ARROW: Star Rick Gonzales on Rene’s redemption

Last season’s Arrow ended in a real cliffhanger with Oliver turning himself in and being sent to prison for being the Green Arrow. We got to talk to the cast of Arrow about the repercussions of Oliver’s incarceration as well as what to expect in season 7 in the pressrooms this year at San Diego Comic Con.

We got to chat with most of the cast including Stephen Amell (Oliver Queen), David Ramsey (Diggle), Emily Bett Rickards (Felicity), Rick Gonzales (Rene), and Echo Kellum (Curtis) as well as director James Bamford and showrunner Beth Schwartz.

Some highlights of our chat with Rick Gonzales:

• The vigilantes will all have a different way of fighting back now that Oliver is in prison and the police are focused on preventing more vigilantism
• The love of Rene’s life is Zoe, he doesn’t think he needs another love interest
• Redemption is a common theme for Rene – he wants to be the best dad for Zoe

Arrow premieres on Monday, October 15th, at 8/7c on The CW.