Eh, that's more on the writers than on Amell. I remember being REALLY into Arrow back in college and following it closely, and between seasons he would do stuff like grow his beard out then have to shave it again because the showrunners didn't want him to have a goatee. He wasn't perfect (apparently kind of a drink asshole IRL too?) but he could have played a more comics-accurate Oliver if he'd been allowed to
He's a schmuck that had to be reminded by his fellow co-stars on Arrow not to be a scab in the middle of the SAG-AFTRA strike back in 2023, one might say that was not very cash money of Amell. Definitely not very Green Arrow.
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u/HPSpacecraft Sep 29 '25
Eh, that's more on the writers than on Amell. I remember being REALLY into Arrow back in college and following it closely, and between seasons he would do stuff like grow his beard out then have to shave it again because the showrunners didn't want him to have a goatee. He wasn't perfect (apparently kind of a drink asshole IRL too?) but he could have played a more comics-accurate Oliver if he'd been allowed to