Stephen Amell On The Success Of ARROW

Stephen Amell On The Success Of ARROW

Oliver Queen himself, Stephen Amell talks about the success of the CW's Arrow and touches on the fan response, when he realized exactly that the show was a hit and acknowledges that he does have his shirt off an awful lot.

By MarkJulian - Feb 01, 2013 04:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Arrow
Source: ET Online





"Every scar has a story....Someone close to Oliver is going to learn his secret [Spoiler: We know from previous interviews and promos that it's Felicity Smoak played by Emily Bett Rickards.] and that's going to change the dynamics of how he goes about his crime fighting, how he goes about attacking the list."

Much more in the interview above. Amell comes off pretty humble and its good to see the success of the show hasn't gone to his head. Hopefully, the success of the show spurs the CW to greenlight more DC adaptations for the network.

You catch Arrow on The CW Wednesdays at 8pm EST/PST.



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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)

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SuperSomething616
SuperSomething616 - 2/1/2013, 4:43 AM
Love this show!!!
MJPETTY7
MJPETTY7 - 2/1/2013, 4:57 AM
Great show. Smell sounds like a great guy!
MJPETTY7
MJPETTY7 - 2/1/2013, 4:57 AM
Wow, I meant Amell. Sorry using an iPod...
TokenNerd
TokenNerd - 2/1/2013, 4:57 AM
I find this show interesting. Except parts at too "warm and fuzzy" for my liking.
Vafrous
Vafrous - 2/1/2013, 5:01 AM
Its a great show. Thea is horrible though, she speaks really weirdly as well...
MisterJay
MisterJay - 2/1/2013, 5:17 AM
the show is awesome... and this is jus't the first season...
QuanZen
QuanZen - 2/1/2013, 5:45 AM
This show really caught me by surprise.
TMW1987ProudProWrestlingFan
TMW1987ProudProWrestlingFan - 2/1/2013, 6:00 AM
I absolutely love the show & Amell was perfect casting, he really feels like & comes across as Oliver Queen.

So, props to the casting department.

If WB's ever do a Justice League film (Yeah right, let's not hold our breath) & it has Green Arrow on the team, I hope Amell would get the role in the film too, he'd deserve it. Plus, I'd hope he'd get a solo Green Arrow film as well if WB's want to bring the character to the big screen in a solo outing.
JoseTheKingOfTheNorth
JoseTheKingOfTheNorth - 2/1/2013, 6:26 AM
Arrow rocks!
JoseTheKingOfTheNorth
JoseTheKingOfTheNorth - 2/1/2013, 6:27 AM
And they brought in my girl from True Blood.
Ancar
Ancar - 2/1/2013, 6:39 AM
Shitty interview - but it was for my mother and sister...
darkjoker1
darkjoker1 - 2/1/2013, 7:07 AM
awesome show :D and amell is a great as oliver queen :D
ShadowOfTheWeb
ShadowOfTheWeb - 2/1/2013, 7:20 AM
Arrow rocks. TV adaptation done right. Bravo!
Extricator
Extricator - 2/1/2013, 7:31 AM
Great show, and a very funny interview. The whole "castaway" back theme is what gives this show so much depth.Amell plays the dual role of spoiled brat Island greenhorn and weathered cut throat very well. The Queen family circus, all ties in to make it a great show. Hope it continues.
AshleyWilliams
AshleyWilliams - 2/1/2013, 7:49 AM
I love this show so much.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 2/1/2013, 8:26 AM
YOU KNOW I ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT A REALISTIC WAY HE WOULD EVENTUALLY GET TO THAT LOOK WE ALL KNOW..



EVENTUALLY SOMEONE HE KNOWS WILL NOTICE HIS FACE, HE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A "MASK" PERSAY..JUST THE GREEN COMMANDO SMUDGE AND A HOOD. MAYBE A FEW CLOSE CALLS WILL GET HIM TO UP HIS COSTUME, HAVE HIM NOT ONLY WEAR A MASK OVER HIS EYES BUT ADDITIONAL FACE HAIR...THE ROBIN HOOD BEARD AND MUSTACHE. AS OLIVER QUEEN HE COULD BE THE CLEAN SHAVEN RICH GUY AND AS ARROW HE CAN LOOK CLOSE TO DEAD ON THE COMIC BOOK LOOK. PEOPLE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A GUY WITH A BEARD AND MUSTACHE WHEN ALL THE WHILE IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A CLEVER "EXTRA" MASK.
antman8o8
antman8o8 - 2/1/2013, 8:31 AM
He is so hot! Love that poster! This show rocks and the fact that they added Colton Haynes as Red Arrow/Roy Harper has me loving it even more. :))
Supershadowbat
Supershadowbat - 2/1/2013, 8:31 AM
Great show! Amell makes a great Green Arrow.
gmoney0505
gmoney0505 - 2/1/2013, 8:55 AM
@GUNSMITH
I always thought that would be the way they would do it since like the 2nd episode. Im glad they are taking their time and not rushing that part of him. It would show some gradual development of the character to do it that way instead of just starting him out like that.
Bayoknight
Bayoknight - 2/1/2013, 9:04 AM
Great show... IMO this after season two do a movie adaptation of Arrow same way fox did with X-files
OverfiendB
OverfiendB - 2/1/2013, 10:59 AM
only good show on CW !!!
HAILHYDRA
HAILHYDRA - 2/1/2013, 8:49 PM
It borrows a lot of plot points from Batman Begins but that said, Arrow is still well written show with a lot of interesting characters.
LEOSTRATOR
LEOSTRATOR - 2/2/2013, 1:21 AM
This show sucks, I'm getting tired of this real world bull crap and soap opera stories.
Hizzy
Hizzy - 2/3/2013, 9:40 AM
Diggle is an absolute boss!
Hitboyj
Hitboyj - 2/4/2013, 6:13 AM
Action after every episode
AINTNOTHINTOFOCWIT
AINTNOTHINTOFOCWIT - 2/4/2013, 5:18 PM
This show is horse shit. The only success it gets is from the douches who settle for this trash (Smallville fans), instead of actually trying to put together something of actual quality. Green Arrow for all his years still hasnt even reached his full potential as a character yet
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