Katie Cassidy Rumored Leaving Arrow in Season 7?

[Jean]

Katie Cassidy Reportedly Leaving The Arrowverse This Year

We found out that Arrow was coming to an end after its eighth season, but fans of The CW’s superhero shared universe shouldn’t be worried about the fate of the Arrowverse, as all the evidence points to it continuing to thrive, just in new and exciting ways. Given that, it’s totally possible – maybe even likely – that members of Team Arrow will stick around the franchise, just on other shows.

One who apparently won’t be, though, is Katie Cassidy. A source has told that the actress who’s been with Arrow since the beginning is looking to leave the Arrowverse for good this year. We can’t say any more than that at this stage, but it’s believed that the star feels she’s been with the DC world long enough and wishes to move on to new challenges. It’s also probable that her mind was made up by the fact that Arrow is ending.

Fans will know that Cassidy has played Laurel Dinah Lance on the series ever since Arrow‘s pilot episode. Although, she hasn’t always portrayed the same Laurel. The original Black Canary was shockingly killed off in season 4, but she soon returned in season 5 as the Earth-2 version, who’s walked a path to redemption ever since. With Black Siren pretty much totally reformed by this point, you can see why the actress might feel she’s done all she can with her dual role.

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Given how busy she is on DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Caity Lotz has rarely found time to leave the Waverider behind and travel to Star City so that she can help out on Arrow, the series where she got her superheroic start. With an official episode synopsis that suggests Sara does not have a lot to do in "Seance and Sensibility," it looks like the sister shows have found a way to make the schedules work, and Lotz heads back to Arrow on April 15 to star in the long-teased "Birds of Prey"-themed episode in which Black Siren goes AWOL and has to be brought in by Felicity, Black Canary, and White Canary.

The breakdown happens when Laurel (Katie Cassidy) is apparently identified publicly as her own Earth-2 doppelganger and a former criminal. This means the end of "District Attorney Laurel Lance" and the return of Black Siren, who teams up with the Shadow Thief (Carmel Amit) to go on a crime spree. The Shadow Thief has not yet appeared in the Arrowverse, but he is a villain best known for fighting with super-powered characters like Firestorm, Alan Scott, and Hawkman -- which tracks, given that it was mostly Flash villains who came over from Earth-2 when Zoom opened the floodgates.

BIRDS OF PREY; CAITY LOTZ GUEST STARS — After being accused of murder and having her criminal past exposed, Laurel (Katie Cassidy) goes full Black Siren and teams up with an old criminal acquaintance, Shadow Thief (guest star Carmel Amit), to go on a crime spree around Star City. While Dinah (Juliana Harkavy) aims to bring Laurel in, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) refuses to give up on her friend and tries everything to get through to her, even summoning Sara Lance (guest star Caity Lotz) for help. However, Laurel rebuffs all her efforts, forcing the former friends to face off against each other. Kristin Windell directed the episode written by Jill Blankenship & Elisa Delson.

[Jean]

I hope that with Emily not returning in S8 as a regular, that they won't lose Katie too. But this upcoming storylines with her, really hope those rumors of Laurel leaving in 7.18 are not true, as has been rumored for a while.

Maybe plans have changed, could the series revert back to how it was at the start of the series of Arrow, where Oliver worked alone.

[Tim]

I've often wondered if Sara knew about the alternate version of her sister running around Star City.

[adzpower]

I will be so mad if she leaves, or I should say, I will be mad if they throw all her character development away, I don't blame Katie one bit for leaving, she has been mis-treated and pushed to the side for far too long, she deserves more.

[Tim]

Too bad.  With Felicity out of the picture, perhaps Oliver and Laurel might have had a chance.