ARROW: Manu Bennett Returning To The CW Series As Slade Wilson/Deathstroke
Past comments from Manu Bennett seemed to indicate that he had no interest in returning to the Arrowverse as Deathstroke, but it has now been confirmed that his version of Slade Wilson will return!
Arrow has struggled to top Deathstroke as a big bad since the show's incredible second season, with Ra's al Ghul and Damien Darhk paling in comparison. Prometheus has been pretty great, but he too is no Slade Wilson, but the chances of Manu Bennett reprising the role has seemed highly unlikely for a while now, especially as he made it clear that he didn't like how the villain was treated in season three.
It was there that he made a one episode appearance to get his ass handed to him by Oliver and Thea Queen and fans at the time weren't happy to see Deathstroke handled in such a disappointing manner.
Well, as you can see below, Stephen Amell has taken to Twitter today to confirm that Bennett will indeed be reprising the role. Whether he's talking about season five or season six isn't clear. It's feasible that Deathstroke could be brought in to help take down Talia al Ghul and Prometheus, but he would actually be a much better choice to be next year's big bad, especially as the fact he no longer has powers would make open the door to some new types of stories. We'll just have to wait and see!
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