As we are getting closer to the fourth season of The CW’s Arrow, more information and casting announcements are coming out. Earlier today, it was announced that Parker Young has been cast as Thea Queen’s (Willa Holland) new love interest, and now, just a few hours later, The Wrap has revealed that Rutina Wesley (Hannibal, True Blood) has booked a multi-episode arc on the series. However, her character wasn’t revealed in their exclusive report, which is also intriguing, given the time of the announcement, with The CW having its session tomorrow at the ongoing Television Critics Association summer press tour.
Our go-to-speculation is that Wesley could be portraying the live-action version of Mari McCabe, a.k.a. Vixen, who will be kicking off her animated series (set in the Arrow/The Flash universe) later this month on CW Seed, where she will be voiced by Megalyn Echikunwoke. We speculated back then that Echikunwoke could potentially play the character on Arrow, The Flash or even DC’s Legends of Tomorrow should the producers bring her in this season, since she is the voice of the character.