Arrow alum Emily Bett Rickards is able to rewrite Felicity Smoak‘s ending.
The actor was launched because the fan-favorite character within the third episode of Arrow’s first season. Whereas Felicity was initially slated to only seem in a single episode, constructive reception to each the character and Rickards’ efficiency resulted in her recurring throughout the rest of the season. Starting with Arrow Season 2, Rickards was promoted from recurring to the principle forged.
Regardless of her character’s elevated presence in later seasons, Rickards advised Michael Rosenbaum within the newest episode of his Inside You podcast (through TVLine) that she felt that Felicity “bought a bit misplaced within the later seasons,” expressing remorse over being unable to “have modified that for her.”
Why is Emily Bett Rickards open to an Arrow revival collection?
Rickards departed Arrow as a collection common following the Season 7 finale, returning just for the present’s collection finale. Regardless of her exit, which got here as a shock to the fandom on the time, Rickards advised Rosenbaum that she could be thinking about reprising Felicity for an Arrow reunion venture, akin to a TV film or restricted collection.
“I wish to give Felicity her flowers, to be sincere,” defined Rickards on why she’d do an Arrow revival. “There are issues that I want that Felicity stood up for extra. I really like Felicity [so] I’m not doing it for Arrow or actually the followers. I’d be doing it for Felicity. After which everyone else will get it simply as a facet impact!”
Try Rickards’ full chat with Rosenbaum on the Inside You podcast beneath:
Based mostly on Rickards’ feedback, it’s clear that she want to see Felicity obtain a greater ending than the one she bought throughout Arrow’s closing years. Within the collection finale, which continues a scene from the Season 7 finale, the Monitor reunites Felicity together with her late husband Oliver Queen in a paradise dimension that may give them “on a regular basis on this planet.”
With Oliver and Felicity within the paradise dimension, it stays to be seen how a revival would carry the 2 characters again to Earth-Prime. Nevertheless, The Flash managed to work round this situation when it introduced again Stephen Amell as Oliver for a visitor shot throughout its closing season.
All eight seasons of Arrow are presently streaming on Netflix.
