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Emily Bett Rickards talks to The Hollywood Reporter about Wednesday's origin story, how Felicity's devastating relationship shaped her future outlook on romance and theorizes why the tech wiz is surrounded by suitors of the superhero kind.
This week's Arrow is a big one for you because Felicity's back story and family history is finally explored to a significant degree — plus, she has a new look! How surprised were you by how Felicity was five years ago compared to how she carries herself in the present day?
She definitely looks completely different. She's younger, she was finding herself but she was on the track where we see her now because we do see her find her true self. We see her very close to finding that and I think that — although different, although younger, although not as burdened with the things of Starling City — she's still the Felicity we love and the one we look to in the time of need and to to do the right thing. This is where she learns that those are her qualities that she does like to stick by.
Felicity looks extremely different with her dark makeup and hair. Did you view it as a chance to reinvent her?
I really appreciated it. I like transforming and diving into different looks. It's interesting being the same character in a certain sense just being their younger self. It's one thing for a character to choose to dress up to act as something else because they become someone else, but this is still her so I still had to find a balance of who was she and why does she become who she is. And that's what we get to see. Playing with the physical transformation is always a treat. The wig was super hot and itchy and heavy, but I have a lot of appreciation for actors who do that on the reg.
This week's Arrow is a big one for you because Felicity's back story and family history is finally explored to a significant degree — plus, she has a new look! How surprised were you by how Felicity was five years ago compared to how she carries herself in the present day?
She definitely looks completely different. She's younger, she was finding herself but she was on the track where we see her now because we do see her find her true self. We see her very close to finding that and I think that — although different, although younger, although not as burdened with the things of Starling City — she's still the Felicity we love and the one we look to in the time of need and to to do the right thing. This is where she learns that those are her qualities that she does like to stick by.
Felicity looks extremely different with her dark makeup and hair. Did you view it as a chance to reinvent her?
I really appreciated it. I like transforming and diving into different looks. It's interesting being the same character in a certain sense just being their younger self. It's one thing for a character to choose to dress up to act as something else because they become someone else, but this is still her so I still had to find a balance of who was she and why does she become who she is. And that's what we get to see. Playing with the physical transformation is always a treat. The wig was super hot and itchy and heavy, but I have a lot of appreciation for actors who do that on the reg.
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