TVLINE | The “Who killed Sara?” Unthinkable mystery won’t run all season, though, right?
No, it wont be the entire season, but at the same time, to tell you when we’re going to turn that card over — if we haven’t already done so — would be bordering on spoiler territory.
TVLINE | Speaking of the new generation of badasses: People are wondering if it could it be that Thea actually knows Oliver’s secret identity. I invite you to make an argument for why Malcolm would not have dropped that bombshell on her.
I’ll tell you, because I don’t think it’s a spoiler: Thea does not know that Oliver is the Arrow. We sort of played that trick with Moira — the idea that ever since the end of Season 1, Moira knew that Oliver was the Arrow — and to have Thea be in possession of that knowledge and not be telling Oliver would be repeating ourselves a bit, which we try hard to avoid doing. That said, the reason Malcolm doesn’t tell Thea Oliver’s secret is because that is Oliver’s secret to tell. The thing about Malcolm is we’ve always tried to write him as “the word’s most principled bad guy.” He has a very distinct code of honor. Even when he destroyed the city at the end of Season 1, he considered it to be for very noble, altruistic purposes. He was “burning the village to save it.” So where Malcolm is concerned, he doesn’t act like your typical villain. He believes that he’s doing the right thing by Thea, and he also believes that Oliver is like a son to him. Being like a son to him, he’s not going to spoiler Oliver’s secret.
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Access: What's the reaction been like? Personally, I've enjoyed seeing what Katie can do in this new kind of incarnation of Laurel Lance.
Marc: I think the internet, as the interneters want to be, is split and divided as they are with a lot of things on the show, which I always consider to be good. I like a difference of opinion and I like the fact that people are interested enough in the show to debate various different elements of it and plot turns. I will say for my money the proof is in the pudding that Katie's done the best work on the show that she's ever done this year and I think it's because of the storyline she's gotten. Laurel's always been a little bit difficult to connect with the main plot of the show because up until the end of last year, she wasn't in on Oliver's secret. So, it's always been a struggle to find story for her, just as it's a struggle to find story for any of the characters who are not in the circle of trust. I'm just excited that people are talking about it and I do think that there's been a lot of really positive reaction to it and we're only just getting going. We're really at the beginning of Laurel's journey, not the end, and that's exciting.
Access: What can you preview about her relationship with Ted? He seems like he's going to be a great mentor for her, someone who has got some patience for her as well.
Marc: Indeed. I think one of the things that's fun about [Wednesday] night's episode is that their interaction, their relationship, takes a step forward and it develops a new dimension, and I'm not even saying romantically, I'm just saying from [a] just being truthful with each other perspective. They both learn a secret about each other in [Wednesday] night's episode, I think I can say without spoiling [things]. … Just like there's a lot more to Laurel than she's revealed to Ted, there's a lot more to Ted than he's revealed to Laurel.
Marc: I think the internet, as the interneters want to be, is split and divided as they are with a lot of things on the show, which I always consider to be good. I like a difference of opinion and I like the fact that people are interested enough in the show to debate various different elements of it and plot turns. I will say for my money the proof is in the pudding that Katie's done the best work on the show that she's ever done this year and I think it's because of the storyline she's gotten. Laurel's always been a little bit difficult to connect with the main plot of the show because up until the end of last year, she wasn't in on Oliver's secret. So, it's always been a struggle to find story for her, just as it's a struggle to find story for any of the characters who are not in the circle of trust. I'm just excited that people are talking about it and I do think that there's been a lot of really positive reaction to it and we're only just getting going. We're really at the beginning of Laurel's journey, not the end, and that's exciting.
Access: What can you preview about her relationship with Ted? He seems like he's going to be a great mentor for her, someone who has got some patience for her as well.
Marc: Indeed. I think one of the things that's fun about [Wednesday] night's episode is that their interaction, their relationship, takes a step forward and it develops a new dimension, and I'm not even saying romantically, I'm just saying from [a] just being truthful with each other perspective. They both learn a secret about each other in [Wednesday] night's episode, I think I can say without spoiling [things]. … Just like there's a lot more to Laurel than she's revealed to Ted, there's a lot more to Ted than he's revealed to Laurel.
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What can you say about this next episode and how your character is involved?
RAMIREZ: You’ll definitely get to see a bit more background of who Ted Grant is, in this episode. I’m really excited about this episode, to be honest with you. You’ll get to see Ted go through some stuff, for sure. He gets tested quite a bit. He gets accused of something that he did not do, and it’s a serious charge. Stuff just starts showing up in his gym, and he’s trying to figure out what’s going on and who’s doing it. He’s got a really nice little back-and-forth power struggle with Arrow that I think the fans are going to really enjoy. It’s going to show them the possibility of where he can go, in the future. None of us know, but I’m hoping that everyone loves him enough to suit me up and let me get in there and play with the team.
RAMIREZ: You’ll definitely get to see a bit more background of who Ted Grant is, in this episode. I’m really excited about this episode, to be honest with you. You’ll get to see Ted go through some stuff, for sure. He gets tested quite a bit. He gets accused of something that he did not do, and it’s a serious charge. Stuff just starts showing up in his gym, and he’s trying to figure out what’s going on and who’s doing it. He’s got a really nice little back-and-forth power struggle with Arrow that I think the fans are going to really enjoy. It’s going to show them the possibility of where he can go, in the future. None of us know, but I’m hoping that everyone loves him enough to suit me up and let me get in there and play with the team.
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Arrow flash reveal, wonder if it is about Oliver's child
ReplyDeleteThat was my first thought as well. But I got a feeling someone who isn't Oliver is connected to the child. Maybe Malcolm knows about it or something.
ReplyDeleteGreat interviews! Can't wait to see Laurel unfold. I like how honest they are about Laurel and that it was hard to fit in the story. Can it be that we will hear the Canary creak this week? Something we wanted since the Pilot!
ReplyDeleteI just hope they have a good story behind this Roy stuff, cause I really doubt they will go this road with him. Will be interesting to see how Laurel will react to it and if she'll go after Roy.
"and there’s one moment in it that fans have literally been asking for since the pilot, so we’ll get to deliver on that." - What could this be? Any Idea?
ReplyDeleteLooks like Ray is building his own tech suit and will show Felicity by the end of episode 9. The Flash reveal might be Oliver's baby mama and son in the periphery of Oliver but only audience will witness this union.
Malcolm is "the worlds most principled bad guy".. So they are pushing him to be a grey character isn't it not out right bad. I don't think I can ever consider him principled.
I hope Wild Cat's backstory is awesome because as of now I am not impressed.
I am glad to hear there won't be another drug addiction story line for Roy. Thank god for small mercies. I am excited for Caity Lotz's return. I don't care however she comes back. I miss her terribly.
I'm quite sure their Ray Palmer version is an undercovered Ted Kord... He will not have super strenght but an armored suit that makes him stronger.
ReplyDeleteI knew from the begining that The Atom's powers wouldn't work on Arrow and the amount of grounded inventors isn't that big. This character is Ted Kord using the name Ray Palmer.
He will show the suit to Felicity before episode 9
Didn't they orginally want it to be Ted Kord but DC said no because they had "other plans" for that character?
ReplyDeleteI still personally think that the whole thing about why Malcolm hasn't told Thea Oliver's secret is just again a very lame answer, and again comes back to me being annoyed by how much of a "great" villain they're trying to make him... He's either Oliver's nemesis, or he's not, I'd rather have them just making up their minds instead of stringing us along, but already basically making him some weird anti-hero... And it's also still really fun how they keep forcing on you how much of an amazing parental figure Malcolm is supposed to be apparently... I mean, the whole thing with Tommy is just really something they don't give a shit about apparently, I guess they see that as a great form of parenting too, and it was just Tommy's own fault that he died in the city that Malcolm was trying to destroy for such amazing honorable reasons?
ReplyDeleteSo it seems more and more that like how they're doing that with Malcolm, just never actually making him a bad guy and villain again, but some weird father figure for Thea and Oliver that has all the answers or whatever, they're just going to keep Thea's character in some grey, weird double-playing hypocrite role that has not that many morals left obviously since she keeps defending Malcolm? Instead of actually doing what they said about this being her season and all that.
No, no until now that seems way more the case with Laurel, which just... I don't really have a problem with Laurel anymore, but I can't say that it's really interesting me about her either, since it's really obvious how that's mostly gonna go.
What does it say about Oliver and Thea's bond anyway to begin with if they seriously need Malcolm to strengthen that again? I still think it's just some really weird, desperate and fake writing...