Earlier "Arrow" season 4 spoilers claimed the Oliver Queen people will see is more fun and has lighter persona compared to the Oliver of earlier seasons.
"It will take a lighter tone. That's pretty much the only thing I say without spoiling it," Guggenheim said in an interview with io9 last May when asked for "Arrow" season 4 spoilers.
"We've been working for about a month now in the writers' room, talking about Season Four, and I think that one thing we all collectively understood was Season Three beginning with Sara's death, because it's the death of a major character on the show, it set a tone for the remainder of the season. And I'm not the least bit apologetic for that tone. "
Stephen Amell doesn't think exactly like that. The Canadian actor said his character only improved and gained more wisdom.
"I think that our show is our show, and even if there's a quote-unquote lighter side of Oliver," Amell told Canada.com.
"I wouldn't even say 'lighter'. I'd say it's a more patient and possibly wiser version of the character."
In the same interview, Amell also recalled the time he learned that he landed the lead role in the CW superhero TV series.
"I was at a restaurant in Burbank, Calif., having breakfast. I'd just filmed an episode of Private Practice that morning and was heading to one of those old makeup shops in Burbank to have a prosthetic built for my next episode," he said.
"I got the call from my manager and agent at the time, and they just said, 'Congratulations.' I texted my parents and Robbie, and I put the press release on Facebook and Twitter. Then I distinctly remember driving home and taking a long nap."
Show returns this week for the episode called "Restoration." Read "Arrow" season 4 spoilers below.
"The growing tension between Oliverand Diggle (David Ramsey) puts both their lives at risk when they go after Damien Darhk (guest star Neal McDonough) and a H.I.V.E. deployed meta-human. Meanwhile, Laurel (Katie Cassidy) talks Thea (Willa Holland) into returning to Nanda Parbat to ask her father (John Barrowman) to put Sara (guest star Caity Lotz) into the Lazarus Pit. However, Laurel is surprised when Nyssa (guest star Katrina Law) refuses to do it."
