En el canon de los cómics, “Brick” es un villano de 'Green Arrow' que tiene una piel gruesa e invulnerable. En la serie, 'Danny Brickwell' es un despiadado líder de gánsters que hace que el gobierno de Star City se arrodille ante él. Es conocido como “Brick” en las calles porque le han disparado docenas de veces pero nunca lo han matado.
Jones aparecerá en los episodios will appear in episodes 3.10, 3.11 y 3.12.
Su personaje hace su debut en vivo, aunque ya ha aparecido anteriormente en las series animadas “Young Justice” y en un corto animado de la DC Nation centrado en Green Arrow de la Cartoon Network:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NODI-073Fiw
El productor ejecutivo de “Arrow” Andrew Kreisberg ya uso al villano durante su etapa como escritor de los cómics de Green Arrow y su nombre fue anteriormente apuntado en la serie como uno de los hombres de negocios corruptos cuyo nombre aparecía en la lista de objetivos de Oliver Queen.
http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/arrow-c ... 201334400/
- Brandon Routh Habla sobre 'Arrow,' Su Superhéroe Favorito y su Conexión con Jason Momoa (accesshollywood):
Brandon Routh Habla sobre 'Arrow,' Su Superhéroe Favorito y su Conexión con Jason Momoa
Por Erin O'Sullivan 20 Octubre, 2014 02:21 PM EDT
Brandon Routh has returned to the superhero world playing Ray Palmer/The Atom on The CW's "Arrow," but will his character follow the DC Universe's storyline, with Ray as one of the good guys?
Brandon stopped by Access Hollywood Live on Monday, where the former big screen Superman opened up about Ray, and whether the new Queen Consolidated CEO will be a friend or foe to The Arrow.
"Mysterious. Let's go with mysterious," Brandon told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover, when asked if Ray if "good or bad." "Ray is new on the scene in Starling City and in the comic book lore… he is a good guy, he is a hero, he's part of the Justice League of America. But brought into the world of 'Arrow,' he may be up to no good.
"We don't know yet," he continued. "That's part of the fun of playing this character."
Fans were shocked at the sudden death of Sara (Caity Lotz) on the Season 3 premiere – she was killed by a mystery archer as Brandon's character made his "Arrow" debut.
Is Ray somehow connected to Sara's death?
"That's part of the mystery. This new guy comes into town, is he a part of all this other business that's happening? That's one of the big mysteries of the season that will develop and unravel as we go on," Brandon hinted. "I say there's a possibility for everything. Ray has big plans."
The actor, who said his favorite superhero is the Man of Steel, also confessed he wasn't a big comic book reader as a child.
"I love the movies. I love the escapism quality of it. I didn't grow up reading comic books – I was into science fiction lore," he said. "I went more to the fantasy, 'Lord of the Rings' type stuff. Since being in this business, I definitely have looked at a lot more comic books and read a lot more… But, it's what is 'in,' and geek and nerd things are becoming cool and more normal, which is awesome because I think it's great to let everybody have that geek and nerd part of them come out."
And Brandon, who now has two superhero roles on his resume, has a connection to a newly-cast DC superhero – Jason Momoa, who is rumored to appear as Aquaman in the upcoming "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and then star in a standalone movie.
"Jason and I went to high school together. He was a grade above me, we played soccer together. So I played Superman, and now he's playing Aquaman," Brandon said with a laugh, adding that he and the former "Game of Thrones" star were not extremely close, but "friendly." "We were soccer teammates. We weren't in the same grade level so we didn't hang out outside of [school]."
So who was more popular with the high school girls – Brandon or Jason?
"I know I didn't do well with the ladies, so… I was a bit nerdy," Brandon said. "I was OK. But I was kind of a mama's boy – my mom was a teacher… I think everyone was afraid I would tell on them if they were drinking under age or doing whatever, so I didn't get invited to the parties. But I was in a lot of activities so I had friends at school. "
Video: http://bcove.me/ryrg29b4
http://www.accesshollywood.com/brandon- ... icle_99852
Por Erin O'Sullivan 20 Octubre, 2014 02:21 PM EDT
Brandon Routh has returned to the superhero world playing Ray Palmer/The Atom on The CW's "Arrow," but will his character follow the DC Universe's storyline, with Ray as one of the good guys?
Brandon stopped by Access Hollywood Live on Monday, where the former big screen Superman opened up about Ray, and whether the new Queen Consolidated CEO will be a friend or foe to The Arrow.
"Mysterious. Let's go with mysterious," Brandon told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover, when asked if Ray if "good or bad." "Ray is new on the scene in Starling City and in the comic book lore… he is a good guy, he is a hero, he's part of the Justice League of America. But brought into the world of 'Arrow,' he may be up to no good.
"We don't know yet," he continued. "That's part of the fun of playing this character."
Fans were shocked at the sudden death of Sara (Caity Lotz) on the Season 3 premiere – she was killed by a mystery archer as Brandon's character made his "Arrow" debut.
Is Ray somehow connected to Sara's death?
"That's part of the mystery. This new guy comes into town, is he a part of all this other business that's happening? That's one of the big mysteries of the season that will develop and unravel as we go on," Brandon hinted. "I say there's a possibility for everything. Ray has big plans."
The actor, who said his favorite superhero is the Man of Steel, also confessed he wasn't a big comic book reader as a child.
"I love the movies. I love the escapism quality of it. I didn't grow up reading comic books – I was into science fiction lore," he said. "I went more to the fantasy, 'Lord of the Rings' type stuff. Since being in this business, I definitely have looked at a lot more comic books and read a lot more… But, it's what is 'in,' and geek and nerd things are becoming cool and more normal, which is awesome because I think it's great to let everybody have that geek and nerd part of them come out."
And Brandon, who now has two superhero roles on his resume, has a connection to a newly-cast DC superhero – Jason Momoa, who is rumored to appear as Aquaman in the upcoming "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and then star in a standalone movie.
"Jason and I went to high school together. He was a grade above me, we played soccer together. So I played Superman, and now he's playing Aquaman," Brandon said with a laugh, adding that he and the former "Game of Thrones" star were not extremely close, but "friendly." "We were soccer teammates. We weren't in the same grade level so we didn't hang out outside of [school]."
So who was more popular with the high school girls – Brandon or Jason?
"I know I didn't do well with the ladies, so… I was a bit nerdy," Brandon said. "I was OK. But I was kind of a mama's boy – my mom was a teacher… I think everyone was afraid I would tell on them if they were drinking under age or doing whatever, so I didn't get invited to the parties. But I was in a lot of activities so I had friends at school. "
Video: http://bcove.me/ryrg29b4
http://www.accesshollywood.com/brandon- ... icle_99852
David Ramsey sobre Corto Maltese, la Familia, la Identidad y el Suicide Squad
Por Russ Burlingame 20/10/2014
When John Diggle left Team Arrow at the end of the Season Three premiere two weeks ago, it was impossible for him to know that within 24 hours he would be sucked back in following the death of his friend and team member Sara Lance, better known as The Canary.
In this week's episode of Arrow, titled "Corto Maltese," the character played by David Ramsey is in the thick of the story, chasing down A.R.G.U.S. Agent Mark Shaw, who harbors dangerous secrets in the episode's titular island nation, and helping Oliver locate the gone-missing Thea.
Ramsey joined ComicBook.com to speak about the episode.
When I spoke with Jesse L. Martin recently, he said "every episode is a Joe episode." So...what makes this one a Diggle episode more than any others?
Diggle specifically goes to Corto Maltese with the team because he's looking for Mark Shaw, who's connected to Lyla. There's a past relationship they have, so I'm sent there by A.R.G.U.S. -- particularly Lyla -- to find him.
When I do find him, I find out what he's involved in puts not only A.R.G.U.S. at risk but particularly my family, Lyla and my child. So there's a personal investment that Diggle has in getting to the bottom of whatever Mark Shaw's involved in. There's risk involved.
This season started off with Oliver trying to find his humanity with Felicity and immediately we saw that relationship has its own set of risks once he allows himself to fall in love with her. If she's in the field, she gets hurt or gets in danger, what that does to him as a crimefighter? I have some of those same risks with my child and with Lyla.
So we explore some of that in "Corto Maltese," and those will be recurring themes through the season: identity, finding out who we are and how our personal lives relate to our lives as crimefighters, particularly for Diggle and Oliver.
Lyla is very different from her comic book counterpart. How different will Mark Shaw be?
How close Mark Shaw becomes to becoming the iteration he is in the comics? That's something they want to explore.
In this episode, in terms of the Manhunter connection...the show takes its time, you know that. The relationship with Felicity and Oliver, and my relationship with Lyla, it takes its time. So you're not going to see that full-blown iteration here. But it's, again, something they plant.
It's kind of like the relationship with me and Deadshot and H.I.V.E., the organization that hired Deadshot to kill my brother. That was planted last season and it will begin to be explored a little bit this season. So now, you don't get the full-blown iteration and realization of who Mark Shaw is in this episode but my thought is, that's just one more nugget that will become full-blown in other episodes.
With you and Lyla playing a more active role in A.R.G.U.S., will Suicide Squad play a role this season?
That's a good question. That's really a producer question but I do know that's been just a huge, huge response. The Suicide Squad episodes were almost like backdoor pilots, tonally I mean.
I don't think it's any small secret that part of the reaction to that led DC to kind of think about some things in terms of the features. That's not to say they didn't have that planned the whole time because I'm sure that they did -- but it certainly must have helped that the TV iteration of Suicide Squad was responded so well to. It must have made them feel great in moving forward with the feature plans that they had.
In answer to your question, that will be explored this season, we will be touching on the Suicide Squad this season. Diggle's part in that is big. A.R.G.U.S. and Diggle and the Suicide Squad are just one of the things that Diggle will be part of this season. The bigger part of that, since this season is all about identity: where does Diggle fit with the Suicide Squad, with A.R.G.U.S., with Team Arrow, as a family?
There's a lot of that. Even though Diggle seemed very strong in that second episode with "I'm my own man, I know what I'm doing, this is what I want to do," Diggle is going to have more options this season to redefine himself than he ever has up until now.
It seems likely that you'll be butting heads with Amanda Waller, no? Is that something that we'll see early on?
Amanda Waller and Diggle, there's no secret they have a contentious relationship, as most people do with Amanda.
Now that Lyla's moving up in the ranks at A.R.G.U.S. and to some degree works hand-in-hand with Amanda, we'll see how that affects Diggle as well.
In later episodes, we will be exploring more Amanda, Diggle, and Lyla and what all those degrees of separation mean. There will be direct conflict; you haven't seen the last of Amanda Waller in the present day and since Diggle will be working with the Suicide Squad, he'll obviously be working with Amanda. So yes, there will be conflict in the later episodes.
Is it nice to be able to flex some muscles this year, with Diggle and other members of Team Arrow getting more screen time and even some episodes that center around you?
As an actor, it's always fun to get that stuff to chew on. Felicity has a backstory episode coming up as well, Emily [Bett Rickards] does, which will be fun. It's always good to get that stuff to sink your teeth into.
I think there's a lot of story to tell with Diggle. Diggle has the whole Afghanistan story that we've hardly brushed on. There's the story with H.I.V.E. and his relationship with his brother.
Diggle takes to Oliver almost like a little brother that he wants to save. That relationship kind of connects us to the relationship he had with Andy, the brother he couldn't save. That relationship is something we haven't explored in the past. That's another part of Diggle's history that we never really explored. H.I.V.E., the organization that hired Deadshot to kill his brother, we never really got into that yet, which we will be getting into.
So yes, David loves Diggle-centric episodes but there's a lot of story to tell I think is the point and so I'm always looking forward to that. This is a very interesting, intricate character. There's a big story to Diggle that I'm always looking to see the pieces of.
http://comicbook.com/2014/10/20/arrows- ... -and-suic/
Por Russ Burlingame 20/10/2014
When John Diggle left Team Arrow at the end of the Season Three premiere two weeks ago, it was impossible for him to know that within 24 hours he would be sucked back in following the death of his friend and team member Sara Lance, better known as The Canary.
In this week's episode of Arrow, titled "Corto Maltese," the character played by David Ramsey is in the thick of the story, chasing down A.R.G.U.S. Agent Mark Shaw, who harbors dangerous secrets in the episode's titular island nation, and helping Oliver locate the gone-missing Thea.
Ramsey joined ComicBook.com to speak about the episode.
When I spoke with Jesse L. Martin recently, he said "every episode is a Joe episode." So...what makes this one a Diggle episode more than any others?
Diggle specifically goes to Corto Maltese with the team because he's looking for Mark Shaw, who's connected to Lyla. There's a past relationship they have, so I'm sent there by A.R.G.U.S. -- particularly Lyla -- to find him.
When I do find him, I find out what he's involved in puts not only A.R.G.U.S. at risk but particularly my family, Lyla and my child. So there's a personal investment that Diggle has in getting to the bottom of whatever Mark Shaw's involved in. There's risk involved.
This season started off with Oliver trying to find his humanity with Felicity and immediately we saw that relationship has its own set of risks once he allows himself to fall in love with her. If she's in the field, she gets hurt or gets in danger, what that does to him as a crimefighter? I have some of those same risks with my child and with Lyla.
So we explore some of that in "Corto Maltese," and those will be recurring themes through the season: identity, finding out who we are and how our personal lives relate to our lives as crimefighters, particularly for Diggle and Oliver.
Lyla is very different from her comic book counterpart. How different will Mark Shaw be?
How close Mark Shaw becomes to becoming the iteration he is in the comics? That's something they want to explore.
In this episode, in terms of the Manhunter connection...the show takes its time, you know that. The relationship with Felicity and Oliver, and my relationship with Lyla, it takes its time. So you're not going to see that full-blown iteration here. But it's, again, something they plant.
It's kind of like the relationship with me and Deadshot and H.I.V.E., the organization that hired Deadshot to kill my brother. That was planted last season and it will begin to be explored a little bit this season. So now, you don't get the full-blown iteration and realization of who Mark Shaw is in this episode but my thought is, that's just one more nugget that will become full-blown in other episodes.
With you and Lyla playing a more active role in A.R.G.U.S., will Suicide Squad play a role this season?
That's a good question. That's really a producer question but I do know that's been just a huge, huge response. The Suicide Squad episodes were almost like backdoor pilots, tonally I mean.
I don't think it's any small secret that part of the reaction to that led DC to kind of think about some things in terms of the features. That's not to say they didn't have that planned the whole time because I'm sure that they did -- but it certainly must have helped that the TV iteration of Suicide Squad was responded so well to. It must have made them feel great in moving forward with the feature plans that they had.
In answer to your question, that will be explored this season, we will be touching on the Suicide Squad this season. Diggle's part in that is big. A.R.G.U.S. and Diggle and the Suicide Squad are just one of the things that Diggle will be part of this season. The bigger part of that, since this season is all about identity: where does Diggle fit with the Suicide Squad, with A.R.G.U.S., with Team Arrow, as a family?
There's a lot of that. Even though Diggle seemed very strong in that second episode with "I'm my own man, I know what I'm doing, this is what I want to do," Diggle is going to have more options this season to redefine himself than he ever has up until now.
It seems likely that you'll be butting heads with Amanda Waller, no? Is that something that we'll see early on?
Amanda Waller and Diggle, there's no secret they have a contentious relationship, as most people do with Amanda.
Now that Lyla's moving up in the ranks at A.R.G.U.S. and to some degree works hand-in-hand with Amanda, we'll see how that affects Diggle as well.
In later episodes, we will be exploring more Amanda, Diggle, and Lyla and what all those degrees of separation mean. There will be direct conflict; you haven't seen the last of Amanda Waller in the present day and since Diggle will be working with the Suicide Squad, he'll obviously be working with Amanda. So yes, there will be conflict in the later episodes.
Is it nice to be able to flex some muscles this year, with Diggle and other members of Team Arrow getting more screen time and even some episodes that center around you?
As an actor, it's always fun to get that stuff to chew on. Felicity has a backstory episode coming up as well, Emily [Bett Rickards] does, which will be fun. It's always good to get that stuff to sink your teeth into.
I think there's a lot of story to tell with Diggle. Diggle has the whole Afghanistan story that we've hardly brushed on. There's the story with H.I.V.E. and his relationship with his brother.
Diggle takes to Oliver almost like a little brother that he wants to save. That relationship kind of connects us to the relationship he had with Andy, the brother he couldn't save. That relationship is something we haven't explored in the past. That's another part of Diggle's history that we never really explored. H.I.V.E., the organization that hired Deadshot to kill his brother, we never really got into that yet, which we will be getting into.
So yes, David loves Diggle-centric episodes but there's a lot of story to tell I think is the point and so I'm always looking forward to that. This is a very interesting, intricate character. There's a big story to Diggle that I'm always looking to see the pieces of.
http://comicbook.com/2014/10/20/arrows- ... -and-suic/
- Una Charla con J.R. Ramirez – Wildcat de ‘Arrow’ (thehollywoodbillboard):
Una Charla con J.R. Ramirez – Wildcat de ‘Arrow’
Por Alamin Yohannes 20/10/2014
EXCLUSIVE | J.R. Ramirez is an actor on the rise. The Cuban born Ramirez left the country to be raised in Florida, which is where he “caught the bug” and found he wanted to become an actor. “I started modeling in my late teens and got into doing commercials. I liked being in front of a camera, so I went on to do some theater and take classes.” After roles on House of Payne, 90210 and Emily Owens, MD Ramirez moved on to two big profiles television roles. He is returning to Starz’s Power as a series regular after recurring in the first season and has joined The CW’s Arrow as Ted Grant for an arc that begins this Wednesday. I got to talk to the very humble and interesting actor about both of these roles.
On Arrow Ramirez will be playing Ted Grant, best known in the comics by his superhero identity Wildcat. The character destiny is to be the who trained Black Canary. Ramirez’s Ted Grant is a ex-boxer who now runs a gym for under privileged youth. “Ted has gone through a lot in his life. He has had a lot of hardships and was in and out of the system. I was really looking forward to diving into the character and discover the reason he is taking the steps that he is to help the kid and give back.” He could not reveal much about his character’s story, but did say “they carved out a nice little arc for me.”
Fans can guess what part of his arc will entail because of the events so far in Arrow’s third season. The death of the show’s original Black Canary Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) left her sister Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) with a new reason to join the fight. Ramirez only had positive things to say about his one confirmed scene partner, calling their working relationship “amazing” and great.” “Before I showed up to Vancouver I had an email from her just saying ‘How’s it going? Give me a buzz if you need a chat.’ She was very warm and welcome. It was super easy to bounce ideas off and collaborate with her.” The positive sentiment applied to the cast and crew as well.
When asked about how he prepared for the role he said, “I did not know who I was playing when I went out for the role. They released a different name and gave a very vague description of the character. I found out I was playing this big comic book character after the information was released at Comic Con. Then I started doing research, they sent me a lot of stuff and that is when I started to get really excited about the whole thing.”
Ramirez is also on Starz drama Power, where he has recently been upgraded to a series regular. The show stars Omari Hardwick as Ghost, the head of a drug expertise who is trying to transition into more legitimate enterprises. “Julio is the second in command to Tommy and Ghost. He is an extremely intricate part of the whole organization. Julio is the only one who has met Tommy or Ghost in person, he knows their families. No one else has that close proximity to them in the organization. There is a reason they trust him and you are going to start seeing where Julio comes from and why he is so trustworthy. That is what I love so much about the character, his loyalty. In season 2, the trust will definitely get tested to say the least. It’s an extremely fun role.” An increased workload and getting to interact with new cast members were the changes Ramirez found as a result of his series regular status. “Julio is definitely going to start meeting everybody. This year there is more back story and interaction with everyone surrounding Ghost and Tommy’s lives.”
Returning to Power for production was something Ramirez highly anticipated. The cast formed a bond over the course of the first season, which was wonderful for the actor to go back to. “From the get-go everyone has been super freakin’ cool. It really is like a family, everyone is super close and we hang out all the time. I was just excited to get back and get started on the new season. I had never been a part of something from the beginning, so being able to create something from the beginning and come back to expand from that was something I was looking forward to.” Speaking of the new season, “They are raising the stakes this season, making the show a lot darker too.” When asked about dream guest stars Ramirez praised Oscar Isaac’s phenomenal work in films and a fellow Hispanic actor he would love to have on Power.
Shonda Rhimes and Walter White got high praise from Ramirez. The AMC drama was one of the actor’s favorite shows of all time. In addition to Breaking Bad, Ramirez would love an arc on a Shondaland drama. “There is something about Shonda and the way she writes.” Maybe he could call on Olivia Pope for help or share a scene with his Emily Owens co-star Aja Naomi King on How to Get Away with Murder.
Definitely keep an eye out for this talented actor. I found him to be humble and extremely gracious about his success. You can follow him on Twitter @JR8Ramirez or see his Arrow debut this Wednesday on The CW.
http://thehollywoodbillboard.com/j-r-ra ... s-wildcat/
Por Alamin Yohannes 20/10/2014
EXCLUSIVE | J.R. Ramirez is an actor on the rise. The Cuban born Ramirez left the country to be raised in Florida, which is where he “caught the bug” and found he wanted to become an actor. “I started modeling in my late teens and got into doing commercials. I liked being in front of a camera, so I went on to do some theater and take classes.” After roles on House of Payne, 90210 and Emily Owens, MD Ramirez moved on to two big profiles television roles. He is returning to Starz’s Power as a series regular after recurring in the first season and has joined The CW’s Arrow as Ted Grant for an arc that begins this Wednesday. I got to talk to the very humble and interesting actor about both of these roles.
On Arrow Ramirez will be playing Ted Grant, best known in the comics by his superhero identity Wildcat. The character destiny is to be the who trained Black Canary. Ramirez’s Ted Grant is a ex-boxer who now runs a gym for under privileged youth. “Ted has gone through a lot in his life. He has had a lot of hardships and was in and out of the system. I was really looking forward to diving into the character and discover the reason he is taking the steps that he is to help the kid and give back.” He could not reveal much about his character’s story, but did say “they carved out a nice little arc for me.”
Fans can guess what part of his arc will entail because of the events so far in Arrow’s third season. The death of the show’s original Black Canary Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) left her sister Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) with a new reason to join the fight. Ramirez only had positive things to say about his one confirmed scene partner, calling their working relationship “amazing” and great.” “Before I showed up to Vancouver I had an email from her just saying ‘How’s it going? Give me a buzz if you need a chat.’ She was very warm and welcome. It was super easy to bounce ideas off and collaborate with her.” The positive sentiment applied to the cast and crew as well.
When asked about how he prepared for the role he said, “I did not know who I was playing when I went out for the role. They released a different name and gave a very vague description of the character. I found out I was playing this big comic book character after the information was released at Comic Con. Then I started doing research, they sent me a lot of stuff and that is when I started to get really excited about the whole thing.”
Ramirez is also on Starz drama Power, where he has recently been upgraded to a series regular. The show stars Omari Hardwick as Ghost, the head of a drug expertise who is trying to transition into more legitimate enterprises. “Julio is the second in command to Tommy and Ghost. He is an extremely intricate part of the whole organization. Julio is the only one who has met Tommy or Ghost in person, he knows their families. No one else has that close proximity to them in the organization. There is a reason they trust him and you are going to start seeing where Julio comes from and why he is so trustworthy. That is what I love so much about the character, his loyalty. In season 2, the trust will definitely get tested to say the least. It’s an extremely fun role.” An increased workload and getting to interact with new cast members were the changes Ramirez found as a result of his series regular status. “Julio is definitely going to start meeting everybody. This year there is more back story and interaction with everyone surrounding Ghost and Tommy’s lives.”
Returning to Power for production was something Ramirez highly anticipated. The cast formed a bond over the course of the first season, which was wonderful for the actor to go back to. “From the get-go everyone has been super freakin’ cool. It really is like a family, everyone is super close and we hang out all the time. I was just excited to get back and get started on the new season. I had never been a part of something from the beginning, so being able to create something from the beginning and come back to expand from that was something I was looking forward to.” Speaking of the new season, “They are raising the stakes this season, making the show a lot darker too.” When asked about dream guest stars Ramirez praised Oscar Isaac’s phenomenal work in films and a fellow Hispanic actor he would love to have on Power.
Shonda Rhimes and Walter White got high praise from Ramirez. The AMC drama was one of the actor’s favorite shows of all time. In addition to Breaking Bad, Ramirez would love an arc on a Shondaland drama. “There is something about Shonda and the way she writes.” Maybe he could call on Olivia Pope for help or share a scene with his Emily Owens co-star Aja Naomi King on How to Get Away with Murder.
Definitely keep an eye out for this talented actor. I found him to be humble and extremely gracious about his success. You can follow him on Twitter @JR8Ramirez or see his Arrow debut this Wednesday on The CW.
http://thehollywoodbillboard.com/j-r-ra ... s-wildcat/
- Katie Cassidy sobre la Season 3, Ésa Muerte y el Futuro de Black Canary (ksitetv):
Katie Cassidy sobre la Season 3, Ésa Muerte y el Futuro de Black Canary
Por Craig Byrne, 20 Octubre, 2014
Last week, we visited the set of The CW's Arrow and spoke with members of the cast, including Katie Cassidy, whose character Laurel has become more and more of a part of the action, especially in the wake of the death of Laurel's sister, Sara.
We have video of the interview which you can find at the bottom of this article; if you're a reader, though, we have highlights for you, beginning with some talk answering the question of "how did Laurel get Sara's bodydown to the Foundry, anyway?"
Surprisingly, due to technical issues, the sequence had to be reshot, and it was originally staged in a different way. "Having to reshoot a scene like that is very, very difficult, and I was like 'oh, great. Let's go through this again'," Katie told us, alluding to the emotional drain that comes with a character losing her sister and friend, in this case for a second time. "Originally, I had Caity in my arms, and I was crying, and walking with her, but obviously that wasn't in the show, and that happens with timing and stuff, they have to cut stuff, but I actually could carry her, believe it or not. It was really awkward and hard, but it helped my performance. And Laurel's been training, so she's kind of buff," she continued.
That training with a new character named Ted Grant, played by J.R. Ramirez, involves Laurel learning how to box. In the comics, Ted Grant, also known as Wildcat, trained Dinah Laurel Lance to become the Black Canary. Laurel's quest to get her sister's killer is not necessarily going to get Oliver's support. Having said that, "Laurel is very strong, and I think that she stands for what she believes in, and she's a warrior. She's a survivor. And I think hopefully, she will be able to prove it to him, and I think hopefully, he will be on her side, and support her, but who knows," Katie said. We also shouldn't count out future appearances by Caity Lotz as Sara. "I'm not sure exactly where or what, but I know that Caity - she is a very big part of this season, and their relationship, and Laurel's journey, I'm not sure in what aspect they're having her back, whether it's a flashback or not, I haven't seen anything. I'm sure that the writers have a lot planned for her, but they don't necessarily always tell us," Katie explained.
Could all of this lead to more interactions with Team Arrow? Katie, whose schedule has completely flipped to include night shoots, certainly hopes so. "It's really cool and it's really fun, and I'm really happy to get to be a part of more of the A story, and the action, and being in the Foundry. It was interesting, last season, when I first started shooting here [in the Foundry set], because I didn't even know where the Foundry was on the stage, because I never shot here. It was always Laurel's apartment, which was always torn apart and then put back together the following week!" she exclaimed. "I certainly hope that she will continue to be a part of Team Arrow, and more significant."
"Honestly, I am so grateful, and so lucky, and so happy," Katie said about Laurel's journey in Season 3. "I'm having a blast, and it was really crazy one day and all of the sudden I had biceps! I was like 'oh! Okay. I have shoulders and biceps! This is awesome'!" The next step after those biceps is to actually become the Black Canary, right? If so, how will Katie's version of the heroine differ from the one played by Caity Lotz?
"The thing is, Caity was the Canary, and that was her take on it," Katie said. "I think she very much possibly inspires Laurel to take over the role of the Black Canary. With Laurel, I think from Season 2 to Season 3, you can see physically a change in her, and then also, I mean, yes, [Laurel] is emotional, and cries a lot, but I do feel like she's a very strong person, and I do feel like she has the drive, and the strength, and I think that she would have that strength that Caity was, but more internally."
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Por Craig Byrne, 20 Octubre, 2014
Last week, we visited the set of The CW's Arrow and spoke with members of the cast, including Katie Cassidy, whose character Laurel has become more and more of a part of the action, especially in the wake of the death of Laurel's sister, Sara.
We have video of the interview which you can find at the bottom of this article; if you're a reader, though, we have highlights for you, beginning with some talk answering the question of "how did Laurel get Sara's bodydown to the Foundry, anyway?"
Surprisingly, due to technical issues, the sequence had to be reshot, and it was originally staged in a different way. "Having to reshoot a scene like that is very, very difficult, and I was like 'oh, great. Let's go through this again'," Katie told us, alluding to the emotional drain that comes with a character losing her sister and friend, in this case for a second time. "Originally, I had Caity in my arms, and I was crying, and walking with her, but obviously that wasn't in the show, and that happens with timing and stuff, they have to cut stuff, but I actually could carry her, believe it or not. It was really awkward and hard, but it helped my performance. And Laurel's been training, so she's kind of buff," she continued.
That training with a new character named Ted Grant, played by J.R. Ramirez, involves Laurel learning how to box. In the comics, Ted Grant, also known as Wildcat, trained Dinah Laurel Lance to become the Black Canary. Laurel's quest to get her sister's killer is not necessarily going to get Oliver's support. Having said that, "Laurel is very strong, and I think that she stands for what she believes in, and she's a warrior. She's a survivor. And I think hopefully, she will be able to prove it to him, and I think hopefully, he will be on her side, and support her, but who knows," Katie said. We also shouldn't count out future appearances by Caity Lotz as Sara. "I'm not sure exactly where or what, but I know that Caity - she is a very big part of this season, and their relationship, and Laurel's journey, I'm not sure in what aspect they're having her back, whether it's a flashback or not, I haven't seen anything. I'm sure that the writers have a lot planned for her, but they don't necessarily always tell us," Katie explained.
Could all of this lead to more interactions with Team Arrow? Katie, whose schedule has completely flipped to include night shoots, certainly hopes so. "It's really cool and it's really fun, and I'm really happy to get to be a part of more of the A story, and the action, and being in the Foundry. It was interesting, last season, when I first started shooting here [in the Foundry set], because I didn't even know where the Foundry was on the stage, because I never shot here. It was always Laurel's apartment, which was always torn apart and then put back together the following week!" she exclaimed. "I certainly hope that she will continue to be a part of Team Arrow, and more significant."
"Honestly, I am so grateful, and so lucky, and so happy," Katie said about Laurel's journey in Season 3. "I'm having a blast, and it was really crazy one day and all of the sudden I had biceps! I was like 'oh! Okay. I have shoulders and biceps! This is awesome'!" The next step after those biceps is to actually become the Black Canary, right? If so, how will Katie's version of the heroine differ from the one played by Caity Lotz?
"The thing is, Caity was the Canary, and that was her take on it," Katie said. "I think she very much possibly inspires Laurel to take over the role of the Black Canary. With Laurel, I think from Season 2 to Season 3, you can see physically a change in her, and then also, I mean, yes, [Laurel] is emotional, and cries a lot, but I do feel like she's a very strong person, and I do feel like she has the drive, and the strength, and I think that she would have that strength that Caity was, but more internally."
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¿Será llamada Speedy? Y otras charlas sobre "Arroe" con Willa Holland
Por Craig Byrne 21 Oct, 2014
Willa Holland‘s Thea Queen makes a bigger return to Arrow with Wednesday night’s new episode, “Corto Maltese.” The episode will flash back to what’s happened since Thea got into that limo with her father Malcolm, and it will likely bring her back into contact with older brother Oliver.
We spoke with Willa last week on the Vancouver set of Arrow for a little bit of what we can expect.
“You’re going to see a very interesting father and daughter relationship,” Willa teases about the Thea-Malcom dynamic. “The Thea Queen and Malcolm Merlyn relationship is not going to be anywhere near normal, and I don’t think anybody would expect it to be. You’ll definitely see in the next episode, it’ll pretty much explain their relationship the way that it is right now,” she says.
Will that bond be so strong that she won’t be coming back to Starling City? There might be someone that could get her to return. “I think the one thing that could always pull her back is Oliver and her love for him and that side of her family, as well as Roy. She has a lot in Starling City, of course It’s her home. But right now, I don’t think she has anything in her mind to go back. I think she’s kind of found a new Thea Queen and is very happy with who she is at the moment,” she says.
And as for who she is — if Thea were to take on a superheroic codename, would it be Speedy, or could it be another archery-related DC Comics alias like Artemis? “It’s always been teased to be Speedy, but it’s very up in the air, I fee like,” Willa admits. “Especially in our version of the DC universe, when it comes to being on our pages, it’s sometimes rewritten and changed. I don’t quite have the answer to that. But I wish I did. And if I did, I probably wouldn’t be able to tell you anyway,” she laughs.
You can see Willa as Thea in “Corto Maltese” Wednesday night on The CW. You can see video of our interview below, where we can also find Willa talking about a number of different topics, including more with Roy and that upcoming Arrow-Flash crossover:
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Por Craig Byrne 21 Oct, 2014
Willa Holland‘s Thea Queen makes a bigger return to Arrow with Wednesday night’s new episode, “Corto Maltese.” The episode will flash back to what’s happened since Thea got into that limo with her father Malcolm, and it will likely bring her back into contact with older brother Oliver.
We spoke with Willa last week on the Vancouver set of Arrow for a little bit of what we can expect.
“You’re going to see a very interesting father and daughter relationship,” Willa teases about the Thea-Malcom dynamic. “The Thea Queen and Malcolm Merlyn relationship is not going to be anywhere near normal, and I don’t think anybody would expect it to be. You’ll definitely see in the next episode, it’ll pretty much explain their relationship the way that it is right now,” she says.
Will that bond be so strong that she won’t be coming back to Starling City? There might be someone that could get her to return. “I think the one thing that could always pull her back is Oliver and her love for him and that side of her family, as well as Roy. She has a lot in Starling City, of course It’s her home. But right now, I don’t think she has anything in her mind to go back. I think she’s kind of found a new Thea Queen and is very happy with who she is at the moment,” she says.
And as for who she is — if Thea were to take on a superheroic codename, would it be Speedy, or could it be another archery-related DC Comics alias like Artemis? “It’s always been teased to be Speedy, but it’s very up in the air, I fee like,” Willa admits. “Especially in our version of the DC universe, when it comes to being on our pages, it’s sometimes rewritten and changed. I don’t quite have the answer to that. But I wish I did. And if I did, I probably wouldn’t be able to tell you anyway,” she laughs.
You can see Willa as Thea in “Corto Maltese” Wednesday night on The CW. You can see video of our interview below, where we can also find Willa talking about a number of different topics, including more with Roy and that upcoming Arrow-Flash crossover:
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David Ramsey contesta a 5 preguntas de la S3
Por Philiana Ng 22/10/14 6:00 AM PDT
Diggle made his return to the Arrow crusade when Sara's untimely death changed his immediate priorities, a decision that wasn't difficult for the Afghanistan veteran to make. "When Diggle comes back to the team in hopes of finding Sara's killer, he's back in full-duty mode, he's fully active," David Ramsey tells The Hollywood Reporter. "In his mind, all those worlds can co-exist."
When Arrow returns Wednesday, Diggle will travel to thousands of miles away — the island of Corto Maltese to be more specific — to help Oliver bring back his sister, Thea, to Starling City and investigate the off-the-grid A.R.G.U.S. operative Mark Shaw (David Cubitt), who has surprising ties to Lyla.
Ahead of "Corto Maltese," Ramsey answers five questions about season three for The Hollywood Reporter.
With Diggle back on Team Arrow, mainly to help find Sara's killer, is there a limit to how far he'll go now that he has a family to think about?
The short answer is there is no limit. There's never been a problem with Diggle and the mission per se; Oliver [is the one who] has the problem. For Diggle, there's a world that exists where he can have a functional relationship with Lyla and their child, and be a crime fighter. There's no conflict for Diggle. Oliver, because he hasn't come to the same place yet, is still dealing with that and he's — to a great degree — projected that problem onto Diggle. Diggle's crucible was Afghanistan and he's become much more adjusted to his life than Oliver has [to his].
There is an evolution to Diggle and Oliver's dynamic, where the two haven't been seeing eye to eye on a lot of fronts, most notably Diggle and his conflicting responsibilities between Team Arrow and his immediate family.
The conflict Oliver has with Diggle being in the field again, even while having a family, is going to be less [of an issue] between Oliver and Diggle because Diggle really is his own guy. Unless you lock the Foundry door and change the key code, you're not going to keep him from going down there. Oliver's argument that you saw in the second episode — "Listen you can't do this because you have a family" — that's not going to be a way to keep Diggle off the team. Oliver isn't going to undermine Diggle. Diggle came back to the team because he saw that Oliver needs him. He's seen that Oliver has needed him since the very beginning — and Oliver really does understand that.
Speaking of last week's episode, there was a moment between Diggle and Oliver in the Foundry where Oliver reveals his vulnerability when he admits that he "doesn't want to die down here." Is there added motivation for Diggle to keep Oliver from veering off?
I think so. There's a great moment when Diggle says to Oliver, "You'd be dead 10 times over if it wasn't for me." There is a sense of responsibility that he holds and a certain affection where Oliver needs to be protected and needs to be helped. Oliver didn't see that in the beginning and now he's seen the worth of Diggle. Is there some extra motivation to help Oliver through this time? Absolutely. Diggle has seen from the beginning that Oliver has suffered from post-traumatic syndrome in the worse way. Diggle had a great line to Oliver when he joined the crusade, "You don't know what killing people does to your soul, how it scrapes away a little bit of your humanity," and that's always been his purpose with Oliver, to guide him to this place where he can be a human and a crime fighter. That conversation in the Foundry in the second episode where Oliver says he doesn't want to die there, it's really that simple in Diggle's mind: You can make a choice to be better than who you are. If anybody can see through the fog with Oliver, it's Diggle. There isn't a new motivation, except maybe, "How do we keep Oliver on course?"
In this week's episode, the team travels to Corto Maltese to bring Thea back and along the way they encounter rogue A.R.G.U.S. operative Mark Shaw. What is Shaw's history to Diggle and what is their interaction like?
Shaw had a friendship and a relationship with Lyla in the past and Diggle is sent there by Lyla to find him. We find out through the course of what's going on with Corto Maltese and Shaw that A.R.G.U.S. and Lyla could be compromised, so there's extra motivation for Diggle to get to the bottom of this.
Should there come a point where Diggle is forced to choose his Arrow family or his immediate family, where would he fall?
That's a great question. That's always a thing when you bring these very close-to-the-heart relationships into situations where the stakes are so high. When Oliver and Felicity get together, the stakes go higher because she's in the field and he's also in love with her. Diggle is crusading with Oliver at night fighting crime, but at the same time he he has a child at home. The stakes get higher. David Ramsey can project onto Diggle what I think he'd do but I'm not sure yet what those choices will be. I would hope that Diggle would never have to choose between his family and his surrogate family.
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Por Philiana Ng 22/10/14 6:00 AM PDT
Diggle made his return to the Arrow crusade when Sara's untimely death changed his immediate priorities, a decision that wasn't difficult for the Afghanistan veteran to make. "When Diggle comes back to the team in hopes of finding Sara's killer, he's back in full-duty mode, he's fully active," David Ramsey tells The Hollywood Reporter. "In his mind, all those worlds can co-exist."
When Arrow returns Wednesday, Diggle will travel to thousands of miles away — the island of Corto Maltese to be more specific — to help Oliver bring back his sister, Thea, to Starling City and investigate the off-the-grid A.R.G.U.S. operative Mark Shaw (David Cubitt), who has surprising ties to Lyla.
Ahead of "Corto Maltese," Ramsey answers five questions about season three for The Hollywood Reporter.
With Diggle back on Team Arrow, mainly to help find Sara's killer, is there a limit to how far he'll go now that he has a family to think about?
The short answer is there is no limit. There's never been a problem with Diggle and the mission per se; Oliver [is the one who] has the problem. For Diggle, there's a world that exists where he can have a functional relationship with Lyla and their child, and be a crime fighter. There's no conflict for Diggle. Oliver, because he hasn't come to the same place yet, is still dealing with that and he's — to a great degree — projected that problem onto Diggle. Diggle's crucible was Afghanistan and he's become much more adjusted to his life than Oliver has [to his].
There is an evolution to Diggle and Oliver's dynamic, where the two haven't been seeing eye to eye on a lot of fronts, most notably Diggle and his conflicting responsibilities between Team Arrow and his immediate family.
The conflict Oliver has with Diggle being in the field again, even while having a family, is going to be less [of an issue] between Oliver and Diggle because Diggle really is his own guy. Unless you lock the Foundry door and change the key code, you're not going to keep him from going down there. Oliver's argument that you saw in the second episode — "Listen you can't do this because you have a family" — that's not going to be a way to keep Diggle off the team. Oliver isn't going to undermine Diggle. Diggle came back to the team because he saw that Oliver needs him. He's seen that Oliver has needed him since the very beginning — and Oliver really does understand that.
Speaking of last week's episode, there was a moment between Diggle and Oliver in the Foundry where Oliver reveals his vulnerability when he admits that he "doesn't want to die down here." Is there added motivation for Diggle to keep Oliver from veering off?
I think so. There's a great moment when Diggle says to Oliver, "You'd be dead 10 times over if it wasn't for me." There is a sense of responsibility that he holds and a certain affection where Oliver needs to be protected and needs to be helped. Oliver didn't see that in the beginning and now he's seen the worth of Diggle. Is there some extra motivation to help Oliver through this time? Absolutely. Diggle has seen from the beginning that Oliver has suffered from post-traumatic syndrome in the worse way. Diggle had a great line to Oliver when he joined the crusade, "You don't know what killing people does to your soul, how it scrapes away a little bit of your humanity," and that's always been his purpose with Oliver, to guide him to this place where he can be a human and a crime fighter. That conversation in the Foundry in the second episode where Oliver says he doesn't want to die there, it's really that simple in Diggle's mind: You can make a choice to be better than who you are. If anybody can see through the fog with Oliver, it's Diggle. There isn't a new motivation, except maybe, "How do we keep Oliver on course?"
In this week's episode, the team travels to Corto Maltese to bring Thea back and along the way they encounter rogue A.R.G.U.S. operative Mark Shaw. What is Shaw's history to Diggle and what is their interaction like?
Shaw had a friendship and a relationship with Lyla in the past and Diggle is sent there by Lyla to find him. We find out through the course of what's going on with Corto Maltese and Shaw that A.R.G.U.S. and Lyla could be compromised, so there's extra motivation for Diggle to get to the bottom of this.
Should there come a point where Diggle is forced to choose his Arrow family or his immediate family, where would he fall?
That's a great question. That's always a thing when you bring these very close-to-the-heart relationships into situations where the stakes are so high. When Oliver and Felicity get together, the stakes go higher because she's in the field and he's also in love with her. Diggle is crusading with Oliver at night fighting crime, but at the same time he he has a child at home. The stakes get higher. David Ramsey can project onto Diggle what I think he'd do but I'm not sure yet what those choices will be. I would hope that Diggle would never have to choose between his family and his surrogate family.
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Ramsey Explica Cómo la Misión de Diggle se hace personal en "Arrow"
Por Bryan Cairns, 22 Oct 2014
Just a handful of episodes into the third season of "Arrow," it's already apparent -- John Diggle is experiencing a bit of an identity crisis.
An ex-soldier, Diggle started off the series as Oliver Queen's bodyguard, before discovering the billionaire playboy he had been tasked to protect turned out to be a hooded vigilante. Since then, he's become a vital member of Team Arrow, even when he found himself having to step in as leader of the Suicide Squad. Lately, Diggle seems to want to put those adventures on the backburner and focus on being a devoted father and boyfriend. Unfortunately, all those worlds are about to collide in tonight's episode.
David Ramsey spoke to CBR News about the action-packed happenings of the latest "Arrow Installment, titled "Corto Maltese." We discussed Diggle's hunt for Mark Shaw -- better known to DC Comics readers as Manhunter -- his shift in priorities from heroism to fatherhood, and the impending "Arrow"/"Flash" crossover.
CBR News: Now that Diggle is a family man, what is his mindset when it comes to Team Arrow?
David Ramsey: That's really the question, isn't it? Up until now, his mindset has been as it always has been. There's no conflict in Diggle. What you saw in the second episode with being confronted by Oliver -- you saw a stoic Diggle, one who is sure of himself and sure what his purpose was. He told Oliver he's his own man, that he can make his own decisions and he's with the team.
The theme of the season is identity. If there's any two people you are going to see redefine their identities, it's going to be Diggle and Oliver. Diggle is going to have a lot of options in terms of his identity as a father, as a boyfriend and a part of Team Arrow. Is he part of A.R.G.U.S.? What's his relationship with the Suicide Squad? All these things are going to be part of finding out who Diggle is and where he feels he belongs.
How does Diggle end up on this mission with Oliver and Roy in tonight's episode?
He gets the call from [his girlfriend] Lyla. Lyla asks him to go to Corto Maltese to find Mark Shaw, who was part of A.R.G.U.S. He had a past relationship with Lyla. He's gone off the grid. Diggle is sent because this is a very covert operation. They don't want anyone else at risk from A.R.G.U.S. Team Arrow has a way of doing things under the radar, so she asks us to go in. We find out through the course of getting in contact with Mark Shaw that not only is A.R.G.U.S. at risk, but there's a personal risk in terms of Diggle. Lyla, and particularly our child, Sara, have also been put in danger. There's some personal investment that Diggle has in finding Mark Shaw. I need to get to the bottom of whatever he's involved in.
The name Mark Shaw should be familiar to comic book readers. Is there any reference to Mark being Manhunter, and is that legacy woven into the story?
Well, it doesn't weave directly into this episode, but you know how "Arrow" has consistently been dropping nuggets that they don't revisit for another four or five episodes, or even a season later? That nugget will be dropped, but it will not be fully explored in this episode.
How much will Diggle rely on his military training?
There will be a significant amount. I always love when Diggle gets to be physical. We're going to see some of that in this episode -- I would say more than you have seen in past episodes, but we can always use more.
Diggle gets to run down a vehicle and then gets very physical with Mark Shaw. You aren't quite sure if Diggle is going to lose it once he does get ahold of Shaw. By this time, he does understand his family is at risk and that Shaw is really responsible for that. So, what does he do with Shaw? How does he lose it? It's not just a physical scene, but a very emotional scene for Diggle.
This sounds like a meaty episode for you. Will there be any long-term repercussions?
It is a meaty episode for Diggle and, yes, there are going to be some long-lasting repercussions. That recurring theme of A.R.G.U.S./Suicide Squad/Diggle will be mentioned yet again. That's something the producers really want to play with this season. We really hinted at Diggle and the Suicide Squad and A.R.G.U.S. last season, and it got a big response. Again, where does Diggle fit into that organization? We're going to touch on that this episode and the repercussions of that will be played out later on this season.
What, in particular, have you enjoyed about Diggle's association with the Suicide Squad?
Diggle has always had this idea of, what we do is right on Team Arrow. We're on the right side of it. We really get to understand through the Suicide Squad and A.R.G.U.S. that there are a lot of shades of right. Diggle has to come to grips with that, that this justice we're serving is more gray than it is black and white. The Suicide Squad is a big part of that. Criminals that you manipulate into doing the right thing by planting explosives in their head? It sounds incredibly crazy, but somehow or another, Diggle, who has always been straight as an arrow in terms of his morality, gets involved in this. That's great to see, because there's a conflict that he has with this brand of justice. But, somehow or other, it works. We saw that last year with him befriending Deadshot, the man who was hired to kill Diggle's brother. It's great to see this character, who has a very clear view of what is right and wrong, have to redefine that notion and come to grips with it.
The other part is, it's just great being part of the Suicide Squad and A.R.G.U.S. As a fan of it, for all intents and purposes, last year could have been a backdoor pilot. It just had that type of tone to it. It's always great to see that kind of writing and see it played out. I'm proud to be part of that. It's a dream come true to play a character like Diggle, and involve him in an organization like the Suicide Squad.
Can you give us a hint as to where Diggle fits into the "Arrow"/"Flash" crossover event?
It's funny -- Diggle comes off pretty humorous in the crossover episode. His reaction to Barry's superpowers is nothing short of hilarious. We get to explore that a little bit. Central City is light and airy and there's sunshine and sunrays and beams of light everywhere. Starling City is this dark, broody place. We come there with this weight, this crime-fighting, "How do we solve the crime and find our man?" type of attitude. We're met with this light and airy Central City, where it's, "We name our bad guys little fluffy criminal names." That drama all by itself is funny. But Diggle's reaction to Barry is a real treat. He's very surprised at this world of superpowered humans in Central City.
Por Bryan Cairns, 22 Oct 2014
Just a handful of episodes into the third season of "Arrow," it's already apparent -- John Diggle is experiencing a bit of an identity crisis.
An ex-soldier, Diggle started off the series as Oliver Queen's bodyguard, before discovering the billionaire playboy he had been tasked to protect turned out to be a hooded vigilante. Since then, he's become a vital member of Team Arrow, even when he found himself having to step in as leader of the Suicide Squad. Lately, Diggle seems to want to put those adventures on the backburner and focus on being a devoted father and boyfriend. Unfortunately, all those worlds are about to collide in tonight's episode.
David Ramsey spoke to CBR News about the action-packed happenings of the latest "Arrow Installment, titled "Corto Maltese." We discussed Diggle's hunt for Mark Shaw -- better known to DC Comics readers as Manhunter -- his shift in priorities from heroism to fatherhood, and the impending "Arrow"/"Flash" crossover.
CBR News: Now that Diggle is a family man, what is his mindset when it comes to Team Arrow?
David Ramsey: That's really the question, isn't it? Up until now, his mindset has been as it always has been. There's no conflict in Diggle. What you saw in the second episode with being confronted by Oliver -- you saw a stoic Diggle, one who is sure of himself and sure what his purpose was. He told Oliver he's his own man, that he can make his own decisions and he's with the team.
The theme of the season is identity. If there's any two people you are going to see redefine their identities, it's going to be Diggle and Oliver. Diggle is going to have a lot of options in terms of his identity as a father, as a boyfriend and a part of Team Arrow. Is he part of A.R.G.U.S.? What's his relationship with the Suicide Squad? All these things are going to be part of finding out who Diggle is and where he feels he belongs.
How does Diggle end up on this mission with Oliver and Roy in tonight's episode?
He gets the call from [his girlfriend] Lyla. Lyla asks him to go to Corto Maltese to find Mark Shaw, who was part of A.R.G.U.S. He had a past relationship with Lyla. He's gone off the grid. Diggle is sent because this is a very covert operation. They don't want anyone else at risk from A.R.G.U.S. Team Arrow has a way of doing things under the radar, so she asks us to go in. We find out through the course of getting in contact with Mark Shaw that not only is A.R.G.U.S. at risk, but there's a personal risk in terms of Diggle. Lyla, and particularly our child, Sara, have also been put in danger. There's some personal investment that Diggle has in finding Mark Shaw. I need to get to the bottom of whatever he's involved in.
The name Mark Shaw should be familiar to comic book readers. Is there any reference to Mark being Manhunter, and is that legacy woven into the story?
Well, it doesn't weave directly into this episode, but you know how "Arrow" has consistently been dropping nuggets that they don't revisit for another four or five episodes, or even a season later? That nugget will be dropped, but it will not be fully explored in this episode.
How much will Diggle rely on his military training?
There will be a significant amount. I always love when Diggle gets to be physical. We're going to see some of that in this episode -- I would say more than you have seen in past episodes, but we can always use more.
Diggle gets to run down a vehicle and then gets very physical with Mark Shaw. You aren't quite sure if Diggle is going to lose it once he does get ahold of Shaw. By this time, he does understand his family is at risk and that Shaw is really responsible for that. So, what does he do with Shaw? How does he lose it? It's not just a physical scene, but a very emotional scene for Diggle.
This sounds like a meaty episode for you. Will there be any long-term repercussions?
It is a meaty episode for Diggle and, yes, there are going to be some long-lasting repercussions. That recurring theme of A.R.G.U.S./Suicide Squad/Diggle will be mentioned yet again. That's something the producers really want to play with this season. We really hinted at Diggle and the Suicide Squad and A.R.G.U.S. last season, and it got a big response. Again, where does Diggle fit into that organization? We're going to touch on that this episode and the repercussions of that will be played out later on this season.
What, in particular, have you enjoyed about Diggle's association with the Suicide Squad?
Diggle has always had this idea of, what we do is right on Team Arrow. We're on the right side of it. We really get to understand through the Suicide Squad and A.R.G.U.S. that there are a lot of shades of right. Diggle has to come to grips with that, that this justice we're serving is more gray than it is black and white. The Suicide Squad is a big part of that. Criminals that you manipulate into doing the right thing by planting explosives in their head? It sounds incredibly crazy, but somehow or another, Diggle, who has always been straight as an arrow in terms of his morality, gets involved in this. That's great to see, because there's a conflict that he has with this brand of justice. But, somehow or other, it works. We saw that last year with him befriending Deadshot, the man who was hired to kill Diggle's brother. It's great to see this character, who has a very clear view of what is right and wrong, have to redefine that notion and come to grips with it.
The other part is, it's just great being part of the Suicide Squad and A.R.G.U.S. As a fan of it, for all intents and purposes, last year could have been a backdoor pilot. It just had that type of tone to it. It's always great to see that kind of writing and see it played out. I'm proud to be part of that. It's a dream come true to play a character like Diggle, and involve him in an organization like the Suicide Squad.
Can you give us a hint as to where Diggle fits into the "Arrow"/"Flash" crossover event?
It's funny -- Diggle comes off pretty humorous in the crossover episode. His reaction to Barry's superpowers is nothing short of hilarious. We get to explore that a little bit. Central City is light and airy and there's sunshine and sunrays and beams of light everywhere. Starling City is this dark, broody place. We come there with this weight, this crime-fighting, "How do we solve the crime and find our man?" type of attitude. We're met with this light and airy Central City, where it's, "We name our bad guys little fluffy criminal names." That drama all by itself is funny. But Diggle's reaction to Barry is a real treat. He's very surprised at this world of superpowered humans in Central City.
David Ramsey habla sobre papá Diggle, Deadshot, Suicide Squad
Por Laura Prudom 22 Octubre, 2014 | 10:16AM PT
The CW’s “Arrow” has already demonstrated that it’s not pulling any punches in season three, unexpectedly killing fan-favorite character Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) in the final moments of the season premiere and propelling both Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and Sara’s sister Laurel (Katie Cassidy) on a new quest for justice.
Danger is hitting close to home for everyone on Team Arrow, prompting Oliver to pull back from Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and try to dissuade new father Diggle (David Ramsey) to step back from the battle. Thankfully, every member of the crime-fighting gang is dedicated to avenging Sara’s death, and when Variety spoke to David Ramsey ahead of Wednesday’s new episode, “Corto Maltese,” the actor promised that Diggle’s not walking away from the fight any time soon. Below, Ramsey discusses Diggle’s paternal instincts, his take on “Olicity” and the upcoming exploration of DC Comics staples like ARGUS, HIVE and the Suicide Squad.
Last week, Diggle agreed to stay with the team until Oliver finds Sara’s killer — as far as he’s concerned right now, is he done after they’ve accomplished that?
The short answer is no — you’d have to change the locks to keep Diggle away from the Foundry. [Laughs.] The confrontation Oliver had with Diggle [last week]… Diggle reflected, to him, what his own inner problems were. Once they begin the investigation for Sara’s killer, Diggle’s on Team Arrow for good. But the current theme of the season is identity, so he’s going to be exploring what his identity is with Team Arrow.
How is Diggle truly feeling in the wake of Sara’s death? Obviously he’s always been aware of the stakes of Oliver’s mission, but this is a painful blow for the team.
Oliver didn’t really break in that episode until he was with Diggle, at the end when he said he didn’t want to die down there. I think there’s a sharing that he can do with Diggle in that moment that he probably couldn’t do with anyone else. I think Diggle’s approach to that is what it always has been: “You have a choice. You can decide to embrace your humanity, or you can decide to go back into the hole and die.” And it’s always been that simple with Diggle, and part of the guiding that Diggle has done for Oliver during the past two seasons has been about embracing your humanity. And part of that was [Oliver's] date with Felicity; he told him, “you can be a crime-fighter and be in love with Felicity at the same time.” So he feels very hurt with Sara but as a soldier, he can place that hurt in a certain place.
What’s his take the ongoing Oliver and Felicity saga — does he just want to smack their heads together at this point?
I think so. I think he does — you’d have to be blind not to see it. Diggle’s crucible was Afghanistan, Oliver’s crucible was the island, and Diggle is much more adjusted at this point. There’s no conflict in being able to have a wonderful relationship with Lyla, being a father and fighting crime at night for Diggle. Oliver hasn’t reconciled those things yet, but he will.
What can fans expect in this week’s episode, which features something of a standalone story for Diggle?
I’m sent on a mission by Lyla to find Mark Shaw [aka DC Comics' Manhunter] — who had a past relationship with Lyla. He’s part of ARGUS, he’s an agent who has gone possibly rogue but certainly missing, so she sends Diggle. ARGUS doesn’t want any other people in the field, so it’s a covert operation to find this missing agent. In the course of it, however, I find out that the things Mark Shaw is involved in not only threaten ARGUS, but more specifically threaten my family, Lyla and Sara. So there’s a personal, vested interest Diggle will have in getting to the bottom of whatever Mark Shaw’s involved in. He’s only on the mission as a surrogate operative of ARGUS, and we’re going to see more of that this season, too: what is Diggle’s involvement in ARGUS, and more specifically the Suicide Squad, and how that ties into who Diggle is.
So far, we haven’t seen too much of Diggle and Lyla’s home life — is that something we can expect more of now that they’re parents?
You will get to see a little more of that, even in this upcoming episode, and this season in general. It’s a great relationship; Lyla’s very involved in ARGUS, but there’s also a conflict because she works very closely with Amanda Waller, and Amanda has a certain way of doing things — she plants bombs in criminals’ heads to manipulate them — and Lyla works hand in hand with that. There’s conflict inherently in how Amanda and Lyla do things and how Diggle does things, so we’re going to explore that… Somehow or another, these two are in love, and her and Amanda’s brand of getting things done is probably closer to how Oliver was in the first season: you get the job done, and if bad guys die in the process, then bad guys die. I don’t think Diggle has a problem with killing — but he’s much more reserved in how that is executed. It’s a great story between he and Lyla, how they love each other but absolutely conflict on some views.
Obviously being a parent has realigned his priorities — but has it shifted the way he operates in the field? Will he be more likely to take a kill shot if he needs to?
You’ll see some of that this episode because his family is in the direct line of fire, so you’ll see emotionally what that does to Diggle. Any and every time you make these kinds of relationships, Oliver and Felicity, Diggle with his child, you’d better believe the writers are going to put that at risk, because the stakes are so high. The stakes are very high for Diggle this season.
We still don’t know much about Diggle’s brother, Andy, and exactly why Deadshot was hired to kill him — is that story coming up any time soon?
The producers plant these nuggets and you don’t think of exploring those nuggets until eight episodes, maybe a season later. So we found out that Diggle’s brother, Andy — we’re not really sure if he was involved in some shady things because Deadshot was hired to kill him by HIVE. So who that organization is, HIVE, we’re going to get into that. The past relationship Diggle had with Andy, we’re going to get into that — there’s a lot of Diggle to explore this season. [Laughs.] The writers do not hurt for story with all these characters. We’ll be getting into HIVE, we’ll be getting into the relationship with Deadshot and Diggle, Suicide Squad, ARGUS, all of that this season.
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Por Laura Prudom 22 Octubre, 2014 | 10:16AM PT
The CW’s “Arrow” has already demonstrated that it’s not pulling any punches in season three, unexpectedly killing fan-favorite character Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) in the final moments of the season premiere and propelling both Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and Sara’s sister Laurel (Katie Cassidy) on a new quest for justice.
Danger is hitting close to home for everyone on Team Arrow, prompting Oliver to pull back from Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and try to dissuade new father Diggle (David Ramsey) to step back from the battle. Thankfully, every member of the crime-fighting gang is dedicated to avenging Sara’s death, and when Variety spoke to David Ramsey ahead of Wednesday’s new episode, “Corto Maltese,” the actor promised that Diggle’s not walking away from the fight any time soon. Below, Ramsey discusses Diggle’s paternal instincts, his take on “Olicity” and the upcoming exploration of DC Comics staples like ARGUS, HIVE and the Suicide Squad.
Last week, Diggle agreed to stay with the team until Oliver finds Sara’s killer — as far as he’s concerned right now, is he done after they’ve accomplished that?
The short answer is no — you’d have to change the locks to keep Diggle away from the Foundry. [Laughs.] The confrontation Oliver had with Diggle [last week]… Diggle reflected, to him, what his own inner problems were. Once they begin the investigation for Sara’s killer, Diggle’s on Team Arrow for good. But the current theme of the season is identity, so he’s going to be exploring what his identity is with Team Arrow.
How is Diggle truly feeling in the wake of Sara’s death? Obviously he’s always been aware of the stakes of Oliver’s mission, but this is a painful blow for the team.
Oliver didn’t really break in that episode until he was with Diggle, at the end when he said he didn’t want to die down there. I think there’s a sharing that he can do with Diggle in that moment that he probably couldn’t do with anyone else. I think Diggle’s approach to that is what it always has been: “You have a choice. You can decide to embrace your humanity, or you can decide to go back into the hole and die.” And it’s always been that simple with Diggle, and part of the guiding that Diggle has done for Oliver during the past two seasons has been about embracing your humanity. And part of that was [Oliver's] date with Felicity; he told him, “you can be a crime-fighter and be in love with Felicity at the same time.” So he feels very hurt with Sara but as a soldier, he can place that hurt in a certain place.
What’s his take the ongoing Oliver and Felicity saga — does he just want to smack their heads together at this point?
I think so. I think he does — you’d have to be blind not to see it. Diggle’s crucible was Afghanistan, Oliver’s crucible was the island, and Diggle is much more adjusted at this point. There’s no conflict in being able to have a wonderful relationship with Lyla, being a father and fighting crime at night for Diggle. Oliver hasn’t reconciled those things yet, but he will.
What can fans expect in this week’s episode, which features something of a standalone story for Diggle?
I’m sent on a mission by Lyla to find Mark Shaw [aka DC Comics' Manhunter] — who had a past relationship with Lyla. He’s part of ARGUS, he’s an agent who has gone possibly rogue but certainly missing, so she sends Diggle. ARGUS doesn’t want any other people in the field, so it’s a covert operation to find this missing agent. In the course of it, however, I find out that the things Mark Shaw is involved in not only threaten ARGUS, but more specifically threaten my family, Lyla and Sara. So there’s a personal, vested interest Diggle will have in getting to the bottom of whatever Mark Shaw’s involved in. He’s only on the mission as a surrogate operative of ARGUS, and we’re going to see more of that this season, too: what is Diggle’s involvement in ARGUS, and more specifically the Suicide Squad, and how that ties into who Diggle is.
So far, we haven’t seen too much of Diggle and Lyla’s home life — is that something we can expect more of now that they’re parents?
You will get to see a little more of that, even in this upcoming episode, and this season in general. It’s a great relationship; Lyla’s very involved in ARGUS, but there’s also a conflict because she works very closely with Amanda Waller, and Amanda has a certain way of doing things — she plants bombs in criminals’ heads to manipulate them — and Lyla works hand in hand with that. There’s conflict inherently in how Amanda and Lyla do things and how Diggle does things, so we’re going to explore that… Somehow or another, these two are in love, and her and Amanda’s brand of getting things done is probably closer to how Oliver was in the first season: you get the job done, and if bad guys die in the process, then bad guys die. I don’t think Diggle has a problem with killing — but he’s much more reserved in how that is executed. It’s a great story between he and Lyla, how they love each other but absolutely conflict on some views.
Obviously being a parent has realigned his priorities — but has it shifted the way he operates in the field? Will he be more likely to take a kill shot if he needs to?
You’ll see some of that this episode because his family is in the direct line of fire, so you’ll see emotionally what that does to Diggle. Any and every time you make these kinds of relationships, Oliver and Felicity, Diggle with his child, you’d better believe the writers are going to put that at risk, because the stakes are so high. The stakes are very high for Diggle this season.
We still don’t know much about Diggle’s brother, Andy, and exactly why Deadshot was hired to kill him — is that story coming up any time soon?
The producers plant these nuggets and you don’t think of exploring those nuggets until eight episodes, maybe a season later. So we found out that Diggle’s brother, Andy — we’re not really sure if he was involved in some shady things because Deadshot was hired to kill him by HIVE. So who that organization is, HIVE, we’re going to get into that. The past relationship Diggle had with Andy, we’re going to get into that — there’s a lot of Diggle to explore this season. [Laughs.] The writers do not hurt for story with all these characters. We’ll be getting into HIVE, we’ll be getting into the relationship with Deadshot and Diggle, Suicide Squad, ARGUS, all of that this season.
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John Barrowman, Stephen Amell, & Willa Holland hablan sobre el viaje de Thea y las mujeres de Arrow
Por Jill Pantozzi 22 Octubre 2014 at 6:57 pm
In last week’s episode of Arrow, we found out what Thea Queen has been up to the last few months. And it’s just what we hoped for. We spoke with the cast of the show to find out more about the direction of the character this season and get their thoughts overall on the women of Arrow. Executive producer Marc Guggenheim also chimes in.
The Mary Sue was part of roundtable discussions with the Arrow crew at San Diego Comic-Con this summer. We were itching to speak with them about the women of the show, both based on DC Comics characters and not, so we dove right in asking Guggenheim about their approach to the fantastic women in their ensemble cast.
“One thing that we really strive for in the show is diversity of all forms. We’re very proud of our racial diversity on the show, very proud of our gender diversity and having female characters on the show who aren’t just sex objects, who have agency, who are tough. I mean, Felicity Smoak, she’s by no means an asskicker, but she’s very tough. And she has an inner steel to her. Same thing with Thea; this year, obviously, Thea’s going to be going through some changes because of her association with Malcolm Merlyn, and that, I think, will bring her into more of the asskicking side of the spectrum,” he told The Mary Sue. “And Moira, you know‚ we try with all the female characters to give them a strength, but not make that strength limited to kicking ass. Though we have plenty of that, obviously. And I think people will be very happy with Laurel’s trajectory, specifically, this year, in that regard. She’s gonna start trying to walk the path that her sister walked, which is sort of something we set up in the season finale. I think people are gonna be really excited to see where that goes.”
The Arrow himself, Stephen Amell, echoed those statements when we inquired about the same topic with him. He told us, “One of the coolest things on the show is introducing a character like Canary and having Caity Lotz just be such a badass. She kicks ass, and let’s get as many people on the show that can kick ass—men, women, gay, straight—let’s get as many people that can kick ass as we can.”
John Barrowman, no stranger to playing opposite strong female characters from his time on Doctor Who and Torchwood, told us how much he enjoyed the well-rounded characters involved with Arrow.
That’s what I think is great about this show, and I come from a show also where we never judge people on their… when I say sexuality I don’t mean gay or straight, I mean that they are being a male or a female… [TMS: Gender]. Their gender. We don’t do gender judging. And this is the same thing because there are some kickass females, you know what? And there are some emotional females. There are some kickass males, and there are some emotional males. Everybody’s got a bit of it and you know, Tommy wasn’t kickass but he was emotional. So we’re kind of covering the whole spectrum and everybody is equal. And how great that finally we have a show on television that young girls can look at and go, “Yeah! I can be kickass! I can be a hero because look, that girl, that woman is a hero also! So I don’t have to be afraid of”—dare I say—”wanting to be jockesque.” Does that make sense? It’s a great thing to have, so working with all these girls and ladies and women is amazing.
It’s interesting for me also, because I’m at a point in my life now where I’m not gonna be the kind of—I have been the hero and the younger character and I’m now the dad. Which is really great because I get to kind of relax a little bit. I get to go home at night and have that… two glasses of wine. I was gonna say one but that would be a lie! [laughs] you know, cuz I’m not gonna be the one taking my shirt off, you know? Although I still could, right? But I don’t have to worry about that anymore, you know what I mean?
Considering Thea is going to take on a larger role this season, we also asked for Willa Holland’s take on the women currently kicking ass. She told The Mary Sue, “It’s amazing to be able to have all these women, I mean Katie Cassidy character’s Laurel, she plays such a strong, independent woman, same with Sara Lance, there’s just too many good roles on the show for females, and if anything maybe Thea was the lesser of, but now, maybe she’s going to be the best one. Who knows!”
Holland told the group she’s excited for Thea’s arc: “I can say that the Thea we see leave at the end of Season 2 is definitely not the Thea we see enter back at Season 3 and she’s definitely, she’s gone through some stuff. And maybe taken out a little anger on the gym, you know?” Holland said. “She was so broken in Season 2 at the end, to the point that Season 3, where her head space is at is she’s just not ever going to let that happen to her again. She’s at a place where she is not going to let anybody hurt her ever again, and that’s all I can really say about that. I’m not allowed to say much. What I can say it that obviously Season 1 was all about Oliver’s time on the island, Season 2 was almost like an homage for Roy being on an island, or his version of the island, and I’ve been teased about and getting quite excited for maybe Season 3 is kind of Thea’s version of the island.”
The Mary Sue asked Guggenheim to expand a bit on where Thea is headed. “Well I think one of the things that’s safe to say is this season’s really gonna be a battle for Thea’s soul. So it’s not necessarily, it’s Arrow, so it’s not necessarily gonna have a happy ending to it,” he told us. “Certainly there is the potential in her name‚ we’ve been calling her ‘Speedy’ since the pilot. But one of the things that we like to do is play against that expectation. So, hopefully, the ups and downs of Thea’s arc this year will be compelling but also surprising. Obviously, we always want to surprise you guys.”
Unsurprisingly, Thea’s place this season is squarely next to her newly-discovered father, Malcolm Merlyn. Barrowman told the group, “The relationship between Malcolm and Thea is gonna be the most amazing and awesome and shockingly dysfunctional relationship that’s probably gonna be on television. That’s all I’ll say.”
But of course he couldn’t stop there.
“I think Malcolm has a very difficult time in showing love, but what Malcolm has learned over the course of time—let’s just go back to when he lost his wife very early on and then he was surviving to provide for his son, but deep down knowing that, he knew that Thea was his daughter. He then lost his son. Why? Because Malcolm can control people with money, power, and also with his destructive techniques,” he said. “What he hasn’t been able to do because he lost Tommy that way was —Tommy got emotionally involved with the girl. Love destroyed him. He also lost Moira that way. She sacrificed herself for love, right? He has only got Thea left. He’s got to control her by controlling her emotion, so that’s the way he’s gonna look at it. now. And that’s gonna be so—he will love her, but in a very different way.”
For his part, Amell told us he’s “fired up” to see what his fictional sister can do, suspecting she’ll “nail it.”
“Willa is so capable, and such a wonderful actor and the fact that we’ve had her for 46 episodes and we haven’t had a really Thea-centric episode… It’s like we’ve cultivated this character and the audience has gotten to know this character for two years and then we’re going to give her the car keys this year,” he told us. “Season 3: Thea’s Graduation. Metaphorical, not actual.”
From our time speaking with her, Holland seemed slightly daunted by the training ahead of her as an actor, but certainly excited. She said, “Right now they really just want me to bulk up and limber up as well. They emphasize a lot on being limber, and I’m like ‘ok,’ but they’re not telling me why. That’s the other thing, I’m also doing wrestling and boxing. I haven’t started any of the wrestling yet but my personal trainer does do wrestling and just got a phone call from them asking for him to teach me some take downs. So I’m like ‘ok, I’m down.’”
But if there’s one piece of advice she’d give to those who may follow her path? Holland told the group, “Wear a mouthguard. Yeah. Wear a mouthguard at all times.”
Are you looking forward to Thea’s journey on Arrow this season?
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Por Jill Pantozzi 22 Octubre 2014 at 6:57 pm
In last week’s episode of Arrow, we found out what Thea Queen has been up to the last few months. And it’s just what we hoped for. We spoke with the cast of the show to find out more about the direction of the character this season and get their thoughts overall on the women of Arrow. Executive producer Marc Guggenheim also chimes in.
The Mary Sue was part of roundtable discussions with the Arrow crew at San Diego Comic-Con this summer. We were itching to speak with them about the women of the show, both based on DC Comics characters and not, so we dove right in asking Guggenheim about their approach to the fantastic women in their ensemble cast.
“One thing that we really strive for in the show is diversity of all forms. We’re very proud of our racial diversity on the show, very proud of our gender diversity and having female characters on the show who aren’t just sex objects, who have agency, who are tough. I mean, Felicity Smoak, she’s by no means an asskicker, but she’s very tough. And she has an inner steel to her. Same thing with Thea; this year, obviously, Thea’s going to be going through some changes because of her association with Malcolm Merlyn, and that, I think, will bring her into more of the asskicking side of the spectrum,” he told The Mary Sue. “And Moira, you know‚ we try with all the female characters to give them a strength, but not make that strength limited to kicking ass. Though we have plenty of that, obviously. And I think people will be very happy with Laurel’s trajectory, specifically, this year, in that regard. She’s gonna start trying to walk the path that her sister walked, which is sort of something we set up in the season finale. I think people are gonna be really excited to see where that goes.”
The Arrow himself, Stephen Amell, echoed those statements when we inquired about the same topic with him. He told us, “One of the coolest things on the show is introducing a character like Canary and having Caity Lotz just be such a badass. She kicks ass, and let’s get as many people on the show that can kick ass—men, women, gay, straight—let’s get as many people that can kick ass as we can.”
John Barrowman, no stranger to playing opposite strong female characters from his time on Doctor Who and Torchwood, told us how much he enjoyed the well-rounded characters involved with Arrow.
That’s what I think is great about this show, and I come from a show also where we never judge people on their… when I say sexuality I don’t mean gay or straight, I mean that they are being a male or a female… [TMS: Gender]. Their gender. We don’t do gender judging. And this is the same thing because there are some kickass females, you know what? And there are some emotional females. There are some kickass males, and there are some emotional males. Everybody’s got a bit of it and you know, Tommy wasn’t kickass but he was emotional. So we’re kind of covering the whole spectrum and everybody is equal. And how great that finally we have a show on television that young girls can look at and go, “Yeah! I can be kickass! I can be a hero because look, that girl, that woman is a hero also! So I don’t have to be afraid of”—dare I say—”wanting to be jockesque.” Does that make sense? It’s a great thing to have, so working with all these girls and ladies and women is amazing.
It’s interesting for me also, because I’m at a point in my life now where I’m not gonna be the kind of—I have been the hero and the younger character and I’m now the dad. Which is really great because I get to kind of relax a little bit. I get to go home at night and have that… two glasses of wine. I was gonna say one but that would be a lie! [laughs] you know, cuz I’m not gonna be the one taking my shirt off, you know? Although I still could, right? But I don’t have to worry about that anymore, you know what I mean?
Considering Thea is going to take on a larger role this season, we also asked for Willa Holland’s take on the women currently kicking ass. She told The Mary Sue, “It’s amazing to be able to have all these women, I mean Katie Cassidy character’s Laurel, she plays such a strong, independent woman, same with Sara Lance, there’s just too many good roles on the show for females, and if anything maybe Thea was the lesser of, but now, maybe she’s going to be the best one. Who knows!”
Holland told the group she’s excited for Thea’s arc: “I can say that the Thea we see leave at the end of Season 2 is definitely not the Thea we see enter back at Season 3 and she’s definitely, she’s gone through some stuff. And maybe taken out a little anger on the gym, you know?” Holland said. “She was so broken in Season 2 at the end, to the point that Season 3, where her head space is at is she’s just not ever going to let that happen to her again. She’s at a place where she is not going to let anybody hurt her ever again, and that’s all I can really say about that. I’m not allowed to say much. What I can say it that obviously Season 1 was all about Oliver’s time on the island, Season 2 was almost like an homage for Roy being on an island, or his version of the island, and I’ve been teased about and getting quite excited for maybe Season 3 is kind of Thea’s version of the island.”
The Mary Sue asked Guggenheim to expand a bit on where Thea is headed. “Well I think one of the things that’s safe to say is this season’s really gonna be a battle for Thea’s soul. So it’s not necessarily, it’s Arrow, so it’s not necessarily gonna have a happy ending to it,” he told us. “Certainly there is the potential in her name‚ we’ve been calling her ‘Speedy’ since the pilot. But one of the things that we like to do is play against that expectation. So, hopefully, the ups and downs of Thea’s arc this year will be compelling but also surprising. Obviously, we always want to surprise you guys.”
Unsurprisingly, Thea’s place this season is squarely next to her newly-discovered father, Malcolm Merlyn. Barrowman told the group, “The relationship between Malcolm and Thea is gonna be the most amazing and awesome and shockingly dysfunctional relationship that’s probably gonna be on television. That’s all I’ll say.”
But of course he couldn’t stop there.
“I think Malcolm has a very difficult time in showing love, but what Malcolm has learned over the course of time—let’s just go back to when he lost his wife very early on and then he was surviving to provide for his son, but deep down knowing that, he knew that Thea was his daughter. He then lost his son. Why? Because Malcolm can control people with money, power, and also with his destructive techniques,” he said. “What he hasn’t been able to do because he lost Tommy that way was —Tommy got emotionally involved with the girl. Love destroyed him. He also lost Moira that way. She sacrificed herself for love, right? He has only got Thea left. He’s got to control her by controlling her emotion, so that’s the way he’s gonna look at it. now. And that’s gonna be so—he will love her, but in a very different way.”
For his part, Amell told us he’s “fired up” to see what his fictional sister can do, suspecting she’ll “nail it.”
“Willa is so capable, and such a wonderful actor and the fact that we’ve had her for 46 episodes and we haven’t had a really Thea-centric episode… It’s like we’ve cultivated this character and the audience has gotten to know this character for two years and then we’re going to give her the car keys this year,” he told us. “Season 3: Thea’s Graduation. Metaphorical, not actual.”
From our time speaking with her, Holland seemed slightly daunted by the training ahead of her as an actor, but certainly excited. She said, “Right now they really just want me to bulk up and limber up as well. They emphasize a lot on being limber, and I’m like ‘ok,’ but they’re not telling me why. That’s the other thing, I’m also doing wrestling and boxing. I haven’t started any of the wrestling yet but my personal trainer does do wrestling and just got a phone call from them asking for him to teach me some take downs. So I’m like ‘ok, I’m down.’”
But if there’s one piece of advice she’d give to those who may follow her path? Holland told the group, “Wear a mouthguard. Yeah. Wear a mouthguard at all times.”
Are you looking forward to Thea’s journey on Arrow this season?
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Stephen Amell, su opinión sobre 'Arrow,' Felicity y Más
22 Octubre, 2014
ExtraTV.com was on the Vancouver set of “Arrow” last week, pretending to ride Oliver Queen's Ducati, trying to climb the infamous salmon ladder (#fail), and quizzing Stephen Amell for scoop on Felicity (or should we say Olicity), Thea and more.
Stephen, who joined reporters in the foundry for a candid chat about the CW show, opened up about everything from Oliver’s identity crisis, his feelings for Felicity and his mission to find Thea.
Q: Oliver wants revenge for Sara, but he doesn’t want to lose his own life too. Is he looking to life after the costume?
A: The theme of the season is identity… he's thrown into this conundrum because of Sara's death… Right now, Oliver can't see past the idea of being the Arrow. That's it. One of the cool things we're doing this year is we're setting up a world by the end of the season where ultimately he will have that choice and one way or another he will make it, but vengeance and revenge is certainly on his mind at the moment.
Q: Oliver and Felicity seemed okay at the end of the premiere, but are things going to get awkward?
A: Sure, but I've always strived for, on the show, making sure relationships are adult relationships. You can kiss someone and you can profess something to them, but that doesn't mean you avoid eye contact with them. There is a bigger goal and a much bigger circumstance in play, so I'm sure things are awkward, but they've got work to do.
Q: Oliver is on a mission to find his sister Thea. How much does he know about what she’s been up to?
A: He knows very little about what she's done other than she's lied about where she is… and Oliver calls her on that immediately, but Oliver comes to the realization that the only way to bring her home -- when it was lies that drove her away -- is to tell her the truth. How much truth he has to tell her is one of the crucial points of the episode.
Q: What about Oliver’s reunion with Malcolm?
A: We had 200 extras there. That was exciting. It is a costume-less, weapon-less, fisticuff-less exchange. Concurrently, it's probably the most charged exchange that we've had in the show
Q: What will we see in upcoming flashbacks?
A: So we're in Hong Kong, which has been a very cool dynamic for the show. This week's episode is going to focus on the time between Thea getting in that limo and when Oliver and the team arrive in Corto Maltese, so I'm not in the flashbacks this week. Episode 5 we have Felicity's flashbacks. We've had a couple of episodes this year, so far that are very different than your standard episode of "Arrow." I would put Episode 2, Episode 5, Episode 10… I would put them all in that category of being a departure from the norm, which again is important when you're into your third season.
Q: Do you love Arrow’s new hi-tech bow, or do you miss his wooden bow?
A: I'm really excited for the point in the flashbacks where I either get it or make it. I miss it. It was so much fun. It was a much more fun bow. This bow is kind of cumbersome, like it's heavy and it hurts. But no, the new technology is cool. There are certainly some interesting trick-arrows this year, but that's more of a service for the fans. I like Oliver’s wooden bow. We do make some changes to the costume in our fall run, as well, and I was such a grouch when it came to making changes. I'm like, "I like it how it is."
Check back in coming weeks for Stephen’s thoughts on the “Arrow” and “Flash” crossover episode and the introduction of Ra’s al Ghul!
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22 Octubre, 2014
ExtraTV.com was on the Vancouver set of “Arrow” last week, pretending to ride Oliver Queen's Ducati, trying to climb the infamous salmon ladder (#fail), and quizzing Stephen Amell for scoop on Felicity (or should we say Olicity), Thea and more.
Stephen, who joined reporters in the foundry for a candid chat about the CW show, opened up about everything from Oliver’s identity crisis, his feelings for Felicity and his mission to find Thea.
Q: Oliver wants revenge for Sara, but he doesn’t want to lose his own life too. Is he looking to life after the costume?
A: The theme of the season is identity… he's thrown into this conundrum because of Sara's death… Right now, Oliver can't see past the idea of being the Arrow. That's it. One of the cool things we're doing this year is we're setting up a world by the end of the season where ultimately he will have that choice and one way or another he will make it, but vengeance and revenge is certainly on his mind at the moment.
Q: Oliver and Felicity seemed okay at the end of the premiere, but are things going to get awkward?
A: Sure, but I've always strived for, on the show, making sure relationships are adult relationships. You can kiss someone and you can profess something to them, but that doesn't mean you avoid eye contact with them. There is a bigger goal and a much bigger circumstance in play, so I'm sure things are awkward, but they've got work to do.
Q: Oliver is on a mission to find his sister Thea. How much does he know about what she’s been up to?
A: He knows very little about what she's done other than she's lied about where she is… and Oliver calls her on that immediately, but Oliver comes to the realization that the only way to bring her home -- when it was lies that drove her away -- is to tell her the truth. How much truth he has to tell her is one of the crucial points of the episode.
Q: What about Oliver’s reunion with Malcolm?
A: We had 200 extras there. That was exciting. It is a costume-less, weapon-less, fisticuff-less exchange. Concurrently, it's probably the most charged exchange that we've had in the show
Q: What will we see in upcoming flashbacks?
A: So we're in Hong Kong, which has been a very cool dynamic for the show. This week's episode is going to focus on the time between Thea getting in that limo and when Oliver and the team arrive in Corto Maltese, so I'm not in the flashbacks this week. Episode 5 we have Felicity's flashbacks. We've had a couple of episodes this year, so far that are very different than your standard episode of "Arrow." I would put Episode 2, Episode 5, Episode 10… I would put them all in that category of being a departure from the norm, which again is important when you're into your third season.
Q: Do you love Arrow’s new hi-tech bow, or do you miss his wooden bow?
A: I'm really excited for the point in the flashbacks where I either get it or make it. I miss it. It was so much fun. It was a much more fun bow. This bow is kind of cumbersome, like it's heavy and it hurts. But no, the new technology is cool. There are certainly some interesting trick-arrows this year, but that's more of a service for the fans. I like Oliver’s wooden bow. We do make some changes to the costume in our fall run, as well, and I was such a grouch when it came to making changes. I'm like, "I like it how it is."
Check back in coming weeks for Stephen’s thoughts on the “Arrow” and “Flash” crossover episode and the introduction of Ra’s al Ghul!
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Las estrellas de ‘Arrow’ Stephen Amell y Willa Holland Adelantan su Reunión: Se Desvelarán Secretos
Por Travis Reilly 22 Octubre, 2014 @ 5:01 pm
The CW's “Arrow” finds Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) traveling to the Almafi Coast on Wednesday, but he's not there for a relaxing vacation. The bow-wielding superhero will attempt to retrieve his half-sister Thea (Willa Holland), who fled Starling City in part because she was tired of Oliver's lies.
“[Oliver] comes to the realization that the only way to bring her home — when it was lies that drove her away — is to tell her the truth,” Amell explained to TheWrap and other press on “Arrow's” Vancouver set.
The truth, of course, includes that her brother Oliver is a corporate playboy by day but a bow-wielding superhero by night. Many characters are now in on his big secret, but his sister isn't one of them. Will she find out Wednesday night?
“How much truth he has to tell her is one of the crucial points of the episode,” Amell teased.
Wednesday's new episode “Corto Maltese” follows Oliver and his partners in crime-fighting, (David Ramsey) and Roy Harper (Colton Haynes), as they travel overseas with the hopes of bringing Thea back.
But what else might the group find when it arrives?
At the end of last week's episode, audiences learned Thea had been training with her often-murderous father, Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman).
“She's been there since she hopped into that limo with Malcolm,” Holland explained. “As you can see, he's been putting her under his wing a little bit for the last five months.”
For the first time in the series, her character is shifting toward a more action-heavy role.
“I've been doing a lot of weight lifting, hitting the gym a lot with my trainer,” she said. “It's probably my favorite part about my job. It's half the reason why I signed on to ‘Arrow’ in the first place.”
But Oliver and co. still don't have a clue Malcolm is still alive and kicking.
“He knows very little about [what Thea is doing] other than she's lied about where she is,” Amell explained. “We find out very early on in Episode 3 that she's been saying she's in the Amalfi Coast and she's not. Oliver calls her on that immediately.”
Even if Oliver comes clean with Thea, it's possible he won't be able to lure her back home. But Holland revealed how it might be possible.
“I think the one thing that could always pull her back is Oliver and her love for him and that side of her family, as well as Roy,” she said. “She has a lot in Starling City, of course It's her home. But right now, I don't think she has anything in her mind to go back.”
“I think she's kind of found a new Thea Queen and is very happy with who she is at the moment.”
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Por Travis Reilly 22 Octubre, 2014 @ 5:01 pm
The CW's “Arrow” finds Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) traveling to the Almafi Coast on Wednesday, but he's not there for a relaxing vacation. The bow-wielding superhero will attempt to retrieve his half-sister Thea (Willa Holland), who fled Starling City in part because she was tired of Oliver's lies.
“[Oliver] comes to the realization that the only way to bring her home — when it was lies that drove her away — is to tell her the truth,” Amell explained to TheWrap and other press on “Arrow's” Vancouver set.
The truth, of course, includes that her brother Oliver is a corporate playboy by day but a bow-wielding superhero by night. Many characters are now in on his big secret, but his sister isn't one of them. Will she find out Wednesday night?
“How much truth he has to tell her is one of the crucial points of the episode,” Amell teased.
Wednesday's new episode “Corto Maltese” follows Oliver and his partners in crime-fighting, (David Ramsey) and Roy Harper (Colton Haynes), as they travel overseas with the hopes of bringing Thea back.
But what else might the group find when it arrives?
At the end of last week's episode, audiences learned Thea had been training with her often-murderous father, Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman).
“She's been there since she hopped into that limo with Malcolm,” Holland explained. “As you can see, he's been putting her under his wing a little bit for the last five months.”
For the first time in the series, her character is shifting toward a more action-heavy role.
“I've been doing a lot of weight lifting, hitting the gym a lot with my trainer,” she said. “It's probably my favorite part about my job. It's half the reason why I signed on to ‘Arrow’ in the first place.”
But Oliver and co. still don't have a clue Malcolm is still alive and kicking.
“He knows very little about [what Thea is doing] other than she's lied about where she is,” Amell explained. “We find out very early on in Episode 3 that she's been saying she's in the Amalfi Coast and she's not. Oliver calls her on that immediately.”
Even if Oliver comes clean with Thea, it's possible he won't be able to lure her back home. But Holland revealed how it might be possible.
“I think the one thing that could always pull her back is Oliver and her love for him and that side of her family, as well as Roy,” she said. “She has a lot in Starling City, of course It's her home. But right now, I don't think she has anything in her mind to go back.”
“I think she's kind of found a new Thea Queen and is very happy with who she is at the moment.”
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