Arrow Star Blasts Suicide Squad Film for Ruining TV Plans

"You just have to sit there on your hands, like okay, I get it!"

By Alex Osborn

Willa Holland, who stars as Speedy in Arrow, has come forward to voice her frustration with the way in which Warner Bros. is handling the separation of its DC Comics film and television universes, noting the company could learn a few things from Marvel.

"Marvel does it in their own weird way, the mash between Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and the movies and stuff," she said at MCM London Comic-Con (via Mirror). "So it's a little upsetting because you know it is possible and it can be done and how good it would be if it was done."

Both Holland and co-star Katrina Law noted that Arrow's Stephen Amell and The Flash's Grant Gustin would "kill it" if they were given the opportunity play their respective heroes on the big screen. Instead, Gustin's role is being portrayed by Ezra Miller, with Holland noting that "basically you're giving the world two different Flashes all of a sudden."

She also expressed her frustration with the impact that Suicide Squad has had on the future of Arrow, as Harley Quinn appeared back in Season 2 before Margot Robbie was cast in the upcoming film. The show initially had plans for Quinn, but have since been scrapped. "When DC found out they were going to be doing their own movie we had to axe all of the characters before we even got to show them," she explained."

With regard to Amell, she continued: "It was annoying at first and then when Stephen found out there was going to be a Justice League movie it only seemed, rightly so, he would be playing Green Arrow on it as well as Grant playing the Flash. It just seemed like the right normal answer.

"Once they said no, you can't really fight against them for it, because they are the people that gave us a job in the first place. You just have to sit there on your hands, like okay, I get it!" she added.

Do you think DC should keep its film and television universes separate? Let us know in the comments, and for more on Warner Bros.' upcoming villain-focused flick, read up on the weird things Cara Delevingne did to get cast as Enchantress in Suicide Squad.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

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