Thanks to arrowshieldfan for the heads up.
Firstly, congratulations on making it to a fourth season. What are some of the challenges you and the rest of the Arrow staff have encountered in mapping out the fourth season?
One of the basic challenges is making the show feel different while making it feel the same and keeping true to the characters and world we’ve created. The big challenge is taking this universe and spinning it in a new direction.
One of the ways we’ve done that is by changing the tone, just a little bit. We’ve done that by mirroring where the main character, Oliver Queen, is coming from. He’s with Felicity Smoak, happier now, and in a relationship.
We’ve kind of closed the door on the first three seasons, which were more oriented to his experiences of his past on the island and in dealing with his PTSD from the five years he was gone [from Starling City].
We’re now at a place in what we call a “soft reboot: of the show and are trying to reinvent the show a little bit. Since it is the fourth season, you need to do that keep it interesting for ourselves and for the audience.
One of the basic challenges is making the show feel different while making it feel the same and keeping true to the characters and world we’ve created. The big challenge is taking this universe and spinning it in a new direction.
One of the ways we’ve done that is by changing the tone, just a little bit. We’ve done that by mirroring where the main character, Oliver Queen, is coming from. He’s with Felicity Smoak, happier now, and in a relationship.
We’ve kind of closed the door on the first three seasons, which were more oriented to his experiences of his past on the island and in dealing with his PTSD from the five years he was gone [from Starling City].
We’re now at a place in what we call a “soft reboot: of the show and are trying to reinvent the show a little bit. Since it is the fourth season, you need to do that keep it interesting for ourselves and for the audience.
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