Emily Bett Rickards places a hand on Stephen Amell‘s shoulder during the C2E2 convention in Chicago over the weekend.
During the panel, the two longtime co-stars opened up about the series finale of Arrow.
“It was a surprise for me,” Emily admitted about coming back for the series finale of the CW show.
Stephen added about their final moment on screen together, “The scene where we say goodbye to each other in the cabin, the director shot one master, one on Emily, and one on me. And then wrapped it.”
He also took to Instagram later on, laying the ultimate compliment on Emily.
“You’re only ever going to be as good as the people you get to share the journey with. Love you EmBett —,” he wrote.
There’s been a lot of talk of hope that Emily Bett Rickards would return for Arrow‘s final episode – and it looks like it’s actually going to be happening!
While we don’t know anything about the plot or circumstances that Emily‘s Felicity returns on screen, Stephen Amell did reveal to fans that it’s going to happen.
“There’ll be a lot of news coming out about our final episode over the next few months,” he wrote on Twitter. “I prefer when you hear it from us. Welcome back Emily.”
We just squealed with happiness about this news!
Emily had shared before that she had no plans to return to the series, however, showrunner Beth Schwartz had been trying to get her and more familiar faces back.
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.
Emily Bett Rickards is starring in a new indie movie, We Need To Talk!
The former Arrow actress will be joined in the dramedy by James Maslow.
Here’s a synopsis: Self-centered, video-gaming celebrity, Great Scott Gamer (Maslow) speaks with millions of fans every day but doesn’t know how to talk to the people he loves. It isn’t a problem until his girlfriend says, “We need to talk”, before disappearing to work.
Scott frantically spends the rest of the day on a wild goose chase trying to figure out what she wants to talk about and following awful advice from friends, fans and social media trolls. On top of it all, Scott is under immense pressure to review a popular video game franchise that he’s just not that into.
Emily Bett Rickards feels like Felicity Smoak’s time on Arrow is done – for good.
The 27-year-old actress said, while she knows the news might disappoint fans of the long-running CW hit, she doesn’t have any plans to return to Arrow during the show’s final season.
“I feel like Felicity has done her time,” Emily told Collider in a new interview. “I don’t know if anybody is going to like what I’m saying, but I feel like Felicity has done her time. We knew this was coming for awhile – for over a year – so the whole thing is exactly what we wanted to happen. I trust the writers, and that’s in their hands.”
Arrow returns for its eighth and final season this fall.
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD – DO NOT READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW!
We said goodbye to Felicity Smoak on Arrow last night in one of the best season finales ever.
If you haven’t watched the episode, we highly suggest you skip past this post right now, because we’re going to go into everything that happened.
Emily Bett Rickards announced that she’d be leaving the series earlier last month.
“I thank you all for the time we’ve shared / The elevators we have climbed / The monsters we have faced and scared / And The burgers we have dined / I will keep her in my heart for always / And I hope that you can too / Because she would not be alive if it weren’t for all of you 💕,” she wrote in her poem.
Click inside to see how Felicity and Emily said goodbye to Star City… More Here! »
It’s almost time to say goodbye to Felicity Smoak on Arrow, and we’re not ready for it.
Showrunner Beth Schwartz is opening up just a little on Emily Bett Rickards‘ final scenes, coming up on the season finale.
“I can’t give away too much, but every time I watch the last 10 minutes of the finale, I cry every single time,” Beth shared with TV Guide. “I just wanted to honor [Felicity]. She’s been a really important character to the show — besides just having a huge fan base — to me personally.”
She adds, “She’s been one of my favorite characters, and I’ve been with her from the beginning. I wanted to make sure that we honored her both in her relationship with Oliver as well as her goals personally and the origin of Smoak Tech — her wanting to do something in addition to being on Team Arrow. That was her own, so that was really important to me.”
As far as Emily returning for the final season, Beth says she’s the door is always open.
“She is always welcome to come back, so I would be obviously more than happy to have her back next season,” Beth says. “We definitely have that in mind, honoring the series and getting all our favorites back.”
