The Arrow television series is coming to a sad end after running for seven series already. The last season will be having a much shorter run than usual with previous seasons, which have twenty-three episodes. This eighth and final season will only have ten episodes for the fans to enjoy. The showrunners Beth Schwartz and Marc Guggenheim both say the decision to finish the television series was a difficult one to make.
Why is Arrow ending? The simple reason is that Stephen Amell, who plays the titular role, wanted to leave the series while moving onto other projects while spending more time with his wife and daughter. When Amell told fans this on social media, he was teary-eyed at the thought of finishing off the television series. Although he has had this desire to leave Arrow for some time, since season six, Stephen has played the superhero since then but now feels its time to leave. He enjoys long-running series which don’t overstay their time but ends in a manner that really gives their fans what they want, a great ending.
Other members of the cast have spoken out about the ending of Arrow – now stars Emily Bett Rickards and Grant Gustin from the Flash have come forward to share their views. And they are not the only ones. However, we shall focus on Emily and Grant about what they feel about the series coming to an end.
Emily Rickards plays Felicity Smoak, a genius with technology, and was the breakout character in Arrow spoke on Instagram to tell her fans of what the news had done to her. She says she would never have met any of the people from the show who were inspiring and gave her joy every time she worked on the set until she has come to believe everyone on the set were practically family. But while she is excited about what the story holds in the ending season after enjoying it for seven years already, and she is thankful to all the fans for their support and their love for the show.
Emily Rickard’s character became a fan favourite with the quirky energy she brought to the role, eventually becoming a vital member of Team Arrow thanks to her technical genius by the end of the first season alone before she and Oliver got married during the sixth season.
Meanwhile, Grant who appeared in the second season of Arrow as Barry Allen has also written a touching tribute to the show, where he has said he has expressed joy with working with the team on a crossover series combining two of Detective Comics superheroes. Alright, because of their similar schedules the crossover episodes do not happen all the time, but when they do happen everyone has fun. Grant has also commented Stephen has brought passion and vision to the entire Arrowverse while putting enormous amounts of care into the series to make it work out, and he will always remember the hundreds of amazing memories he and the rest of the cast share on the set of the crossover episodes.
Black Canary star Juliana Harkavy referred to the series as the greatest adventure of her life, while she has made amazing friends among the cast and she is grateful for every moment she has spent on the set, while she is looking forward to the final season. Evelyn Sharp played by actress Madison Mclaughlin says her time on the show was always fun while enjoying many laughs from jokes told by the cast.
Rick Gonzalez said although he has only been with the show for three years, everyone always made him feel welcome as if he has been there since the very beginning. The Rene Ramirez star is both blessed and grateful for the show which has given him so much joy.
Killer Frost’s Danielle Panabaker who stars on The Flash, Arrow’s sister show, has recently tweeted her thoughts on the cancellation of the show where she has congratulated the cast and the crew for running Arrow for seven, going on eight, seasons, but she is also grateful because, without Arrow, The Flash would not have existed as a TV show.
The cancellation of Arrow is part of the second phase of the TV universe of Detective comics since Ruby Rose’s Batwoman TV series is currently in production.
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