Arrow star Stephen Amell has previously said that he’s hoping to see a more comic book accurate take on Oliver Queen in the upcoming sixth season of the DC series, and now executive producer Marc Guggenheim has revealed that we should expect to see “a different version of Oliver” when the show returns this this October.
This season, we’re trying to give you a different version of Oliver,” Guggenheim tells EW. “Because of the journey he went on in season 5, he finally got to a place where he was ready to follow everyone’s advice and discard the past and move on with his life. The Oliver Queen that you’ll meet in 601, he’s still the Oliver you know and sometimes love, but he has a different sense of himself… In season 6, I think you’ll see Oliver giving the people in his life the advice for a change. He’s been through five years of being this superhero and he went through five years of hell before that, so he’s got 10 years of very heavy experience to start to bring to bare, and that’s something we’re interested in seeing more of a mentoring Oliver as the various people in his life face their challenges.”
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Arrow will return to The CW for season six on its new night of Thursdays, starting October 12th.
Originally published July 9, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
