While he’s not calling himself Speedy, Arsenal or Red Arrow just yet, Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) has had an increased presence on Arrow this season, gathering information for the Arrow (Stephen Amell). However, things soured in a big way last week when Roy tried to insist he be given a bigger role – only to find himself promptly shot in the leg with an arrow, as Oliver Queen took a very direct method to saying no to that request.

With Arrow’s midseason finale airing this week, I spoke to Haynes about what’s next for Roy, as he faces a very dangerous situation.

Colton Haynes as Roy Harper in Arrow.

Things aren't going so well for Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) on this week's Arrow.

Colton Haynes as Roy Harper and Stephen Amell as The Arrow.

That was just unfortunate. That’s just rude.Well his reaction is he's very pissed off. That's the first reaction. But it's not as much his reaction towards everything as, I think, it's really Thea's reaction to it all. Thea's not very happy and thus far she's wanted Roy to step away and stop trying to pick fights. But now I think she's kind of leading the charge. "Let's figure out who the hell this is. Let's figure out a plan." So it's really cool to see Thea take charge.Definitely, yeah. This is only making his want and need to unmask the Arrow more. It's also making him realize... Well, something very extreme happens in this episode and it will obviously make Roy want to step up and maybe possibly continue on his own but it's also going to allow him to be a lot stronger, which will allow him to be a lot more of a hero on his own.Yeah, Roy is obviously sticking his head in everyone else's business, snooping. He gets caught and he gets, in a way, kidnapped, and put in a very bad position with Brother Blood. He is given a very big weight on his shoulders due to Brother Blood.I can't avoid it. [Laughs] I'm like, "I can't say anything. They won't tell me! I'm sorry!"Well, it has been fun thus far because they said at the beginning of the season that Roy is going to have to go through his version of the island. Roy has struggled his entire life, but at the same time Roy's young, he's untrained. He's got to learn things on his own. Just because he's a street thug doesn't mean that he's able to control his anger issues. Obviously, that would be something that I think would be really fun to get to do and I'm a fan now of the comics, since I've been on the show. I'm right there with my Twitter followers and Instagram followers - I would love to suit up, but I think in due time. I don't even know which route they'd go.Yeah, he has a few names, a few costumes... I mean, is he going to keep his arm or not? There's a future episode in there. So you never know. I think after what happens with this midseason finale, it's going to give Roy a lot of strength and a lot of power to, in a way, possibly take matters into his own hands.It's fun. We're just in whatever alley we can find to do our little thing. I went into the writers room to talk and they were expressing how they loved writing for this new little trio that they didn't expect to pop up. They said it's been really fun for them to write for it and an unexpected direction. We're kind of a little comedy trio, I think. We're kind of turning into this little quippy, comedic kind of trio. I think we're getting somewhere and we're getting a lot of information that is leading us to what we're looking for.

Arrow airs Wednesdays on The CW.Eric Goldman is Executive Editor of IGN TV. You can follow him on Twitter at @EricIGN , IGN at ericgoldman-ign and Facebook at Facebook.com/TheEricGoldman