Arrow Star Emily Bett Rickards Films Final Day as Series Regular

Longtime Arrow castmember Emily Bett Rickards filmed her final scenes for The CW series as a regular cast member. The actress, who plays Felicity Smoak/Overwatch, announced last month on Instagram that her character would not be returning to the show’s eighth and final season. To commemorate the occasion, star Stephen Amell posted a video of his daughter singing Rickards a song after her final scene wrapped, giving a clue as to where we’ll last see her character.

Our kiddo wanted to sing @emilybett a song on her last day. pic.twitter.com/DxlkShd2H6

— Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) April 10, 2019

Series showrunner Beth Schwartz told TVLine that the character’s absence will be definitely be addressed. “All I have to say is the finale script, almost everyone who read it was in tears,” the Schwartz said of Rickards’ final episode. “I’m very happy with it, and I think the audience is going to really like it.“

Arrow stars Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, David Ramsey as John Diggle, and Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak. Colton Haynes returns as Roy Harper for the new season after being absent from the series.

Based on the DC characters, the series is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Wendy Mericle and Sarah Schechter. The show is produced by Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.