'Arrow' star Stephen Amell: 'There are no similarities to Smallville'
Published May 29 2012, 11:53 BST | By Morgan Jeffery
Arrow star Stephen Amell has dropped hints about the new CW drama.The actor told Zap2it that his take on superhero Oliver Queen/Green Arrow will be more grounded than most comic book adaptations.
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"Nobody in our universe has super powers, so that's a big jumping off point," he explained. "I think we find Oliver Queen more injured than we saw him before."
Amell also sought to distance his performance from that of Justin Hartley, who played Green Arrow on The CW's Smallville between 2006 and 2011.
"Other than in name, there are virtually no similarities between [his version and mine]," he claimed. "It's not to say that one's better than the other, it's just that they're so different, it's almost weird to compare them."
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Hartley - who will next be seen in The CW's Emily Owens, MD - previously insisted that he has not offered Amell any advice on how to tackle his Arrow role.
"[Stephen] doesn't need any tips from me," he claimed. "I wouldn't even begin to do that… He's going to be great."
Arrow will debut on The CW this fall, paired with Supernatural on Wednesday nights.
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Ollies never had super powers, this guy know's that............ right?
May 30th 2012 at 12:46pm
ermmm shouldn't they want to attract viewers? Surely trying to get Smallvilles fan base on side would achieve this? Trying to stay away from the superhero genre isn't a good idea after all once the teen girls grow up who's gonna watch it if not the comic fans? The best thing Smallville ever did was go more towards the comic book fans from season 7-10 as they were the majority fans who stayed from season 1-10 and that was Superman...I mean who outside of comic book fans really wants to see Green Arrow let alone one that has nothing to do with the DC universe.
May 29th 2012 at 9:01pm
A superhero adaptation, without super heroes? What was the point of this? Pass.
May 29th 2012 at 6:43pm
Batman had no super powers.That worked just fine.
May 29th 2012 at 7:29pm(+1 like)