Over the weekend (April 12th-13th) Katie made her first public event for 2019 at the MEFCC Comic Con in Dubai, she was there for the Friday and Saturday doing autographs, fan photos, interviews and two panels the one of Friday with her good friend and DC Fam Zachary Levi and Marvels Benedict Wong, Iwan Rheon & Ross Marquand and did a solo panel on the Saturday. Thanks to ZacharyLevi.org for sending us in some photos from the panel. It looks like Katie had a great time in Dubai at both the con and out and about and here is to more events to come from Katie.
From the panel with thanks to Nadim Safieddine
– Even though she was heartbroken when Laurel was killed off, in retrospect it allowed her to not get bored of the same role and play something completely new
– She found out two episodes beforehand that Laurel would die; the hardest scene she ever had to do was Laurel’s hospital death and they made her do it many times months later for the season five premiere. But James Bamford knew exactly what to say to bring out her performance.
– She enjoys playing evil, but it can be hard to remember what version she’s playing since both versions still go by the name of Laurel
– She knows she’s played a lot of horror roles but it’s the characters that intrigue her so she can’t help it
– She would DEFINITEY be interested in a Black Canary spinoff when Arrow ends!
– She got EXTREMELY emotional and choked up when asked about Arrow ending. The cast really has become her family after all these years. She was on the verge of sobbing.
– Catwoman is still one of her dream roles
– She has lots of secret projects coming up including stuff as a potential writer/director. She really wants to work behind the scenes!
– she told a fan she loved his super cool hat and he gave it to her (there are pics- it’s white and fluffy)
– She’s still roomies with Caity, whom she adores! She also reaffirmed that she and Danielle Panabaker were previously roommates
– Jensen and Jared were the best pranksters on Supernatural
– She loved the lighter tone on Flash and asked for it on Arrow so Laurel could have more fun. Guggenheim told her Arrow has to be darker
– She did lose weight in season 2 for the addiction storyline, and the rest of the cast was very impressed by her physical transformation in S3; she always wants more action but insurance doesn’t allow.
– She always found the legal scenes to be the hardest to memorize
– Someone asked what she would think of a romantic relationship between Black Siren & White Canary (blegh)- she graciously deflected
– She’s happy that Oliver is with Felicity so she can be badass on her own
– She loves Emily and is so proud of how Felicity became such a big part of the show! Also, she loves that there are so many canaries on the show! More kickass women! When a fan asked if she’s jealous of Emily, she said of course not and that she loves EBR dearly.
– She can’t do the Canary Cry for pics and cons because of contractual reasons; she doesn’t scream when doing the Cry on the show to protect her vocal chords and so as not to scare the neighbors- she advised Julianna to do the same for her cry
– she had a lot of input in her Canary costume
– She cant wait for us to watch “Lost Canaries” this Monday. NO SPOILERS!
– her new husband, Matt Rodgers, was with her and they’re going to head to Dubai for a second honeymoon; she seems very happy
– she has 5 cats and 2 dogs- she calls it a “fur family” and can’t wait to spend more time with them after Arrow ends; she invited people to follow her cat Carlos on Insta
– She’s a huge gamer and loves it because she gets to detach
– A fan said she was incredibly sweet, genuine, and happy, and gave big hugs to all; when he met her, he told her she was the only reason he still watches Arrow and she laughed
All candids are CREDIT to there OWNERS we take NO credit for THEM
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