Katie made a new show today at New York Fashion Week for Houghton – Spring 2016 were she was again front row for all the action. At this time we only have the Mq photos up in the gallery but as soon as the Hq one’s come out they will be replaced.

GALLERY LINKs:
– Public Events > 2015 > Houghton – Front Row – Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week
– Public Events > 2015 > Houghton – Backstage – Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week

And after a lot of teasing from Katie, we finally got photos from her appearance at New York Fashion Week! Photos from the events she has attended so far have been added to the gallery.

GALLERY LINKs:
Public Events > 2015 > Ground Zero S/S 2016 Presentation – New York Fashion Week
Public Events > 2015 > Jenny Packham – Backstage – Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week
Public Events > 2015 > Jenny Packham – Front Row – Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week

As you probably know by now if you’ve seen my other posts, Dragon Con 2015 was last weekend, and I was able to attend on behalf of Bam Smack Pow. This allowed me to attend some of the press conferences that went on during the con, including one with Arrow star Katie Cassidy, who like her good friend and roommate Danielle Panabaker, is a very friendly and kind person. Below is a transcription of some of the best questions asked at the press conference.

 How is training going?

It’s good, it’s really good. I actually brought my trainer with me just because I am the type of person that if I’m not with my trainer, it’s easy for me to be like, “Oh, I’m just too tired this morning.” But it’s really good. It’s really hard, but I love it. It’s awesome.

Have you had to ramp up the training for having more of a role on Team Arrow as Black Canary?

Oh yeah, absolutely. I think second season, Marc Guggenheim and I had a discussion about the physicality and the difference between Laurel. Obviously, Season 2, you saw her go from, you know, an alcoholic and a drug addict and literally a disaster all day everyday. As an actor, it’s challenging and I love that, but it was really nice and I think a really good arc for me to come out the other side. You know, hit rock bottom, get sober. And then Season 3 we spoke about the physicality of Laurel, that there has to be a drastic difference. I’ve spent a lot of time, and still do obviously, dedicating my hiatus to training and working out.
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One of the most often-repeated pieces of criticism about the return of Sara Lance in the upcoming seasons of Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is the notion that it will pull at the thread of character development for Laurel Lance, her sister and replacement as the (Black) Canary.

At Comic-Con International: San Diego this summer, ComicBook.com and a roundtable of reporters spoke with actress Katie Cassidy, who plays Laurel, about what Arrow‘s fourth season will look like for Laurel, what her connection to the Legends of Tomorrow might be and whether she’s hoping for crossovers with her not-dead sister.

How’s it feel to be at the first one of these big events where you can talk really openly about being Black Canary?

It’s great and amazing. I’m like “Finally! I can say it!”

It’s completely fulfilling. This character, this job, this world, this series has been a dream come true and I really wanted to do action and living in this genre, so I couldn’t be happier.
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A portrait of Katie along with her Arrow co-stars Stephen Amell, John Barrowman and Matt Nable taken at DragonCon by James Barker has been added to the gallery.

GALLERY LINK:
Studio Photoshoots > Portraits > DragonCon 2015

As you know, Katie was at DragonCon this past weekend. I have added to the gallery photos from the Arrow Panel (September 6) and the DC United Panel (September 7). A huge thank you to venusnep for the photos!

GALLERY LINK:
Public Events > 2015 > DragonCon – “Arrow” Panel
Public Events > 2015 > DragonCon – DC United Panel

While at Dragon Con, I had the opportunity to participate in a press conference with Arrow’s Katie Cassidy, a.k.a. Laurel Lance, a.k.a. [the current] Black Canary. The great thing about Dragon Con is that the stars aren’t really there to promote things the way they are at, say, SDCC, and I loved the more conversational aspect of this and the other interview experience that I had (more on that later).

Katie began by talking about the drastic difference in the physicality of her role between the first two seasons of Arrow and what happened in season three. “You saw [Laurel] go from being a drug addict…being a disaster every day. Which as an actor is challenging and I love that. But it was really nice…a really good arc for me to come out the other side. You know, get sober. […] So, I spent a lot of time, and still do, dedicating my hiatus to training. When I first started, it was like five days a week and I was training three hours a day. But not just straight up…weights and cardio. It would be like a mixture of things. An hour of weights and then it would be like an hour of kickboxing and then an hour of yoga. So, it wasn’t like […] And there were breaks in between, but I don’t know, I feel like I wanted to make the character, for me, as a professional actor, as legitimate as possible.”

That legitimacy apparently even works its way into her stunts – she does as many of them as they’ll let her, although she noted that “Obviously, they aren’t going to let me jump off a building…it would be fun for sure…but they let me do as much as they can.” Apparently she only stops for insurance reasons, which is just more proof of the dedication she has to this role.

She also made a point to praise her stunt double. “She is fantastic and I always say, when I watch her, she’s really good morphing herself with the actor. She’s also doubled Caity Lotz before and Caity Lotz and I have different mannerisms, we are two different people. When she doubles Caity Lotz she does a really good job in forming and morphing into that and when she [doubles me], same thing.”
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Our Fall TV preview extravaganza was just a small taste of the Arrow intel we’ve collected.

Like Oliver, we aimed higher and are bringing you even more scoop from showrunners Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle about the ex-vigilante’s “bumpy” attempts to get back in Dig’s good graces, Laurel’s struggle to fit in on the team and much more.

Love is in the air for Oliver and Felicity as well as many of the show’s other crimefighters, but at least one person won’t be getting romanced in Season 4, Mericle reveals in our character-by-character spoiler guide.

The EP also shares what some recurring fan faves will be up to when The CW series returns on Wednesday, Oct. 7, while Guggenheim previews new enemy Damien Darhk’s badass qualities.

LAUREL
Having “fully arrived as Black Canary” when the new season opens, Laurel will be focused on her work (at night and during the day), and not so much her personal life. Mericle tells us there’s no plan to introduce a love interest for the unlucky-in-love gal. “I think there’s some virtue in having a female character on the show who’s not necessarily involved with a man,” the EP explains. “She has a lot of business to deal with in terms of her sister [Sara] and also finding a new relationship with Oliver now that Felicity is in the picture…. It’s more [about] her finding her place on the team.”

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As you know Katie was this past weekend at DragonCon, yesterday being her second and last day at the convention. And just like on her first day, there was a Arrow panel yesterday which you can now watch bellow.

I have added to the gallery photos from the press conference Katie gave during DragonCon yesterday, before the Arrow panel.

GALLERY LINKs:
Public Events > 2015 > Autographs & Misc – Day 2