Arrow Season 3 Spoilers on Olicity's First Date, Brandon Routh as The Atom

Season 3 of the CW's Arrow arrives this fall, and the big item on many fans' minds is the impending first date between Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) in the season premiere. But of course, things won't go smoothly for the two.

A fan asked the "Spoiler Room" column at EW.com for information about the Olicity date, which rumor has it blows up in a possibly literal way. Here's what the column has to say.

"I don't have any specifics on their explosive first date, but it sounds like there's something-or should I say someone-else who will play a bigger role in potentially hurting Oliver and Felicity's relationship this year. Executive producer Andrew Kreisberg talked about how they cast Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer, and how one of the key things they loved was his chemistry with Oliver's Girl Wednesday. '[Brandon] actually did a chemistry test with Emily and we didn't have any doubt [before], but when everyone saw that, the two of them just jumped off the screen together. It's funny because we had a picture of Stephen, Stephen's headshot, and we had Emily's headshot, and there was a blank on the board. Once you put Brandon's up there, you're like, 'Oh yeah, these are two guys.' So perhaps we're worried about the wrong type of explosion?"

That's not exactly good news for Olicity 'shippers, but what do you think, Arrow fans? Will The Atom get in the way of a potential Oliver and Felicity relationship? Let us know in the comments below.