You can’t accuse Arrow of playing it safe in the Season 1 finale. On the heels of so much changing for Oliver Queen and the world around him, I spoke to the show’s star, Stephen Amell, about what’s to come in Season 2 this fall.

Yeah, I mean, I knew elements of the finale by the early part of this year. I like it because, again, there’s nothing that we promise or tease in the show that we don’t deliver on. There was a device, there was a bomb -- whatever you wanna call it -- and whenever the bomb doesn’t go off, it’s kinda disappointing, so I’m glad that they went there, as hard as it was.We’re just going to find everybody in a different place. I think we’re actually going to find Oliver literally in a different place at the beginning of next year. It’s our second season, but it’s kind of like a new series. So I’m excited.Not well. The reason that he was the vigilante, the Hood, all that stuff is gone now. Merlyn’s been stopped, the list is essentially somewhat obsolete, the Glades are destroyed. If he’s going to become the vigilante again or something different, he’s gonna need a new reason.

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Oh yes. Yes, we’ve had some really good conversations about -- let’s put it this way: Arrow’s world is growing.The world is growing...I’m excited, you know, we’re through the first season, but I haven’t -- other than my last scene with Susanna [Thompson] in the finale, I hadn’t really had an honest conversation with her. And aside from that one scene with Colton, I haven’t really had -- I haven’t been myself to him. I haven’t been myself to Thea yet, so there’s tons of different dynamics that we haven’t explored on the show. I’m excited to do that.You know what? Passion is important. Anyone that wants to be passionate about the show and the relationships on the show, all the better.Yeah! And that fully was. Don’t think for a second that that wasn’t exactly what the producers had in mind. They called it the “Luke and Leia” moment.I mean, the island isn’t on Mars, it’s on planet Earth, and we haven’t seen anyone from the island in the present day. But I would assume eventually that’s going to happen.I am. Even when we had that a little bit with the Huntress this year... Again, any time there’s a new dynamic on the show, I like to see that.

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