Manu Bennett's 'Slade Wilson' Promoted To Series Regular For Second Season Of ARROW

Manu Bennett's 'Slade Wilson' Promoted To Series Regular For Second Season Of ARROW

Colton Haynes (Roy Harper) and Emily Bett Rickards (Felicity Smoak) were recently promoted to series regulars on the CW's Arrow and now Manu Bennett's Slade Wilson will also have a larger role in the already confirmed second season of the show. Read on for details!

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By JoshWilding - Mar 20, 2013 12:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Green Arrow
Source: The Hollywood Reporter


According to The Hollywood Reporter, Manu Bennett has been promoted to series regular by the CW for the second season of Arrow. He plays Slade Wilson in the show, and while he has so far been portrayed as an ally to Stephen Amell's Oliver Queen in flashback's to his time on the island, it remains to be seen whether this means we will see him take on his villainous persona as Deathstroke. Other actors have so far been used to portray the well-known DC Comics villain, but do you think now is the time for Slade Wilson to make his small screen debut on Arrow as Deathstroke? Sound off with your thoughts in the usual place!

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LMB10
LMB10 - 3/20/2013, 12:51 PM
Hell yeah, easily one of the (if not the) best characters on the show.
Tony93
Tony93 - 3/20/2013, 12:57 PM
sweet!
LP4
LP4 - 3/20/2013, 12:57 PM
[frick] YES!!! Now let's see his rapid progression into Deathstroke ;)
FightAs0ne
FightAs0ne - 3/20/2013, 1:01 PM
He's my favorite character, right next to Diggle.
Blackvoid
Blackvoid - 3/20/2013, 1:01 PM
HEll YEeaah
MrDonut
MrDonut - 3/20/2013, 1:03 PM
Very cool
If Slade loses his eye this season if like 2 see him make a 'Surprise Mother[frick]er!' return in the finale as Deathstroke
AlReg
AlReg - 3/20/2013, 1:03 PM
They need to change him up completely he's kind of a disappointment.
Zordan
Zordan - 3/20/2013, 1:04 PM
badass
HipsterAngelusNY
HipsterAngelusNY - 3/20/2013, 1:07 PM
I really like the dynamic that him and oliver have on the island is really good, i dont want him 2 become a villain until part 2 of season 2...csnt wait 4 new episode 2nite
BANE5000
BANE5000 - 3/20/2013, 1:07 PM
Thats awesome news and cant wait to see him fully become Deathstroke and make his way to Starling city to take on " The Hood ", maybe they can play it off that Oliver crosses him somehow on the island that makes Slade hate him and fully taking on the persona himself.
SupLezz
SupLezz - 3/20/2013, 1:09 PM
you shouldn't have put that liefeld deathstroke thumbnail up.. it burns my eyes. But this good news everyone!
HipsterAngelusNY
HipsterAngelusNY - 3/20/2013, 1:10 PM
Does anyone think diggle is pretty awesome?
BANE5000
BANE5000 - 3/20/2013, 1:12 PM
MrDonut

Fully agree that would be great cliffhanger

Have oliver and Deathstroke in full costume facing eachother on a roof, with Oliver asking " Slade?"

And he repsonds back " No Oliver not anymore, My name is Deathstroke"

Have Slade charging at him and right when theyre about to throwdown end the episode right there and then :D
Logan276
Logan276 - 3/20/2013, 1:13 PM
Great news for the show! But with 3 new regulars surely someones going to die...
LucasMend
LucasMend - 3/20/2013, 1:14 PM
I [frick]ing love the flashback scenes. Specially with Manu Bennett's character.
blackagar94
blackagar94 - 3/20/2013, 1:20 PM
what would be cool is if Slade appeared in the present as a full-on bad guy Deathstroke, while he is still "good" in the flashbacks. would make people wonder how he turned, and would crave to see it, instead of seeing his transformation and guess how it will obviously turn out.
ndwwrestler2
ndwwrestler2 - 3/20/2013, 1:20 PM
Please don't kill Diggle off, He's the only Black Guy left!
ndwwrestler2
ndwwrestler2 - 3/20/2013, 1:26 PM
And Slade is a really cool character. I can see the Han Solo- Luke Skywalker Dynamic between him (Slade) and Oliver
SuperSomething616
SuperSomething616 - 3/20/2013, 1:33 PM
FCUK YEAH!!!
funeraldrum
funeraldrum - 3/20/2013, 1:50 PM
I think Thea is on the cutting block. Given Thea's connection to Roy Harper her death would make a good lead in to Roy joining Oliver and taking the name Speedy as a tribute.

I'm also sure either Tommy or Malcolm Merlyn will go.
CharacterAssassin
CharacterAssassin - 3/20/2013, 1:59 PM
Hells Yeah! Hopefully, the writers keeps on feeding him some funny ass dialogue to say to gullible Oliver on the island.
TheFox
TheFox - 3/20/2013, 2:00 PM
YES!!! More Slade!

I'm really looking forward to how they're going to develop this character-- after all, he IS supposed to be Deathstroke, one of the most badass villains in the DCU. Right now, though, he's just an incredibly badass anti-hero. But Bennett makes the character a hell of a lot of fun to watch, and his interactions with Oliver are phenomenal!

This show just seems to be getting better and better...

Z
QuestionDAnswer
QuestionDAnswer - 3/20/2013, 2:26 PM
What do you guys think of a Deathstroke spin off show, with Manu Bennett taking on missions as a mercenary just like his run in the comics?
Pokeysteve
Pokeysteve - 3/20/2013, 2:26 PM
No interest in Roy Harper. Love the show and can't wait for season 2.
ComicFan523
ComicFan523 - 3/20/2013, 2:42 PM
Awesome. Slade Wilson is one of the best characters on the show. Can't wait for season two.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 3/20/2013, 2:57 PM
I can see him being hired to take down Arrow only to find out its Oliver.
ManOfKrypton
ManOfKrypton - 3/20/2013, 3:06 PM
Great, glad to see we get to see more of Slade!
Dminic
Dminic - 3/20/2013, 3:13 PM
HELL YEAH!
Masterpace
Masterpace - 3/20/2013, 3:38 PM
@ Nomis you know that the guy from your gifs is nor Slade Wilson?
superbatspiderman
superbatspiderman - 3/20/2013, 4:55 PM
I think that something bad happens on the island where we find out Slade is actually not a good guy. We did see his mask all tore up on a stick on the first episode and it isn't the other Deathstroke guy's that Slade killed.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 3/20/2013, 7:38 PM
@superbatspiderman- yea I can see that. Slade is a master at manipulation. He and Olly need each other to get off the island, but I have a feeling once Slade finds the opening he's gone.
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 3/20/2013, 10:21 PM
[frick] YEAH! That's great news! Go Arrow!!!
Rambaldi47
Rambaldi47 - 3/21/2013, 12:05 PM
The show has 2 different characters wearing the Deathstroke mask. The other one already lost his eye, so I wonder if they're going to make that one Deathstroke, and have Slade be a good guy who might turn bad at some point.
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