Team Arrow, or what’s left of Team Arrow anyway, will have their work cut out for them in season 6, because Richard Dragon is going to try and take over Star City.
Deadline reports that Kirk Acevedo has joined the cast of “Arrow” season 6, as Ricardo Diaz aka Richard Dragon. The character description reads as follows:
“A hardened ex-con recently released from prison for crimes he didn’t commit, Ricardo Diaz (Acevedo) is bent on taking over Star City’s criminal underworld. A master in hand to hand combat, honed by years of life on the street, Diaz has yet to meet a foe he can’t take down.”
Executive producer Marc Guggenheim previously referred to Richard Dragon as a “gritty crime lord” and he compared him to season 5 villain Tobias Church.
At this point in time it’s unclear when the character will be making his debut on “Arrow” as season 6 is currently filming, and production recently kicked off on episode 4.
Richard Dragon isn’t the only villain Team Arrow will be facing in season 6, as Michael Emerson has joined the cast and he’s believed to be playing Helix leader Cayden James, Black Siren will be in the mix, and Oliver’s former friend Anatoly will also be returning as a villain this year.
“Arrow” will return on Thursday, October 12.
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. He returned home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs done by his family and fighting injustice.
As the Green Arrow, he protects his city with the help of former soldier John Diggle (David Ramsey), computer-science expert Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), his vigilante-trained sister Thea Queen (Willa Holland), Deputy Mayor Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne), brilliant inventor Curtis Holt (Echo Kellum), and his new recruits, street-savvy Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez) and meta-human Dinah Drake (Juliana Harkavy).
Oliver has finally solidified and strengthened his crime-fighting team only to have it threatened when unexpected enemies from his past return to Star City, forcing Oliver to rethink his relationship with each member of his “family”.
