“Arrow” will be returning for season 6 in the fall, and fans have been trying to figure out who survived the season 5 finale. However, that’s not the only thing that fans have been trying to figure out.
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Fans have been waiting for news about the big bad for “Arrow” season 6, but so far there have been very few hints as to who it may be. Luckily a new casting announcement for the new season has surfaced online via Bleeding Cool, and it provides details that may have very well revealed who Oliver Queen will be facing off against in the new season.
The announcement reveals that casting directors are searching for someone to play Ricardo Diaz and the announcement reads as follows:
“[Ricardo Diaz] Male, 30s-40s, Diverse. Hardened ex-son recently released from prison for crimes he didn’t commit. Ricardo uses his freedom and 25 million dollars in settlement money to establish control over Star City’s criminal underworld. He’s a martial arts and fighting expert honed by years of life on the street and in prison. 7/13 Fractional Series Regular.”
Ricardo Diaz Jr. is the son of a corrupt businessman who takes up the name of Richard Dragon and forms a team called the Longbow Hunters which included characters such as Clock King, Brick, Count Vertigo, Red Dart and Killer Moth.
If Richard Dragon is indeed the big bad for season 6, and he does assemble some form of the Longbow Hunters, then it sounds like Oliver Queen is going to have his work cut out for him.
“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”.
