Stephen Amell is the new Green Arrow!

Stephen most recently played the young hustler on "Hung" where he showed off his incredible body.

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• He played gay 4 pay hooker on HUNG and had a recurring role on Queer As Folk. So very gay friendly.

• No offense, but I can't support this project and you all know why.

• Because he is Canadian?

• He's a cutie, I'd watch him in anything.

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• He was on the first season of "Dante's Cove." Then the show made plans to turn his character is gay, and the actor decided he wanted to pursue other projects. Therefore, the part was recast.

• Yum.

• He has played gay characters before Dante's and after, so it might have been the writing he didn't like.

• But is he as sexy as Justin Hartley?

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• I'm too partial to Justin Hartley's Green Arrow. I only just caught up with Smallville's finale, so he's still fresh in my head. Oh, he's so beautiful. When Col. Tigh was torturing him I was in heaven! Anyway, I wish this new guy luck, but for now, the show isn't for me.

• So far the buzz on the show has been good. What is also flying under the radar is this show is being launched by a gay actor. Stephen Amell isn't out, but he also isn't in at all. He even makes jokes all the time about how vague he has been about his sexuality. [quote] There seems to be some debate about my sexual orientation, so I'd like to clear that up right now [quote] In all seriousness, I'll happily declare my sexual orientation in public just as soon as there aren't dickheads in the world who think whatever I say in some way determines my worth as a human being. It is very awesome to see an incredibly sexy glass-closeted actor anchoring this series. We definitely should support it.

• That hurts. Seth Rogen changed his entire lifestyle to land the role in the original. That the role is being outsourced to a Brit just adds insult to injury.

• R11: ummm...FYI: Seth Rogen played the Green HORNET, not the Green ARROW. For the record, I thought the casting of Seth Rogen in the role was goofy. He's not cute at ALL and the Green Hornet should be sexy as HELL (at least Van Williams was a HOTTIE...)

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• r10. How very Teen Wolf promo gaybaiting tactic.

• Yeah as he explains in this AfterElton interview R5 that was because he had no faith in Dante's Cove, not that he had an issue being a gay character.

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• So the Green Arrow is gay? Are you sure they're going to use the contemporary comic incarnation? I don't think my friends would go to see a gay super hero movie. Also, are all these green superheros interelated by some outside green force?

• He was in Closing The Ring, with Academy Award winners Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer and Brenda Bean Flicker, directed by Academy Award Winner Lord Sir Richard Attenborough, and he got his tits out in that too. I'd like to open his ring.

• The character is straight, and it is based, somewhat loosely on the comic book Green Arrow. The apparent vibe of the show is toning down the superhero-ness, give it more of a Nolan-Batman vibe. It is the lead actor's sexuality I was talking about. Those comments I quoted were taken directly from his official facebook page. I just thought it was very cool to see a lead heart-throb actor of a new show willing to make comments like that. Times are changing. Here is a link of the preview. The show apparently also will have John Barrowman in a recurring role btw.

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• Sorry but these CW comic book shows are wretched. No charm what-so-ever. Pointlessly violent and dark. No humor, and they go out of their way not to be gay-inclusive. No thanks.

• I'd say hiring a gay guy to be the hero is pretty damn gay-inclusive but I get what you mean.

• "That hurts. Seth Rogen changed his entire lifestyle to land the role in the original. That the role is being outsourced to a Brit just adds insult to injury." There must be a second Green Arrow in production since Amell is from Toronto, Canada.

• People on imdb are saying he has a girlfriend. Some are even saying he's married. So.. which is it? is he marred? does he have a girlfriend, or is he gay? I honestly don't know.. I'm confused.

• He's handsome and has a great body...I'm glad it's someone different for a change. Ryan Reynolds can go go fuck off with his ugly face.

• I've never seen anything that says the guy is married, not sure where that rumor could come from. Heterosexual people aren't purposely vague about their sexuality and don't make statements that they will talk about their sexuality when people won't judge them for it. I don't see whats the confusion, he has basically gone as far as you can to say you are gay without actually saying it.

• I agree, R23.. but people on imdb are saying he's with a girl in a lot of pics on his facebbok, they assumed she's his girlfriend. I haven't seen these pics, but it sounds suspicious that he has all these pics with only one woman. Sounds like a girlfriend to me. Someone also said he was married, but I doubt that's true, otherwise we'd heard about it. There might also be another option.. maybe he's bisexual, and the girl in the pics really is his girlfriend.. idk.

• People on imdb not believing an actor is gay...stop the presses! Tons of straight people will chose not to believe someone is gay in spite of all evidence. I mean Zachary Quinto and Matt Bomer still shocked a lot of people, there are dumbasses who actually think Colton Haynes is straight. To me his own words are pretty clear, he might be bisexual but he certainly isn't heterosexual.

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• If he is GAY, I'm sorry he shouldn't have taken the GREEN ARROW role in the first place. I hate it when actors do that. Why do you have to take the straightest characters' roles for, I want to bash my head. Its not right, you ruin the fantasy of so many fans/viewers and in the end you kill the show. It just becomes a bloody joke when a gay man is pretending to be the straightest playboy ever. So please actors don't do this. Im looking a you Neil Patrick Harris, Matt Bomer. Some may call me a bigot but whatever, for the show's sake if this is the case, the show isnt going to go far. I dont care for his sexuality thats his business, but when you take the straightest character's role I love It becomes my bloody business.I know he talked about having a girlfriend sometime in 2010, hopefully she isnt just a beard

  JT

• Why does it have to be married "or" a girlfriend? Some of us have both!

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• Body shmody - I used to be entirely below the chin, but they all have great nods now. His is spectacular all right, but it's the face and eyes that make him a very real replacement for about 75% of today's hottest male leads. Can he act? At all?

• They captured lightening in a bottle on Hung with him. His character was so appealing. He was sexy, vulnerable, appealing and played the dim witted underdog very well.

• Stephen and his costar Colin Donnell are very flirty.

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• Exactly R26, and they need to cast real murderers to play serial killers. I hate it when they have the most depraved roles ever and it goes to some actor who isn't actually crazy. Ruins the fantasy and the show! [quote]In all seriousness, I'll happily declare my sexual orientation in public just as soon as there aren't dickheads in the world who think whatever I say in some way determines my worth... Too bad the real meaning of the quote slipped by you. You are doing exactly what he is talking about him, judging him based on that. Maybe you should actually wait and see his performance? If you buy his Oliver Queen as straight then why do you care what Stephen Amell does in his private life? And considering that both Matt Bomer's and NPH shows are very successful your point is pretty baseless. Luckily it seems most audience members aren't as mindlessly bigoted as you are.

• This man is hot, hot, hot! I will watch the show just to see him. Hopefully, it's better than White Collar.

• I guarantee this man is not gay...I'm speaking from personal experiences... even still a man or woman's sexual orientation doesn't defy them, when its all in good fun...but guys, if he in fact is open to experiment...you're damn lucky because is is one sexy bitch!

• There's no channel 11/CW in NY... :(

• I am pretty sure he is married but if he wanted to make all of these issues public...he would!

• Anyone see photos of his feets?

• So are you claiming to be a women who has hooked up with him R33? If so more details are a must! I completely can believe he isn't gay, honestly I assume bisexual. He is very good friends with Jonathan Bennett who is bisexual. He has made comments like [quote]Hey Straight Guys: I'd avoid a definitive proclamation on your sexual orientation until after you look Rob Lowe directly in the eyes. [quote] I don't need affirmation that it's my business, I actually enjoy being publicly ambivalent because it allows me to stand up for everyone. They seem rather bisexual things to say, hopefully he isn't just a gay baiting straight guy.

• [quote]I am pretty sure he is married but if he wanted to make all of these issues public...he would! Where does this married thing come from? He has never mentioned on twitter or in any interview that I have seen he is married and if you follow him based on pictures of events he goes to or people he posts pics of on twitter there is no indication of a wife.

• I've trolled through his FB pages. I think he's the real deal. Genuine, funny and self-deprecating. I totally want to bone him.

• Sounds good, R39. Hopefully he's family too. I'm definitely looking forward to Arrow. Seems like a good show and they did right casting this hunk in the role!

• Why wasn't the guy with the yellow skin offered the role?

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• When does this air?

• I think you reposted my response to whether or not you're married...well I would hate for you...such a good guy, to be blasted with all this personal interrogation while you're in your moment to shine... you've come a long way from singing Johnny Cash way up north in lil ol Toronto...congrats...its no surprise you're the next IT guy...you're georgeus, funny and definitely a hard worker...don't forget about us regular folk lol! Peace

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• It's going to be the lead-in for Supernatural starting Wednesday October 10th. I'll give it a look.

• Because of the appeal of Amell, I'm now on board with this show too. I don't know the first thing about Green Arrow so I'm hoping the show isn't awful. Amell was very funny and flirty (including with John Barrowman) when he was at Comic-Con.

• Most of the other new shows this fall has been underwhelming. So I'm looking forward to this starting this Wednesday. Fingers crossed that this will be good.

• Finally starts tonight. The DVR is set. Some of the other fall shows I was hoping to like have been disappointing (Revolution and 666 Park Avenue are the ones that comes to mind) so I'd like for Arrow one to be engaging. Stephen Amell being shirtless a lot will keep me watching for a couple of episodes, but if the story sucks, even his hot bod won't be able to keep me interested long term.

• So he's going to have bumpy scars on his chest? Are they going to keep up the makeup every time he takes off his shirt? It looks gross.

• I don't know a lot about the story, r48, but from what I read there will be a lot of flashbacks in the show - and not just in the first episode. The interview with Stephen Amell (this might have been in EW magazine, but I can't remember now) said something about how the character is stranded on some deserted island for many years and it's while he's there that he learns or acquires his superhero abilities...or whatever. Anyway, Amell said that because of how long the character is stuck on that island, he thinks Arrow is the only superhero that can sustain 10 seasons of origin flashbacks...or something like that. My point is, he may have those unsightly scars in current time, but he probably wouldn't be so marked up during all the flashbacks where I assume he will also be shirt-free. But I'm sort of just talking out of my ass here.

• They should have kept the continuity and had Jeremy Renner play him here. What, is Renner too good to do TV now?

• r50 Get your comics companies straight. Jeremy Renner played Hawkeye, the Marvel equivalent of DC's Green Arrow.

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• Anybody watch it yet that can offer up some opinions? I've got it recorded, but probably won't get to see it until this weekend. Hopefully people have positive things to say.

• It was full of action, he was barefoot for a bit so you got to see his feets, very dark, soap opera-ish and fun. And Liza's purse and 40 yards of chiffon and poodles fell out of his mouth every time he spoke. LOVED IT!!!

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• People want to see Green Arrow?

• I'm someone who tried Smallville and except for one season (one of the last ...), couldn't really get into it. I thoroughly enjoyed this show last night. Yeah, the acting can be a bit sketchy at moments, but I really like the way they took the Green Arrow mythology and reworked it - making nods (future stories?) to some things, completely twisting others. Attractive cast, nice twists, lots of action. I'm on board for while, and I was doubtful when I first heard about the show.

• Did you see Colin Donnell's feets, too?

• Was John Barrowman on the premier at all? I like this interview where he talks about how hot Stephen Amell's body is and how he wants it in his contract that he is nude in any scene they have together. I'm sure those boys had a lot of mutual flirting when working together. All I know is Amell's nipples on that promotional poster are fantastic. I hope that's not just thanks to photoshop.

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• Some good news for the show. The premier episode was the highest rated program of any type on the CW in the past 3 years.

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• So it was good? I might go see it this weekend but my friend wants to watch 7 Cycle Paths. And after the disaster that is Green Lantern it would be hard to convince him to watch another green superhero.

• umm.. R59, you know it's a tv show right? just asking, because it doesn't sound like it.. And yes, it was good. It obviously isn't perfect.. but it left me intrigued and I want to see more.

• Surprisingly good and surprisingly high production value for a show on CW. A great deal of focus on action. I don't know why, but I can't stand Katie Cassidy (I guess because of the horrid Freddie Krueger Nightmare on Elm Street remake) and she's the female lead in this one. I find the basic story plot a bit tedious and it rips off Revenge (shallow playboy gets stranded on some deadly island and now is a good guy who fights against bad guys - which he crosses off a list from his island diary - with a hoodie and a painted on mask?). But neverless the lead does sell the show to me.

• The original Green Arrow was a poor imitation of Batman, with Speedy instead of Robin and with trick arrows instead of an utility belt. At least this Arrow has some originality.

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• His ginger beard is laughable.

• Caught the pilot on Hulu. Enjoyable, and I'll tune in to future episodes to see if they can keep it up - it is very reminiscent of Nolan's Batman and "Revenge", and less super-hero cheese than something like Green Lantern. Stephen Amell makes good eye-candy (especially the work-out sequence where he does those pull-ups up the ladder/rack... wow), but he also puts out a certain sweetness / goodness which works for the character. Some of his voice-overs are a little stiff and cheesy though. I also thought the Tommy Merlyn character was interesting - not quite sure if he's going to be a thoughtless playboy, a confidant, a bad-ass ally, a rival, or some combination of all the above. And for all the confusion going on in this thread. There's: - Green Hornet (originally a radio/TV character from the 30's, also in comics, most recently a movie with Seth Rogen) - Green Lantern (DC Comics superhero who wears a magic ring, most recently a movie with Ryan Reynolds) - Hawkeye (Marvel Comics character who's also an archer, most recently played by Jeremy Renner in the Avengers) - Arrow (this show on the CW, based off DC Comics' Green Arrow)

• It was horrible, so awful, the cheesiest show ever. The only reason to watch is for the eye candy of the main character so I don't know what the incentive is for straight boys to watch. The ending of him looking out to the city vowing to right its wrongs is so laughable.

• It is so unrealistic that a guy with no superpowers can just dodge bullets left and right without ever getting hit and without him ever thinking that it's a possibility that he could be hit. He thinks he's invincible with just a hood. And the green paint and hair dye is ridiculous.

• R66, welcome to comic book characters. I mean, take it up with Batman (who technically has no superpowers) - the guy runs around in a bat mask and a cape and dodges bullets left and right. I will say, the most ridiculous costume on the show is Oliver's fake hair in the flashbacks... such a bad wig.

• Arrow wouldn't have been my first choice for a Smallville followup, but I'll take it. There were going to do a Dick Grayson show at one point, but it didn't pan out.

• [quote]It is so unrealistic that a guy with no superpowers can just dodge bullets left and right without ever getting hit and without him ever thinking that it's a possibility that he could be hit. Supposedly, Yezhov, head of the NKVD (Soviet spy agency), having been arrested, was held in a jail cell. A killer standing outside the cell fired a gun through the bars at fairly close range. Yezhov dodged several bullets, moving right and left before he was finally hit. Of course, this might be part of his legend, being renowned as an evil, sadistic killer and Stalin's henchman.

• [quote]I mean, take it up with Batman (who technically has no superpowers) - the guy runs around in a bat mask and a cape and dodges bullets left and right. But Batman wears a bulletproof costume. In all the movies, he gets shot straight on and the bullets bounce off him. The Green Arrow just wears a piece of terry cloth as a hood. It's not bulletproof.

• Yes please!

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• He looks completely different then. Was it because of the baby fat? He looks so much better now without the chubbiness.

• Only on DL -- ONLY -- would anyone ever call someone "fat" based on R71's photo. Btw Stephen is straight. Sorry, bitches. "Did you ever date a student? Yes, I did. Did she hit on you or did you hit on her? I probably hit on her because I was the instructor. You can walk by the bike and you can pay special attention to a student. You know, I was young. I was in my early twenties. One of my ex-girlfriends I definitely met in a spin class, and a girlfriend that I had was an instructor of mine before I started teaching. What does a girl have to do these days to get your attention? I just like someone that can have regular conversation. It’s fun to meet people that have no idea what you do. This is actually a litmus test for me—sometimes I’ll meet an actress in the industry and she and I will talk for a minute, and then I always make a point, if we haven’t introduced ourselves, to ask her what she does and see how she reacts to that. If she gets her back up, then the conversation is over. You can read someone’s energy. I think so. I also like girls without a ton of makeup. A girl just relaxed in jeans. A simple T-shirt and jeans does it for you? Yeah, because I like to know what a woman looks like when she’s just dressing for herself and she’s comfortable. Very few women are in their natural element when they’re dressed for the red carpet or a gala. Their element is how they look on a Sunday afternoon or a Saturday morning, and just out doing their thing."

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• Finally watched it on the DVR... I really liked it. Way more than I thought I would. And here's an interesting write-up on it (see link)... though I should admit I know nothing about the comic, and so didn't get any of the references the review makes mention of.

  http://io9.com/5950817/arrows-biggest-accomplishment-making-oliver-queen-scary

  Sure hope nobody accuses me of 'shiling' because I linked to a site...

• [quote]Btw Stephen is straight. Sorry, bitches. And, yet, not a single photo with a girlfriend or date on his Facebook pages or publicity photos. She must be one of those shy, retiring types.

• He is such a queen.

• I liked Oliver, the male friend who I assume will become a baddie and his sister. I was disappointed that Katie Cassidy was in this one. Seriously, is her famous dad involved with someone from CW? This girl has been bringing down shows since she appeared in Season 3 of Supernatural as the annoying Ruby. Every year she's in a different pilot/series that goes nowhere and she gets rehired for another show. KC's character becomes a superhero in fishnets based on the comics. It will be like having to deal with Lana Lang from Smallville. Oh well, nothing to be done but FF her scenes.

• Just watched it The pilot looked great, but pilots often do because they spend a little more money and put in some extra effort to sell their show. Hopefully it will maintain the 'expensive' look. The story seems pretty interesting, or at least they way they are keeping so much a mystery has me intrigued. Since I'm not familiar with the comic at all, I'll be curious to learn about what happened to Queen on the island. I like the girl that plays his little sister. I don't care so much for the guy that plays his buddy (and future nemesis?). And the Katie Cassidy that is getting grief in other posts on here - I don't think I've seen her in anything else (never watched Smallville) but she seemed OK as an actress. She's not very pretty so I'm assuming she doesn't get her roles based on looks. Maybe r77 is right. The main reason I watched was because I became curious about Stephen Amell starting with his Comic-con appearance this summer. He's very nice looking and so far seems to be a capable enough actor to play mysterious and brooding adequately. For now there was enough to like that I finally have a CW show programmed on my DVR.

• I just watched it on hulu and enjoyed it. Nothing earth shattering but it was a lot of fun. That wig that had him in during the flashbacks was horrid tho, seriously distracting bad. I am intrigued enough to want to keep watching, it is a bit of an obvious Nolan Batman/Revenge hybrid but that is A-ok with me. Curious to see how it will go once they continue the comic book legacy and there are tons of caped crusaders running, how that will change the tone of the show. [quote]Btw Stephen is straight. Sorry, bitches. Liking girls does not mean someone is straight, I have no idea what Stephen Amell's sexuality is, he chose not to say himself, but what about that interview precludes him being bisexual?

• Is the police detective forbidden to comb his hair?

• That and the constant stubble are the easy way to make it seem like he's so concerned with crime in his city and catching the new mysterious hooded figure that he can't be bothered with keeping up his appearance, r80. Pics of John Barrowman as he'll appear when his episodes start airing in November. I'd like to have been a fly on the wall for the behind the scenes flirting between Barrowman and Amell.

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• So this show is about pensions and businessmen? So boring. 2 Broke Girls already did this premise to death.

• Caught the second episode and continue to enjoy it. Still not sure where they're going to take Tommmy Merlyn's character (in the comics he's apparently a superpowered arch-rival, but the show seems to be avoiding the "superpower" route for now). Was it just me, or did Oliver's younger sister (Thea?) lapse into a "Joisey" / Soprano's accent when she was talking to him in front of the graves? It was a little weird, since the family's supposed to be so WASPy. Not sure that I see much chemistry between Oliver and the Katie Cassidy character (Laurel?) - at the moment, she's a bit too shrill and he's a bit too meek around her. I'm liking the bodyguard and the relationship he's beginning to develop with Oliver. And I'm interested to see what was on the island.

• Just finished the second episode, it is playing a little too much like the tv show Revenge for my tastes. I'm going to stick with it, but I think "Smallville's" version of Oliver has sort of tainted this version for me.

• Just caught up with the new episode. Yahoo for John Barrowman showing up. Looks like he plays a baddie which could be fun. I'm glad Oliver finally revealed himself to someone - the bodyguard. And it seemed like maybe Laurel figured out who he is during the prison riot, but maybe not. Why would the mom have that secret warehouse with the wreckage of the boat hidden there?

• Ben Browder is joining the cast later this season. I haven't seen him on anything recently, but I have always really thought he's hot.

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• I'm impressed with the pacing of the show and how quickly they're moving through plot developments that would drag out over an entire season (or two or three) on other shows - Walter discovering the boat and deciding to leave, Oliver being identified and arrested as the Green Arrow, bodyguard discovering his secret, etc. Still not feeling the relationship between Oliver and Laurel - he's always so guilty and sad around her with his puppy dog eyes, and can never relax and have fun around her because he knows he's lying to her, so it's hard to figure out why he still carries a torch - but after seeing her kick ass at the prison, I can see why they chose the actress. I'm beginning to like her character more, just not as a love interest. "The island" backstory is actually getting to be pretty interesting too. Hope they can keep up the pace.

• I wonder where they are going with the female technician? She popped up a couple of times now and always acts socially awkward while delivering the results. I also wonder if the show will ever address how the lead applies the mask make up on his face?

• I love the little snippets of DC Comics lore that pop up in this: mentions of Bludhaven, Felicity Smoak (who, in the comics, was Firestorm's stepmother), obscure characters like China White, etc. Every episode there's been at least one throwaway line or character name that's a DC easter egg.

• Anyone else hear that Stephen Amell is into crossdressing?

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• Thanks, R86. Browder's ass is reason enough to watch the show.

• More potentially interesting casting announced. Colton Haynes (who quit MTV's Teen Wolf) has been cast as Roy Harper (aka Speedy). Colton is one of those actors that has developed a cult-like following here on DL. I don't know if this is good or bad for the show.

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• Last week Stephen tweeted that the National Post featured him as one of their 'Worthy 30' against his wishes. He gave 3 reasons he didn't like that they did it. 1) He asked them not to. 2) He refused the request to do an interview. 3) He isn't single. Of course I'm most curious about that last item. Anyone know who he might be involved with that takes him off the market?

• I saw that and wondered the same thing R93, he hasn't been pictured with a significant other or ever tweets or anything about her/him. Whatever the deal is he is obviously keeping it very underground. When he was on "Hung" he went to social events with Jonathan Bennett as his plus one.

• Reports from Toronto say he and Colin Donnell are thisclose offset. Check out the first image when you google image search Amell and Colin....

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• Here's the photo I was referring to

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• Sorry - here's a good link to the photo I refer to. Seems it was originally posted by Amell on his twitter and tumblr, but has since been taken down...

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• My goodness! That pic is giving me the vapors!

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• I thought Colin was supposed to be straight.

• At the start of the season Colin had been posting alot of pics of he and Stephen and posting pictures of himself at Stephen's place. I think he finally eased up when he realized fangirls weren't going to turn Tommy and Oliver or he and Stephen into the next shipping pair.

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• I thought the same thing, I think they were trying to bait the slash fangirls when the show started but it just never really took off. So I take it some people on the DL been watching the show? I thought it got better as it went on. The less it revolved around Oliver/Laurel and the more it became an ensemble show the stronger it got IMO.

• CW isn't officially on the homoerotic slash fic bandwagon. They pretty much ignored the whole Wincest craze except mentioning it in an episode dealing with an alternative universe where the two brothers are ... actors in a show called Supernatural and do some research about the show and the fans it has. Also no encouragement from Chace and 'Chuck Bass' Ed Westwick from Gossip Girl being roommates for, like, forever in the early seasons of the show. Only MTV's Teen Wolf cast and creator are really heavy on embracing the whole slash fic thing for PR purposes.

• It is a great show, but there is some dialogue where you know he wants to say, "gurl" at the end of the sentence. It seems like it would be so natural.

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• When Colin was on Broadway in "Anything Goes", both men and women were the lucky recipients of his big cock. I guess now only Green Arrow gets that shaft.

• R102, why on earth SHOULD a network support any kind of slashfic written by obsessive fangurls?? It's just fucking BIZARRE, period.

• It's a weird show, since Green Arrow's MO (trick arrows) is so impractical, and because he also has about the weakest rogues' gallery of any DC comic book hero (though fortunately for the tone of this show very few of his villains have superpowers and are more hand-to-hand combatants or archers). I still can't get used to the hange from "Star City" to "Starling City"--I wonder why they made it. The other change they made was to move him from being a rich orphan (like Batman) to having a billionaire living family--it makes the civilian life side of the show more like "Revenge" or "Gossip Girl."

• Umm R105, slash fangirls are often an obsessive and active group of fans that are good for PR. The "Sterek" fangirls are the best thing that ever happened to Teen Wolf have been huge in terms of its online profile and thus spreading the brand. They don't have the rights to Batman which they would want to do so Green Arrow was the next best thing ( he has always been a bit of a Batman knockoff). The changes I think they made are smart, the family dynamic opens up a lot more storyline possibilities than him being an orphan and attacking corrupt rich people a la Revenge is "hot" right now.

• Colton Haynes AND Ben Bowder?!? Are they trying to make my crotch explode?!? Jesus, the man candy...

• [quote]The "Sterek" fangirls are the best thing that ever happened to Teen Wolf have been huge in terms of its online profile and thus spreading the brand. Please. A TINY fraction of its fan base is into slash.

• [quote]I still can't get used to the hange from "Star City" to "Starling City"--I wonder why they made it. Maybe that was its original name in the comics? The only other reason I can think of is to further differentiate it with "Smallville," since the Oliver Queen on it was from Star City.

• R109= moron who has no idea how many straight girls are into it.

• R109 straight fangirls shipping male characters with each other is most of the reason that show is still around.

• Green Arrow did not become a major DC super hero until the 1970s. When the Justice League was created Green Arrow was left out, even though he had his own feature at the time. Only later was GA allowed into the Justice League.

• R110, The change from Star City to Starling was because the producers felt Star City felt too outlandish a name (though a guy who decides to don green leather and take on rich fat cats isn't) so to ground it in the reality of the show they changed it to Starling.

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• I was at the Century City Center a few weeks ago. There were hundreds of posters and billboards of Steven Amell as Green Arrow everwhere. I couldn't believe how much they were pushing the show. I'm also seeing posters all over town and on buses. In 20 years, I've never seen the industry push a T.V. show more in L.A. I'm glad, as Stephen is one of the truly down to earth good guys. He deserves the success that is coming his way.

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• Given that Green Arrow joined the Justice League in issue #4 (April 1961) he is close to an original member and was big before the 70's.

• The show is very poorly written. They should have bought a Canadian writer instead of a Canadian actor.

• It is a live action comic book show not "The Wire". I mean compared to the writing on Smallville this show is doing well for itself. [quote]I couldn't believe how much they were pushing the show. I'm also seeing posters all over town and on buses The CW did push this show HARD. It paid off for the though the ratings have been great by their standards. Glad to hear your opinion of Amell, I don't really have the highest opinion of his acting abilities whenever I see interviews with him he does come off as a genuine guy who feels truly lucky and happy to have the job he does.

• And he has a big cock!

• No he doesn't, but those abs are pretty damn sick

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• Henry. And. Stephen. Can't. Breathe. Schwing!

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• Amell is hot but the costume designer needs to be replaced. The clothes he wears make him look short and stocky, his suits are ugly, and they don't flatter his body enough.

• Amell is possibly getting married today? His most recent tweet says something about how great his year has been and he's off to do something to make it even better. That could mean almost anything, but when you see a story like the attached, it makes me wonder.

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• Caught up on the most recent episodes - while Helena was an interesting addition, and definitely a better counter-point than Laurel has been, ultimately I just couldn't buy her character motivations - "they killed my fiancee, so now I'm going to kill dozens of people, including innocents." Just a bit too psycho to be a convincing love interest (not that Green Arrow's justifications are necessarily that much better). The episode before the most recent one was just a bit too heavy on the relationship drama (Tommy and Laurel, vs. Oliver and Helena), and I heard some grumbles from the straight comic geek crowd that the show was getting "too CW" for their tastes. But the most recent episode thankfully eased off it a bit. And on the earlier discussion of slash fandom at R102 and R105 - slash fans are of course only a (vocal) minority of any show's total viewerbase, but they often help promote the show to friends and casual viewers and build word of mouth, and are much more likely to buy merchandise and DVD's, attend conventions, and show their support in other ways that help shows' popularity (similarly to how the niche straight male "geek" fandom helps promote blockbuster superhero or fantasy movies). And slash fans of one show often belong to more than one fandom and bring in fans (and different demographics - especially women) from other shows - they've certainly brought more attention to Teen Wolf from the other major slash fandoms out there (Supernatural, Sherlock, Merlin, etc.)

• No word in the press about Amell's marriage, R123. And the link doesn't say if he's marrying a man or a woman. Wouldn't it just be too much if he married a man - but then, he could have done that in Canada. There is no marriage equality in Puerto Rico...

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• Sorry to break the news, but he just got married to a woman. He's straight after all.

  http://www.justjared.com/2013/01/12/stephen-amell-married-to-cassandra-jean-exclusive/

• What a waste.

• R127 I agree. My crush is over. No fun to crush on straight people, especially married ones.

• I wonder if Amell put a ring on it when he did because he wanted a reason to resist the ever increasing temptations on his show. The former Teen Wolf star Colton Haynes reported to the Arrow set this month.

• Never mind. From that wedding photo at the link, he has a wonky eye. So unattractive, it's a dealbreaker.

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