Summary
- Stephen Amell reflects on controversy from SAG-AFTRA strike and learns from experience in handling public statements.
- Amell's role in Arrow and Arrowverse paved the way for successful career moves, including upcoming Suits LA.
- The impact of the Arrowverse cannot be underestimated in the DC franchise, paving the way for new projects like James Gunn's reboot.
The main star of The CW’s Arrow is moving on to other things these days, and he’s looking back on one of the few controversies that fans remember him being embroiled in when the franchise was still up and running.
Arrow was one of the most interesting and well-received superhero shows at its time and would eventually kickstart a whole multiverse of shows and crossover events based on the DC universe, eventually dubbed the Arrowverse as an homage to where it all began. None of that would have been possible without the show’s lead, Stephen Amell, whose portrayal of Oliver Queen has become almost inseparable from the character in the minds of most fans. The show and franchise benefitted greatly from Amell and his costars keeping their heads down and doing great work, but there would be some negative attention for Amell when he came out against the SAG-AFTRA strike in 2023.
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Amell would eventually walk back his reservations and the Arrow Star would even be Seen Picketing Afterwards, and fans and critics alike would forgive and forget the incident for the most part. More recently, Amell reflected on the incident in an interview with Variety concerning his career and lead role in the upcoming Suits spin-off/revival, and while the actor is still a bit stubborn about his position, he’s certainly learned from the experience. “Not everything that comes to my mind should be spoken into a microphone,” he says. “I still think that striking is the nuclear option — that was the point that I was trying to make. I just think I need to be a little bit more patient. I don’t subscribe to the whole idea of ‘You’re an actor — stay in your lane.’ But I think that I need to do a better job of really thinking about what I say publicly and the potential impact that it could have. It felt like the world was ending. To be at the eye of an internet storm like that — everything is really small, and you feel like everyone’s looking at you. I literally thought I was being side-eyed at the gym or dropping my kids off at school.”
It’s great that Amell learned a lesson from the backlash he got, especially seeing as it could be much worse than he got. Amell’s brush with controversy didn’t do too much to impede him, as he still got to work on Heelz, the production that the strike brought to a halt and led to the original comments. Amell also got to the Arrowverse as Green Arrow for the final season of The Flash, much to the delight of the franchise’s diehard fans and even some casuals familiar with the crossover events. His next project, the aforementioned Suits LA, already has a ton of fans excited to see what he can do (and keep their eyes peeled for cameos from the original show).
The impact of the Arrowverse can’t be understated, and the DC franchise is just now starting a slow slide into inaccessibility just in time for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s reboot plans on streaming as well as the big screen. While fans will certainly miss the old guard, they should be glad they’re on to new things and support Amell in his exciting new lead role in Suits LA if its the kind of thing they’re into.
Arrow and the rest of the Arrowverse are available to stream on Netflix.
Arrow
Display card tags widget Display card community and brand rating widget Display card main info widget- Release Date
- 2013 - 2020-00-00
- Network
- The CW
- Showrunner
- Andrew Kreisberg
- Cast
- Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Katie Cassidy, Paul Blackthorne, Willa Holland, Rick Gonzalez, John Barrowman, Colin Salmon, Greg Berlanti, Kelly Hu, Kirk Acevedo, Susanna Thompson, Colton Haynes, Matt Nable, Andrea Sixtos, Ben Lewis, Josh Segarra, Echo Kellum, Joseph David-Jones, Manu Bennett, Peter Stormare, karl yune, Tariq Leslie, Patti Kim
- Directors
- James Bamford, John Behring, Glen Winter, Michael Schultz, Wendey Stanzler, Laura Belsey, Gregory Smith, Guy Norman Bee, Nick Copus, Jesse Warn, Gordon Verheul, Antonio Negret, Kristin Windell, Thor Freudenthal, Rob Hardy, Eagle Egilsson, Dermott Downs, Joel Novoa, Kevin Tancharoen, Tara Miele, Ben Hernandez Bray, Mairzee Almas, Alexandra La Roche, Andi Armaganian
- Writers
- Oscar Balderrama, Sarah Tarkoff, Speed Weed, Keto Shimizu, Rebecca Bellotto, Drew Z. Greenberg, Jill Blankenship, Deric A. Hughes, Benjamin Raab, Erik Oleson, Lana Cho, Tonya Kong, Moira Kirland, Rebecca Rosenberg, Bryan Q. Miller, Jenny Lynn, Maya Houston, A.C. Bradley, Barbara Bloom, Mark Bemesderfer, Nolan Dunbar, Gabrielle Stanton, Elisa Delson, Marv Wolfman
- Franchise(s)
- Arrowverse
- Main Genre
- Adventure
- Seasons
- 8
- Producers
- Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Joseph Patrick Finn, Melissa Kellner Berman, Carl Ogawa
- Story By
- Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg
- Creator(s)
- Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg
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