'Arrow' Producer Sheds Light on Brandon Routh's Palmer

TV Guide recently sat down with Andrew Kreisberg, one of the executive producers of "Arrow," to discuss the upcoming third season airing October 8 on The CW and the directions of the characters like new love interests (Routh's "Ray Palmer" as a foil to Stephen Amell's "Oliver Queen"), villains, returning character(s) and much more.

How much of a foil will Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh), Felicity's new rumored love interest and head of Queen Consolidated, be to Oliver?

Kreisberg: A big foil. It's Season 3, and Season 3 is typically when you add that game-changing character like Buffy did in adding Faith or Everwood did with adding Scott Wolf. First of all, getting Brandon — he couldn't be nicer, he couldn't be sweeter. It's just such a different energy that he's bringing to the show. A lot of what's funny about Felicity and Oliver is that he's so straight and she's the funny one. With Brandon, you get somebody who's as tall, square-jawed and handsome as he is [and] he's a really funny comedian. He and Felicity can have that verbal repartee that we haven't typically had on the show. As much as the show is getting darker, it's gotten a lot funnier. It's just such a different energy. He and Felicity are really cute together.

Read the full interview at TV Guide.