Arrowverse: David Ramsey’s surprising Legends of Tomorrow character revealed
Arrow’s David Ramsey will return to the role of John Diggle many times across all of the Arrowverse shows this season but his mystery character in Legends of Tomorrow is a surprising one.
David Ramsey portrayed John Diggle on all eight seasons of Arrow, making him, Stephen Amell and Katie Cassidy the longest-serving actors on the series. Of course, the show’s conclusion meant that he had to hang up the Spartan helmet, but not without one more apperance on The Flash.
It was recently revealed that Ramsey would bring John Diggle back to the Arrowverse, appearing across The Flash, Supergirl, Batwoman and Superman and Lois. He will also appear in an episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow in a “mystery role”. Well, now that mystery role has been revealed.
Who is David Ramsey playing in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 6?
As revealed by TVLine, David Ramsey will portray a mysterious western in the episode “Stressed Western” – the one which he will also direct.
It sounds like an appropriately larger-than-life role for Legends of Tomorrow, but it might come as a shock to some fans simply because many were expecting him to portray an alternate version of John Diggle… perhaps one that liked the color green.
Will John Diggle become Green Lantern in the Arrowverse?
The reason that fans are hoping John Diggle’s return will come with the confirmation of the Green Lantern’s debut has a lot to do with how the character’s story ended in the series finale of Arrow.
However, it seems that Diggle’s return in the four other Arrowverse episodes Ramsey will appear in will follow that plot thread instead, meaning that we could get a Green Lantern in the Arrowverse very, very soon. Ramsey revealed:
"“…exploring what has happened to Diggle since encountering that green box, that will be explored in the other episodes – on Batwoman, Flash, Superman & Lois, and Supergirl. Whatever was in the box, he refused the invitation of. Let’s put it like that. But there are consequences to that.”"
Ramsey also reiterated that Diggle will refuse the Green Lantern mantle at first, because of its otherworldliness, adding:
"“…he refused the invitation of whatever was in the box, but there are consequences to that, and that story, what he will do next, is part of what we tell throughout these four episodes.”"
The Arrowverse may just see the Green Lantern’s light, after all.
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