually. How is it happening? When are we going to show her first in the chair? What does this mean for her going forward? How much of this are we authentically going to see?”
However, the reality of an ensemble TV show means only so much time can be put into focusing on this change in Felicity. After all, they’ve got bad guys to fight. Still, Rickards did her homework.
“I tried to get as information as I could about what that mean and what it would be like, but there’s no way we can show the reality of all of that,” she says. “So we just tried to focus on how she was going to keep going and how she was going to keep innately being Felicity — which is hopefully being positive and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and always going toward that light.”
Still, that doesn’t mean she’ll be the same old Felicity Smoak fans know and love.
“She really can’t help but change. That’s actually been one of the most difficult things for me because the scenes aren’t revolving around Felicity’s life changing. We’re always trying to save lives and there’s bigger things at stake,” Rickards explains. “I feel like a lot of the time, especially with the wheelchair story — which is so large for my character — if I could be as selfish as possible I would put a stake down every time.”
That’s not to say viewers won’t see some of the changes and the agony Felicity is going through, though. She previously faced her own insecurities in the form of her younger self. Now with the ability to walk again on the horizon, this time in a wheelchair is going to stick with her.
“I feel, for Felicity, being able to walk again has made her check in with herself about what she really wants to do and whether or not this is a new idea or something that’s been hibernating inside of her — at least she’s accessed it now,” the actress says. “She needs to be able to hold onto this goal and go after it, however she’s going to do it. She just needs to keep on that road.”
What Rickards won’t say is what that goal is or who it includes. With the revelation that her fiance has a son with another woman that he kept from her, it may involve whether she will continue a relationship with Oliver. of course, it could also be connected to whoever is in that grave or any number of other things.
Of course, there’s still the psychological trauma she’s dealing with as well. “Maybe we’ll see one or two of her breaks coming up and see her fight through them,” Rickards says. “Hopefully she can get through it all.”
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por Chris E. Hayner 23 Feb, 2016
While so much of “Arrow” Season 4 has been wrapped up in Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) terrorizing Star City and the relationship that has blossomed between Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards), there is one event that stems from both of these that has changed a character central to the show forever.
After being shot in the midseason finale, Felicity found herself paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. It’s a development Rickards herself took a personal responsibility in how it was portrayed. Speaking to Zap2it, she says, “I was very protective over it, actually. How is it happening? When are we going to show her first in the chair? What does this mean for her going forward? How much of this are we authentically going to see?”
However, the reality of an ensemble TV show means only so much time can be put into focusing on this change in Felicity. After all, they’ve got bad guys to fight. Still, Rickards did her homework.
“I tried to get as information as I could about what that mean and what it would be like, but there’s no way we can show the reality of all of that,” she says. “So we just tried to focus on how she was going to keep going and how she was going to keep innately being Felicity — which is hopefully being positive and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and always going toward that light.”
Still, that doesn’t mean she’ll be the same old Felicity Smoak fans know and love.
“She really can’t help but change. That’s actually been one of the most difficult things for me because the scenes aren’t revolving around Felicity’s life changing. We’re always trying to save lives and there’s bigger things at stake,” Rickards explains. “I feel like a lot of the time, especially with the wheelchair story — which is so large for my character — if I could be as selfish as possible I would put a stake down every time.”
That’s not to say viewers won’t see some of the changes and the agony Felicity is going through, though. She previously faced her own insecurities in the form of her younger self. Now with the ability to walk again on the horizon, this time in a wheelchair is going to stick with her.
“I feel, for Felicity, being able to walk again has made her check in with herself about what she really wants to do and whether or not this is a new idea or something that’s been hibernating inside of her — at least she’s accessed it now,” the actress says. “She needs to be able to hold onto this goal and go after it, however she’s going to do it. She just needs to keep on that road.”
What Rickards won’t say is what that goal is or who it includes. With the revelation that her fiance has a son with another woman that he kept from her, it may involve whether she will continue a relationship with Oliver. of course, it could also be connected to whoever is in that grave or any number of other things.
Of course, there’s still the psychological trauma she’s dealing with as well. “Maybe we’ll see one or two of her breaks coming up and see her fight through them,” Rickards says. “Hopefully she can get through it all.”
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Emily Bett Rickards adelabta quién está en la tumba
Por Natalie Abrams 23 Feb 2016
It’s the question Arrow fans have been asking since the season premiere revealed that someone close to Oliver (Stephen Amell) would end up six feet under: Who is in the grave?
Though Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) appeared to be an early frontrunner, especially after the midseason finale closed with her being shot, an additional flash forward revealed that Felicity was alive after the funeral. Still, her reaction — and the fact that she was no longer wearing her engagement ring — signaled the potential that whoever was in the grave had some significance to her.
“I think that it’s someone closer to Felicity,” Rickards tells EW. “I always thought it would be somebody closer to Felicity. I just think that it’s probably going to hurt everyone a lot, like a lot.”
Before we get to that shocking reveal, however, Felicity will soon discover Oliver’s big secret thanks to Damian Darhk (Neal McDonough) kidnapping his son William. “We saw how she reacted to her finding out about his son in an alternate timeline in The Flash crossover,” Rickards says. “I feel like her feelings there weren’t unprecedented, but obviously it was a different timeline. With this coming up, it puts a big stake in their relationship. It makes it known that she doesn’t really know 100 percent who she’s in a relationship with. I think that that scares her and makes her untrusting whether she should have more leeway with him at this point. It hurts her pretty bad.”
By taking Oliver’s son, Damien Darhk is only further proving that he’s not playing fair by any means. “With Darhk, we still don’t know the magnitude of his powers,” Rickards says. “We haven’t really figured out where we can draw the line with him. Trying to work around Darhk for the past nine months has proven to be a difficult feat, especially with his wife trying to take political leadership in the city. Without knowing exactly what they’re up against and not knowing the weaknesses of their opponent, without finding what the weakest spot is right away, you put yourselves in danger and someone will probably end up in the grave.”
Could someone potentially end up being multiple people? “There could always be more casualties on our show,” Rickards says. “There are casualties all the time.”
On a more positive note, Curtis (Echo Kellum) recently developed a way for Team Arrow’s go-to IT gal to walk again, so Felicity will be back on her feet in no time. “We don’t really have the time to make it a long process on our show, especially because we’re coming up to the last five episodes or so of shooting,” Rickards says. “We hope it doesn’t seem like a shock to the audience, but we really did want her to be able to walk again and start a second new chapter.”
That next chapter is Felicity developing a new outlook on life. “She takes on life now with a new goal, so she starts working on something else,” Rickards says. “She doesn’t necessarily want to be working at Palmer Tech in the day and giving her life to the team at night. She wants to make a difference in the world, which is what she’s always wanted. She seems to have maybe forgot that that’s why she started living this life in the first place. That reignites that for her. It’s like she made a New Year’s resolution with being able to walk again. It’s like a new year for her.”
With that said, will this new outlook make her reconsider being part of the team? “I would like her to be on Team Arrow,” Rickards says. “We’ve seen her say ‘I don’t want to be on the team, I do want to be on the team’ a number of times. The area within the lair is literally called Felicity’s lair. I don’t know how she wouldn’t go back. My only concern is that if she goes back, it’s never flippant with her. She makes a decision based on what her heart is telling her. With this new life resolution, she has with her legs, it that would still have to have value and still be possible if she went back to the team. I wouldn’t want to lose her new goal to go back to what the team means to her.”
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/23/ar ... rave-death?
Por Natalie Abrams 23 Feb 2016
It’s the question Arrow fans have been asking since the season premiere revealed that someone close to Oliver (Stephen Amell) would end up six feet under: Who is in the grave?
Though Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) appeared to be an early frontrunner, especially after the midseason finale closed with her being shot, an additional flash forward revealed that Felicity was alive after the funeral. Still, her reaction — and the fact that she was no longer wearing her engagement ring — signaled the potential that whoever was in the grave had some significance to her.
“I think that it’s someone closer to Felicity,” Rickards tells EW. “I always thought it would be somebody closer to Felicity. I just think that it’s probably going to hurt everyone a lot, like a lot.”
Before we get to that shocking reveal, however, Felicity will soon discover Oliver’s big secret thanks to Damian Darhk (Neal McDonough) kidnapping his son William. “We saw how she reacted to her finding out about his son in an alternate timeline in The Flash crossover,” Rickards says. “I feel like her feelings there weren’t unprecedented, but obviously it was a different timeline. With this coming up, it puts a big stake in their relationship. It makes it known that she doesn’t really know 100 percent who she’s in a relationship with. I think that that scares her and makes her untrusting whether she should have more leeway with him at this point. It hurts her pretty bad.”
By taking Oliver’s son, Damien Darhk is only further proving that he’s not playing fair by any means. “With Darhk, we still don’t know the magnitude of his powers,” Rickards says. “We haven’t really figured out where we can draw the line with him. Trying to work around Darhk for the past nine months has proven to be a difficult feat, especially with his wife trying to take political leadership in the city. Without knowing exactly what they’re up against and not knowing the weaknesses of their opponent, without finding what the weakest spot is right away, you put yourselves in danger and someone will probably end up in the grave.”
Could someone potentially end up being multiple people? “There could always be more casualties on our show,” Rickards says. “There are casualties all the time.”
On a more positive note, Curtis (Echo Kellum) recently developed a way for Team Arrow’s go-to IT gal to walk again, so Felicity will be back on her feet in no time. “We don’t really have the time to make it a long process on our show, especially because we’re coming up to the last five episodes or so of shooting,” Rickards says. “We hope it doesn’t seem like a shock to the audience, but we really did want her to be able to walk again and start a second new chapter.”
That next chapter is Felicity developing a new outlook on life. “She takes on life now with a new goal, so she starts working on something else,” Rickards says. “She doesn’t necessarily want to be working at Palmer Tech in the day and giving her life to the team at night. She wants to make a difference in the world, which is what she’s always wanted. She seems to have maybe forgot that that’s why she started living this life in the first place. That reignites that for her. It’s like she made a New Year’s resolution with being able to walk again. It’s like a new year for her.”
With that said, will this new outlook make her reconsider being part of the team? “I would like her to be on Team Arrow,” Rickards says. “We’ve seen her say ‘I don’t want to be on the team, I do want to be on the team’ a number of times. The area within the lair is literally called Felicity’s lair. I don’t know how she wouldn’t go back. My only concern is that if she goes back, it’s never flippant with her. She makes a decision based on what her heart is telling her. With this new life resolution, she has with her legs, it that would still have to have value and still be possible if she went back to the team. I wouldn’t want to lose her new goal to go back to what the team means to her.”
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Megalyn E.K. llama a su papel como Vixen un 'sueño hecho realidad'
Por Meagan Damore, 24 Feb 2016
Vixen is making the jump from her animated series on CW Seed to a guest spot on The CW's "Arrow," and Megalyn E.K. -- who plays the character in both -- couldn't be more excited about it. E.K. will bring Vixen to life in live-action for the very first time in "Taken," tonight's all-new episode of "Arrow," when Oliver Queen recruits her to help save his son William from Damien Darhk's clutches.
Prior to the episode's debut, E.K. spoke to CBR News about why Vixen is the most rewarding role she's ever done, what the future of the DC TV Universe holds for her, how she incorporates her dancing in the role and more.
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CBR News: Vixen is transitioning from animation to live-action. Is she going to be the same version of the character we saw in the CW Seed show?
Megalyn E.K.: To a degree! But, visually, completely different. The look of this character is definitely in keeping with the aesthetics of the "Arrow" show -- Vixen is coming into that show with more of that look.
In the comics, Vixen is known for her pixie haircut, in much the same way Oliver Queen is known for his iconic goatee. Was there any discussion of bringing that style to your live-action version of the character?
There was discussion of that, and I was absolutely open to that. I thought I looked kinda cute with that kind of hairstyle! And it would be a departure from any hairstyle I've had before on camera. But they were like, "Hey, we like your hair how it is! Leave it." I was like, "Okay!" Can't argue with that!
In the animated show, Vixen doesn't show much interest in any superhero team ups. What brings her to Star City?
I think at this point, some time has passed and maybe -- by the time I get to Star City -- the Green Arrow, the Flash and I have probably established a little bit more of a rapport. We have more of a superhero solidarity, and so I go to Star City to help out my brothers, essentially -- my peeps!
CW President Mark Pedowitz mentioned the possibility of Vixen joining "Legends of Tomorrow" or even spinning off into her own live-action show. How would you like to see her develop in live-action?
I mean, who doesn't want their own superhero show! Come on! If that happened, I definitely would not be sad. I just love the opportunity to play this character in live-action and I think, if the fans appreciate it like I hope they will, that I would love to do more, in any capacity, really. I'm really excited about the second season of the animated show, and I'm really excited about the idea of bringing Vixen into all of the universes, basically getting to hang out with all of her comic book friends -- even the Suicide Squad or the Justice League. All of that would be very cool.
There aren't very many Black superheroes in comics, and there are even less Black women superheroes. Considering that, what was it like for you to bring Vixen to life in such a big way?
It was an honor, really! It was really exciting! I didn't know she had this big fanbase, and there's lots of people of color who really love the character already. I think the idea of Vixen coming to live-action for the very first time was very exciting for the fans. The fact that I get to do it is like, 'Oh my god!' It's like I'm bringing people's dreams to life! It's exciting, and -- in a lot of ways -- it's the most rewarding thing I've ever done because fans really appreciate it. I get a lot of love in a way I haven't before. It's really nice. I feel really lucky.
You're no stranger to science fiction and fantasy. What separates Vixen from your previous genre roles?
Well, I've never played a hero before, and I've never done anything quite as physical. If I play Vixen in live-action going forward, I hope to do a lot more physical stuff. I hope to do fight training. Because I'm a dancer, it gives me an opportunity to bring a lot of that movement stuff into my performance, and that's something that I've always dreamed of doing, so that's really exciting. I haven't done that in any of the other science fiction projects I've been involved in, so that's really cool.
You've had numerous live-action roles over the years, but your role on "Arrow" evolves straight out of your voice work for the character. What was that transition like for you as an actor?
It was pretty natural, actually, because I felt really connected to the character. I felt like we had a lot in common. I tried to definitely bring that vocal work into my performance, which was something that took a little extra energy. People seemed to really like what I was doing vocally, so I wanted to make sure that I maintained that in my live-action performance. That added another level of challenge, but ultimately I feel like Vixen comes naturally to me. I understand her. She understands me!
What was your reaction when you found out you'd be appearing in "Arrow?"
Oh my god, it's a dream come true! Like I said, it's always been a big dream of mine to play a superhero or some sort of action hero. Growing up, I always thought, "Oh, it'd be so cool to play a character like Lara Croft or Wonder Woman" or to do something like a kung fu movie -- "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," something like that! To be able to play Vixen is like getting to be that, and this other element -- that I'm getting to bring an existing character that has a lot of fans, that has a lot of really rich back story and history and is also Black. I'm getting to be a first timer, in a way -- the first time there's been a Black superhero in the DC Comics universe in live-action. I feel really lucky. I'm getting to do a lot of things all at once with this character.
Did you do any research to prepare for the role?
I did. I definitely just continued to try to read all of the comics she appeared in and kind of just take in all the different versions of her that there have been since the '80s -- there have been a few incarnations of her -- and watching the other animated series that she's appeared in as well. I tried to really absorb her -- tried to really find her ethos, if that makes sense. Kind of take all the different versions and find her core and bring that to the show.
If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
My superhero power... Kind of a strange one, but I feel like I'd really love Vixen's superhero powers. In addition, I always loved the idea of having mind control -- the power to control minds, but not in a negative way and not in a greedy way or a self-serving way, but more in a way where I could heal people's minds... like ease mental and emotional suffering that gets in the way of people living their lives fully. Kind of like a therapist! A psychiatrist, who heals your mind with her superhero powers instead of medication.
I can see that. SuperTherapist!
SuperPsychiatrist! Yeah, SuperPsych!
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Por Meagan Damore, 24 Feb 2016
Vixen is making the jump from her animated series on CW Seed to a guest spot on The CW's "Arrow," and Megalyn E.K. -- who plays the character in both -- couldn't be more excited about it. E.K. will bring Vixen to life in live-action for the very first time in "Taken," tonight's all-new episode of "Arrow," when Oliver Queen recruits her to help save his son William from Damien Darhk's clutches.
Prior to the episode's debut, E.K. spoke to CBR News about why Vixen is the most rewarding role she's ever done, what the future of the DC TV Universe holds for her, how she incorporates her dancing in the role and more.
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CBR News: Vixen is transitioning from animation to live-action. Is she going to be the same version of the character we saw in the CW Seed show?
Megalyn E.K.: To a degree! But, visually, completely different. The look of this character is definitely in keeping with the aesthetics of the "Arrow" show -- Vixen is coming into that show with more of that look.
In the comics, Vixen is known for her pixie haircut, in much the same way Oliver Queen is known for his iconic goatee. Was there any discussion of bringing that style to your live-action version of the character?
There was discussion of that, and I was absolutely open to that. I thought I looked kinda cute with that kind of hairstyle! And it would be a departure from any hairstyle I've had before on camera. But they were like, "Hey, we like your hair how it is! Leave it." I was like, "Okay!" Can't argue with that!
In the animated show, Vixen doesn't show much interest in any superhero team ups. What brings her to Star City?
I think at this point, some time has passed and maybe -- by the time I get to Star City -- the Green Arrow, the Flash and I have probably established a little bit more of a rapport. We have more of a superhero solidarity, and so I go to Star City to help out my brothers, essentially -- my peeps!
CW President Mark Pedowitz mentioned the possibility of Vixen joining "Legends of Tomorrow" or even spinning off into her own live-action show. How would you like to see her develop in live-action?
I mean, who doesn't want their own superhero show! Come on! If that happened, I definitely would not be sad. I just love the opportunity to play this character in live-action and I think, if the fans appreciate it like I hope they will, that I would love to do more, in any capacity, really. I'm really excited about the second season of the animated show, and I'm really excited about the idea of bringing Vixen into all of the universes, basically getting to hang out with all of her comic book friends -- even the Suicide Squad or the Justice League. All of that would be very cool.
There aren't very many Black superheroes in comics, and there are even less Black women superheroes. Considering that, what was it like for you to bring Vixen to life in such a big way?
It was an honor, really! It was really exciting! I didn't know she had this big fanbase, and there's lots of people of color who really love the character already. I think the idea of Vixen coming to live-action for the very first time was very exciting for the fans. The fact that I get to do it is like, 'Oh my god!' It's like I'm bringing people's dreams to life! It's exciting, and -- in a lot of ways -- it's the most rewarding thing I've ever done because fans really appreciate it. I get a lot of love in a way I haven't before. It's really nice. I feel really lucky.
You're no stranger to science fiction and fantasy. What separates Vixen from your previous genre roles?
Well, I've never played a hero before, and I've never done anything quite as physical. If I play Vixen in live-action going forward, I hope to do a lot more physical stuff. I hope to do fight training. Because I'm a dancer, it gives me an opportunity to bring a lot of that movement stuff into my performance, and that's something that I've always dreamed of doing, so that's really exciting. I haven't done that in any of the other science fiction projects I've been involved in, so that's really cool.
You've had numerous live-action roles over the years, but your role on "Arrow" evolves straight out of your voice work for the character. What was that transition like for you as an actor?
It was pretty natural, actually, because I felt really connected to the character. I felt like we had a lot in common. I tried to definitely bring that vocal work into my performance, which was something that took a little extra energy. People seemed to really like what I was doing vocally, so I wanted to make sure that I maintained that in my live-action performance. That added another level of challenge, but ultimately I feel like Vixen comes naturally to me. I understand her. She understands me!
What was your reaction when you found out you'd be appearing in "Arrow?"
Oh my god, it's a dream come true! Like I said, it's always been a big dream of mine to play a superhero or some sort of action hero. Growing up, I always thought, "Oh, it'd be so cool to play a character like Lara Croft or Wonder Woman" or to do something like a kung fu movie -- "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," something like that! To be able to play Vixen is like getting to be that, and this other element -- that I'm getting to bring an existing character that has a lot of fans, that has a lot of really rich back story and history and is also Black. I'm getting to be a first timer, in a way -- the first time there's been a Black superhero in the DC Comics universe in live-action. I feel really lucky. I'm getting to do a lot of things all at once with this character.
Did you do any research to prepare for the role?
I did. I definitely just continued to try to read all of the comics she appeared in and kind of just take in all the different versions of her that there have been since the '80s -- there have been a few incarnations of her -- and watching the other animated series that she's appeared in as well. I tried to really absorb her -- tried to really find her ethos, if that makes sense. Kind of take all the different versions and find her core and bring that to the show.
If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
My superhero power... Kind of a strange one, but I feel like I'd really love Vixen's superhero powers. In addition, I always loved the idea of having mind control -- the power to control minds, but not in a negative way and not in a greedy way or a self-serving way, but more in a way where I could heal people's minds... like ease mental and emotional suffering that gets in the way of people living their lives fully. Kind of like a therapist! A psychiatrist, who heals your mind with her superhero powers instead of medication.
I can see that. SuperTherapist!
SuperPsychiatrist! Yeah, SuperPsych!
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Megalyn E.K. habla sobre el hacerse cargo de Vixen en 'Arrow'
Por Jolie Lash 24 Feb 2016
Megalyn E.K. voiced Vixen in The CW Seed animated series of the same name, but on Wednesday night, she's playing the character again – this time, on "Arrow."
On the Seed series, Vixen, aka Mari McCabe, knows both the Green Arrow and The Flash. She heads to Star City in "Arrow's" newest episode in order to help pal Oliver Queen, whose son, William, was kidnapped by Season 4 villain Damien Darhk. And learning about the relationship between Oliver and William (since, to many on the show, Oliver having a son is a secret) will give Vixen even more of a reason to help out.
"It makes me want to help even more honestly, because Vixen doesn't know her real parents, so the opportunity to help save his son -- part of her purpose is to help with things like this, especially something like that," Megalyn told Access Hollywood.
When Vixen comes face-to-face with Damien, she will try to take him down.
"We meet in the episode," Megalyn told Access of encountering the one-time rival to Season 3's Ra's al Ghul. "She tries to destroy him."
And from the moment she sets foot in Star City (Vixen is from Detroit on the Seed series), she will be focused on getting the job done, leaving little time for fun downtime (dinner, or a coffee break) with the other characters.
"In this episode, there's not a ton of time for that because… there is an urgency to the task at hand, so we all just kind of come together and join forces and try to whoop Damien Dahrk's a** basically," Megalyn said, noting her character does, however, "definitely interact with everyone on the cast."
Vixen is a force to be reckoned with and she will have plenty of fight scenes in Wednesday's episode.
"The action sequences are super cool. I got to do a lot of them, but I also have an amazing stunt woman, who -- it was uncanny how much she looks like me on camera, and she's very strong, so anything that she's doing, I feel like she'll make me look way cooler," Megalyn said. "I was very pleased with how all of that ended up. I definitely do some serious a**kicking, so it's exciting."
To bring her character to life on the live action television series "Arrow," Megalyn had to head up to the show's set in advance of shooting the episode for something all of the actors in the "Arrowverse" seem to love – getting a superhero costume.
"[It was] very exciting. The costume is super important, and especially since 'Arrow' has this established aesthetic, it was really important to get the costume right, so I actually had to fly into Vancouver for a fitting, just for a fitting, one day," she said. "I flew in in the morning, got fitted, got measured and flew back at night and I was absolutely happy to do that because I understand a lot goes into making these costumes. They do such a great job.
"My costume is very cool and then, when I actually got into the final thing I mean... I was such a dork. I was so giddy. I think I was doing kicks and punches and I was dancing and they were like, 'Calm down,'" Megalyn laughed.
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Por Jolie Lash 24 Feb 2016
Megalyn E.K. voiced Vixen in The CW Seed animated series of the same name, but on Wednesday night, she's playing the character again – this time, on "Arrow."
On the Seed series, Vixen, aka Mari McCabe, knows both the Green Arrow and The Flash. She heads to Star City in "Arrow's" newest episode in order to help pal Oliver Queen, whose son, William, was kidnapped by Season 4 villain Damien Darhk. And learning about the relationship between Oliver and William (since, to many on the show, Oliver having a son is a secret) will give Vixen even more of a reason to help out.
"It makes me want to help even more honestly, because Vixen doesn't know her real parents, so the opportunity to help save his son -- part of her purpose is to help with things like this, especially something like that," Megalyn told Access Hollywood.
When Vixen comes face-to-face with Damien, she will try to take him down.
"We meet in the episode," Megalyn told Access of encountering the one-time rival to Season 3's Ra's al Ghul. "She tries to destroy him."
And from the moment she sets foot in Star City (Vixen is from Detroit on the Seed series), she will be focused on getting the job done, leaving little time for fun downtime (dinner, or a coffee break) with the other characters.
"In this episode, there's not a ton of time for that because… there is an urgency to the task at hand, so we all just kind of come together and join forces and try to whoop Damien Dahrk's a** basically," Megalyn said, noting her character does, however, "definitely interact with everyone on the cast."
Vixen is a force to be reckoned with and she will have plenty of fight scenes in Wednesday's episode.
"The action sequences are super cool. I got to do a lot of them, but I also have an amazing stunt woman, who -- it was uncanny how much she looks like me on camera, and she's very strong, so anything that she's doing, I feel like she'll make me look way cooler," Megalyn said. "I was very pleased with how all of that ended up. I definitely do some serious a**kicking, so it's exciting."
To bring her character to life on the live action television series "Arrow," Megalyn had to head up to the show's set in advance of shooting the episode for something all of the actors in the "Arrowverse" seem to love – getting a superhero costume.
"[It was] very exciting. The costume is super important, and especially since 'Arrow' has this established aesthetic, it was really important to get the costume right, so I actually had to fly into Vancouver for a fitting, just for a fitting, one day," she said. "I flew in in the morning, got fitted, got measured and flew back at night and I was absolutely happy to do that because I understand a lot goes into making these costumes. They do such a great job.
"My costume is very cool and then, when I actually got into the final thing I mean... I was such a dork. I was so giddy. I think I was doing kicks and punches and I was dancing and they were like, 'Calm down,'" Megalyn laughed.
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Megalyn Echikunwoke sobre la Season 4 y el lugar de Vixen en el equipo de Oliver
Por Christina Radish 24 Feb 2016
On the next episode of The CW series Arrow, called “Taken,” Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) realizes that he needs help battling Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough), so he calls in his old friend, Vixen (Megalyn Echikunwoke). Using her magical ability to summon animal powers, Vixen gets a lock on Darhk’s location and the team goes to war.
During this exclusive phone interview with Collider, actress Megalyn Echikunwoke talked about how lucky she feels to get to take Vixen from animated series to live-action, why she wants to help Team Arrow, how Vixen fits in among the show’s other strong women, finding the character’s physicality, getting to have a cool costume, translating her powers to live-action, and that she would gladly continue to play this character, in any form.
Collider: What’s it like to get to take this character one step further from just voicing her and actually get to embody her in live-action form?
MEGALYN ECHIKUNWOKE: I feel really lucky, honestly. In a lot of ways, it’s a dream come true because I’ve always wanted to do this type of thing. Growing up, I always wanted to be a Lara Croft character or one of those martial artists in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. So, now playing Vixen in live-action is like a dream come true times two because I get to play this really cool character with a really rich history and a really dedicated fan base and I also get to be the first black superhero in the DC comics universe to appear in live-action. That’s really cool. I feel really lucky. It’s an honor. I just hope that I do her justice for the sake of the fans.
How and when did you find out that you’d be playing this character on Arrow, in this episode?
ECHIKUNWOKE: There was talk of it, for sure, and then they gave me a little bit of material. I sat down and read with the execs, and they were like, “Hey, I think you’re the woman for the job,” and I was like, “Yeah! I can’t believe it!”
This is a show that already has some great strong female characters. How does Vixen fit in among the other women that we’ve gotten to know on the show?
ECHIKUNWOKE: They all have a lot of respect for each other. When they call on Vixen for help, they do it because they really do need her and they really do respect her abilities. They need that extra edge to fight Damien Darhk, in this case. All the women are really cool, in their own right. I’m excited to see everyone in action together.
Team Arrow goes to Vixen for help because they need her, but what gets her to actually agree to help them? Is she aware of Damien Darhk and what he’s doing?
ECHIKUNWOKE: At this point, a little bit of time has past. In the animated series, she’s a little bit gruff with Green Arrow and The Flash. She’s a little sassy with them because they’re not necessarily friends. But at this point, some time has passed and she’s matured into her role as Vixen and her powers, and she has more of a solidarity with them. So, when they ask for help, it’s like her brothers need help. They’re her brothers-in-arms.
Bringing Vixen to life is different than just voicing her. How did you decide on the physicality you wanted for her? Was there a specific way that you wanted to carry yourself?
ECHIKUNWOKE: Yes, absolutely! She’s pretty tough. She’s a bad-ass. I definitely wanted to bring that energy of someone who, at this point, has honed her abilities and begun to master them. So, I definitely wanted to bring that to her physicality. You can tell when someone is really good at what they do, physically. Whether it’s martial arts or dance, you can tell by watching them walk. I definitely wanted to bring that in, and I definitely wanted to make sure that I maintained the vocal quality that people responded to in the animated series. Hopefully, I brought all of those things together in a way that people will like. And the costume really helped. With any actor in any costume, that’s the last piece for the character, but even more so with a superhero. That’s a big piece. The people at Arrow created a really incredible costume for me. It’s leather and it’s really tough, and I look really strong in it. That helped a lot.
What was it like to put on the suit, for the first time, and actually be in the costume and get into character?
ECHIKUNWOKE: I was geeking out, so hard! They were like, “Calm down!” I was dancing around, and doing kicks and punches in it, just ‘cause I was so excited. They were like, “Oh, my god, she’s a dork!”
Was it fun to also get to see her duality and get to wear normal clothes, along with having a cool costume?
ECHIKUNWOKE: Yeah! A big part of Vixen is that she has that element of duality to her, all the time. That’s something that I really love about the character and that I really relate to. I think it’s important to see her in both ways. To me, in a lot of ways, she’s still a superhero, even when she’s not in costume. Even when she’s not invoking her powers, she’s still very powerful.
How do Vixen’s powers translate to live-action?
ECHIKUNWOKE: It will be very similar [to the animated series], actually. The show does an incredible job with the visual effects and the fight scenes are so cool. She definitely kicks some major ass. I haven’t seen the visual effects yet, but I’m assuming, if they’re anything like the rest of the show and like the other DC comics shows on the CW, they’ll be really special.
Is there anyone with Team Arrow that Vixen works best with or that she clashes with, or do they all work together pretty equally?
ECHIKUNWOKE: In this episode, we all work together for one purpose and it’s pretty serious. There’s really no time for catfights, or anything like that.
There’s already been an announcement for a second season of the animated series, there’s been talk of a possible spin-off, and it’s been suggested that she could be included on Legends of Tomorrow. Are you game to explore this character, however that plays out?
ECHIKUNWOKE: Oh, yeah, absolutely! Absolutely! In a lot of ways, playing this character has been one of the most rewarding things I’ve done, as an actor. It’s a dream come true because I had childhood dreams of being an action star. Symbolically, what she means to the fans is really cool. Also, she’s just a fucking bad-ass! Her powers are really cool, and she’s sexy. So, I have no problem with being a full-time or a part-time superhero. Anytime I can be a superhero is a good time.
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Por Christina Radish 24 Feb 2016
On the next episode of The CW series Arrow, called “Taken,” Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) realizes that he needs help battling Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough), so he calls in his old friend, Vixen (Megalyn Echikunwoke). Using her magical ability to summon animal powers, Vixen gets a lock on Darhk’s location and the team goes to war.
During this exclusive phone interview with Collider, actress Megalyn Echikunwoke talked about how lucky she feels to get to take Vixen from animated series to live-action, why she wants to help Team Arrow, how Vixen fits in among the show’s other strong women, finding the character’s physicality, getting to have a cool costume, translating her powers to live-action, and that she would gladly continue to play this character, in any form.
Collider: What’s it like to get to take this character one step further from just voicing her and actually get to embody her in live-action form?
MEGALYN ECHIKUNWOKE: I feel really lucky, honestly. In a lot of ways, it’s a dream come true because I’ve always wanted to do this type of thing. Growing up, I always wanted to be a Lara Croft character or one of those martial artists in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. So, now playing Vixen in live-action is like a dream come true times two because I get to play this really cool character with a really rich history and a really dedicated fan base and I also get to be the first black superhero in the DC comics universe to appear in live-action. That’s really cool. I feel really lucky. It’s an honor. I just hope that I do her justice for the sake of the fans.
How and when did you find out that you’d be playing this character on Arrow, in this episode?
ECHIKUNWOKE: There was talk of it, for sure, and then they gave me a little bit of material. I sat down and read with the execs, and they were like, “Hey, I think you’re the woman for the job,” and I was like, “Yeah! I can’t believe it!”
This is a show that already has some great strong female characters. How does Vixen fit in among the other women that we’ve gotten to know on the show?
ECHIKUNWOKE: They all have a lot of respect for each other. When they call on Vixen for help, they do it because they really do need her and they really do respect her abilities. They need that extra edge to fight Damien Darhk, in this case. All the women are really cool, in their own right. I’m excited to see everyone in action together.
Team Arrow goes to Vixen for help because they need her, but what gets her to actually agree to help them? Is she aware of Damien Darhk and what he’s doing?
ECHIKUNWOKE: At this point, a little bit of time has past. In the animated series, she’s a little bit gruff with Green Arrow and The Flash. She’s a little sassy with them because they’re not necessarily friends. But at this point, some time has passed and she’s matured into her role as Vixen and her powers, and she has more of a solidarity with them. So, when they ask for help, it’s like her brothers need help. They’re her brothers-in-arms.
Bringing Vixen to life is different than just voicing her. How did you decide on the physicality you wanted for her? Was there a specific way that you wanted to carry yourself?
ECHIKUNWOKE: Yes, absolutely! She’s pretty tough. She’s a bad-ass. I definitely wanted to bring that energy of someone who, at this point, has honed her abilities and begun to master them. So, I definitely wanted to bring that to her physicality. You can tell when someone is really good at what they do, physically. Whether it’s martial arts or dance, you can tell by watching them walk. I definitely wanted to bring that in, and I definitely wanted to make sure that I maintained the vocal quality that people responded to in the animated series. Hopefully, I brought all of those things together in a way that people will like. And the costume really helped. With any actor in any costume, that’s the last piece for the character, but even more so with a superhero. That’s a big piece. The people at Arrow created a really incredible costume for me. It’s leather and it’s really tough, and I look really strong in it. That helped a lot.
What was it like to put on the suit, for the first time, and actually be in the costume and get into character?
ECHIKUNWOKE: I was geeking out, so hard! They were like, “Calm down!” I was dancing around, and doing kicks and punches in it, just ‘cause I was so excited. They were like, “Oh, my god, she’s a dork!”
Was it fun to also get to see her duality and get to wear normal clothes, along with having a cool costume?
ECHIKUNWOKE: Yeah! A big part of Vixen is that she has that element of duality to her, all the time. That’s something that I really love about the character and that I really relate to. I think it’s important to see her in both ways. To me, in a lot of ways, she’s still a superhero, even when she’s not in costume. Even when she’s not invoking her powers, she’s still very powerful.
How do Vixen’s powers translate to live-action?
ECHIKUNWOKE: It will be very similar [to the animated series], actually. The show does an incredible job with the visual effects and the fight scenes are so cool. She definitely kicks some major ass. I haven’t seen the visual effects yet, but I’m assuming, if they’re anything like the rest of the show and like the other DC comics shows on the CW, they’ll be really special.
Is there anyone with Team Arrow that Vixen works best with or that she clashes with, or do they all work together pretty equally?
ECHIKUNWOKE: In this episode, we all work together for one purpose and it’s pretty serious. There’s really no time for catfights, or anything like that.
There’s already been an announcement for a second season of the animated series, there’s been talk of a possible spin-off, and it’s been suggested that she could be included on Legends of Tomorrow. Are you game to explore this character, however that plays out?
ECHIKUNWOKE: Oh, yeah, absolutely! Absolutely! In a lot of ways, playing this character has been one of the most rewarding things I’ve done, as an actor. It’s a dream come true because I had childhood dreams of being an action star. Symbolically, what she means to the fans is really cool. Also, she’s just a fucking bad-ass! Her powers are really cool, and she’s sexy. So, I have no problem with being a full-time or a part-time superhero. Anytime I can be a superhero is a good time.
http://collider.com/arrow-season-4-mega ... interview/?
Stephen Amell se ebre sobre el secreto de Oliver y su episodio favorito
Por Damian Holbrook 24 Febrero, 2016 1:30 pm
It is a damn good time to be Stephen Amell. Arrow has helped spawn not just The Flash but also DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (which he's guest-starring on this week), he’s heading toward the big screen in this summer’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel. On his main gig, his Oliver Queen is knee-deep in both a battle against evil and his own conscience as he faces the music for lying about his secret child, William, from fiancée Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards). That is an epic amount to have on one’s plate, yet he remains grounded and grateful for work, its inherent challenges and the payoff to playing one of TV’s top superheroes. Here, in the first half of our two-part chat, Amell opens up about this week’s pivotal episode, what he has learned from his friends at Supernatural and what fans can expect once Oliver comes clean with his bride-to-be.
You have been quite the busy man lately. Filming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 last summer, going right into the new season of Arrow, the WWE thing, crossover episodes…I’m expecting to hear that you’re going to direct an episode soon.
You know, they asked me if I wanted to direct an episode, sort of informally but [executive producer] Greg Berlanti asked me if I wanted to direct one either this year or next year. It’s a conversation that we had a while ago, but I passed.
Really?
It’s too much. I asked a few people that [had done it before]. My closest corollary would be that Tom Welling directed a bunch of episodes of Smallville and I wanted to better understand what went into directing an episode. And it’s not so much the logistical difficulty of directing an episode while you’re shooting it, it’s the logistical difficulty of being involved in the prep and the post.
When you’re working on other episodes.
Yeah, and I’m too invested to just sort of hand that off to other people. If I were going to direct an episode, I’d want to do it properly. It sounds like Tom did an amazing job of that and I know that Jensen [Ackles] and Mischa [Collins] over on Supernatural do great jobs with it, but I’m more of the Jared Padalecki school of, ‘You know what, I got a lot of work to do, I’m going to focus on just doing that work.’ And quite honestly, we have an interesting emerging stable of directors on Arrow that I would rather see get more opportunities.
Like you stunt coordinator James Bamford, who did such a great job last week?
Yeah, like Bamford. And we had Lexi Alexander come on board this year. We had [Everwood alum] Greg Smith directing this week’s episode and he actually directed episode 3.15 [Season 3's “Nanda Parbat”]. He’s also directing an episode later this season and to me, I get incredibly excited when Greg is on set because Greg is pure of mind and so interested in directing…he has an excellent way of delegating, which I find a very important lesson to learn for a variety of reasons, not just as they pertain to television. Yeah look, these people are going to do a way better job than I would ever do, so I’m going to leave it to them.
You have done some wonderful dramatic work this season. Having to keep the secret from Felicity, last week’s “you’re terrific” moment with Curtis (Echo Kellum). It’s just been so nice to see the balance of Oliver being a little further away from the tortured action hero with these great emotional levels.
Thank you, I appreciate that. It’s a very interesting thing to play a character for so long—I know that Season 4 of a television show is certainly not uncharted territory by any means—but that being said, it’s a matter of the amount of time you get on set and the amount of reps you get as an actor…you really don’t have a choice but to hopefully become better. So if some of that is shining through this season, then I’m happy.
And it seems like this week’s episode is kind of a combination of all of that stuff because you have Vixen (Megalyn E.K.) coming in to help with the Damien Darhk situation and you also have to deal with the secret child stuff.
I think, very personally and very selfishly, that this was my favorite episode. Not necessarily my favorite episode of the season but my favorite episode to work on. I’ve always known that this storyline with William [Jack Moore] and Samantha [Anna Hopkins], and to a larger extent the secret being kept from Felicity, has caused some angst among the fan base. People think that keeping this secret is a “regression for Oliver.” Putting that aside for a second, it is my favorite storyline at the moment just in terms of something that is new and exciting. That’s sort of what you look for when you’re getting into episode 80-something on a show, you want the new and exciting stuff and Oliver Queen as a father is different. Also, I give a lot of credit to Anna Hopkins because we’ve seen her ever so briefly as Samantha but she’s absolutely pivotal in this week’s episode. That’s a tough spot for a guest star to come into and she absolutely nails it.
Talking about the new and exciting stuff, we’ve seen Oliver save the city, we’ve seen Oliver save the team, but now has has to save his child. These are very high stakes.
Absolutely. And it’s a dangerous spot for him because even with Thea [Willa Holland] or with Felicity or with his mother or Laurel, there’s a way that Oliver, from his time on the island and in Hong Kong, has learned how to at the very least compartmentalize his emotions and focus on the task in front of him. But he’s never had to deal with that when it comes to his own flesh and blood in terms of his son. So it’s a dangerous spot for him cause he’s teetering on the edge.
As a dad yourself, you have that added layer of knowing what that’s like, that you’d do anything for your child.
Being a dad and being able to tap into those emotions I think create, hopefully, a real authenticity to this storyline and hopefully some good dramatic moments. I don’t have to imagine the bond between father and child because I’m starting to understand it in real life.
So you mentioned Oliver keeping the secret from Felicity and the reactions online. The secret comes out this week, we saw that in the trailer. How do you think fans are going to feel at the end of this hour?
I feel like there is resolution to Oliver keeping his secret. Oliver and Felicity, not to overuse the word, have to compartmentalize [their feelings] to deal with the task that’s in front of them. Once the situation comes to a close, for better or worse—no pun intended—they then deal with the consequences of Oliver keeping that secret. Whether that’s a happy outcome or a sad outcome, there is a definitive outcome.
Can you believe that the show has come this far? From just you in a leather costume to Thea on a motorcycle jumping out trucks and Katie Cassidy as the Black Canary now?
It’s nice, I’m very proud of the show and I’m proud of this season. Marc [Guggenheim, executive producer] and I have a great relationship and we talk a lot about certain challenges we face, but we always go back to the fact that we wouldn’t necessarily face these challenges if we weren’t on episode 87. That’s a reality of television and 23-episodes-a-year TV: You face a lot of challenges, but I think we’ve done an excellent job of having characters mature and move forward while also trying new things. And the most important thing, something that I’ve been hammering this year and I think that we’re going to see a lot in the latter part of this season, is let’s not forget our roots. Let’s not, in the interest of trying new things, forget what people loved about this show in the first place.
One of those things is obviously Oliver and Felicity. Have they started writing Oliver’s vows?
Yeah, they have. I think that you actually relatively soon get a chance to hear them.
Oh fantastic!
There you go, there’s your scoop. Right in the knick of time!
http://www.tvinsider.com/article/75098/ ... e-episode/?
Por Damian Holbrook 24 Febrero, 2016 1:30 pm
It is a damn good time to be Stephen Amell. Arrow has helped spawn not just The Flash but also DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (which he's guest-starring on this week), he’s heading toward the big screen in this summer’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel. On his main gig, his Oliver Queen is knee-deep in both a battle against evil and his own conscience as he faces the music for lying about his secret child, William, from fiancée Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards). That is an epic amount to have on one’s plate, yet he remains grounded and grateful for work, its inherent challenges and the payoff to playing one of TV’s top superheroes. Here, in the first half of our two-part chat, Amell opens up about this week’s pivotal episode, what he has learned from his friends at Supernatural and what fans can expect once Oliver comes clean with his bride-to-be.
You have been quite the busy man lately. Filming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 last summer, going right into the new season of Arrow, the WWE thing, crossover episodes…I’m expecting to hear that you’re going to direct an episode soon.
You know, they asked me if I wanted to direct an episode, sort of informally but [executive producer] Greg Berlanti asked me if I wanted to direct one either this year or next year. It’s a conversation that we had a while ago, but I passed.
Really?
It’s too much. I asked a few people that [had done it before]. My closest corollary would be that Tom Welling directed a bunch of episodes of Smallville and I wanted to better understand what went into directing an episode. And it’s not so much the logistical difficulty of directing an episode while you’re shooting it, it’s the logistical difficulty of being involved in the prep and the post.
When you’re working on other episodes.
Yeah, and I’m too invested to just sort of hand that off to other people. If I were going to direct an episode, I’d want to do it properly. It sounds like Tom did an amazing job of that and I know that Jensen [Ackles] and Mischa [Collins] over on Supernatural do great jobs with it, but I’m more of the Jared Padalecki school of, ‘You know what, I got a lot of work to do, I’m going to focus on just doing that work.’ And quite honestly, we have an interesting emerging stable of directors on Arrow that I would rather see get more opportunities.
Like you stunt coordinator James Bamford, who did such a great job last week?
Yeah, like Bamford. And we had Lexi Alexander come on board this year. We had [Everwood alum] Greg Smith directing this week’s episode and he actually directed episode 3.15 [Season 3's “Nanda Parbat”]. He’s also directing an episode later this season and to me, I get incredibly excited when Greg is on set because Greg is pure of mind and so interested in directing…he has an excellent way of delegating, which I find a very important lesson to learn for a variety of reasons, not just as they pertain to television. Yeah look, these people are going to do a way better job than I would ever do, so I’m going to leave it to them.
You have done some wonderful dramatic work this season. Having to keep the secret from Felicity, last week’s “you’re terrific” moment with Curtis (Echo Kellum). It’s just been so nice to see the balance of Oliver being a little further away from the tortured action hero with these great emotional levels.
Thank you, I appreciate that. It’s a very interesting thing to play a character for so long—I know that Season 4 of a television show is certainly not uncharted territory by any means—but that being said, it’s a matter of the amount of time you get on set and the amount of reps you get as an actor…you really don’t have a choice but to hopefully become better. So if some of that is shining through this season, then I’m happy.
And it seems like this week’s episode is kind of a combination of all of that stuff because you have Vixen (Megalyn E.K.) coming in to help with the Damien Darhk situation and you also have to deal with the secret child stuff.
I think, very personally and very selfishly, that this was my favorite episode. Not necessarily my favorite episode of the season but my favorite episode to work on. I’ve always known that this storyline with William [Jack Moore] and Samantha [Anna Hopkins], and to a larger extent the secret being kept from Felicity, has caused some angst among the fan base. People think that keeping this secret is a “regression for Oliver.” Putting that aside for a second, it is my favorite storyline at the moment just in terms of something that is new and exciting. That’s sort of what you look for when you’re getting into episode 80-something on a show, you want the new and exciting stuff and Oliver Queen as a father is different. Also, I give a lot of credit to Anna Hopkins because we’ve seen her ever so briefly as Samantha but she’s absolutely pivotal in this week’s episode. That’s a tough spot for a guest star to come into and she absolutely nails it.
Talking about the new and exciting stuff, we’ve seen Oliver save the city, we’ve seen Oliver save the team, but now has has to save his child. These are very high stakes.
Absolutely. And it’s a dangerous spot for him because even with Thea [Willa Holland] or with Felicity or with his mother or Laurel, there’s a way that Oliver, from his time on the island and in Hong Kong, has learned how to at the very least compartmentalize his emotions and focus on the task in front of him. But he’s never had to deal with that when it comes to his own flesh and blood in terms of his son. So it’s a dangerous spot for him cause he’s teetering on the edge.
As a dad yourself, you have that added layer of knowing what that’s like, that you’d do anything for your child.
Being a dad and being able to tap into those emotions I think create, hopefully, a real authenticity to this storyline and hopefully some good dramatic moments. I don’t have to imagine the bond between father and child because I’m starting to understand it in real life.
So you mentioned Oliver keeping the secret from Felicity and the reactions online. The secret comes out this week, we saw that in the trailer. How do you think fans are going to feel at the end of this hour?
I feel like there is resolution to Oliver keeping his secret. Oliver and Felicity, not to overuse the word, have to compartmentalize [their feelings] to deal with the task that’s in front of them. Once the situation comes to a close, for better or worse—no pun intended—they then deal with the consequences of Oliver keeping that secret. Whether that’s a happy outcome or a sad outcome, there is a definitive outcome.
Can you believe that the show has come this far? From just you in a leather costume to Thea on a motorcycle jumping out trucks and Katie Cassidy as the Black Canary now?
It’s nice, I’m very proud of the show and I’m proud of this season. Marc [Guggenheim, executive producer] and I have a great relationship and we talk a lot about certain challenges we face, but we always go back to the fact that we wouldn’t necessarily face these challenges if we weren’t on episode 87. That’s a reality of television and 23-episodes-a-year TV: You face a lot of challenges, but I think we’ve done an excellent job of having characters mature and move forward while also trying new things. And the most important thing, something that I’ve been hammering this year and I think that we’re going to see a lot in the latter part of this season, is let’s not forget our roots. Let’s not, in the interest of trying new things, forget what people loved about this show in the first place.
One of those things is obviously Oliver and Felicity. Have they started writing Oliver’s vows?
Yeah, they have. I think that you actually relatively soon get a chance to hear them.
Oh fantastic!
There you go, there’s your scoop. Right in the knick of time!
http://www.tvinsider.com/article/75098/ ... e-episode/?
La nueva estrella "Arrow" Megalyn Echikunwoke habla sobre el llevar a Vixen a una serie de acción
Por Sydney Bucksbaum 24 Feb, 2016
When Megalyn Echikunwoke first signed up to voice the DC Comics character of Vixen for CW Seed’s digital series Vixen, she never thought the role would go any further than animation. But here she is, a year later, bringing her animated character to life in live action on Arrow for this week’s action-packed episode “Taken.”
“I’m so excited! I can hardly put it into words,” Echikunwoke tells Nerdist. “There was some talk of it late last year and then they decided to just go for it earlier this year. My first thought was, ‘Wow, how did I get so lucky?’ And then, ‘Oh my god, these are big shoes to fill!’ Vixen is such a cool character and has such a huge dedicated fan base. I hope that I can make them all proud and do right by this character. I was slightly intimidated. Vixen is so cool and I’m just a nerd. I’ve never played a superhero before.”
Echikunwoke knew that the live action portrayal would be incredibly different her voice work, even though she’d be playing the same exact character. “The beauty of doing that kind of voice work is that you get to be physical in a way that you never would be able to on camera,” she says. “You get to do all kinds of weird things in that sound booth—whatever it takes to get the vocal quality that you need. In a way, that was so freeing. People seemed to respond to the vocal work that I did, so I just tried to maintain that on Arrow for my live-action performance.”
She continues, “Additionally, I tried to work on absorbing the different incarnations of her in the comic books over the years to really get a sense of her ethos and really find her core. I hope that I do her justice enough to possibly continue to play her in live action, if that opportunity should arise. I’d love to see [a spinoff].”
The web series Vixen came from the minds of Arrow/The Flash/Legends of Tomorrow uber-producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg and debuted on the digital platform CW Seed back in the fall. It has already been renewed for a second season, and takes place within the shared universe of the three DC TV shows.
Vixen was based on the DC Comics character Mari McCabe, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to mimic the abilities of any animal that has ever lived on Earth. Mari inherits her family’s Tantu Totem, gaining the powers of animals, using them to fight as Vixen to stop threats like those that claimed her family, after her parents were killed in Africa by local corruption.
Tonight’s episode of Arrow serves as a sequel to her titular CW Seed series, which followed Vixen’s origin story.
“Vixen is coming from Detroit and heading to Star City,” Echikunwoke says. “This all happens after the animated series. The Green Arrow [Stephen Amell] and the Flash [Grant Gustin] and I have created this working relationship and this friendly relationship. Some time has passed since the ending of [the animated series].”
According to Echikunwoke, Oliver ends up calling on Mari for her Vixen powers to help him locate Damien Dahrk (Neil McDonough) after he kidnaps Oliver’s son.
“We will see Damien Dahrk and Vixen going at it,” Echikunwoke says. “She’s going to kick his ass! Or at least she’s going to try. She’s definitely going to be doing some major ass kicking, which was really fun. I was lucky enough to work with everyone on the episode, everyone from the core cast. I was really lucky.”
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Por Sydney Bucksbaum 24 Feb, 2016
When Megalyn Echikunwoke first signed up to voice the DC Comics character of Vixen for CW Seed’s digital series Vixen, she never thought the role would go any further than animation. But here she is, a year later, bringing her animated character to life in live action on Arrow for this week’s action-packed episode “Taken.”
“I’m so excited! I can hardly put it into words,” Echikunwoke tells Nerdist. “There was some talk of it late last year and then they decided to just go for it earlier this year. My first thought was, ‘Wow, how did I get so lucky?’ And then, ‘Oh my god, these are big shoes to fill!’ Vixen is such a cool character and has such a huge dedicated fan base. I hope that I can make them all proud and do right by this character. I was slightly intimidated. Vixen is so cool and I’m just a nerd. I’ve never played a superhero before.”
Echikunwoke knew that the live action portrayal would be incredibly different her voice work, even though she’d be playing the same exact character. “The beauty of doing that kind of voice work is that you get to be physical in a way that you never would be able to on camera,” she says. “You get to do all kinds of weird things in that sound booth—whatever it takes to get the vocal quality that you need. In a way, that was so freeing. People seemed to respond to the vocal work that I did, so I just tried to maintain that on Arrow for my live-action performance.”
She continues, “Additionally, I tried to work on absorbing the different incarnations of her in the comic books over the years to really get a sense of her ethos and really find her core. I hope that I do her justice enough to possibly continue to play her in live action, if that opportunity should arise. I’d love to see [a spinoff].”
The web series Vixen came from the minds of Arrow/The Flash/Legends of Tomorrow uber-producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg and debuted on the digital platform CW Seed back in the fall. It has already been renewed for a second season, and takes place within the shared universe of the three DC TV shows.
Vixen was based on the DC Comics character Mari McCabe, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to mimic the abilities of any animal that has ever lived on Earth. Mari inherits her family’s Tantu Totem, gaining the powers of animals, using them to fight as Vixen to stop threats like those that claimed her family, after her parents were killed in Africa by local corruption.
Tonight’s episode of Arrow serves as a sequel to her titular CW Seed series, which followed Vixen’s origin story.
“Vixen is coming from Detroit and heading to Star City,” Echikunwoke says. “This all happens after the animated series. The Green Arrow [Stephen Amell] and the Flash [Grant Gustin] and I have created this working relationship and this friendly relationship. Some time has passed since the ending of [the animated series].”
According to Echikunwoke, Oliver ends up calling on Mari for her Vixen powers to help him locate Damien Dahrk (Neil McDonough) after he kidnaps Oliver’s son.
“We will see Damien Dahrk and Vixen going at it,” Echikunwoke says. “She’s going to kick his ass! Or at least she’s going to try. She’s definitely going to be doing some major ass kicking, which was really fun. I was lucky enough to work with everyone on the episode, everyone from the core cast. I was really lucky.”
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Emily Bett Rickards nos avisa de que habrá problemas para Olicity: ¡¿Habrá ni siquiera una boda?!
Por Lauren Piester 24 Feb, 2016 7:00 PM
This is probably not going to go well. Again.
Arrow's going back to where it's already been and revealing Oliver's (Stephen Amell) big secret to Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards), but this time the circumstances are a lot more dire, since that secret's in a world of trouble.
Oliver's son has been kidnapped by Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough), which forces Oliver to tell Felicity that a) he has a son, and b) he hasn't told her he has a son.
The last time Oliver tried to have this conversation with Felicity at the farmhouse during the Flash crossover, she was so hurt that she broke the relationship off completely. Of course, that was completely forgotten when Barry (The Flash's Grant Gustin) changed the timeline to prevent not only the break-up but also the death of everyone we know and love, but we knew it was only a matter of time before the issue would have to be dealt with once again.
With Oliver and Felicity's wedding just on the horizon—boss Marc Guggenheim tweeted a photo from the ceremony, adding, "Not a dream sequence. Not a hallucination. Not an alternate reality. Not a flash forward to a potential future"—and Felicity currently dealing with her paralysis, this reveal could probably not come at a worse time, and if you're hoping it will just blow over quickly so the two lovebirds can make it down the aisle in no time, you're probably not watching the same show we are.
We hopped on the phone with Emily Bett Rickards to find out just how much of an affect this big secret is going to have on everybody's favorite relationship between a vigilante/possible future mayor and a badass IT girl-turned CEO.
E! News So we know Felicity is about to find out about William. Is that conversation going to go any better than it did the first time?
Rickards: I think she we see her sort of play with what was his perspective on keeping it a secret, and her immediate response I think is what we saw in the crossover timeline. Obviously they're dealing with Darhk and they're not in a farmhouse somewhere and things are different, and she takes her time to sort of figure it out and what happened between them so that he didn't tell her. I don't think we'll be surprised [by her reaction]. I feel like we all know Felicity's heart quite well and we'd really want her to do what she's feeling instinctually, so hopefully she does that.
A lot of people were already annoyed for Felicity when Oliver didn't tell her about the kid, and then he spent all that time not visiting her in the hospital. Does she have limits to what she'll put up with?
I think that's sort of my point within their relationship this season—like how much is she willing to give up all of the time? I feel like we all get stuck in those relationships, and I think it's a very true representation of what relationships can become. How much leeway and how many more bruises can you take until the injury actually reveals itself, or heals? Maybe this is her last bruise that she can take from this, as much as she loves him.
[She has to figure out] whether or not she's willing to risk the fact that he's going to do it again. In her mind, I think she feels like he will always be put in a situation where she's going to have to be either digging for the truth or accepting the fact that she might not get it all, but knowing that he still loves her. What is worth more?
How are we going to see them try to work this out? Is Felicity going to try to get to know William?
I feel like that would sort of be the healthiest way to go about it, if they had the time, and if we had the time in the season to flesh that out. Also, there's the factor of the lifestyle that they live and the journey that they've chosen for themselves and whether or not they want to bring a child into that is a huge debate, and it usually is with superhero cases. We send Supergirl away from Krypton, and we don't tell our fiancées about our illegitimate children, and we try to keep the children as safe as possible but also, you know, hindering their knowledge. That hasn't seemed to have worked in a healthy standpoint for most of these kids. Everyone just needs really good therapy.
There should be a lot more therapy in superhero shows.
Superheroes need therapy, and superheroes need Superheroes Anonymous.
It seems like this will put a major damper on the wedding planning. Will we see more light moments like the wedding party, or that amazing glitter bomb?
Did you love that? James Bamford is such a f—king cool director. He's great at finding little moments like that. But yeah, it does put a damper. That information isn't like a golden light, and I don't think anyone is expecting it to be. But we have to keep in mind what they do every day, which is try and save the city and put their lives at risk, so just having that party I think was just good for them to have a little light moment. People need that. People need feel-good story in the middle of drama, and trauma, and death and worry, so maybe we'll get another sort of light aspect, but we're coming to the end of the season, guys. I don't know how much you're hoping for.
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Por Lauren Piester 24 Feb, 2016 7:00 PM
This is probably not going to go well. Again.
Arrow's going back to where it's already been and revealing Oliver's (Stephen Amell) big secret to Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards), but this time the circumstances are a lot more dire, since that secret's in a world of trouble.
Oliver's son has been kidnapped by Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough), which forces Oliver to tell Felicity that a) he has a son, and b) he hasn't told her he has a son.
The last time Oliver tried to have this conversation with Felicity at the farmhouse during the Flash crossover, she was so hurt that she broke the relationship off completely. Of course, that was completely forgotten when Barry (The Flash's Grant Gustin) changed the timeline to prevent not only the break-up but also the death of everyone we know and love, but we knew it was only a matter of time before the issue would have to be dealt with once again.
With Oliver and Felicity's wedding just on the horizon—boss Marc Guggenheim tweeted a photo from the ceremony, adding, "Not a dream sequence. Not a hallucination. Not an alternate reality. Not a flash forward to a potential future"—and Felicity currently dealing with her paralysis, this reveal could probably not come at a worse time, and if you're hoping it will just blow over quickly so the two lovebirds can make it down the aisle in no time, you're probably not watching the same show we are.
We hopped on the phone with Emily Bett Rickards to find out just how much of an affect this big secret is going to have on everybody's favorite relationship between a vigilante/possible future mayor and a badass IT girl-turned CEO.
E! News So we know Felicity is about to find out about William. Is that conversation going to go any better than it did the first time?
Rickards: I think she we see her sort of play with what was his perspective on keeping it a secret, and her immediate response I think is what we saw in the crossover timeline. Obviously they're dealing with Darhk and they're not in a farmhouse somewhere and things are different, and she takes her time to sort of figure it out and what happened between them so that he didn't tell her. I don't think we'll be surprised [by her reaction]. I feel like we all know Felicity's heart quite well and we'd really want her to do what she's feeling instinctually, so hopefully she does that.
A lot of people were already annoyed for Felicity when Oliver didn't tell her about the kid, and then he spent all that time not visiting her in the hospital. Does she have limits to what she'll put up with?
I think that's sort of my point within their relationship this season—like how much is she willing to give up all of the time? I feel like we all get stuck in those relationships, and I think it's a very true representation of what relationships can become. How much leeway and how many more bruises can you take until the injury actually reveals itself, or heals? Maybe this is her last bruise that she can take from this, as much as she loves him.
[She has to figure out] whether or not she's willing to risk the fact that he's going to do it again. In her mind, I think she feels like he will always be put in a situation where she's going to have to be either digging for the truth or accepting the fact that she might not get it all, but knowing that he still loves her. What is worth more?
How are we going to see them try to work this out? Is Felicity going to try to get to know William?
I feel like that would sort of be the healthiest way to go about it, if they had the time, and if we had the time in the season to flesh that out. Also, there's the factor of the lifestyle that they live and the journey that they've chosen for themselves and whether or not they want to bring a child into that is a huge debate, and it usually is with superhero cases. We send Supergirl away from Krypton, and we don't tell our fiancées about our illegitimate children, and we try to keep the children as safe as possible but also, you know, hindering their knowledge. That hasn't seemed to have worked in a healthy standpoint for most of these kids. Everyone just needs really good therapy.
There should be a lot more therapy in superhero shows.
Superheroes need therapy, and superheroes need Superheroes Anonymous.
It seems like this will put a major damper on the wedding planning. Will we see more light moments like the wedding party, or that amazing glitter bomb?
Did you love that? James Bamford is such a f—king cool director. He's great at finding little moments like that. But yeah, it does put a damper. That information isn't like a golden light, and I don't think anyone is expecting it to be. But we have to keep in mind what they do every day, which is try and save the city and put their lives at risk, so just having that party I think was just good for them to have a little light moment. People need that. People need feel-good story in the middle of drama, and trauma, and death and worry, so maybe we'll get another sort of light aspect, but we're coming to the end of the season, guys. I don't know how much you're hoping for.
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Entrevista exclusiva con Katie Cassidy de "Arrow"
Por Annie Worsman 24 Feb, 2016, 3:29 pm
This week, Talk Nerdy With Us had the incredible privilege of talking with Katie Cassidy who plays Laurel Lance on The CW’s Arrow. Cassidy was no stranger to television before, with roles on hits like Gossip Girl, Melrose Place, and Supernatural, but has become most known for her portrayal of Laurel Lance. Throughout the years she has grown quite the fan base, making this interview both an honor and a joy. Despite the busy schedule a show like Arrow requires, Cassidy took a few minutes to talk with us, which made it no surprise to find her attentive, kind, and thoughtful. It was obvious from our interview that Cassidy loves what she does and who she works with, and that she is supremely proud of Arrow and the work she gets to do on it. As a fan, it is always fun to hear that the actors are just as excited about their show as you are, and that is what we get with Cassidy. Read on to find out how dedicated Katie is to her work, what she loves about the show, and how the on-screen chemistry between the female characters actually begins off-screen.
What has been your favorite Black Canary moment so far?
The canary cry was pretty cool. For me, the way I approached the material was by doing some research, but I did not want to be mimicking anything. I did want to have a take of what the canary cry looked like, so I did research the comics some. I wanted to incorporate what it was like in the comic books but also wanted to make it mine. I hoped it would be a ‘hats off’ to the comic book and the fans. I saw the cry as not reinventing the wheel, but just my take on the character.
For the character in general, I took into consideration the way the original canary held herself and tried to incorporate that. It has been so much fun! Also, I really do enjoy the fight scenes and training with Oliver. For the first few seasons, I was not the canary, so it has been so much fun being a part of the Arrow story.
What has been the most difficult stunt this season? Any injuries?
No injuries really, at least, no injuries worth writing home about. (laughs). I did a lot of training in martial arts during the hiatus to prepare. It’s funny, though, adrenaline seems to kick in during the fight scenes. Like with the tonfa. I practiced using that every day during the hiatus and during filming. I can do a flip with the tonfa no problem on a daily basis, but literally when we go to film the adrenaline kicks in and every time I would flip it it would fly across the room. The crew all knew that I could do it, but I would always have problems while actually filming. (laughs). It wasn’t really challenging, more embarrassing.
That is hilarious. It seems like Laurel has grown a lot this season. What do you think the catalyst was for this growth and how do you think season 4 Laurel is different from Laurel in the past few seasons?
A huge part of Laurel’s journey has been Sara. As we saw in the pilot, her sister had been lost and we thought Oliver was too, but then he shows up. Season 2 we see Laurel hit rock bottom, turning to drugs and alcohol. Then her sister shows back up and Laurel discovers she is the canary and then her sister leaves. Then in season 3 her sister comes back again but died. This season she resurrected her sister (laughs), bringing her back and her leaving again. Just this back and forth, but now it feels like Laurel has finally found peace with all of it.
Her sister is her reason for everything. Sara motivates Laurel. Sara is the reason she was able to take on being the Black Canary. She’s empowered by Sara. It wouldn’t surprise me (and this is not a spoiler! This is just what I think) if we found out they were twins. They have this connection that isn’t just what sisters have, but more like what twins have. They are very close and can feel each others presence, even when they are not around each other.
That’s really interesting! One of the things fans seem to love the most in Arrow are the relationships between the female characters. Can you tease anything about upcoming episodes between Laurel and Thea, Felicity, Nyssa or Sara?
I’m going to go off track a little bit. The thing that’s so awesome about our show and that is so great about this universe and The CW and Greg Berlanti is that they’ve been very smart when it comes to hiring people. It started with Arrow. Emily came on and was just a guest star and became a series regular because she had so much light and charisma. You couldn’t take your eyes off her and our show needed that. Then there’s also Willa. Willa and Emily are such strong women, and I like to think of myself as one too. We are independent and have the same mentality and mindset.
It’s been really amazing growing and seeing these girls… I think I was 24 and Willa was 19 when the show started, and I’ve seen these girls grow up and start to become women. It’s been really fulfilling personally. And there’s the shows they have built around Arrow, like The Flash. Danielle Panabaker- I’ve known her for a while but we weren’t very close, but now she’s my roommate. She is also confident, strong, and driven and I respect that in women. We’re not catty or jealous on our shows. I’m a big believer in positivity brings on positivity, and we see that among us women. All the female women on these shows are very good friends.
I’m a big believer in positivity brings on positivity, and we see that among us women. All the female women on these shows are very good friends and our relationships- well, when they don’t write for us, we’ll make shit up. (laughs). Emily is one of my best friends and I can always look at her on set and get something from her and she doesn’t have to say anything.
I love that! This will be my last question and, believe it or not, it was probably the question I got asked the most for this interview. Many of your fans have asked about seeing more of Laurel’s training, particularly they want to know if we will get to see her on the salmon ladder.
They’ll have to keep watching. I can’t give it away, but I certainly hope so!
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Por Annie Worsman 24 Feb, 2016, 3:29 pm
This week, Talk Nerdy With Us had the incredible privilege of talking with Katie Cassidy who plays Laurel Lance on The CW’s Arrow. Cassidy was no stranger to television before, with roles on hits like Gossip Girl, Melrose Place, and Supernatural, but has become most known for her portrayal of Laurel Lance. Throughout the years she has grown quite the fan base, making this interview both an honor and a joy. Despite the busy schedule a show like Arrow requires, Cassidy took a few minutes to talk with us, which made it no surprise to find her attentive, kind, and thoughtful. It was obvious from our interview that Cassidy loves what she does and who she works with, and that she is supremely proud of Arrow and the work she gets to do on it. As a fan, it is always fun to hear that the actors are just as excited about their show as you are, and that is what we get with Cassidy. Read on to find out how dedicated Katie is to her work, what she loves about the show, and how the on-screen chemistry between the female characters actually begins off-screen.
What has been your favorite Black Canary moment so far?
The canary cry was pretty cool. For me, the way I approached the material was by doing some research, but I did not want to be mimicking anything. I did want to have a take of what the canary cry looked like, so I did research the comics some. I wanted to incorporate what it was like in the comic books but also wanted to make it mine. I hoped it would be a ‘hats off’ to the comic book and the fans. I saw the cry as not reinventing the wheel, but just my take on the character.
For the character in general, I took into consideration the way the original canary held herself and tried to incorporate that. It has been so much fun! Also, I really do enjoy the fight scenes and training with Oliver. For the first few seasons, I was not the canary, so it has been so much fun being a part of the Arrow story.
What has been the most difficult stunt this season? Any injuries?
No injuries really, at least, no injuries worth writing home about. (laughs). I did a lot of training in martial arts during the hiatus to prepare. It’s funny, though, adrenaline seems to kick in during the fight scenes. Like with the tonfa. I practiced using that every day during the hiatus and during filming. I can do a flip with the tonfa no problem on a daily basis, but literally when we go to film the adrenaline kicks in and every time I would flip it it would fly across the room. The crew all knew that I could do it, but I would always have problems while actually filming. (laughs). It wasn’t really challenging, more embarrassing.
That is hilarious. It seems like Laurel has grown a lot this season. What do you think the catalyst was for this growth and how do you think season 4 Laurel is different from Laurel in the past few seasons?
A huge part of Laurel’s journey has been Sara. As we saw in the pilot, her sister had been lost and we thought Oliver was too, but then he shows up. Season 2 we see Laurel hit rock bottom, turning to drugs and alcohol. Then her sister shows back up and Laurel discovers she is the canary and then her sister leaves. Then in season 3 her sister comes back again but died. This season she resurrected her sister (laughs), bringing her back and her leaving again. Just this back and forth, but now it feels like Laurel has finally found peace with all of it.
Her sister is her reason for everything. Sara motivates Laurel. Sara is the reason she was able to take on being the Black Canary. She’s empowered by Sara. It wouldn’t surprise me (and this is not a spoiler! This is just what I think) if we found out they were twins. They have this connection that isn’t just what sisters have, but more like what twins have. They are very close and can feel each others presence, even when they are not around each other.
That’s really interesting! One of the things fans seem to love the most in Arrow are the relationships between the female characters. Can you tease anything about upcoming episodes between Laurel and Thea, Felicity, Nyssa or Sara?
I’m going to go off track a little bit. The thing that’s so awesome about our show and that is so great about this universe and The CW and Greg Berlanti is that they’ve been very smart when it comes to hiring people. It started with Arrow. Emily came on and was just a guest star and became a series regular because she had so much light and charisma. You couldn’t take your eyes off her and our show needed that. Then there’s also Willa. Willa and Emily are such strong women, and I like to think of myself as one too. We are independent and have the same mentality and mindset.
It’s been really amazing growing and seeing these girls… I think I was 24 and Willa was 19 when the show started, and I’ve seen these girls grow up and start to become women. It’s been really fulfilling personally. And there’s the shows they have built around Arrow, like The Flash. Danielle Panabaker- I’ve known her for a while but we weren’t very close, but now she’s my roommate. She is also confident, strong, and driven and I respect that in women. We’re not catty or jealous on our shows. I’m a big believer in positivity brings on positivity, and we see that among us women. All the female women on these shows are very good friends.
I’m a big believer in positivity brings on positivity, and we see that among us women. All the female women on these shows are very good friends and our relationships- well, when they don’t write for us, we’ll make shit up. (laughs). Emily is one of my best friends and I can always look at her on set and get something from her and she doesn’t have to say anything.
I love that! This will be my last question and, believe it or not, it was probably the question I got asked the most for this interview. Many of your fans have asked about seeing more of Laurel’s training, particularly they want to know if we will get to see her on the salmon ladder.
They’ll have to keep watching. I can’t give it away, but I certainly hope so!
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Stephen Amell habla sobre el crossover con Vixen, el futuro de Oliver con Felicity y más
Por Laura Prudom, 24 Feb, 2016 | 03:53PM PT
The stakes couldn’t be higher for Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) in the Feb. 24 installment of “Arrow,” after last week’s episode ended with the brutal reveal that Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) had kidnapped the Emerald Archer’s son, William (Jack Moore).
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and in Wednesday’s episode, “Taken,” Oliver turns to an old ally — Mari McCabe, aka Vixen (Megalyn Echikunwoke), a hero who can access the abilities of animals thanks to her mystical Tantu Totem — for help with Darhk. While Oliver and Mari have never shared the screen on “Arrow” before, the duo (along with Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen from “The Flash”) previously met on CW Seed animated series “Vixen,” which serves as an origin story for Echikunwoke’s character.
“She’s a badass superhero from Detroit and she, for our purposes in ‘Arrow,’ is able to do some things to counteract Damien Darhk that we haven’t seen before, and that he hasn’t seen before,” Amell tells Variety. “Oliver’s very much of the mind at the beginning of the episode — when they realize that Darhk has William — he has a line where he says, ‘We just have to fight harder and smarter,’ and the team actually talks him down and says, ‘No, no — whatever we do against this guy, he has an answer, so we need to think outside the box,’ at which point Oliver considers Vixen.”
Some “Arrow” fans have been troubled by the fact that Oliver has been keeping William’s existence a secret from his fiancee Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) this season, but the cat’s about to come out of the bag, judging by the promo for the episode.
While the consequences of that omission remain to be seen, Amell says he and Rickards strove to ground the situation with emotional honesty, as everyone’s immediate priority is William’s safety.
“This information, it’s unfortunate — obviously it’s a secret that Oliver has kept from Felicity. Whether it was right of him to keep the secret or wrong of him to keep the secret, there are more important factors in play once they find out that a child has been abducted — any child, let alone Oliver’s son,” he points out. “So, we just wanted to deal with it in a very adult manner, and that involves kind of shelving the issues as they pertain to our relationship until we locate and hopefully bring back William.”
Darhk’s decision to use a child as leverage is undeniably evil, but it was Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) who chose to share William’s existence with Darhk in the first place, and when Oliver discovers Malcolm’s betrayal, that act of malice will alter their relationship forever, according to Amell.
“We have seen moments of uneasy alliance and even quiet, humorous moments and some moments of actual appreciation between Oliver to Malcolm [in the past], and I think it’s safe to say that for however long Malcom Merlyn is walking the Earth, that bridge has been burned forever,” Amell says. “So it will be interesting to see what they do with the Oliver-Malcom dynamic, because they’ve never really been sworn enemies. They’ve gone up against each other in battle … but the betrayal of giving up Oliver’s son is something that they can never come back from, ever.”
After “Taken,” “Arrow” will go on a mini-hiatus until March 23, and Amell says that when the show returns, “we are really building towards our endgame after the conclusion of this episode. I feel safe to say that there is a victory of sorts within 415, but going forward — and as we learn sometimes with the show — victories aren’t always what they seem, so we have some good stuff coming up.”
And don’t think the show has forgotten about those ominous flash-forwards set beside a mystery grave. “We also obviously have to tie up the flash forward from the beginning of the season,” Amell notes. “That was always gonna happen in the final third of the season. We’re catching up with that timeline so that’s stuff that we’ve been dealing with recently, and it’s been some challenging times on set, but I think it’s producing good television, for sure.”
Come back tomorrow for part two of our interview with Amell, in which we’ll discuss his cameo on this week’s episode of “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” and his role in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.”
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Por Laura Prudom, 24 Feb, 2016 | 03:53PM PT
The stakes couldn’t be higher for Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) in the Feb. 24 installment of “Arrow,” after last week’s episode ended with the brutal reveal that Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) had kidnapped the Emerald Archer’s son, William (Jack Moore).
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and in Wednesday’s episode, “Taken,” Oliver turns to an old ally — Mari McCabe, aka Vixen (Megalyn Echikunwoke), a hero who can access the abilities of animals thanks to her mystical Tantu Totem — for help with Darhk. While Oliver and Mari have never shared the screen on “Arrow” before, the duo (along with Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen from “The Flash”) previously met on CW Seed animated series “Vixen,” which serves as an origin story for Echikunwoke’s character.
“She’s a badass superhero from Detroit and she, for our purposes in ‘Arrow,’ is able to do some things to counteract Damien Darhk that we haven’t seen before, and that he hasn’t seen before,” Amell tells Variety. “Oliver’s very much of the mind at the beginning of the episode — when they realize that Darhk has William — he has a line where he says, ‘We just have to fight harder and smarter,’ and the team actually talks him down and says, ‘No, no — whatever we do against this guy, he has an answer, so we need to think outside the box,’ at which point Oliver considers Vixen.”
Some “Arrow” fans have been troubled by the fact that Oliver has been keeping William’s existence a secret from his fiancee Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) this season, but the cat’s about to come out of the bag, judging by the promo for the episode.
While the consequences of that omission remain to be seen, Amell says he and Rickards strove to ground the situation with emotional honesty, as everyone’s immediate priority is William’s safety.
“This information, it’s unfortunate — obviously it’s a secret that Oliver has kept from Felicity. Whether it was right of him to keep the secret or wrong of him to keep the secret, there are more important factors in play once they find out that a child has been abducted — any child, let alone Oliver’s son,” he points out. “So, we just wanted to deal with it in a very adult manner, and that involves kind of shelving the issues as they pertain to our relationship until we locate and hopefully bring back William.”
Darhk’s decision to use a child as leverage is undeniably evil, but it was Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) who chose to share William’s existence with Darhk in the first place, and when Oliver discovers Malcolm’s betrayal, that act of malice will alter their relationship forever, according to Amell.
“We have seen moments of uneasy alliance and even quiet, humorous moments and some moments of actual appreciation between Oliver to Malcolm [in the past], and I think it’s safe to say that for however long Malcom Merlyn is walking the Earth, that bridge has been burned forever,” Amell says. “So it will be interesting to see what they do with the Oliver-Malcom dynamic, because they’ve never really been sworn enemies. They’ve gone up against each other in battle … but the betrayal of giving up Oliver’s son is something that they can never come back from, ever.”
After “Taken,” “Arrow” will go on a mini-hiatus until March 23, and Amell says that when the show returns, “we are really building towards our endgame after the conclusion of this episode. I feel safe to say that there is a victory of sorts within 415, but going forward — and as we learn sometimes with the show — victories aren’t always what they seem, so we have some good stuff coming up.”
And don’t think the show has forgotten about those ominous flash-forwards set beside a mystery grave. “We also obviously have to tie up the flash forward from the beginning of the season,” Amell notes. “That was always gonna happen in the final third of the season. We’re catching up with that timeline so that’s stuff that we’ve been dealing with recently, and it’s been some challenging times on set, but I think it’s producing good television, for sure.”
Come back tomorrow for part two of our interview with Amell, in which we’ll discuss his cameo on this week’s episode of “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” and his role in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.”
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Emily Bett Rickards sobre la sorprendente decisión de Felicity
Por Natalie Abrams 24 Feb 2016
Olicity fans, take a deep breath.
After Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) kidnapped William during Wednesday’s episode of Arrow, Oliver (Stephen Amell) was finally forced to reveal to Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) that he had a son. Despite Samantha (Anna Hopkins) explaining that she was to blame for Oliver choosing a relationship with his son over Felicity, Team Arrow’s go-to IT gal decided it was high time to take a breather from Oliver, whom she says is incapable of fully letting her in.
Still, Rickards has hope this isn’t the end for Oliver and Felicity — and given that recent wedding photo, that seems rather obvious. “I think they are each other’s soulmates,” Rickards says. “I don’t think it’s that easy to let go of someone that you have shared such a deep connection with, even if they were hiding things from you. She might be able to take off the ring, but I don’t know if she can lose the intertwined connection of her heart, so we’ll see.”
Felicity removing her ring isn’t necessarily a huge surprise since a recent flash forward showed that particular piece of jewelry missing from her finger. The how of it all was the real question. “It really is the first step toward giving up that promise,” Rickards says of Oliver not telling Felicity the truth in the first place. “It hits her so hard, and she feels like she’s been blindsided. That only ignites the taking off of the ring. There have been so many big life changes for her recently, especially because she can’t use her legs. That on top of your partner keeping a big secret from you, there’s just so much going on for her that once she hears that, she just needs space and time, and discards of the promise that’s been wrapped around her finger.”
However, the close of the episode was bittersweet as Felicity discovered she could walk again. “We really did want her to be able to walk again and start a second new chapter, especially with her taking off her ring,” Rickards says. (More details on that chapter and what that means for her role on Team Arrow here.)
The new chapter, Rickards adds, isn’t necessarily born out of revenge for what Darhk did to her, but “out of respect for whoever is in the grave,” she says cryptically. “It’s not necessarily revenge as it is trying to prevent danger and death in the future.”
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Por Natalie Abrams 24 Feb 2016
Olicity fans, take a deep breath.
After Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) kidnapped William during Wednesday’s episode of Arrow, Oliver (Stephen Amell) was finally forced to reveal to Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) that he had a son. Despite Samantha (Anna Hopkins) explaining that she was to blame for Oliver choosing a relationship with his son over Felicity, Team Arrow’s go-to IT gal decided it was high time to take a breather from Oliver, whom she says is incapable of fully letting her in.
Still, Rickards has hope this isn’t the end for Oliver and Felicity — and given that recent wedding photo, that seems rather obvious. “I think they are each other’s soulmates,” Rickards says. “I don’t think it’s that easy to let go of someone that you have shared such a deep connection with, even if they were hiding things from you. She might be able to take off the ring, but I don’t know if she can lose the intertwined connection of her heart, so we’ll see.”
Felicity removing her ring isn’t necessarily a huge surprise since a recent flash forward showed that particular piece of jewelry missing from her finger. The how of it all was the real question. “It really is the first step toward giving up that promise,” Rickards says of Oliver not telling Felicity the truth in the first place. “It hits her so hard, and she feels like she’s been blindsided. That only ignites the taking off of the ring. There have been so many big life changes for her recently, especially because she can’t use her legs. That on top of your partner keeping a big secret from you, there’s just so much going on for her that once she hears that, she just needs space and time, and discards of the promise that’s been wrapped around her finger.”
However, the close of the episode was bittersweet as Felicity discovered she could walk again. “We really did want her to be able to walk again and start a second new chapter, especially with her taking off her ring,” Rickards says. (More details on that chapter and what that means for her role on Team Arrow here.)
The new chapter, Rickards adds, isn’t necessarily born out of revenge for what Darhk did to her, but “out of respect for whoever is in the grave,” she says cryptically. “It’s not necessarily revenge as it is trying to prevent danger and death in the future.”
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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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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.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/02/25/ ... f-tomorrow
Megalyn Echikunwoke habla sobre la transición de Vixen a una serie de acción, la broma de Detroit de Deadpool y más
Por Russ Burlingame 24/02/2016
Tonight's episode of Arrow will see Vixen star Megalyn Echikunwoke headed into live action for the first time as the character -- helping Green Arrow seek out his son William, who has been kidnapped by Damien Darhk.
Since Damien has the supernatural at his command, Green Arrow needs a friend with a little magic...and Mari is just the person to do it.
ComicBook.com caught up with Echikunwoke to talk about tonight's episode.
When you signed up last year, we talked a lot about the possibility of you coming to live-action. Did you always know this was going to happen?
I didn't know that I would be doing this until early January. There was talk of it, but definitely I did not know any concrete plans, so I was definitely very pleasantly surprised.
The on-camera version of the costume looks different from the animated version. How exciting was it to step into that suit after you kind of got used to being in Mari's head in the animated series?
Oh! So exciting! For any actor, whenever you get a costume, it's exciting because it's the last layer of the character that really kind of snaps you into that character. But when you're playing a superhero, even more so obviously. The costume is everything and in some cases is the power, so it was very exciting and the people over at Arrow are really so talented. All of the costumes are amazing.
It's definitely different from the animated series, or any costume that you've seen Vixen in, in the comic books, but I think that's because it's very in-keeping with the aesthetic of the show. Vixen is very much in this episode, stepping into Green Arrow's world.
When we see Mari in the trailer, you're very badass, as opposed to the kind of beginner-level Vixen we saw in the first season of the show. Is that because time has passed, or just that same answer -- that you're keeping with the feel of Arrow.
There has been some growth. Some time has passed, definitely, between the animated series and my appearance on Arrow. Green Arrow, Vixen and The Flash are more friendly -- they've become superhero friends, and they have a working relationship. Maybe they've come to help me out in Detroit at some point. So not a ton of time, but definitely some time has passed and I've definitely grown into my powers and accepted them and learned to use them.
For those of us who are big comic book people, Vixen and Vibe have a long connection. Is there any chance we might see you head to The Flash anytime soon?
There is a possibility. There's nothing in stone, but potentially anything's possible. I think Vixen could go anywhere, which is one of the cool things about her character; she's friends with everyone at school, you know? She's in almost every group.
I like the choice to put you in Detroit, because now you're the first DC superhero on TV who's protecting a real city. Does that help to give you a really concrete idea about what Vixen is up to when she's not on camera?
I think it does help, and I think it gives you a sense of her purpose, as well. She has an edge for sure and she has a darkness inside of her, for sure, but her purpose is more in service of good and to help people, so to me, I see her in this kind of struggling city, helping out, and being a hero.
I think Detroit, New York -- she spent some time in New York -- that all informs who she is and how she uses her abilities and why.
Obviously your totem was one of the first magical artifacts in the Arrowverse, but now there's a lot more of it. Can you talk about how that affects your relationship with Green Arrow?
I think the Green Arrow has a lot of respect for that, and understands that we can combine forces to really make a difference in a way that some other characters can't, and I think that's why he comes to me.
Okay, a silly question to close it out: In the recent Deadpool movie, that character took a pot shot at Detroit. What do you think Mari would have to say to him?
Oh, yeah! I saw that, actually. I would say he should come to Detroit and find out what it's really like!
http://comicbook.com/2016/02/24/megalyn ... ion-deadp/
Por Russ Burlingame 24/02/2016
Tonight's episode of Arrow will see Vixen star Megalyn Echikunwoke headed into live action for the first time as the character -- helping Green Arrow seek out his son William, who has been kidnapped by Damien Darhk.
Since Damien has the supernatural at his command, Green Arrow needs a friend with a little magic...and Mari is just the person to do it.
ComicBook.com caught up with Echikunwoke to talk about tonight's episode.
When you signed up last year, we talked a lot about the possibility of you coming to live-action. Did you always know this was going to happen?
I didn't know that I would be doing this until early January. There was talk of it, but definitely I did not know any concrete plans, so I was definitely very pleasantly surprised.
The on-camera version of the costume looks different from the animated version. How exciting was it to step into that suit after you kind of got used to being in Mari's head in the animated series?
Oh! So exciting! For any actor, whenever you get a costume, it's exciting because it's the last layer of the character that really kind of snaps you into that character. But when you're playing a superhero, even more so obviously. The costume is everything and in some cases is the power, so it was very exciting and the people over at Arrow are really so talented. All of the costumes are amazing.
It's definitely different from the animated series, or any costume that you've seen Vixen in, in the comic books, but I think that's because it's very in-keeping with the aesthetic of the show. Vixen is very much in this episode, stepping into Green Arrow's world.
When we see Mari in the trailer, you're very badass, as opposed to the kind of beginner-level Vixen we saw in the first season of the show. Is that because time has passed, or just that same answer -- that you're keeping with the feel of Arrow.
There has been some growth. Some time has passed, definitely, between the animated series and my appearance on Arrow. Green Arrow, Vixen and The Flash are more friendly -- they've become superhero friends, and they have a working relationship. Maybe they've come to help me out in Detroit at some point. So not a ton of time, but definitely some time has passed and I've definitely grown into my powers and accepted them and learned to use them.
For those of us who are big comic book people, Vixen and Vibe have a long connection. Is there any chance we might see you head to The Flash anytime soon?
There is a possibility. There's nothing in stone, but potentially anything's possible. I think Vixen could go anywhere, which is one of the cool things about her character; she's friends with everyone at school, you know? She's in almost every group.
I like the choice to put you in Detroit, because now you're the first DC superhero on TV who's protecting a real city. Does that help to give you a really concrete idea about what Vixen is up to when she's not on camera?
I think it does help, and I think it gives you a sense of her purpose, as well. She has an edge for sure and she has a darkness inside of her, for sure, but her purpose is more in service of good and to help people, so to me, I see her in this kind of struggling city, helping out, and being a hero.
I think Detroit, New York -- she spent some time in New York -- that all informs who she is and how she uses her abilities and why.
Obviously your totem was one of the first magical artifacts in the Arrowverse, but now there's a lot more of it. Can you talk about how that affects your relationship with Green Arrow?
I think the Green Arrow has a lot of respect for that, and understands that we can combine forces to really make a difference in a way that some other characters can't, and I think that's why he comes to me.
Okay, a silly question to close it out: In the recent Deadpool movie, that character took a pot shot at Detroit. What do you think Mari would have to say to him?
Oh, yeah! I saw that, actually. I would say he should come to Detroit and find out what it's really like!
http://comicbook.com/2016/02/24/megalyn ... ion-deadp/
Estrella de 'Legends of Tomorrow' habla sobre la gran sorpresa 'Arrow'
Por Philiana Ng 26 Feb, 2016
DC's Legends of Tomorrow just blew our minds.
The Flash and Arrow spinoff crash-landed in Star City 2046, introducing a new Green Arrow to the universe. But the green archer the Legends met wasn't who they thought it'd be, but instead, Connor Hawke (Joseph David-Jones), who is actually John Diggle's son!
The twist from DC lore -- in the comics, Connor is actually Oliver's son -- excited David-Jones, who next stars in The Divergent Series: Allegiant. However the change also made him a tad bit nervous. Playing the offspring of a beloved character like John Diggle, who is no longer alive in 2046, created an opportunity for David-Jones to bring something new to the table.
"The main fear comes from playing a character that so many people know from the comic books and there's a long history of people unhappy with movies and TV shows who make alterations to comic book characters," he told ETonline following Thursday's episode. "There's always that worry that any adaptation of Connor Hawke the fans may not [connect with], but I had the fans in mind the whole time."
Even before he stepped foot on the Vancouver set, David-Jones was aware of the pressure that he faced in portraying a character with significant comic book history whose backstory has been significantly altered.
"I wanted to make this guy as relatable as possible," he said of Connor, adding that "there's more responsibility to try and make this guy as cool and as entertaining to watch" because of who his character's father is.
David-Jones binge-watched Arrow the moment he was cast as Diggle's son, in part to understand where Connor came from and to infuse certain familial traits, such as Diggle's militaristic tendencies and unparalleled focus. Though Connor putting on the Green Arrow suit and fighting bad guys solo in a city in disarray was a way to honor his father's legacy and take on the hero's mantle, it's a decision that leaves him with an internal struggle.
"Because Diggle is no longer alive, for that reason Connor Hawke doesn't go by his name, John Diggle Jr. He feels like there's a level of shame since he wasn't strong enough to save his father," David-Jones said of the Uprising led by Deathstroke's son, Grant Wilson, that ultimately leads to Diggle's death. "He doesn't want to have that name. Every time he hears that name, it's a reminder of how he failed himself."
But after Connor discovers that Oliver Queen, who goes into hiding after failing to save Star City following the Uprising, is indeed alive, his opinion of the former Green Arrow changes pretty drastically.
"Every night when Connor Hawke goes and puts on that outfit and is fighting gangs and getting shot at and getting shot, to find out that Oliver Queen has been alive and not doing anything to help, it's shattering," David-Jones said. "My dad thought you were a hero and you haven't been a hero at all."
While we know who Connor's father is, the identity of his mother is up in the air in this version of the future -- and it's something David-Jones doesn't have the answer to … yet.
"It's a question that I also have," he said with a laugh. "Right now [on Arrow], Diggle is with another lady [Lyla], so I don't know if in the future, Diggle is with another person. Or, if things don't work out with the woman he is with now and he ends up with Connor's mother. But the crazy thing is, this is an alternate future so if they go back and change something, it's all up in the air."
David-Jones let slip that fans could potentially see Connor again, revealing that "the writers have been hinting at a huge return" but left the door open on where he could land again. For what it's worth, an earlier episode of The Flash name-checked Connor on Earth-2.
For David-Jones, becoming an integral part of The Flash-Arrow-Legends of Tomorrow universe has been one wild ride and he hopes the experience is just beginning.
"This is the first time I've ever done something completely shrouded in that much mystery. When I did [Legends], I couldn't walk outside my trailer without a cloak to cover up my outfit," he recalled. "It was cool, not realizing how big it was going to be. Now, people go nuts. It's pretty surreal."
http://www.etonline.com/tv/183206_legen ... _surprise/
Por Philiana Ng 26 Feb, 2016
DC's Legends of Tomorrow just blew our minds.
The Flash and Arrow spinoff crash-landed in Star City 2046, introducing a new Green Arrow to the universe. But the green archer the Legends met wasn't who they thought it'd be, but instead, Connor Hawke (Joseph David-Jones), who is actually John Diggle's son!
The twist from DC lore -- in the comics, Connor is actually Oliver's son -- excited David-Jones, who next stars in The Divergent Series: Allegiant. However the change also made him a tad bit nervous. Playing the offspring of a beloved character like John Diggle, who is no longer alive in 2046, created an opportunity for David-Jones to bring something new to the table.
"The main fear comes from playing a character that so many people know from the comic books and there's a long history of people unhappy with movies and TV shows who make alterations to comic book characters," he told ETonline following Thursday's episode. "There's always that worry that any adaptation of Connor Hawke the fans may not [connect with], but I had the fans in mind the whole time."
Even before he stepped foot on the Vancouver set, David-Jones was aware of the pressure that he faced in portraying a character with significant comic book history whose backstory has been significantly altered.
"I wanted to make this guy as relatable as possible," he said of Connor, adding that "there's more responsibility to try and make this guy as cool and as entertaining to watch" because of who his character's father is.
David-Jones binge-watched Arrow the moment he was cast as Diggle's son, in part to understand where Connor came from and to infuse certain familial traits, such as Diggle's militaristic tendencies and unparalleled focus. Though Connor putting on the Green Arrow suit and fighting bad guys solo in a city in disarray was a way to honor his father's legacy and take on the hero's mantle, it's a decision that leaves him with an internal struggle.
"Because Diggle is no longer alive, for that reason Connor Hawke doesn't go by his name, John Diggle Jr. He feels like there's a level of shame since he wasn't strong enough to save his father," David-Jones said of the Uprising led by Deathstroke's son, Grant Wilson, that ultimately leads to Diggle's death. "He doesn't want to have that name. Every time he hears that name, it's a reminder of how he failed himself."
But after Connor discovers that Oliver Queen, who goes into hiding after failing to save Star City following the Uprising, is indeed alive, his opinion of the former Green Arrow changes pretty drastically.
"Every night when Connor Hawke goes and puts on that outfit and is fighting gangs and getting shot at and getting shot, to find out that Oliver Queen has been alive and not doing anything to help, it's shattering," David-Jones said. "My dad thought you were a hero and you haven't been a hero at all."
While we know who Connor's father is, the identity of his mother is up in the air in this version of the future -- and it's something David-Jones doesn't have the answer to … yet.
"It's a question that I also have," he said with a laugh. "Right now [on Arrow], Diggle is with another lady [Lyla], so I don't know if in the future, Diggle is with another person. Or, if things don't work out with the woman he is with now and he ends up with Connor's mother. But the crazy thing is, this is an alternate future so if they go back and change something, it's all up in the air."
David-Jones let slip that fans could potentially see Connor again, revealing that "the writers have been hinting at a huge return" but left the door open on where he could land again. For what it's worth, an earlier episode of The Flash name-checked Connor on Earth-2.
For David-Jones, becoming an integral part of The Flash-Arrow-Legends of Tomorrow universe has been one wild ride and he hopes the experience is just beginning.
"This is the first time I've ever done something completely shrouded in that much mystery. When I did [Legends], I couldn't walk outside my trailer without a cloak to cover up my outfit," he recalled. "It was cool, not realizing how big it was going to be. Now, people go nuts. It's pretty surreal."
http://www.etonline.com/tv/183206_legen ... _surprise/
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Marc Guggenheim publica una imagen de la posible boda "Olicity":
El Productor ejecutivo Marc Guggenheim ha emocionado a algunos fans al publicar en su twitter una foto de lo que parece ser la boda 'Olicity' que se rodó para el episodio 4.16.
Pero ¿se producirá realmente? Entonces ¿por qué no hay anillo en el flash-forward? ¿Se interrumpirá la boda? ¿O es que se olvidaron los anillos para esa escena?
En cualquier caso, ya estamos más cerca de desvelar cómo se desarrollará todo.
https://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/ ... 64/photo/1
Pero ¿se producirá realmente? Entonces ¿por qué no hay anillo en el flash-forward? ¿Se interrumpirá la boda? ¿O es que se olvidaron los anillos para esa escena?
En cualquier caso, ya estamos más cerca de desvelar cómo se desarrollará todo.
https://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/ ... 64/photo/1
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Nuevas imágenes bts de la S4 (24-28 Feb / 04 Marzo 2016):
(@EchoK: New #Arrow tonight you guys! Watch so @EmilyBett and I can justify the cuteness in this pic!
@EmilyBett: Um excuse me HOW DID I MISS THIS PICTURE?! @charlotteross
@amellywood: Legends. Get your game face on. Tonight
@caitylotz: TONIGHT on #legendsoftomorrow the future Star City is not looking good. Somehow old Ollie Queen still does
@PaulBlackthorne: A large brandy please
@PaulBlackthorne: Charlotte takes a seat
@PaulBlackthorne: David's new look
@PaulBlackthorne: Doug our brilliant camera operator
@PaulBlackthorne: EBR, effervescent as ever
@PaulBlackthorne: Echo & David. There is a thought ging on in David´s head
@PaulBlackthorne: Fabulous woman
@PaulBlackthorne: Face painting
@PaulBlackthorne: Great carpet, great man
@PaulBlackthorne: Great wallpaper
@PaulBlackthorne: How I love working with KC
@PaulBlackthorne: I love city backdrops on stages - painted canvas hanging from the rafters - very effective.
@PaulBlackthorne: Keep fit fun, Tommy trains Emily.
@PaulBlackthorne: Last touches.
@PaulBlackthorne: Man in the crowd.
@PaulBlackthorne: Nice hug.
@PaulBlackthorne: Sarah, Ashliegh & an elephant mug.
@PaulBlackthorne: Simon, Stephen's double.
@PaulBlackthorne: Stephen takes a seat.
@PaulBlackthorne: Susie script supervisor, wonderful lady.
@PaulBlackthorne: The Empire state building with James Bamford & Charlotte.
@PaulBlackthorne: When a pretend building falls down around you.
@caitylotz: This is why you wear pants to a party. @MzKatieCassidy #canaries #eltonjohnoscarsparty
@caitylotz: Caity & Katie I feel like we need a shirt
@charlotteross: Happy Birthday @PaulBlackthorne (aka poo bear) #happybirthdaypoobear)
- Imágenes bts del rodaje de la escena del funeral en Vancouver (26-02-16):
(@EchoK: New #Arrow tonight you guys! Watch so @EmilyBett and I can justify the cuteness in this pic!
@EmilyBett: Um excuse me HOW DID I MISS THIS PICTURE?! @charlotteross
@amellywood: Legends. Get your game face on. Tonight
@caitylotz: TONIGHT on #legendsoftomorrow the future Star City is not looking good. Somehow old Ollie Queen still does
@PaulBlackthorne: A large brandy please
@PaulBlackthorne: Charlotte takes a seat
@PaulBlackthorne: David's new look
@PaulBlackthorne: Doug our brilliant camera operator
@PaulBlackthorne: EBR, effervescent as ever
@PaulBlackthorne: Echo & David. There is a thought ging on in David´s head
@PaulBlackthorne: Fabulous woman
@PaulBlackthorne: Face painting
@PaulBlackthorne: Great carpet, great man
@PaulBlackthorne: Great wallpaper
@PaulBlackthorne: How I love working with KC
@PaulBlackthorne: I love city backdrops on stages - painted canvas hanging from the rafters - very effective.
@PaulBlackthorne: Keep fit fun, Tommy trains Emily.
@PaulBlackthorne: Last touches.
@PaulBlackthorne: Man in the crowd.
@PaulBlackthorne: Nice hug.
@PaulBlackthorne: Sarah, Ashliegh & an elephant mug.
@PaulBlackthorne: Simon, Stephen's double.
@PaulBlackthorne: Stephen takes a seat.
@PaulBlackthorne: Susie script supervisor, wonderful lady.
@PaulBlackthorne: The Empire state building with James Bamford & Charlotte.
@PaulBlackthorne: When a pretend building falls down around you.
@caitylotz: This is why you wear pants to a party. @MzKatieCassidy #canaries #eltonjohnoscarsparty
@caitylotz: Caity & Katie I feel like we need a shirt
@charlotteross: Happy Birthday @PaulBlackthorne (aka poo bear) #happybirthdaypoobear)
- Imágenes bts del rodaje de la escena del funeral en Vancouver (26-02-16):
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- ARROW | 4.16 "Broken Hearts" Promo | The CW:
- ARROW | 4.16 "Broken Hearts" Extended Promo | The CW:
- ARROW | 4.16 "Broken Hearts" Producer´s Preview | The CW:
https://amp.twimg.com/v/f01fb61b-41a1-4 ... bc3fd1c3b5
- ARROW | 4.16 "Broken Hearts" Clip #1 | The CW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc23LK-uFHE
- ARROW | 4.16 "Broken Hearts" Clip #2 | TVLine:
http://tvline.com/2016/03/23/arrow-seas ... l-wedding/
- ARROW | 4.16 "Broken Hearts" Clip #3 | CBR:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... s-new-name
- ARROW | 4.16 "Broken Hearts" Extended Promo | The CW:
- ARROW | 4.16 "Broken Hearts" Producer´s Preview | The CW:
- ARROW | 4.16 "Broken Hearts" Clip #1 | The CW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc23LK-uFHE
- ARROW | 4.16 "Broken Hearts" Clip #2 | TVLine:
http://tvline.com/2016/03/23/arrow-seas ... l-wedding/
- ARROW | 4.16 "Broken Hearts" Clip #3 | CBR:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... s-new-name
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Concept Arts del 'Oliver Futuro' y 'Conner Hawk' por Andy Poon:
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Madison McLaughlin de "Supernatural" se une a "Arrow" como estrella invitada:
La actriz Madison McLaughlin — quien una vez luchó contra los demonios en "Supernatural" como la cazadora adolescente 'Krissy' — ahora ha puesto la vista en "Arrow".
La estrella de la serie Stephen Amell ha anunciado a través de su cuenta en twitter el cásting de McLaughlin en la Season 4 de la serie con un críptico tweet:
https://twitter.com/amellywood/status/7 ... 3276545026
Aunque la CW está muda en cuanto a aportar más detalles, McLaughlin parece encajar con un reciente cásting del personaje de 'Rebecca', una adolescente que aparece en el episodio 4.19 — con la posibilidad de convetirse en potencialmente recurrente — y que es descrita como “inteligente, sarcástica” “fugada de un peligroso culto.”
Aunque, de nuevo, los representantes de la serie tampoco han confirmado ningún detalle sobre el cásting. B
http://tvline.com/2016/02/25/arrow-seas ... -survivor/
La estrella de la serie Stephen Amell ha anunciado a través de su cuenta en twitter el cásting de McLaughlin en la Season 4 de la serie con un críptico tweet:
Aunque la CW está muda en cuanto a aportar más detalles, McLaughlin parece encajar con un reciente cásting del personaje de 'Rebecca', una adolescente que aparece en el episodio 4.19 — con la posibilidad de convetirse en potencialmente recurrente — y que es descrita como “inteligente, sarcástica” “fugada de un peligroso culto.”
Aunque, de nuevo, los representantes de la serie tampoco han confirmado ningún detalle sobre el cásting. B
http://tvline.com/2016/02/25/arrow-seas ... -survivor/
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Revelados títulos y créditos del 4.19:
Marc Guggenheim ha compartido en su cuenta de twitter los créditos del episodio 4.19:
https://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/ ... 8103692289
El episodio 4.19 tiene por título "Canary Cry". Está escrito Por Wendy Mericle & Beth Schwartz y dirigido por Laura Belsey.
https://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/ ... 8103692289
El episodio 4.19 tiene por título "Canary Cry". Está escrito Por Wendy Mericle & Beth Schwartz y dirigido por Laura Belsey.
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Arrow | Stunts: Bam Bam Brings Down the House | The CW:
https://amp.twimg.com/v/292a693e-bb77-4 ... b7ce250fd8
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Descripción oficial del 4.16 “Broken Hearts”:
4.16 “Broken Hearts” (23/03/16): CUPIDO REGESA PARA SEMBRAR EL CAOS EN STAR CITY – Una Cupido con el corazón roto (la estrella invitada Amy Gumenick) regresa a Star City con un objetivo – destruir a todo el mundo que está enamorado. El equipo descubre que está matando parejas el día de su boda así es que Oliver (Stephen Amell) y Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) deciden servir de cebo. John Showalter dirige el episodio escrito por Rebecca Bellotto & Nolan Dunbar (AR416).
http://www.greenarrowtv.com/arrow-4-16- ... scription/
http://www.greenarrowtv.com/arrow-4-16- ... scription/
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Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- The CW: "Dare to Defy" Promo #2:
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Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Revelados títulos y créditos del 4.20:
Marc Guggenheim ha compartido en su cuenta de twitter los créditos del episodio 4.20:
https://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/ ... 6392181760
El episodio 4.20 tiene por título "Genesis". Está escrito Por Oscar Balderrama & Emilio Ortega Aldrich y dirigido por Gregory Smith.
https://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/ ... 6392181760
El episodio 4.20 tiene por título "Genesis". Está escrito Por Oscar Balderrama & Emilio Ortega Aldrich y dirigido por Gregory Smith.
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!
Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- La CW publica las fechas de sus finales de temporada:
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Re: "ARROW" Nueva serie de la CW para TV basada en Green Arr
- Descripción oficial del 4.17 “Beacon of Hope”:
4.17 “Broken Hearts” (30/03/16): BRIE LARVAN AKA THE BUG-EYED BANDIT PONE SUS MIRAS EN FELICITY – Brie Larvan (la estrella invitada Emily Kinney) se escapa de la cárcel y se presenta en Palmer Tech amenazando con matar a todo el mundo a menos de que consiga el bio-chip que está implantado en la columna de Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards). Cuando Oliver (Stephen Amell) se da cuenta de que Felicity, Thea (Willa Holland) y Donna (la estrella invitada Charlotte Ross) están atrapadas en Palmer Tech con todos los demás, busca a un sorprendente aliado para que ayude al Team Arrow a salvar el día. Michael Schultz dirige el episodio escrito por Ben Sokolowski & Brian Ford Sullivan (#417).
http://www.greenarrowtv.com/arrow-4-17- ... r-returns/
http://www.greenarrowtv.com/arrow-4-17- ... r-returns/
¡¡¡¡AY, OMÁ QUÉ CALORES!!!! ¡Gracias por tu regalo, Nitta!