On June 7th, Collider was invited to the set of the new thriller The Scribbler, based on the graphic novel by Dan Schaffer and directed by John Suits. In the film, Suki (Katie Cassidy) is a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness by using “The Siamese Burn”, an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities, of which she has a few. The film also stars Garret Dillahunt, Gina Gershon, Michelle Trachtenberg, Billy Campbell, Eliza Dushku, Michael Imperioli, Sasha Grey and Ashlynn Yennie.
While we’ll post what Katie Cassidy had to say about making the film closer to its release, which is expected to be sometime in 2013, we did want to share what she had to say about playing Dinah “Laurel” Lance on the highly anticipated upcoming CW drama series Arrow, for which she will resume shooting in July, and how awesome it will be to debut the show at Comic-Con in San Diego. Check out what she had to say after the jump.
Question: When do you start back on Arrow?
KATIE CASSIDY: In July.
Is it intimidating to sign on for a show about such an iconic character?
CASSIDY: No. Well, I shouldn’t say no. It’s a little intimidating, yeah, but when you’re so in it, you have to let that stuff go. You can’t think about it ‘cause then it just gets in your way. I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character’s point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out story. I’m just there to do my job. I’m really excited about it! I think it’s going to be really, really fun. I’m working with a great group of people, and everyone is amazing and really talented. I’m really lucky to have given the opportunity to do that.
It must be nice to know that you already have a built-in audience who’s excited for the show.
CASSIDY: Hopefully, we do it justice and everyone is happy. I love that!
Are you excited to debut the show at Comic-Con?
CASSIDY: Yeah, that will be awesome! I feel like I’m still not in the headspace for that yet, but it’s the perfect place.
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I clicked to get just that?? That barely qualifies as an “interview.” You didn’t even ask if Dinah was going to, eventually, become Black Canary?
Then again, the show may not last long enough for that to even happen. Although it is The CW, and I don’t seem to cancel anything, so maybe it will last.
She’s hot enough but is her character going to evolve over the season(s) into ‘The (Black) Canary”? If not, I see no reason for the character to be called Dinah “Laurel” Lance. What does she do in this anyway? Anyone know? I haven’t read anything about character at all.
I’ve read she’ll become the Canary. Be interesting to see her origin story of how she becomes the Canary.
She was slated to be an attorney for a group called CNRI (canary, get it?) but it’s possible that’s changed. She’ll be going by the name Laurel Lance.
Oh yeah Ruby from season 3 of Supernatural will kill in Black Canary’s outfit, man that will be hot. I look forward to watching this and learning more of these two dc characters
She is even more beautiful with blonde hair. I wish they had let her kee it. Newsflash Canary has been retconned into a blonde for he longest time in DCU. Dear CW do you have something aginst blonde people, first Elena now Green Arrow, Ollie is a blonde or god sake. Dont turn everything dark , not everything has to be.
The question on everyone mind is will she become Black Canary, however some are becoming too impatient, lets give it time and see how she evolves into that. For the lov of god, CW why are you changing her name, whatever happened to DINAH?. Fix this mess.
I must apologize for some spelling errors my keyboard is a little clunky.