Interview with Marc Guggenheim:
Guggenheim adds that as everything about Roy’s current predicament becomes clearer, we’re also going to see how it affects the people around him — Thea and Oliver included. “We always said that this year, Roy is going to go through a crucible. And the Mirakuru [storyline] is basically that ordeal and for sure when he comes out the other side — if he comes out the other side — he will be a different person and set on a different path,” he says. “You will start to see that as early as episode 12.”
It’s part of the longer story the writers are telling with Roy, explains Guggenheim, one that shows him going “from being sort of the street urchin we met in episode 15 last year to somebody who could potentially inherit the Arrow’s mantel as Roy Harper did in the comic books. We’re never really driven too much by what we call the comic book destinies of characters, but we’re very much aware of them and we’re very much aware that we’re telling a Batman Begins-style story for all of our characters. And obviously the Mirakuru and what Roy will experience in the wake of episode 9 is a big part of that Batman Begins-like story for him.”
It’s part of the longer story the writers are telling with Roy, explains Guggenheim, one that shows him going “from being sort of the street urchin we met in episode 15 last year to somebody who could potentially inherit the Arrow’s mantel as Roy Harper did in the comic books. We’re never really driven too much by what we call the comic book destinies of characters, but we’re very much aware of them and we’re very much aware that we’re telling a Batman Begins-style story for all of our characters. And obviously the Mirakuru and what Roy will experience in the wake of episode 9 is a big part of that Batman Begins-like story for him.”
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Interview with Colton Haynes:
On whether Roy will eventually become Red Arrow, Arsenal, or Speedy
Fans of the comic have been wondering about Roy’s eventual identity since probably the introduction of the character and so has Haynes, but unfortunately he doesn’t know any more than any of us.
He shares, “Well, the conversations with Greg [Berlanti] start off with “Hey, can you give me an update on if I’m going to be Red Arrow, Arsenal, or Speedy?” And he says, “Hey, I’m not going to tell you.” So that’s pretty much how they start.” He added, “I do continue to wear a lot of red hoodies, and you’d think I would become Red Arrow, but I still, I can’t, like I’ve tried bribery. I’ve tried so many things. And they won’t tell me.”
He did tease that we would be finding out a really big big piece of information in episode 12 and that it was going to be “really shocking.”
Fans of the comic have been wondering about Roy’s eventual identity since probably the introduction of the character and so has Haynes, but unfortunately he doesn’t know any more than any of us.
He shares, “Well, the conversations with Greg [Berlanti] start off with “Hey, can you give me an update on if I’m going to be Red Arrow, Arsenal, or Speedy?” And he says, “Hey, I’m not going to tell you.” So that’s pretty much how they start.” He added, “I do continue to wear a lot of red hoodies, and you’d think I would become Red Arrow, but I still, I can’t, like I’ve tried bribery. I’ve tried so many things. And they won’t tell me.”
He did tease that we would be finding out a really big big piece of information in episode 12 and that it was going to be “really shocking.”
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Interview with Emily Bett Rickards
On what’s coming up in the show
At the time of the interview, they were shooting episode 13, which will air in February. Rickards went on to describe some of the things to expect.
“Lot more action, some crazy stunts I’ve been hearing about, just crazy stunts, people getting ‑‑ not hurt, but almost hurt on set. And really, really intricate choreography for that. So we got that. We have some new characters and villains coming in, some taste testers of some other DC characters that will be awesome, I think a lot of people will like, and different characters crossing paths, which I think is needed. And we follow a story in “Arrow,” and we get to see an ensemble of characters, but not all those characters have met. So it will be really fun, and it is really fun to have those characters sort of cross paths and those stories get created.”
She also teased the return of Sarah Lance and that Laurel would be going through “a lot.”
At the time of the interview, they were shooting episode 13, which will air in February. Rickards went on to describe some of the things to expect.
“Lot more action, some crazy stunts I’ve been hearing about, just crazy stunts, people getting ‑‑ not hurt, but almost hurt on set. And really, really intricate choreography for that. So we got that. We have some new characters and villains coming in, some taste testers of some other DC characters that will be awesome, I think a lot of people will like, and different characters crossing paths, which I think is needed. And we follow a story in “Arrow,” and we get to see an ensemble of characters, but not all those characters have met. So it will be really fun, and it is really fun to have those characters sort of cross paths and those stories get created.”
She also teased the return of Sarah Lance and that Laurel would be going through “a lot.”
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