FIREFLY/SERENITY Actor Sean Maher Joins ARROW As 'Shrapnel'

FIREFLY/SERENITY Actor Sean Maher Joins ARROW As 'Shrapnel'

The actor who played Doctor Simon Tam in Joss Whedon's Firefly and its big screen outing Serenity will guest star in the 10th episode of the CW's second season of Arrow, playing DC comics villain Mark Scheffer, aka Shrapnel.

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By MarkCassidy - Oct 23, 2013 10:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Arrow
Source: THR



Serenity's Summer Glau is already on board Arrow season 2, and now THR report that her screen brother Sean Maher has also signed on as the evil Mark Scheffer, better known as DC supervillain Shrapnel. In the comics Shrapnel is made of metal and has superhuman strength and stamina, but it's unlikely that this will carry over to the show -- although he does share some of the same traits as his comic counterpart, as THR reckon he'll be a "serial bomber who places Starling City in a grip of terror and threatens the life of Sebastian Blood (Kevin Alejandro)". Maher will guest star in the tenth episode of the CW show.

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isee
isee - 10/23/2013, 10:34 AM
Nice! Hope he gets to share a scene with Summer Glau
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/23/2013, 10:46 AM
Nice!!!! Another real character from the comics!!!!!!
isee
isee - 10/23/2013, 10:46 AM
The character also has some ties to the Suicide Squad.... hmmmm.......
ezio619
ezio619 - 10/23/2013, 10:50 AM
this show has come back so strong and im really surprised they are using b list and c list characters like tonight, we are gonna get the new 52 incarnation of the Dollmaker and now Shrapnel,i do like that alot
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 10/23/2013, 10:50 AM
Wasn't he a member of DOOM Patrol?
dnno1
dnno1 - 10/23/2013, 10:51 AM
It's going to be interesting to see how they re-imagine this character.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/23/2013, 10:52 AM
I think we are going to get a Suicide Squad spin off!!!!!!!!!!
Wingding
Wingding - 10/23/2013, 11:06 AM
Yes! I love anything Firefly related
novaprime
novaprime - 10/23/2013, 11:06 AM
This is the 2nd best comicbook show behind the walking dead!!
Kingdork
Kingdork - 10/23/2013, 11:08 AM
@ soforizo- REALLY? And you don't remember River's brother???
BaneSmash
BaneSmash - 10/23/2013, 11:27 AM
I am really digging season 2 of Arrow.
SimyJo
SimyJo - 10/23/2013, 11:32 AM
I expect they will completely botch up the character of Shrapnel - like they utterly botched Firefly by turning him into a firefighter with a grudge (who went out like a emo-self-redeeming-punk).

I'll give Season 2 a shot but they are on thin ice with portraying villains like that. Kinda restrictive this whole Nolan-esque realism isnt it! (in retrospect).
SimyJo
SimyJo - 10/23/2013, 11:33 AM


^ Went out like a punk
Kyos
Kyos - 10/23/2013, 11:45 AM
He was my least favourite meber of the Serenity family. But that's not saying much, because I loved them all! :)
RexDartEskimoSpy
RexDartEskimoSpy - 10/23/2013, 11:56 AM
Oh good, Arrow didn't have enough handsome young actors... I always thought Sean Maher might make a good Superman, although he's a bit too soft spoken.
Lobo89
Lobo89 - 10/23/2013, 11:59 AM
He fought the doom patrol on a few occasions.

patrat18
patrat18 - 10/23/2013, 12:01 PM
Yup the roster is growing.
bythepowercosmic
bythepowercosmic - 10/23/2013, 12:17 PM
My only gripe with the show is why introduce characters from the comics like this that will inevitably in no way resemble the character they're based on?
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 10/23/2013, 12:27 PM
haha living it, the show is slowly becoming Firefly, the brother joins his little sister lol
dirtydanwojo
dirtydanwojo - 10/23/2013, 12:34 PM
Was actually a really good villain in Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, so hopefully he does well here.
superotherside
superotherside - 10/23/2013, 12:34 PM
Meh. Am I the only one getting a bit put off with Oliver's no killing policy now? They did it perfect in the first season. Why change it?

Plus how did he catch that girl that he had been fighting for most of season 1 with such ease? I mean not killing makes him more dangerous? WITW?
Rambaldi47
Rambaldi47 - 10/23/2013, 12:54 PM
I wonder if somehow he'll be near an explosion at some point and get hit with shrapnel, giving him a somewhat comic book appearance.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/23/2013, 12:57 PM
@ SimyJo

I actually agree with you on Firefly, they screwed up that character. Though the only downfall of Arrow is going the Nolan direction on no powers. The good thing is they are going to change that this season and I do not mean just with the Flash. Hopefully soon we will see other characters with some sort of powers.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 10/23/2013, 12:59 PM
At least it's another chararcter that's recognizable and not some no name watered carbon copy of a character.
JoshBerger
JoshBerger - 10/23/2013, 1:07 PM
LMFAO!!! That shit's racist against real tigers...I am disappoint.
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