Arrow returns March 20th and the last new episode teased us with the arrival of a new character named
Shado (a character from Mike Grell's Longbow Hunters), played by Celina Jade. Shado happens to be
Yao Fei's daughter and is currently a captive of the villainous
Eddie Fyers (Sebastian Dunn) who is using her as a bargaining chip to get Fei to follow his orders. Below, Jade talks about what future episodes of Arrow have in store for Shado.
Apparently Shado doesn't stay a captive of Fyers for long as she joins up with Oliver and Slade.
"She will team up with Slade and Oliver to get on the rescue mission to save her father and escape the island. Somehow they have to come up with a way to leave the island."
And who is Shado exactly? How close is the character to her comic book doppelganger?
"First of all, she's not Japanese [laugh]. In the comics, Shado was the daughter of the Yakuza. Here... she's a lawyer fighting to free her father from being banished to the island by the Chinese government....Shado is an excellent martial artist. She's also trained in archery. We'll see more of that in upcoming episodes where she teaches Oliver a signature move....Slade's a little bit surprised by her marital arts skills. Her fighting might even be better than Slade's. Slade's been having trouble teaching Oliver how to do martial arts. Shado comes from different sort of training, so she'll have a go at teaching Oliver how to fight. In the end, they're on the same team. They want to save Yao-Fei and get off the island."
For more from Jade click the source link below to read the full interview. There's a bit of discussion about some romantic tension between Shado and Oliver [this guy has excellent taste in women]. Arrow returns March 20th at 8pm PST/EDT on The CW.
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Running Time: 60 min
Release Date: October 10, 2012
MPAA Rating: Tv-14
Starring: Katie Cassidy, Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Byron Mann, Colin Donnell, Colin Salmon, Paul Blackthorne, Emily Bett Rickards, John Barrowman, Roger R. Cross and Willa Holland
Directed by: David Nutter (pilot)
Written by: Greg Berlanti (story/writer), Marc Guggenheim (story/writer), Andrew Kreisberg (writer), George Papp (character) and Mort Weisinger (character)