Katie Cassidy Loves Playing Black Siren on 'Arrow': 'It's So Much Fun'

Katie Cassidy makes an explosive arrival in this first look pic from Arrow‘s upcoming season 6.

The actress, who plays Black Siren, is excited to explore her new character’s story.

“Maybe there is a chance for her to not be so evil all the time,” Katie mused in a new interview with CBR. “If they want to drag out her redemption that’s OK with me. I love playing the role. It’s so much fun.”

Katie adds, “I feel free, if that makes sense, in the material. It’s fun, I really like it. I do think she’s always going to have that mystery to her. She’s a loose canon. You’ll never know what you’re going to get.”

“It’s almost like a completely new character,” she continues, opening up about this twisted version of Laurel Lance. “Having the same sister, having the same father, having people in her life on Earth-2, creating backstory that’s exactly opposite to what we know of Laurel.”

“Having similarities but making it a little bit darker and specific details in situations that she’s walked through but maybe Laurel didn’t walk through. Then you still have someone who looked like Oliver on Earth-2, I think it’s exactly parallel but opposite.”

Arrow season 6 premieres on Thursday, October 12th @ 8PM ET/PT on The CW.