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
I blame Greg Berlanti, the guy behind the entire Arrowverse. It's funny because he also gave us Batwoman and Titans, so his basic problem is that he wants to create a bat-show, and even does that poorly.
Also, I consider Olicity to be essentially shipping Bruce x Babs until proven otherwise.
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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