Stephen Amell is currently filming the final season of Arrow and he’ll be heading back to television in his first role after wrapping the superhero series.
It was just announced that the 38-year-old actor will star in a new wrestling series for Starz called Heels. The hourlong drama will get an eight-episode first season.
Deadline reports that “Heels is about the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals — one of them played by Amell — war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel (Amell). But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to — or hard to leave behind.”
“In the ring, Amell’s Jack Spade is the charismatic villain, or heel, of the Duffy Wrestling Association (DWA). In the real world, he’s its hard-working owner, a husband and father trying to make ends meet while fighting to realize his impossible dreams. He has the mind of an artist in the body of a warrior, and a Steve Jobs-ian need for perfection — and for control. He says he’ll do whatever it takes to build the DWA into an empire. Will he go so far as to risk his marriage, or his relationship with his brother?”
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Stephen Amell had the nicest things to say about his Arrow co-star Katie Cassidy!
The 38-year-old actor took to his Instagram to praise Katie after she recently directed her first episode of the show.
“I would really like to congratulate Katie! This was her first episode directing and she did a really, really lovely job,” Stephen said.
He continued, “She doesn’t like to do a lot of takes, which I like. In general, I’m sure it can be really intmindating but she gave a lot to the actors and was really positive and frankly, put me in a position where I wanted to deliver a good performance for her…She’ll direct again! She was really great!”
Emily Bett Rickards might be gone from Arrow, but there’s still a sweet Olicity moment coming in the first few episodes of final season of Arrow, according to Stephen Amell.
Speaking with TV Guide, the actor teased fans about the moment in which Oliver can’t wear his wedding ring.
“She is ever-present in Oliver’s mind,” Stephen shared of Felicity. “We found Oliver can’t wear his wedding ring in the premiere for a very specific reason, but he can wear it in the second episode.”
He adds, “It wasn’t built into the script, but I spoke to our director, Antonio Negret, and we built a moment of Oliver putting his ring back on and thinking about it. So Emily’s gone, off the show, but Felicity and William and Mia are ever-present in Oliver’s mind.”
Stephen also spoke of Oliver’s hope that he’ll be together with Felicity soon.
“That gives him purpose and allows him to move forward because he knows that somewhere along the way, in the immortal words of Chris Cooper from The Town, ‘This side or the other,’ they’ll find each other.”
Arrow returns in October on The CW.
Many stars take a little something from the set of their movie or television show to remember it by and Stephen Amell definitely wants to do this too as Arrow approaches its’ series finale.
However, while others will chose something small, Stephen is thinking bigger.
“I want to take a suit,” he shared with ET in a recent interview. “And when I say, ‘I want to take a suit,’ I mean I’m going to take a suit.”
We have no doubt he’ll make this happen somehow.
Stephen also has one of Oliver’s bows, too.
“I have the bow from the pilot,” he added. “I have that. I’m not giving that back under any circumstances whatsoever. Oh, here’s a scoop for you: One of the reasons they want me to give it back is because in season eight, Oliver is using his season one bow which magically appears because the Dark Archer broke it.”
Arrow is set to return in October on The CW.
Katherine McNamara gets her family pic with Arrow co-stars Stephen Amell, Ben Lewis and David Ramsey while arriving for The CW’s Summer 2019 TCA Party held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday evening (August 4) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The four stars met up with their channel mates, including the cast of Supernatural - Misha Collins, Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki and Alexander Calvert; and Batwoman - Ruby Rose, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson, Meagan Tandy, Rachel Skarsten, Elizabeth Anweis and Dougray Scott.
The 100‘s Tasya Teles, the cast of All American and In The Dark‘s Perry Mattfeld, Casey Diedrick, Morgan Krantz, Brooke Markham, and Keston John were also stopped at the bash.
Check out Kat‘s newest Instagram from the party below!
FYI: Katherine wore a Self Portrait dress, Aldo shoes and a UNOde50 ring.
50+ pics inside of the casts of Arrow, Supernatural, Batwoman and more at the CW’s Summer TCA party…
Stephen Amell and David Ramsey sit on a panel for their show Arrow at the 2019 Summer TCA Press Tour on Sunday (August 4) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The two stars were joined by executive producers Beth Shwartz and Marc Guggenheim to talk about the show’s upcoming final season.
During the panel, it was revealed that the season will take place in 2019 and on Earth 1, and will also pick up one week later from the season seven finale, The Wrap reports.
Also in attendance were Batwoman‘s Ruby Rose, Meagan Tandy, Camrus Johsnon, Rachel Skarsten, Nicole Kang, Dougray Scott, and Elizabeth Anweis, as well as executive producers Caroline Dries and Sarah Schechter. During their panel, it was confirmed that Kate Kane (Batwoman) will in fact be a Jewish lesbian.
Stephen Amell misses Emily Bett Rickards.
The 38-year-old Arrow actor opened up all over 2019 Comic-Con about missing Emily, who played Felicity on the series, since the show returned for its’ final season.
“It’s really tough doing the show without Emily being there because she was probably one of if not my best friend on set,” Stephen shared with Extra. “And I was sad to go back to do the eighth season without her being there. I like what we’re doing, but I’d be lying if I said that it didn’t feel like something was missing without her there.”
He also dished to ET that as soon as he was back on the set, he felt her absence.
“I texted her when I was on the plane to Vancouver last week. I texted her that I was sad. The show feels different, in no small part because Em Bett’s not with us this year,” he says.
Stephen also supports Emily‘s decision not to return for the final season.
“Me personally, I actually kind of hope she doesn’t come back because I love goodbyes. I love finite goodbyes,” Stephen says, agreeing with Emily. “That being said, if she wants to, that’d be cool.”
Arrow returns in October on The CW.
