Neal McDonough Talks DC Comics TV Appearances
Neal McDonough has been doing a lot of work in the DC Comics CWVerse. He was the big bad of Season 04 of Arrow as Damien Darhk, and then jumped over to Legends of Tomorrow this season as part of the “Legion of Doom” as the same character. McDonough was at the Arrow 100th episode party and got to talk with ComicBook.com about the experiences he’s had on both shows:
“Legends is a different show; it’s a little bit lighter,” McDonough said. “Now with Barrowman this year — the two of us and Matt, we’re having so much fun being really evil, but in a fun way. Arrow is a different show; it was the greatest experience of my life.”
He notes that because of the time period we met him in during Legends of Tomorrow, the 1940’s, his future is still up in the air, so thus Damien Darhk is still supremely confident, especially since he doesn’t know what “happens” in 2016.
“Why does he eventually lose?” the actor mused. “That’s not necessarily true now. They found a time machine, they picked me up in the ’40s and I’m off to the races now. There’s no end to Damien Darhk.”
Also though, his one “weakness” from Season 04, his wive Ruve, is not with him because of his place in the 1940’s, so now he has nothing to lose in his mind.
“Not having my wife at that point, and not knowing who my wife is — I don’t know that I’m going to get married, I don’t know that I’m going to murder hundreds fo thousands of people, none of that stuff — I don’t want to say he’s a little more evil, but I also don’t have as much to fight for, so I’m more of a loose cannon, which is fun to play,” McDonough said.