Arrow Season 3 Spoilers: Brandon Routh Talks Atom's Costume, Felicity and Superman Returns

Brandon Routh joined the cast of the CW's Arrow for Season 3 as Ray Palmer, better known to DC Comics fans as The Atom. In a new interview with The DJ Tanner Show, he confirmed that he would put on a costume at some point this season.

"It's a totally different suit and I haven't been in it yet, I've only seen drawings," Routh replied when asked how The Atom's suit compares to his Superman Returns costume. "It's a very different character and I really can't say too much about what the suit's going to look like, just that it's very different and I don't believe it has a cape, which doesn't really surprise anybody if you've seen The Atom in the comics."

Routh said he has already shot the first six episodes of the season and spoke about his experience thus far. "[It's] a cool opportunity. It's a cool show with a huge following. They do a great job grounding the show. Having my character on there...he has a lot of different elements. I get to come on there and [do some] comedy in a pretty dark world. My character, Ray Palmer, interacts with Felicity mostly in the episodes I've shot so far and it's just a lot of fun. I have a great time working with Emily [Bett Rickards]. I think it's going to add it a whole new element to the show that I think fans will like, whether they dislike Ray getting into the middle of the Oliver/Felicity relationship or not."

Finally, the topic of the much-maligned Superman Returns came up, and Routh said no one has yet "had the balls" to say a bad word about it to his face. He does, however, meet people who are embarrassed to say they enjoyed the film.

"It doesn't weigh on me and never really did," Routh said when asked for his thoughts on the movie eight years later. "I took the job knowing full well that was going to be something that was going to be part of my life probably forever. Thankfully, it's in a good way. I'm proud of the movie and a lot of people enjoyed it so that helps, I guess. And having it be such an inspirational, iconic role, that's a nice thing to carry with me and have it be part of who people see me as." 

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