ARROW: Character Description For Season 3's Big Bad - 'Ra's Al Ghul'

ARROW: Character Description For Season 3's Big Bad - 'Ra's Al Ghul'

A detailed character casting description from Season 3 of Batman-lite aka Arrow has been uncovered revealing details about this upcoming season's big bad, Ra's al Ghul, and from the looks of it, we might see him much sooner than we initially thought. Come check it out!

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By RohanPatel - Aug 16, 2014 09:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Arrow
Source: Reddit

 
CW's Arrow has already given us the Dark Archer (John Barrowman) and Deathstroke (Manu Bennett) as major villains for Season 1 and Season 2 respectively and next season the stakes get even higher when Ra's al Ghul comes to town.

You may want to take this news with a grain of salt, but a detailed character description for the casting of the iconic character has been posted on Reddit revealing a few key details of what we might be able to expect to see in the fall. The description is said to come from a breakdown of Episode 4, which is currently shooting and was revealed to be titled "The Magician" a few short days ago. Even though it's a bit of a stretch, could the Demon's Head be the aforementioned magician? You can check out his character description below:


Should we expect someone similiar to Tom Hardy's Bane? This episode will be the show's 50th, so having Ra's al Ghul appear to commemorate the occasion seems plausible. What do you guys think? It's obviously a good move for the show, but is Arrow becoming more and more like Batman-lite? Sound off with your thoughts below! 


In the aftermath of this victory, Season 3 opens with Arrow now a hero to the citizens of Starling. Crime is down, people feel safer, and Captain Lance even calls off the Anti-Vigilante Task Force. Basking in his success, Oliver believes he can finally have a private life and asks Felicity out on a date. But the second Oliver takes his eye off the ball, a deadly villain reappears in Starling, forcing Oliver to realize that he can never be Oliver Queen — not as long as the city needs The Arrow.


Arrow features:
Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Arrow
Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
David Ramsey as John Diggle
Willa Holland as Thea Queen
Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance
Colton Haynes as Roy Harper/Arsenal
Paul Blackthorne as Detective Quentin Lance
John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer
Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke
Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/Canary
Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer/Atom
 

Arrow returns October 8.

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Pasto
Pasto - 8/16/2014, 9:21 AM
I can dig this.
BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 8/16/2014, 9:23 AM
Christopher Lambert would be perfect!
ibravosp5
ibravosp5 - 8/16/2014, 9:26 AM
I kinda like arrow featuring batman villans tbh.... You can have victor Zaas as a villan or mini villan in one episode
Phronesis
Phronesis - 8/16/2014, 9:27 AM
Eh, I like the description.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/16/2014, 9:30 AM
Arrow IS becoming Batman-lite!!! I love it but it's like it doesn't have it's own identity anymore. Utilizing Barman mythology like crazy. If a Batman show eer arises showcasing Batman, it'd be like damn AROOW using our world. Ra''s is strictly a Batman adversary I'm sorry. I think they'll do him justice on Arrow but it's starting to get tiresome..Batman references. The Arrow new 52 run proves tht Arrow and his mythology work well and are entertaining all on it's own
DrewDeLand
DrewDeLand - 8/16/2014, 9:33 AM
The series in my opinion will always be Batman like but Batman is DC's bread and butter and it they can use his outline and other things in their property, the whole grounded, dark, brooding, etc. type hero and have his villains why not use it
EhMaybeSays
EhMaybeSays - 8/16/2014, 9:41 AM
I don't mind the inclusion of minor Batman villains like Firefly but they're taking too far with Ra's. GA has some decent villains they haven't utilised, this is kind of disappointing.
slyrax
slyrax - 8/16/2014, 9:41 AM
If we can't get Oded Fehr, Naveen Andrews would be good.
Rokyn
Rokyn - 8/16/2014, 9:46 AM
How could you be disappointed if almost a fourth of Green Arrow's villains are from Batman's rouges gallery?...Ra's Al Ghul and the League of Assassins are part of Green Arrow's rouges gallery too..if you guys didn't know.
Dingbat
Dingbat - 8/16/2014, 9:48 AM
Why would you think Bane and not Ra's in Batman Begins?
slyrax
slyrax - 8/16/2014, 9:48 AM
Clip of Naveen Andrews as Jafar from Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, didn't watch much of the show but he made a pretty good villain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYjDQlzE_Y
ManDeth
ManDeth - 8/16/2014, 9:56 AM
Arrow has never had or even attempted to have it's own feel or unique style. It's basically nothing but a plagiarist TV show that steals every plotline, character, situation from Nolan's movies and other Batman mythos.

Arrow is like a traced drawing or some kid cheating on a test. It is a culmination of ideas stolen from others.

It is the only comic book based TV show in history with no style of it's own.
manowar
manowar - 8/16/2014, 9:59 AM
they probably put think Bane cause Bane had a more terrifying presence in TDKR than Ra's in Begins.
EhMaybeSays
EhMaybeSays - 8/16/2014, 9:59 AM
@Rokyn
Ra's Al Ghul and Green Arrow have never fought.
EhMaybeSays
EhMaybeSays - 8/16/2014, 10:01 AM
@ManDeth
Yeah, they plagiarised the romance, teen drama and awkward humour perfectly.
Klone
Klone - 8/16/2014, 10:01 AM
Arab/North African-English actor. No [frick]ing pale white American model pretty boy, Arrow.
n1ghtw1ng2832
n1ghtw1ng2832 - 8/16/2014, 10:09 AM
Jason Isaacs!
GuardianAngel
GuardianAngel - 8/16/2014, 10:24 AM
It makes sense to mention Bane because he felt like far more of a threat than Ra's in Batman Begins. Begins was more focused on Batman, whereas the sequels were great at establishing villains.
Pasto
Pasto - 8/16/2014, 10:27 AM
@ManDeth
Yes, Arrow is the only comic book show that is "unoriginal"...

*Tries not to look at Agents of SHIELD*
Spyder
Spyder - 8/16/2014, 10:28 AM
Didn't they already cast the guy from the Mummy movies to play Ra's?
FirstAvenger
FirstAvenger - 8/16/2014, 10:32 AM
Once they mentioned the League of Assassins we all knew Ra's was coming, why are people complaining now?
breakUbatman
breakUbatman - 8/16/2014, 10:40 AM
Ras better hand Arrow his ass, he was awesome in episode 13 of Beware the Batman. Schooled the detective
JorL5150
JorL5150 - 8/16/2014, 10:42 AM
Give the rights back to marvel !!!
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/16/2014, 10:48 AM
Batman-lite? Ra's has had trouble with even Superman, Green Arrow & Flash... SMH King Patel needs to read a comic
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/16/2014, 10:53 AM
Batman bad guys used by Arrow... Deathstroke (who is not Batman only) & Ra's (who is not batman only)

yes Dark Archer, Count vertigo, Bronze Tiger and mutliple others are not from Arrow...oh wait yes they are
Pasto
Pasto - 8/16/2014, 10:55 AM
For once I'm agreeing with @DCGuy...

What in the Sam hell is happening to the world?
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/16/2014, 10:58 AM
@Pasto <3 you have seen the light
Dingbat
Dingbat - 8/16/2014, 11:04 AM
Some people
2gold
2gold - 8/16/2014, 11:04 AM
Isn't Ra pretty much a world evil force? I'm not seeing the issue with him being the big bad. Even fits pretty damn perfectly with the storyline they set up.
Tainted87
Tainted87 - 8/16/2014, 11:05 AM
Ra's isn't exclusively Batman's bad guy - I mean he kind of wants to purge mankind.

In fact, if you look a the comics, you'll see that a few Batman villains didn't start out in Batman's pages - like Clock King or Shiva, but appeared in the cartoons as such. Merlyn, in fact, got his start trying to kill Batman, but Green Arrow stopped him. Deadshot was a Bat-villain before becoming a full-fledged character appearing in a starring capacity in Suicide Squad. A lot of these guys are interchangeable, and considering the Bat-embargo going on, I think we should be happy we're getting what we're getting.
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/16/2014, 11:08 AM
Ra's has attacked the entire world and like I said has even gone Vs the entire league and Vs Superman

Deathstroke is NOT a batman bad guy at the most he should be a teen Titans bad guy if we start taking it like that.

Arrow has 2 Count vertigo's, Sharpnel, Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, Dark Archer, Clock king and more...
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/16/2014, 11:10 AM
Funny how @Klone now does not want white people in shows...I forgot about how everyone is black in comics?

oh right Klone is a racist that said that the JL team should not include Cyborg because diversity of race is not a factor that applies to a hero
Bread
Bread - 8/16/2014, 11:39 AM

GET HUGH LAURIE
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