As the casting continues for The CW's Green Arrow centric pilot, we now have our female lead. Katie Cassidy will play Oliver Queen's love interest Laurel. In the comics this character is the sonic scream powered Black Canary, but the following snippet from Deadline's report suggests that Laurel may not be donning the leathers or hurting anyone's ears in this show..
Cassidy will play Laurel, a young legal clinic attorney who shares a romantic past with Oliver. (In the comics, the character, Dinah “Laurel” Lance, has a superhero alter ego, Black Canary.)
Of course it doesn't say she definitely won't either, but judging from what we have heard about
Arrow being more based in reality I'd say it's a safe bet. Cassidy has appeared in
Gossip Girl, Melrose Place and
Supernatural and joins Steven Amell as Oliver Queen, and Susanna Thompson who was cast yesterday as Oliver’s mother, Moira Queen. The pilot will be directed by David Nutter and is written/executive produced by Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim.
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