Den of Geek was part of a group of reporters who visited the Arrow set yesterday where Stephen Amell teased an upcoming fracture amongst Team Arrow. The split? The original team versus the new recruits. Here’s what he had to say… Amell said that he’s been trying to play Oliver much more inclusive this season, and pushing back against scenes that regress Oliver to the unilateral decision-maker we saw in Seasons 1 through 4. “We always try to change that around a little bit,” said Amell. “That’s a remnant from an earlier time for the character. We always try to massage that a little bit so it does seem more collaborative and I’ve been really pushing back hard against some of the way that we’ve handed the fallout between there being a slight fracture on the team.” “In my mind, myself, David, and Emily, as our characters, we make a decision, but we make it together,” said Amell. “I was finding that the newbies… all their blame and anger was directed totally at me and that didn’t track with what we were playing. I don’t mind people being mad at Oliver. I don’t mind Oliver making mistakes. People being pissed off at him is fine. So long as it’s warranted [and] make sense in the context of the story.” We all knew that Oliver had to come back to Team Arrow eventually and it sounds like, when it happens, the Team Arrow will be much changed from the one he left. Might that include a Diggle reluctant to surrender the Green Arrow persona? It sounds like we’ll have to wait a bit to see Oliver return to Team Arrow and for the in-fighting to begin, but, with Manu Bennett returning as Slade Wilson for the next two episodes, we have plenty to look forward to in the mean time.
