Katie Cassidy's 'Arrow' Firing: Actress Addresses What Really Happened & 'Who's in the Grave?' Mystery

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Katie Cassidy is sharing the true details behind initially getting fired from Arrow. The 38-year-old actress, who played Laurel Lance in the series, made an appearance on Michael Rosenbaum‘s Inside of You podcast.

During the appearance, she discussed getting the official news back in October of 2015 that she was being let go from The CW series after four seasons. Keep reading to find out more… Katie said that she was roommates with The Flash‘s Danielle Panabaker at the time, who would try to speculate about who would be revealed as in the grave featured in the flash-forward at the end of Arrow‘s Season 4 premiere. “She’s like, ‘Are you sure you’re not worried?’ I’m like, ‘No, it’s fine,’” Katie said.

Ahead of New York Comic Con weekend that year, the Arrow showrunners Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle sent cast members an email before they were going to film an episode featuring a big death, asking to “catch up” that Monday. “And for whatever reason, my stomach just dropped,” Katie recalled. “I immediately text Marc Guggenheim, who I adore, ‘I’m fired, aren’t I?’ I was like, ‘Marc, I have a sick feeling in my stomach, please don’t make me wait the weekend.

Please, can we get on a call tomorrow?’ He said, ‘Wow, you’re really intuitive. I’ll call you tomorrow.’” The next day, while on a call with Marc and fellow Arrowverse EPs Greg Belanti and Andrew Kreisberg, “Marc said, ‘Listen, unfortunately I have to tell you you’re the one that’s in the grave.’” Katie said she felt “angry at first” and “emotional.” As for why her character was picked as tribute, Katie said: “I have theories…I think it was political.” Katie also said her “only anger moment” was on the phone call, when she said to the EPs, “I just have to say I feel