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tv echo · October 25, 2021

All the New Christmas Movies Coming to Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix, OWN, UPtv, and More
By Breanne L. Heldman October 23, 2021
https://people.com/tv/tv-christmas-movie-list-netflix-lifetime-hallmark-holiday-2021/

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Saturday, Nov. 13
♦ A Snowy Christmas, starring Elysia Rotaru and Damon Runyan, at 7 p.m. ET/PT on UPtv.
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Sunday, Nov. 21
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♦ Who Is Christmas Eve?, starring Paige Hurd, Romeo Miller, and Juliana Harkavy, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Bounce.
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Thursday, Nov. 25
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♦ The Nine Kittens of Christmas, starring Brandon Routh, Kimberley Sustad, and Gregory Harrison, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel.

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lemotomato · October 26, 2021

11 hours ago, tv echo said:

Because actually they do listen to the fans. It's true. So you guys make enough noise - and by the way, thank you. You guys are so awesome because, you know, played a big part in bringing me back after they killed me off."

11 hours ago, tv echo said:

Oh, this is when they killed me off, though. I was like, fine, you suck, but, I'm keeping my jacket that you kill me in and I'm keeping - like, the original jacket - and I'm keeping my tonfa and my mask. And Marc Guggenheim was like, 'Okay, okay, that's fine. Okay.' And then he was like, 'Will you also maybe come back and play with us?' And I was like, 'Hell, yeah!'"

So which story is the truth, KC? That fans were why you got brought back, or that MG had already made the offer when you finished shooting before any fans knew?

Kind of funny that she used to say stuff like "I was professional about it" and "I knew it was just part of show business" when asked questions about LL getting killed off, and now that she doesn't have to stay in the good graces of the Arrow EPs to return to the Arrowverse, she's saying:

11 hours ago, tv echo said:

Ahh, and then these assholes killed me off. (Laughs) But don't worry, I came back. (Laughs) Vengeance."

tv echo · October 27, 2021

Stephen Amell Interview
Pop Star Extraordinaire Maya Oct 26, 2021

-- When asked what was the best part of playing a superhero, SA: "The best part about playing a superhero is wearing a superhero suit."

-- When asked if he could relate to Oliver in any way, SA: "Sure. Um, Oliver has a younger sister. I had a younger sister. Um, Oliver, when we first meet him, is terrible at surviving in the wilderness and I am terrible at surviving in the wilderness right now. Um, Oliver sometimes takes on too much responsibility and doesn't let other people help him, and that's something that sometimes I'm guilty of in my life, just in terms of not - oh, delegating is the wrong word, but just not - maybe not trusting other people the way that I should. But - oh, and I do like the color green. I do like the color green. And I like a nice - I like a nice suit and a suit and tie. I like - I like wearing that sometimes when I want to get dressed up. But, um, you know, the rage and the - the vengeful side of Oliver? I - I don't think that I particularly relate to that. But - so all the good parts. Give me the good parts, take away the bad."

-- When asked what it was like for Arrow to create such an iconic world as the Arrowverse, SA: "Well, thank you for that. But we can really only take credit for what we did on - on Arrow, what our crew and our cast and our writers and producers and directors did. Um, all of the other shows, uh, you know, they each have their own identify and personality... They have their own style of shooting and storytelling. They have their own, you know, temperature and color palettes. So we don't really take credit for that. I think that we were just lucky enough to be the first one. And I think also that - that Arrow gave everyone the confidence that they could do something like The Flash or Legends or Supergirl, because Arrow was really - when it was at its best, something that existed within Star City, and it was really about fighting crime on the streets and cleaning up the streets of Star City. And so, once we proved that we could do that, maybe they felt a little bit more confident in introducing a character like Barry Allen or like the Legends of Tomorrow or Supergirl - or Superman. Um, yeah, so we just - we just happened to be lucky enough to be the first one... It is nice, though, that it's called the Arrowverse. I will say that. That's for sure."

-- When asked if he needed to do anything special to prepare for his new show Heels, SA: "Well, any role that you do is like learning a new subject in school. ... When you start, you don't know anything, right? When I started as Oliver Queen, I mean, I hadn't picked up a bow and arrow since I was like 12 years old. Right? Like, I had no idea. What's my superhero voice like? How do I walk in a superhero suit? What's Oliver like? What's the history of this character like? I didn't know any of that. So it's the same thing taking on Jack Spade in my new show, which you are not old enough to watch yet, Maya. Do you understand? ... Not yet, not yet... Soon, though. Soon. Give it a couple of years... (Maya interjected that she was 18.) Oh, okay, then never mind. I'm sorry. My bad, my bad. ... But when it comes to any new role, you know, you just have to start with basically the equivalent of, you know, a blank page. Um, you need to figure out where the character's from, what his interest are, what his motivations are, what he holds dear. And then you need to look at any of the ancillary things that - that are going to come with playing the character. In this case, getting in a pro wrestling ring and looking believable as a pro wrestler in an independent professional wrestling circuit. So you just have to learn the basics. How to throw a punch. How to hit the ropes. How to fall on your back without smacking your head. You have to learn all of those things. And the first rule of thumb, I think, is to begin at the beginning, don't skip any steps, master the basics first before you worry about anything else, and listen to the advice of people that are experts in that field. I need to learn a Southern accent. So you talk with an accent coach, a dialect coach is what they call them. I need to be doing pro wrestling. So you talk with someone who's a pro wrestler. ... Yeah, you just find people that are better at it than you are and learn from them. And don't be afraid to steal from them a little bit, too. It's the good kind of stealing. It's not the bad kind of stealing."

-- When asked if there was any show that he was currently obsessed with, SA said that he always liked Survivor. He also said that he's been watching The Simpsons with his daughter. He also mentioned H2O (Netflix), Succession (HBO), Breaking Bad (re-watching) and Saturday Night Live. He has also heard "good things" about Ted Lasso. He also continues to watch pro wrestling every week on TV.

-- When asked what he does to cheer himself up when he's having a bad day, SA said that "it starts with his family" (his wife and daughter). Having daddy-daughter time always cheers him up. He also said that being active always cheers him up. He said that he likes to set goals each day and, at the end of the day, see if he accomplished them.

-- SA: "I went to a doctor's appointment today. And had a good chat - I had a good chat later with some people about the second season of Heels potentially happening."

-- When asked if he has a ritual or routine that he does before he starts filming a scene, SA: "Well, before I start filming a scene, I always like to figure out what my scene partner wants to get out of the scene., because I'm a pretty easygoing person to work with. Um, you know, I - I make choices and I make decisions and I'm very prepared. But, when I played Oliver Queen and when I'm playing Jack Spade, I am working more than anyone else. So, as a result, I - you know, I always want to figure out how they want to go about doing their work So, you know, right before a scene, I try to stay as relaxed as possible. That's my ritual. Because, if things have gone correctly, that means that I've done all of my preparation. Right? Like, there's no - there's nothing new to - there's nothing new to discover. There's no last minute cramming like you would last minute cram for an exam. No. You study. You let everything settle in your brain... I like saying, you let it marinate. And then, by the time you're actually doing your work, you're all relaxed."

-- When asked why it is so important for him to give back by getting involved with cancer and other charities, SA said that selfishly it makes him feel good, but he then said that anything you do "can generate some momentum." Some more talk about how he got involved in F**K Cancer, seeing good results, and how that led to involvement in other charitable work.

-- When asked what song he would want to announce his entrance into a room, SA: "The Arrow theme music. It's really good. Blake Neely, who - who composed it, who created it, finally won an Emmy, I believe, for The Flight Attendant, for his score on that, um, overdue and well-deserved. ... It's such an iconic piece of music that, you know, clearly - or, you know, if Warner Brothers had a problem with that - we're like, no, no, no, no, no, that's copyrighted - um, then, uh, boy... I would just have Blake make me something else."

-- When asked who he considers to be a real-life superhero and why, SA listed the "women in his life" (his daughter, his mother, his wife). He also said that young people like Maya are inspiring to him and are also superheroes.

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tv echo · October 27, 2021

Edited October 27, 2021 by tv echo

tv echo · October 28, 2021

KM teased the upcoming "Armageddon" crossover in these two interviews (transcribed comments are hidden under Spoiler tags below)...

Kat McNamara Tells Flash Fans to ‘Expect the Unexpected’ During ‘Armageddon’ Crossover Event
J-14 Magazine Oct 27, 2021

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-- On what fans can expect from the upcoming 'Armageddon' crossover on The Flash, KM: "Expect the unexpected. I mean, truly, as we love to do in these sort of big CW events, we break all the rules. And we bring as many people in as we can and try and throw as many twists and turns at you... And tie up a lot of loose ends. I know, especially with Mia's story, people have a lot of questions about where things were left off and where things are going and what she's been up to. And, uh, you at least - you learn some things, which I really appreciated. I was just so thrilled that they asked me to come back."

-- On what it was like to reprise her role as Mia Smoak, KM: "I mean, it's been a dream come true, you know... I mean, especially now that I have contact lenses and can see a little better shooting arrows. (Laughs) But, um, no, it's - it's been really great. And it's a character that I love and, you know, she was so well taken care of on Arrow. And the amazing writers on Flash have just picked right up and, you know, put her into the story in a way that, uh, it was - it was really lovely. And, you know, getting to go back for my suit again and feel right at home, it's been great."

Shadowhunters star Kat McNamara talks the pressures of women in Hollywood and more!
Women on Top Oct 27, 2021

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-- On what's coming up next for her, KM: "I have a lot of things that I can't talk about yet. They're right on the precipice. But, uh, I just got back from Vancouver - and it's actually funny that you say that, about coming into a show for one episode and - or for a shorter period of time - and feeling so welcome. I just went back and played my, um, Green Arrow character on The Flash for an episode. And it was so lovely to go on a set that I had only been on tangentially and just instantly feel at home and feel welcome. And the whole crew and everybody was just - there were a few familiar faces, but just being welcomed, especially in the time of COVID when everyone's still masked, and - and you still can kind of feel like you belong for a short period of time, it was really lovely. Um, but The Flash is doing an amazing five-episode 'Armageddon' event. There's bad guys coming and they need to assemble people to save the world. And, you know, you can't on CW Arrowverse - you can't save the world without a Green Arrow. So, yeah, they came a-callin' and I was happy to oblige. Um, but no, it's - I mean, that's a character that's been so special to me for a long time. And that should be coming out, I think, in a month or two, which will be really lovely to see. They just dropped a trailer the other day and there's so much I didn't see. I was like [unintelligible word] the whole time. Um, because there's - it's just such an amazing community there, too, of all those superhero shows. You know, everybody takes such ownership of their character and it's really beautiful to see all of these people who are so busy and - and are trying to build their careers, but then they also are trying to protect Batwoman or - or, you know, um, Superman or - all - The Flash and Supergirl, and all these - all these folks are - they really care and they really make an effort and take the time to - to build that. And - and you can see it on screen."

-- On what fans will be surprised to see about her character in the 'Armageddon' crossover, KM: "You saw a glimpse of it in the... in the trailer, but Mia spends a good portion - Mia is daughter of Oliver Queen, who was the original Green Arrow. She has a lot of her father's, um, masculinity and a lot of her father's, um, brood - broodiness and roughness and sort of lone wolf kind of nature to her. Um, she spends a good part of it in a cocktail dress and heels, which is very different for her. So it was a bit like, I haven't played this character in almost three years. Now I'm in an entirely different [unintelligible word]. What am I doing? Um, but that's the fun of it, 'cause, again, these writers are amazing... Her character is ever evolving and they're - they're doing so much and really making the most of it. So I'm just - again, I'm grateful. I think that's the name of the game. It's almost Thanksgiving, right?"

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tv echo · October 28, 2021

Both KC and CL talked about the Black Canary suit recently - what's interesting is that they each seem to think that they wore the first Black Canary suit...

Katie Cassidy (Arrow, Flash, Vixen, Supernatural) Fan Expo Canada 2021 Q&A Panel
Convention Junkies Oct 24, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzXn0tLfAHs
-- When asked how many versions of the Canary jacket did she wear over the course of the show, KC: "Mine was pretty straightforward. It's like, here's your superhero costume. I cried the first time I put on the jacket in my trailer because I was so happy. Um, and then, like I said, they killed me off. But I came back. So I had two suits. I had the bad, you know, Black Siren, uh, the doppelgänger, Earth-2, uh, suit and then I had Black Canary OG."

Legends' Caity Lotz Talks White Canary Costume's Return in 100th Episode (and the Supersuit She Really Misses)
Vlada Gelman October 27, 2021
https://tvline.com/2021/10/27/legends-of-tomorrow-recap-episode-100-season-7-episode-3-white-canary-costume/

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But does Lotz miss the White Canary supersuit, which Sara has very possibly not donned since the Season 5 finale, as much as fans seem to? “Ummm… no,” the actress admits with a laugh. “You know which one I miss? I miss the Black Canary costume, and I think I miss it because that one I haven’t worn in so long.”

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tv echo · October 29, 2021

Another video clip from SA's Oct. 16 panel at Wizard World Chicago...

Stephen Amell answers whose arms are bigger at Wizard World Chicago!
Lptraveler Oct 28, 2021

tv echo · October 30, 2021

JDJ made some comments about Arrow and Green Arrow & the Canaries in this recent interview - it sounds like JDJ would've been a part of the spinoff if it had gone forward...

A Man of Many Parts: In Conversation with Joseph David-Jones on his new show 4400, his new EP, and working with Denzel Washington.
Interview by Marc Griffin Oct 25, 2021
https://1883magazine.com/joseph-david-jones/

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While we’re on this conversation of superheroes… Green Arrow. Can you speak to what it was like working on that show? A legendary run, we mentioned the MCU earlier, and the Arrowverse was something…is something…that can hold its own with the tv side of Marvel. Well, it could before Marvel doubled down on their Marvel TV shows on Disney+, but Arrowverse is goated for sure in its own right. With big storyline after big storyline, diversity, inclusivity, and the events are great. Tell me about your time being a part of the Arrowverse and how that came to be.
It’s crazy because they really changed the game for superheroes on TV, and that’s why it spawned so many shows within this universe. And right now, Superman and Lois Lane are killing it too. But I freaking loved Arrow, man. I had initially come on as a recurring character, and I was supposed to be this character on Legends, and the flashbacks had caught up with the current day period of the show’s timeline. The flashback had taken place a year up to how many years [Arrow] had been gone for. They were trying to figure out what they were going to do, so they said they would do flash-forwards and bring in the future Team Arrow and meld those two together.

So, because of that and because I had done such a great job on Legends being the future Green Arrow, they had wanted to bring me back in one way or another. So they brought me back, had this future Team Arrow and was initially trying to develop a spin-off series based on that. And Stephen, I guess he had recently stated that he might not be done with the Arrow mantle as a whole (notices Marc’s shocked expression). Yeah! But at the time, he said, “I think this time of my life is over, and I want to step away from the show,” and the network is like, “oh, we want to keep going in this universe, we think there should always be a Green Arrow,” and we were going to go ahead with the spin-off for the show, we shot the pilot and everything—

And it was starring you?
I wasn’t going to be the Green Arrow, I would’ve been like the future version of Diggle, and Oliver Queen’s daughter would’ve been the new Green Arrow.

Oh, shit, that would’ve been fire!
Yeah, it would’ve been fire, but…COVID hit.

(throws hands up in the air in disgust) of course it did.
Right! (Laughs) but yeah, man, COVID hit. We were waiting to see if the show was going to be picked up, COVID hit, and it stopped pilot season as a whole, nothing was filming, and the network really just chopped off all the things that weren’t going to be there, and our show ended up getting scrapped, and COVID took us out.

Man, that’s crazy that that could’ve happened because everything they did with Arrow was amazing; the number of storylines they managed to get out every season was fire.
I felt like Crisis on Infinite Earths was a really good ending to Oliver Queen’s story, and having some other spin-offs in the future would have….not been like a bastard stepchild but could’ve tarnished a little bit of where Queen’s story ended and how beautiful Crisis was.

Yeah, I get that… But I want to see my guy shine! I just want my people to win, so if something gotta get tarnished to make that happen, then hey!
[Laughs] I really appreciate that; look, you gotta do it for the team!

You feel what I’m saying? I mean, the comic books went on after Crisis, so they’ll find a way; there’s mad source material.
That’s true; we’ll see; I mean, if Stephen is actually interested in stepping back in some way or another, I might be able to crossover there for a few episodes while I’m shooting [4400].

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lemotomato · October 30, 2021

On 10/28/2021 at 8:20 AM, tv echo said:

Both KC and CL talked about the Black Canary suit recently - what's interesting is that they each seem to think that they wore the first Black Canary suit...

Technically, the jacket LL1 put on was the one Sara gave her at the end of 2.23, so they're both kind of right. At least about part of the suit.

tv echo · October 31, 2021

KC had a panel at Fan Expo Denver: Special Edition yesterday (Oct. 30)...

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tv echo · November 1, 2021

Sophie Von Haselberg, Colton Haynes & Others Set To Star In ‘Love…Reconsidered’; Adam Beach & Camille Sullivan Board ‘Exile’
By Matt Grobar October 29, 2021
https://deadline.com/2021/10/sophie-von-haselberg-more-to-star-in-love-reconsidered-exile-castings-1234865125/

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EXCLUSIVE: Sophie von Haselberg (Halston), Colton Haynes (Arrow), Javier Muñoz (Broadway’s Hamilton), Jill Kargman (Odd Mom Out) and Marisa Ryan (Wet Hot American Summer) have signed on to star in Love…Reconsidered, an indie comedy, which is currently in production in New York.

The film directed by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee‘s managing digital producer Carol Hartsell centers on Ruby (Von Haselberg), a 30-year-old New Yorker whose life is suddenly transplanted to the Hamptons after a chance meeting with a wealthy consignment store owner.

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tv echo · November 3, 2021

Some Arrow, Canaries spinoff and Arrowverse comments in this recent JDJ interview...

Joseph David-Jones Dishes About His 4400 Role, Representation, And His Time In The Arrowverse - Exclusive Interview
BY XANDRA HARBET NOV. 1, 2021
https://www.looper.com/648586/joseph-david-jones-dishes-about-his-4400-role-representation-and-his-time-in-the-arrowverse-exclusive-interview/

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So switching gears, in "Arrow," you played Connor Hawke, a future version of Arrow, opposite Katherine McNamara as Mia. What was it like working with Kat and acting alongside Stephen Amell as Arrow?
Kat, I don't even understand how she has the level of energy and focus that she does. I am still to this day awe-inspired by it because even coming on now where I'm leading this series and everything, the amount of work that I'm doing on this is so much more than the amount of work that I was doing on "Arrow."

And she's been the lead of a series for about five or six years now, from "Shadowhunters" to "Arrow" and beyond. But the work ethic that she has that was like, "Dude, I need to get into that mind state," and I'm doing it now, but it is unbelievably exhausting.

And it makes me appreciate both her and Stephen Amell so much more because they were able to do it and not let, or not make it seem like — they must've been exhausted. Like they were ever too tired or too, I don't know, drained to do something to be out somewhere to make an appearance for kids or whatever the case was. So I feel like I've learned a lot from both Stephen Amell and working with Kat on how to navigate the workload in this industry.
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Do you have any fond memories with any of the "Arrow" cast or any fun moments from set that come to mind?
Man, I don't know. It's funny. Because there's so much, I wasn't even expecting to be asked this. [Laughs] We were ballet dancing on set or whatever with me and Kat or like Stephen teaching me how to do the salmon ladder.

There were so many, I don't know, there are so many good memories from that set, and it helps it. It was pre-pandemic. So it's like sets are just different now. We're dressed to the nines in PPE, and interactions are a little bit different. Like we find a way to make it fun as a cast. This is a fun cast on this show, but it really makes you appreciate the different set dynamics that I had before.

And "Arrow" was one of them. Unfortunately, we were going to have the spinoff, but right when they were developing it, it was when COVID hit — and 2020 happened. So it just ended up being one of the series that went by the wayside because the network and the studio didn't know when or how they were going to proceed with it. So she was like, ha, but it all worked out because here I am on this beautifully amazing series.
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You originally made your debut as Green Arrow in "Legends of Tomorrow." What was it like working with that cast? And do you think there's a space for Connor to show up on another Arrowverse show?
I don't know. I know that I would be open to it, and I'm still connected with Mark Guggenheim and everything. So I feel like we could find something to do and a right place for me to pop back in there. But I think Kat just like popped back in on "Flash" or something.

Yeah, it's upcoming. It's a crossover event.
Ah, that's got to be so cool. So I don't know, maybe there is still room or a world where I could pop in and do something. And I feel like that would be really, really cool. And I love the fans in the Arrowverse. I love DC fandom just as a whole, so I would want to do something cool just for them just so they could, like, I don't know, have something, a little piece of Connor to go to or something, you know?

Is there a specific show you're dying to go on in that universe?
No, it's funny because I've been watching "Superman & Lois," or is it Clark and Lois?

It's "Superman & Lois." Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, it's so good. It is so good. I don't know how I would fit into that universe, but it would be really cool to pop up in that. They really did a good job on that, on that franchise, or on that series. Plus, I love Tyler [Hoechlin], man. Tyler's the coolest dude ever.