David Nutter was on set [of the pilot], and he wanted basically a foreground element.
He was like, What can we stick here?
and he had the idea of maybe something with an arrow through it, Guggenheim begins.
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And we were like, Oh, great Easter egg!
because we were all about the Easter eggs back then.
That one nod to the fans, though, clearly sparked some ideas.
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Slade would go onto become Olivers frenemy and play a significant role in later seasons.
Deathstroke wasnt the only surprising DC Comics character who landed on the show in season 1.
The Huntress being as early as episode 7, the idea that we would introduce another superhero character?
Never part of the original plan for season 1, says Guggenheim.
In fact, we never planned on introducing nearly as many of the comic book characters that we have.
So, we were like like, Were going to do it right now.
And one of the things we took away from theEli Stoneexperience was that was actually really to the good.
It was great to be able to burn through story with abandon, says Guggenheim.
In fact, it felt right to basically go faster than our original plan.
you’ve got the option to look at the glass as half-full or half empty.
So from where Im sitting, its nothing but gifts.
He continues: At the end of the day, these are not my characters.
These are not Gregs characters.
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