‘Arrow’ Alum Katie Cassidy Says She Was “Angry At First” When Her Character Was Killed Off: “I Think It Was Political”

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Katie Cassidy recalls when she found out her character on Arrow was being killed off and theorized about why the decision was made.

The actress started the CW superhero series playing Laurel Lance (Black Canary) during its first four seasons. In 2016, her character died, and she only found out about it a couple of days before it was going to happen. “I had to eat some humble pay when they killed me off that show,” Cassidy said on the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast. “It was really hard.” Cassidy said she “was sad” and “was sort of in shock” when she learned her character was going to be killed off.

Arrow had teased at the beginning of the season that a character was dying but Cassidy didn’t think it would happen. However, as she was traveling to a comic convention in New York City, she received an email from the show’s creators about setting up a meeting to talk.

Cassidy’s instincts kicked in, and she requested to have them tell her what the meeting was about. Throughout the weekend at the fan event, Cassidy had to act like she didn’t know which character was getting killed off. “I was angry at first,” Cassidy said after finding out the news about her character. “And I was emotional because I was sad, and I was angry because I was so happy.” Of the reason(s) why they decided to kill off Laurel, Cassidy said, “I think it was a couple of things.