“Arrow” recently kicked off season 6, and the status quo on the show has changed big time. Oliver Queen has left his crime fighting life behind for now, and he handed the Green Arrow mantle off to Diggle.
It was obvious from last week’s episode that Diggle and Team Arrow are going to need some time to adjust to the change, but it’s made things interesting on “Arrow” to say the least.
Oliver handing off the Green Arrow mantle was one of the most surprising moments of the season so far, and David Ramsey recently told Variety that he was just as surprised as everyone else to see the show commit to the storyline.
“I thought it was going to be a one-off at first, kind of the classic decoy. Then when I found out it wasn’t I was surprised – and then there was another level where I found out they were giving him a crossbow and I thought, ‘Wow, now they’re really committing.’ So at each level I was more and more impressed with their level of commitment to it.”
It’s already been confirmed that Diggle will be the Green Arrow for several more episodes, but it sounds like he may not become the leader that Oliver Queen became over the course of 5 seasons.
Ramsey teased that trust issues with his team may get everyone into some dangerous situations.
“By the end of the last episode he did learn to trust his instinct, he did learn that Oliver never knew the right way – he was just trusting his instinct and hoping he won more than he lost – and that was the lesson. Diggle got that, but the larger lesson of trusting your team – and trusting your team to a point of bearing your soul and being honest – that was lost on him. He doesn’t trust his team. He doesn’t trust them enough to tell them what’s going on. It will get to the point where it becomes a life and death thing.”
“Arrow” airs Thursday nights on the CW.
