THE BIG UGLY Star Vinnie Jones Reveals That He Pushed For A Regular Role On The CW's ARROW - EXCLUSIVE

THE BIG UGLY Star Vinnie Jones Reveals That He Pushed For A Regular Role On The CW's ARROW - EXCLUSIVE

The legendary Vinnie Jones portrayed formidable villain Danny "Brick" Brickwell in Arrow, and while promoting his new movie The Big Ugly, he told us why he wanted to become a regular part of The CW series.

By JoshWilding - Jul 29, 2020 07:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Arrow

Vinnie Jones delivers a career-best performance in his new movie from Vertical Entertainment, The Big Ugly (which will be released on VOD/Digital on July 31st), and when we recently caught up with him to discuss that project, the subject of Arrow also came up. 

Despite only appearing in nine episodes of the long-running CW series, Danny "Brick" Brickwell made a huge impact, and proved to be one of the Emerald Archer's most memorable foes. Now, Jones tells us that he pushed hard for a regular spot on the show as he loved working on the DC Comics series (especially after his disappointing experience with X-Men: The Last Stand). 

"I was pushing for a regular on that," the actor revealed. "I thought that was a great show. They were great people, it was a great concept, and I thought my character, Brick, was great! I was saying to them, 'You know, let's develop this character. This will do me! I'll be a regular on Arrow.'"

"I love Canada and I love Vancouver," Jones continued. "Stephen [Amell] was great, the crew were fantastic. I loved it! I put some big hints around that, 'I'm here to stay if you want me.' They brought me back a couple of times, but every time I went back, I'd feel like I was at home."

Given the nature of the Arrowverse and the impact Crisis on Infinite Earths had on that world, it's possible Brick could make a surprise return down the line, and Jones would obviously be very happy to reprise the role should the opportunity present itself. 

Check back here later this week for the full interview, and watch The Big Ugly trailer below:
 

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TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 7/29/2020, 7:59 AM
“The big ugly star Vinnie Jones” Rude!
AC1
AC1 - 7/29/2020, 8:00 AM
It's cool he got a redemptive comic book role, hopefully the happy experiences he's had playing Brick helped make up for the disappointment he had with Juggernaut in some way.
inkniron
inkniron - 7/29/2020, 8:11 AM
Translation: "Everyone needs a steady paycheck and I thought, what the hell, maybe this could be mine."
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/29/2020, 8:58 AM
Brick was one of the most bland, generic villains on the show.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 7/29/2020, 9:34 AM
Didn't even know he was in it. I do remember Dolph Lundgren, which to this day is a casting that still amazes me
dracula
dracula - 7/29/2020, 10:23 AM
@MalesMarcel - yeah amazing
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 7/29/2020, 11:47 AM
He should have had a bigger role, honestly. Same goes for Bronze Tiger, Deadshot, Deathstroke (in later seasons), Huntress, the Bertinellis, Count Vertigo, Komodo, etc. I hate how the show would establish plotlines and a rogues gallery with potential, and then immediately dropped it. So many storylines in that show ended up going nowhere.

Heck, they abandoned the List so early that we never even got to see The Electrocutioner/Lester Buchinsky. If he shows up in the Arrowverse (on Batwoman or something), they probably won't even acknowledge any connection to Malcolm Merlyn or the List.

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Lester_Buchinsky_%28Arrowverse%29
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 7/29/2020, 11:49 AM
You can add those useless Suicide Squad plots to the list of wasted storylines too.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 7/29/2020, 12:28 PM
His mini-arc in the show was good, some mini storyline arcs like that would've been nice to have more.

Star City currently has no high crime rate thanks to Oliver's fixing and birthing the new Multiverse but Brick can always show up in, say, Black Lightning or Batwoman. Or even in The Flash.
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