Arrow Season 3 Spoilers: Katie Cassidy Talks Suiting Up as Black Canary

The CW's Arrow will return with new episodes for Season 3 on Wednesday, January 21. It appears, by all accounts, that Oliver Queen is dead after his duel at the hands of Ra's al Ghul. This means other characters, including Laurel Lance, will have to step up in his absence.

Katie Cassidy spoke to Comic Book Resources about suiting up as the Black Canary. "On January 21, you will see Laurel in the suit and becoming Black Canary -- but just because she suited up doesn't necessarily mean she's good, first of all," she said. "But it's part of her journey. In Season 3, she goes from avenging her sister's death, to honoring to her sister, to basically becoming her sister, but her own version of it. And she really steps up to the plate, I think. Now that Oliver's gone, [she] takes the reins and is like, 'I got this.' She's a strong woman, and I think she's going to kick some butt."

Cassidy also discussed how her new costume changes her character's involvement in the plot. "In Season Two, it was great to finally be in the Foundry -- and the Lair. It was so cool. I was in there a lot, and it's awesome. I loved being a part of the A-story. I love working with Emily [Bett Rickards]. She's wonderful. Our characters, we have a really, really incredible interaction in Episode 13, and she is just wonderful. So I love working with her. I love working with Colton [Haynes] and David Ramsey. I don't really work with the three of them that often -- or haven't. Now, I work with them a lot! It's great."

Finally, she addressed the Black Canary's famous canary scream, a blast of sound waves she uses to take out her enemies. "We haven't seen that yet. But I do feel like maybe at some point, Laurel will have her own version of it, and maybe it won't be necessarily in the same form [as the comics]."

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