With the anticipation of Justice League, the series star of Arrow, Stephen Amell expresses his excitement in being able to name-drop Bruce Wayne on the show in episode two of the current season.
Amell revealed that it was his idea to name-drop Bruce Wayne in an interview on the set of Arrow. The idea struck the actor just before Comic-Con this summer, and it was during the event's big DC party that Amell was told it was okay to name-drop Bruce Wayne from management.
"That was really funny; the original version of the script, which came out just before Comic-Con, was just Oliver referencing a famous name. I can't even remember what the placeholder was; I think it might have been Justin Bieber. And I looked at it and thought to myself, 'This a cool opportunity.' I talked to Greg Berlanti about it, and Greg said 'I think it would behoove you to go straight to Geoff Johns and just simply ask. You'll have better luck than I would' So I was at the DC Comics party at Comic-Con - Geoff and I were supposed to meet and chat quickly. I couldn't track him but the next thing I knew, I ended up in a four-way conversation with Peter Roth, Diane Nelson, and Kevin Tsujihara all at the same time. I was like, 'Guys! I have an idea. I think it would be fun, I think it would open the door to a lot of possibilities."
Stephen Amell then continues to make a comment on how he would like for Bruce Wayne to actually show up on the
"I've always thought that Bruce Wayne would be an interesting ally on the show, and an even more interesting villain to Oliver. Which doesn't mean that he's the villain, it just means they don't like each other. I had this holy trinity of Warner Bros. Television and DC and Warner Bros. overall in front of me, and I pitched this idea, and I've got all my follow-up points, and Kevin Tsujihara just goes, 'Yeah, sure.' It's like, 'Really?' and he said, 'Yeah, that sounds fun. Do that.' So we did it, and I didn't actually believe it would make it until I actually saw in the locked cut."
Arrow returns on Thursday, November 16th at 9PM/EST on The CW.