One of the standout characters of The CW's Arrow is the enigmatic and scheming Malcolm Merlyn, also known as the Dark Archer, played by the equally enigmatic and eccentric John Barrowman. His return from the dead in the height of season two threw many fans off guard, and the Dark Archer is sure to be a major player in the events of season 3.
Barrowman recently had a chat with Brett Buchanan of AlternativeNation.net. When asked about his character's relationship with Thea Queen and how his real life friendship with Willa Holland affects their chemistry, Barrowman stated, I love Willa to death, she is great. She and I have good fun and laughs on set. I don’t want to spoil anything for you, but what I can say is that Malcolm has always done things for the people that he loves dearly, he’s just misunderstood in the way that he does them (laughs). The thing with this is you’re going to possibly see slightly different tactics from Malcolm. He’ll still have his physical aspects and everything, with the fighting and the archery, but he lost people in the past through his seeking of vengeance through power and money, so he’s going to try to use emotion this time a bit, and see how that fares. But his relationship with Thea is going to be dysfunctional, uncomfortably dysfunctional at times, and his relationship with Oliver is going to develop, which is interesting.
When interviewer Brett Buchanan suggested that Malcolm may eventually find redemption, Barrowman said, Well, his whole journey of life is to find redemption. I don’t think it’s an arc of a story, that’s more of an arc of a life, because he’s been doing the wrong thing for so long in other people’s eyes, that his whole life is going to be about redemption.
To read more about potential season 3 plotlines, check out AlternativeNation.net...
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