The new season of the CW’s Arrow is set to be the final season of the series and it will see the return of an early villain of the green archer – Malcolm Merlyn. As reported by CBR, the show’s lead Stephen Amell confirmed that actor John Barrowman will don the suit of the dark archer once more.
Speaking at Fan Expo Boston 2019, Amell let slip of this fact while telling the fans about a tradition of the crew. Apparently, for Barrowman’s 50th birthday, Amell has delivered a birthday cake while wearing a skimpy bathing suit. According to Amell, this act was set to be repeated every decade. “He’s back in the show in Season 8 and that was actually a rider that he put into his contract.”
Merlyn was the main villain of the show in the 1st season and remained a nuisance and sometimes begrudged ally for Oliver Queen till he was killed off in season 5. But as is frequent in comics-based series in general, and the Arrowverse in particular – death is not an obstacle one cannot overcome.
