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RELATED VIDEOS Arrow cast member Colin Donnell speaks freely about his latest encore as “Tommy.”
TVLINE | Each time Arrow calls about bringing you back, is your first question pretty much always, “How?” actually bringing them back to life? He’s an alternate universe version of himself. He’s a hallucination. He’s a flashback version. Basically, the things that they’ve left out are Lazarus Pitting him or, like, a stable version of himself that doesn’t want to take a cyanide capsule when he’s captured.
TVLINE | What opportunities did this version of Tommy afford you as an actor? Chicago Med , I came back to New York to go to my wife’s opening of [Broadway’s] Frozen , and then I flew out [to Vancouver] the Monday after that. Putting on the suit is just totally rad. I mean, the Prometheus suit was really fun, but to put on the Green Arrow suit, it’s awesome.
TVLINE | I wondered, did they make one just for you, or did you wear Stephen’s?
TVLINE | Or do they “take in” David Ramsey’s? two of me in there, I think!
The other thing that was really cool about this particular episode was being able to play, like, Classic Tommy. The courtroom scene started off very serious, but once the cameras turn around, you get to play a little bit more. The director, Andi Armaganian, was wonderful. She basically said, “Go as far as you want with being Tommy.” I was like, “OK, sure,” and as soon as I did it, she came back after that take and said, “You have no idea how hard all of us were grinning back at the monitors,” because it was this reminder of this character that a lot of people fell in love with from the very beginning of the series. I was having a blast being back anyways, but to be able to really call back that persona of the guy who stood up against three bodyguards who were going to basically kick the s–t out his best friend, that was fun. It was nice to be able to live in that skin for a bit.
TVLINE | Did you spend any time studying Wil Traval, for when “Human Target” Christopher Chance breaks character?
I also used a fake name at the airport to try to keep it under wraps, and my trailer said “Guest 44″…. It was fun to be able to let the cat out of the bag a little bit before the episode aired, to get some excitement.
TVLINE | I heard that in the original draft of the script, it didn’t specify “Tommy” as the Green Arrow that crashes through the ceiling, that the producers were actually mulling a list of options, while they checked on your availability.
TVLINE | And I think Stephen said something at a recent fan event about Justin Hartley (This Is Us, Smallville ) almost appearing on the show. I have to wonder if maybe he was one of the options to be the Green Arrow who interrupts the trial. bonkers .
TVLINE | How would you next like to come back? promoted to showrunner for next season and I said, “So, you’re figuring out ways to bring Tommy back next season, right?” She said they’re always looking for ways. I think it’s amazing that Beth is taking over. Like, to be there from the very beginning and to now be running the show…. it couldn’t be in better hands.
TVLINE | Maybe the Laurel that Katie Cassidy is currently playing could run over to Earth-Two and bring over that Tommy? And maybe he’s, like, a total nerd or something, a science geek in glasses and a bow tie….
TVLINE | Lastly, turning to your role on Chicago Med : the producers told us that in the season finale, there’s a “big” “professional thing” coming up for Connor and Eva. What do you want to say about that?
TVLINE | Look at you, in a medical show cliffhanger.
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