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Comic-Con Report: Justin Hartley Talks About
Green Arrow In Season 8! After
the Smallville panel at the Comic-Con
International in San Diego, the participating
actors and producers spoke with members of
the press about the upcoming season, and we
are now happy to share with you an interview
with one of the show's new series regulars,
Justin Hartley, as he talks Green Arrow
in a roundtable discussion.
As
opposed to the clean-shaven Oliver, Justin
sported a bit of stubble, almost as if a desert
island adventure might be in the offing. "I
am about ready to be on an island," he
confirms. "We're going to go back into
the Smallville mythology a little bit, and
kind of explore how Oliver became the Green
Arrow, why is he the Green Arrow, and how
he became so good at archery, and that kind
of stuff. I wish I had a little bit more notice,
but we'll see what we can do by tomorrow at
5 o'clock in the morning," he laughs.
Season
Eight will make note of the friendship between
Oliver and Clark. "They're buddies, they're
friends," Justin says. "That's actually
why Oliver comes back to look for Clark,"
he says, inadvertently letting out a spoiler
before re-stating the quote replacing "Oliver"
with "somebody."
The
new season will provide new challenges
for Oliver Queen. "Oliver gets
broken down a little bit," Hartley
says. "He starts to look at all
of the things that he's sacrificed to
do what he does, and he starts to wonder
whether or not it was worth it, which
is kind of cool. I think everybody does
that, but I think once you do that,
once you start to question something
and your heart's not in it, it becomes
really dangerous to keep doing it. Because
you're vulnerable; you're susceptible.
It's like you hear these football players
say, if you're not playing 100%, you're
going to get hurt. So there's that,
and as he starts to question whether
or not it's worth it anymore, Clark
is starting to embrace his destiny a
little bit more. It's interesting, because
the guy that wore the suit is going
the other way, and the guy that's never
even put the suit on is going the other
way. We start to butt heads a little
bit, so it's going to be a lot of fun."
Season
Eight is Justin's first as a Smallville
season regular. "I was excited. I just
shot a pilot [Austin Golden Hour] with
Cassidy [Freeman]. She ruined it, and they
didn't pick it up," he jokes, "and
then a day or two later, I got the call. I
love playing the character. I think it's a
great show, and a lot of fun for me, so when
they said 'series regular' I was definitely
interested, and then it was just a matter
of letting everybody talk about their things.
I'm excited about it, and I have a lot of
faith in the writers. They always write good
stuff for me."
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Comic-Con Report: Justin Hartley Talks About
Green Arrow In Season 8!
Season
Eight is Justin's first as a Smallville
season regular. "I was excited. I just
shot a pilot [Austin Golden Hour] with
Cassidy [Freeman]. She ruined it, and they
didn't pick it up," he jokes, "and
then a day or two later, I got the call. I
love playing the character. I think it's a
great show, and a lot of fun for me, so when
they said 'series regular' I was definitely
interested, and then it was just a matter
of letting everybody talk about their things.
I'm excited about it, and I have a lot of
faith in the writers. They always write good
stuff for me."