In a recent interview with former Angel star J. August Richards about his role as Mr Blank (awesome name) on Arrow he was particularly animated about the fight scenes and the choreography.
Q: In the preview of the episode, there’s a few scenes of Arrow tussling with Mr. Blank. How was that? How can you describe those scenes? Were they fun to play?
A: J August Richards: Man, it was fantastic. The stunt crew at the show is just absolutely amazing. They’ve been working on the fight for a few days. The way that it was choreographed and shot is just quite epic. It’s gonna be a battle royale that I think people will be talking about for a while. This character was absolutely delicious for me. Every aspect of playing him was wonderful. Even doing the fight scene was not like doing a regular fight scene. It was a fight scene through the eyes of Mr. Blank. Through the eyes of someone who is constantly trying to remain anonymous. It was so much fun.
Source: J. August Richards interview (Facebook)
There was a lot of chatter on Twitter about the fight scenes on Home Invasion, particularly a lot of love for the fight on the stairs.
“LOVE the fight scene between @amellywood and @jaugustrichards in tonight’s #Arrow! #4justice cc @JamesBamford”
— @LaurenTVEA“@JamesBamford @amellywood Awesome fight scenes in tonight’s #Arrow, especially on the staircase! Wow!!”
— @meghan1366Best fight scene ever! 😵 #Arrow @JamesBamford #ArrowStuntTeam
— @LesRS@JamesBamford whoever choreographed the fight scene on and around the stairs is a genius! #Arrow
— @KGuest22“@meghan1366 @JamesBamford @amellywood That was an awesome fight scene on the staircase.”
— @Sage761“@LaurenTVEA @amellywood @jaugustrichards @JamesBamford It was one of my favorite fight scenes of the season. Pure Oliver. Bad ass! #Arrow”
— @KGuest22“must also throw in a shout out to cousin @JamesBamford for last night’s fight scenes on #arrow. That staircase fight was great cuz!”
— @ErikSolbakken
Fantastic job James and the stunt team & also the actors in pulling off an epic fight.
Awesome as always, well done. Also cannot leave out BamBam in the well done category, he rocks it!!
That he does. I’ve got quite a wait for this episode (we get the premiere on Wednesday) but it sounds like it will be worth it.