Fans who have been watching “Arrow” for the past few seasons know that business usually starts to pick up when the show returns for its midseason premiere, and “Arrow” will be returning this week.
As of right now we don’t know all that much about the ominous villain Cayden James, but executive producer Marc Guggenheim told Comicbook.com that we’ll be finding out a lot more about James sooner than later.
“We’ve got some very, I think, unexpected things coming up with Michael’s character. But I think the key to any villain is their motivation. I think you’ll start to see, in the early episodes once we come back from the break, a little bit more about what Cayden James is motivated by. You learned a bit about his son. There’s more to that story. There’s actually a lot more to that story.”
Even though Cayden James has made it clear that he wants to destroy Star City, it doesn’t sound like fans should be expecting to see the same thing they’ve seen in the past when it comes to “Arrow” villains. Guggenheim also teased that the story will unfold in a way that he expects will be “controversial” for fans.
“I think it’s going to unfold in a way that will really surprise people. I actually expect it to be controversial because we’re doing something that’s so different than what we’ve done in years past. There’s one particular hard right turn that we’ve got up our sleeves that we’ve never done before. So I’ll be curious to see what people think of it.”
“Arrow” will return on Thursday, January 18.
