‘Arrow’ season 5 may have a new villain with Idris Elba character as inspiration

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For those of you who love “The Wire,” is it possible that you will love “Arrow” season 5 even more because of a certain Stringer Bell connection? It’s possible…

According to a new report from TVLine, the series is casting a character known tentatively as “Anton Church,” and is a crime lord who lakes to take out significant threats and was supposedly inspired by the famed character on the HBO drama played by Idris Elba. It feels rather clear to us that the show is trying to find a suitable replacement for Damien Darhk when it comes to a notable criminal; let’s just hope that this one is rather different than any that we have seen to date.

While we know that comic fans would love for “Arrow” to bring in another notable DC villain, at the same exact time we have to be aware of the fact that there are not exactly too many from the Green Arrow universe that have not already been used. We mostly just wonder if there are any regrets using up Vertigo as quickly as they did given his role in some of the comics; even Deathstroke, who is iconic to this show, is actually more of a Teen Titans villain in the source material that one affiliated with Oliver Queen.

Ultimately, we’ll see who this show decides to cast for this show, but given that Jason Momoa is being used in part as inspiration for the part, it’s easy to assume right now that they are looking for someone physically imposing.

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