HOMELAND's Navid Negahban Joins The Cast Of ARROW As 'Al-Owal'

HOMELAND's Navid Negahban Joins The Cast Of ARROW As 'Al-Owal'

He played the deadly 'Abu Nazir' in the first two seasons of Showtime's Homeland, and now Navid Negahban has joined the cast of Arrow as a new villain 'Al-Owal'; a character who will make his debut in the episode called "League of Assassins". Read on for details!

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By JoshWilding - Aug 22, 2013 11:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Arrow
Source: E! News


E! News has revealed that Navid Negahban - who is perhaps best known for starring in the likes of 24 and Homeland - will play 'Al-Owal' in the fifth episode of season two of Arrow. According to the site, "Awwal isn't just your average foe as he has major ties to a group of baddies DC Comics fans know very well, which also connects him to Malcolm Merlyn...Meticulous, driven, and deadly, Al-Owal, whose name in Arabic means "The First," is after someone very close to Oliver. Oh, and the man knows how to handle a scimitar." That's an intriguing description, and it should be interesting to see how Negahban character will fit into the possible (and rumoured) introduction of Ra's Al Ghul's League of Assassins. What do you guys think of this latest casting addition to the popular CW series? Be sure to sound off with your thoughts below!

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KarolosPrime
KarolosPrime - 8/22/2013, 11:17 AM
This show is sounding better every day!
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 8/22/2013, 11:20 AM
Yup season 2 is going to be epic!
SKOne
SKOne - 8/22/2013, 11:21 AM
I really hope he isn't Ra's and is instead a different DC character. I like the character Ra's, but we just saw him in the Batman movies and there are so many other great DC villains that haven't been seen in live action and could be behind things.
TheWolverine08
TheWolverine08 - 8/22/2013, 11:24 AM
Epic.
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 8/22/2013, 11:26 AM
Love this show and glad season 2 is only improving on how already great the show is
ABH1979
ABH1979 - 8/22/2013, 11:28 AM
I hope they scraped the idea of using Ra's and will use this Al-Owal instead.

If "Green" Arrow doesn't have enough of his own villains and supporting characters, then they should create some.
Super12
Super12 - 8/22/2013, 11:30 AM
League of Assasins? Heck yes. Ra's Alghul? Not yet. And probably not ever for Arrow. They should allude to him but not introduce him, he's too big for Arrow in my opinion and we just saw him in Nolan's movies.
JorEllinator
JorEllinator - 8/22/2013, 11:33 AM
I thought there was an embargo on any Batman related characters.
Swiftsword777
Swiftsword777 - 8/22/2013, 11:34 AM
You guys really are out of it this is a horrible show , the majority of you guys much be teens . Tell me one great element of the show? the dialogue is very bad the acting is the worst !
CP
CP - 8/22/2013, 11:37 AM
Could this be the show's version of Rustam from Suicide Squad?
jlabatman
jlabatman - 8/22/2013, 12:04 PM
I dig this show and can't wait for Season 2!
GothamsViper
GothamsViper - 8/22/2013, 12:14 PM
Any show with LOA/RasAlGhul is tops in my book! Great show.
JorEllinator
JorEllinator - 8/22/2013, 12:22 PM
Arrow is a fantastic show, TV doesn't get much better than the episode, "The Odyssey".
gmoney0505
gmoney0505 - 8/22/2013, 12:24 PM
Makes sense for Ra's to target Star City. His whole purpose is to restore balance and order to the world and Star City right now seems like a perfect spot for him to execute this.

Hope Season 2 will be great as Season 1 was.
Arrow Action!!!
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 8/22/2013, 1:19 PM
I really want to watch this show.
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 8/22/2013, 1:25 PM
I want to see the court of Owls!!!!
CharacterAssassin
CharacterAssassin - 8/22/2013, 10:34 PM
Can't wait. Only problem with this show now is they need to replace this Colton Haynes fella with another dude. His face does not blend in well with this show.
SoundWave
SoundWave - 8/23/2013, 12:53 AM
10000% he will be Ra's al Ghul.
GetsugaTensho22
GetsugaTensho22 - 8/23/2013, 1:55 AM
His name ought to be spelled "Al-Awwal" and pronounced "Al Uh-ooh-ww-uhl". NOT Aaal UHWAAAAAAAAL.
HecticHector
HecticHector - 8/23/2013, 5:40 AM
Okay, so... Who's gonna be Barry Allen?
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