'Arrow' Producer Confident in Introducing Talia al Ghul into the CW Series
Arrow owes a lot to Batman, for the use of a number of villains and so forth. With the series set to return from hiatus, Variety spoke with producer Wendy Mericle about the introduction of another famous DC Comics anti-hero, as well as the return of Laurel.
"We think we found a really cool way to bring [Talia] in and reveal who she really is. Like what we’ve done with Laurel, we’re bringing someone in from the DC Universe but we’re going to have a different way of revealing how we deal with her true identity," Mericle said. The character has been speculated by fans of the series for years in the wait for possibly inevitable arrival.
On Oliver's response to Laurel's return from the dead, Mericle said "He's Happy. We wanted to keep everybody true to their character for how they would react to that, and Ollie has seen things — certainly more than the rest of the team — and even though he’s skeptical he’s more willing to embrace that type of hope. There are other members of the team who are a little less enthusiastic."
But don't expect Felicity to be mad at Oliver again this time around, despite his murder of a particular character at the midseason. "I think we’ve explored Felicity being mad at Oliver for his role in things she didn’t agree with. Nothing has happened to this extent, or this personal, but she knows the circumstances. We did not want to do a story where Felicity was mad at Oliver again. For her, she understands that the blame really lies with Prometheus."
Source: Variety
