Morrigan2575

It was always rumored that SA had a 5 year contract while KC and everyone else was rumored or out right stated by TV Magazine to have 3 year contracts. I've yet to hear anything from KC or anyone else to suggest that KC was given a 5 or 6 year contract.

According to Barrowman it was his husband's idea to make Malcolm Thea's dad, the EPs wanted to make him Oliver's father. So it wouldn't be the first time an actor made a suggestion for the story/show.

Someone at TWOP said Berlanti was against it but someone on another board provided a link to a biography that shows Berlanti was the guy who went for Pacey/Joey and ended the show with Pacey/Joey. I'm not sure I'd label Berlanti just the idea man, he's pretty much the head hancho, it's Berlanti Productions, so CEO? AK will be the show runner for The Flash, not sure if MG will be sole Show Runner for Arrow or if AK/MG will still share the responsibility.

According to tweets this morning, EBR was taken down by a toddler. I don't know if it was during an interview or just wandering around London.

They didn't go to NYCC last yeah either, maybe it's a filming issue? Or perhaps they were sent to NYCC in 2012 by WB/CW to increase attention for the show. Would have been right around the series premiere

He's no longer Nightwing, now he's Dick Greyson Agent of SHIELD...errr Spyral (good one DC) I seriously doubt Arrow will get the rites to Dick Greyson or any real/direct Bat Family member...maybe Jason Todd no one seems to like him anyway Well I guess she can't be Huntress...

Sakura I think you're right that's the stunt double, wow. This is what the fans point to as Laurel being a "Trained martial artist"? LOL that's so bad, so basically Laurel can beat up guys who haven't been trained.

The guy who played Ennis sucked, the only decent actors in the episode were the guy who played Kol on TVD and the dirty cop.And if you're going to start knocking actors for being on The Originals/TVD might want to start with Stephen Amell.

Interesting. Fans generally point to this scene to prove Laurel had mad fighting skills and KC could be believable in Arrow's intense fight/stunt sequences.

IIRC they also chemistry tested SA and Celina Jade as well. So yeah that tells me that they're over cautious now because they saw how bad SA/KC turned out, of course YMMV

IIRC that was for 2.19 when Laurel decided not to tell Oliver she knew he was the Arrow. Of course the biggest WTF of that statement is that it wasn't Laurel's reasoning it was Lance's. Laurel was all set to tell him and only stopped b.c. she got the call about Quentin. Then later Quentin is the one to give the great speech about how it doesn't matter who the Arrow is, only what he does. So really it's another case of the writers telling us that Laurel is awesome but we're being shown that she's not, it's another character (in this case Quentin) that is awesome. So WTF?

MG said that S3 would pick up 5-6 months after the finale, it was in one of the multitude of interviews MG and AK did the day of the finale.

Yes, it's "do-gooder" not, "good-doer"

If you have any questions for EBR or CH http://www.warnerbros.co.uk/insider/articles/quiz-the-cast-arrow

If you have any questions for EBR or CH http://www.warnerbros.co.uk/insider/articles/quiz-the-cast-arrow

Nah, I don't think Oliver and Waller will have a thing. My guess is that Oliver will meet someone new in Hong Kong and Waller will do something that gets her killed...way more manpain that way.

Wasn't Lady Shiva a member of the LoA pre-flashpoint too? I don't think they've changed that much about the character.

Work or not that's what they're doing, S3 will start up after the normal 5-6 month time jump. I have no idea how that will work since Oliver is staying in Starling this time, unless they pull some lame, he returns to Starling in October after searching for Thea for 5 months? Supernatural did an episode like this, it was called "Weekend At Bobby's" and was one of the best episodes of that season. It would be fun to get a glimpse into the show solely from a supporting characters POV (i.e. not Oliver's life), of course it depends on which supporting character. I think Felicity and Quentin would work really well because of their roles.

I don't think they will, the amnesia and lying storyline will play out in S3, probably in the first 3-5 episodes. I know that EBR said she hopes that Felicity will get to make mistakes and learn from them in S3 and I'm betting this will be apart of that storyline. Maybe also her mother/father story will play into it as well?

It is possible, I've also heard talk that everyone but SA was signed to a 3 year contract so her talk is a negotiating tactic since her contract is up after this season. I would love to take her comments from Motor City Con about writing The CW to make sure she stays on the show forever and ever as reality and not a poor joke. Somehow I just think the writers are so wrapped up in their original vision that they can't admit it's not working. Or maybe they really don't see a problem with Laurel and think (as AK said months ago) that the only reason people don't like Laurel are because they want her to be BC already, and this will fix everything. I don't know but I don't trust them in the show, when it comes to Laurel it's more about what they say. I have no idea what they're thinking really. I know that John Campea from the Aftershow Blog (they interviewed SA in December and have a pretty big following) said he'd stop watching if they put Laurel in the BC outfit in S3. It wouldn't make much sense but when has anything about Laurel actually made sense? Hell even Roy, who started his journey to hero in 1.18 still hasn't put on a costume and his journey (for the most part) was shown even if they shoved it into the background starting around 2.13.

Katie Cassidy has been talking about training and being ready to put on the costume in every post finale episode she's done. As much as I hate it, as stupid as I think it is, as bad for the show that I think it is, I'm sadly sure that this show is going to have Laurel be instaCanary because they somehow think this will save the character or make people love her.

http://suzettechan.tumblr.com/post/87464809677/stephen-amell-at-eek-comic-and-pop-culture-fest SA talk fro. Alberta Con.

While I agree that she will pretty much be a series regular in S3 (her mention in the Upfronts PR confirmed that for me). I sadly think the producers are dead set on making Laurel Black Canary. They were very vocal in their answers that the S2 finale would settle the BC debate and they did that lame ass jacket handoff.I'm betting Sara comes back using another hero name and (gag) trains Laurel to be the crappiest BC eva!

They're totally different characters. Jade Canary is Lady Shiva - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Shiva Less likely since Lady Shiva is a pretty big DC character, with connections to the Bat family White Canary is a little known villain only appeared in 11 issues of Birds of Prey. http://www.comicvine.com/white-canary/4005-71585/ This one would probably be more likely as it wouldn't impact anything else but they also made Isabel Rochev into Raveger so who knows? Although, this is kind of interesting. Apparently in BoP #5 (circa 2010) Dinah become the White Canary? Anyone read the issue? http://www.theweeklycrisis.com/2010/09/comic-book-moments-of-week-for-091510.html?m=1 (you have to scroll down a bit.) Did some digging, cant read why Dinah is wearing the White Canary's outfit but it appears to have been a frame up or something.

I saw a post somewhere (can't remember where) with the comment that S1 was about Oliver journey towards being a hero, while S2 was Felicity's journey. I think that's a good description because Felicity's arc in S2 was really about growing stronger as a person and overcoming her fears. I mean twice in 2.01 alone we had Felicity fighting her fear of heights. There was also her journey as a person becoming stronger both in what she believed but what she was willing to risk/do for what she believed was right.