Spoilers Arrow - Season 4

[Christopher]

I didn't realize they were actually that serious about bring him over. I had always assumed that Amell talking about Constatine was more just joking around or wishful thinking.

I never doubted it was sincere. Berlanti is clearly a huge DC fan and loves building an interconnected DC universe on TV, so it's perfectly in character for him to want to connect to Constantine.

Hey, imagine if John Constantine becomes the DC equivalent of Detective Munch -- bouncing around from show to show for years to come.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

‘Arrow’ casts Jimmy Akingbola as Baron Reiter

Oliver Queen will face a new enemy in Season 4 of Arrow. British actor Jimmy Akingbola (Holby City) has booked a seasonlong recurring role on the CW drama, playing Baron Reiter.

 

[JD]

Marc Guggenheim has addressed the fact that they have cast a black actor as a character who is a Nazi in the comic books.
They are using him because of his association with the organization Shadowspire, which is related to Deathstroke. They won't be using the Baron Blitzkrieg name and he won't be a Nazi.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Jeri Ryan to guest star.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Marc Guggenheim has addressed the fact that they have cast a black actor as a character who is a Nazi in the comic books.

You need to edit your link because it isn't working.

 

[CorporalClegg]

Jeri!

That's great news.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

JR Bourne Cast as villain Double Down

 

[Gryffindorian]

Here's what I didn't know:

* Emily Bett Rickards turns 24 today, July 24. You mean she's ten years younger than Stephen Amell? I thought Ollie and Felicity would be closer in age.

* Colton Haynes and Rickards are an item, and Colton is 27.

 

[Guy Gardener]

All adults are the same age.

Why use that name if he's not going to be playing a Neo Nazi?

 

[Christopher]

The latest from Marc Guggenheim:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/arrow-ep-marc-guggenheim-teases-sara-lances-resurrection

Spoiler: not really spoilers, but just in case

Sara's resurrection will be covered in the first few episodes of the season, and Guggenheim hints that the new Ra's al Ghul, i.e. Malcolm, will be behind it. I think I can guess where this is going. Malcolm was the one who brainwashed Thea to kill Sara, so resurrecting her may be his way of making amends, or easing Thea's guilt, or something.

 

[JD]

Marc Guggenheim has addressed the fact that they have cast a black actor as a character who is a Nazi in the comic books.

You need to edit your link because it isn't working.

This should be the correct link. I always surf the web with two http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/arrow-ep-marc-guggenheim-comments-on-baron-reiter-castingtabs open, so last time I must have copied the wrong tab's website address.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

That's so easy to do. I've lost count how many times I've done that.

 

[Turtletrekker]

^Me too.

 

[JD]

Marc Guggenhiem has called Damien Dahrk the most all out evil villain they've done yet.(Scroll down past the Suicide Squad story for the Arrow one.)

"Damien's a different kind of villain than we've had on the show before," said Guggenheim. "He's not as centurion as Ra's, he's not as looney tune as Slade, he's not as -- and people will be surprised I use this word -- but he's not as noble as Malcolm Merlyn. He's pure evil. We wanted someone who was truly, truly malevolent. We've never done that on the show before. All of our big bads always thought they were doing… the wrong thing for the right reason. This guy does the wrong thing for the wrong reasons."

 

[Christopher]

"As centurion as Ra's"? I do not think that word means what he thinks it means...

Anyway, I guess with a name like "Damien Dahrk," the guy felt a certain pressure to live down to his monicker.

 

[Nerys Myk]

"As centurion as Ra's"? I do not think that word means what he thinks it means...

Anyway, I guess with a name like "Damien Dahrk," the guy felt a certain pressure to live down to his monicker.

He probably meant centenarian.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

"As centurion as Ra's"? I do not think that word means what he thinks it means...

Anyway, I guess with a name like "Damien Dahrk," the guy felt a certain pressure to live down to his monicker.

He probably meant centenarian.

I don't think so. A "centenarian" brings to my mind an old decrepit man.

A "centurion" brings to mind an emotionally detached soldier, committed to his mission. IIRC, the actor/director Michael Hurst said or was quoted as saying (on a Xena podcast) that Roman boys had their empathy trained out of them, to turn them into perfect soldiers, Centurions who killed on command without remorse.

Seems like a "perfect" definition for Ra's al Ghul, too. The Leader who betrothed his own daughter to the man who usurped Nyssa's claim to power while she mourned the loss of her female soul mate.

Not a lot of empathy in that guy.

 

[Nerys Myk]

A Centurion was a officer in the Roman military. Not sure I'd go with a definition provided by an actor/director on a Xena podcast

A centenarian is someone 100 years or older. Part of Ra's shtick is he is long lived.

 

[Guy Gardener]

And a Centaurian is a bloke with hooves.

JR!, Ras was tied to the rotting corpse of his dead wife, secured into a small cage, and then bumped down a well with her for a week.

It was this experience that lead him to believe that overpopulation was a serious problem and that no one should have to put up with anyone elses company unless they really, really had to.

 

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Stephen Amell, WWE's Stardust Take Their Feud to RAW