Arrow Season 3 Spoilers: David Ramsay Previews Diggle's New Role

John Diggle is a fan favorite character on the CW's Arrow, as he serves as a moral guide for Oliver Queen. Diggle had a bit of a reduced role in Season 2, but with Ollie out of commission right now in Season 3, he's ready to step up and protect Starling City.

David Ramsay spoke to Comic Book Resources and previewed Diggle's role in the upcoming episodes. "Well, he stepped up to the plate. And the rest of the team, obviously -- Canary, Arsenal and Felicity -- we all have to step up in the absence of Oliver. But I think they do look to Diggle to some degree. Diggle is older than all of them, and to some great degree, experienced more in the field, reconnaissance fighting, so they do look to him for some leadership. And it's good -- that's a good element for Diggle to exercise, but it's shared. It really is shared. All these opinions are shared, and there's a certain amount of -- Oliver's absence really does something to us all emotionally, because we all have to reassess why we're there, personally. We've taken on this crusade which began as Oliver's, and it's kind of slowly become our own, so we all have to come up with some reasons as to why we decide to stay, if we decide to stay. There's a lot of introspective work that we do."

Many fans have long wanted Diggle to get a mask of his own, and Ramsay agrees. "Oliver says something very interesting. He said to Arsenal, 'The mask isn't to protect you. It's to protect the people you love.' I think if anyone kind of has a reason to protect himself for loved ones at this point, it's probably Diggle. So there's been a big kind of hoo-rah on line in terms of 'Diggle needs a mask. Diggle should get a mask.'"

Finally, Ramsay talked about his view that Diggle is what Oliver should and could be some day. "I just like the fact that Diggle is probably the most well-adjusted of the characters. He has a family....I think he's probably where Oliver Queen will be in five years, just in terms of psychologically where he's adjusted to. He's had his crucible. Afghanistan was his crucible. I like the fact that they're making him kind of a model, in some ways, of what Oliver Queen can and should be."

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