Talia Won’t Be Clone Of Nyssa In Arrow
Arrow Season 05 returns next week, and a big character is arriving in the form of Talia Al Ghul. Who is the other daughter of Ra’s Al Ghul. We’ve already met Nyssa via Season 02 and beyond, and she’s been a fan-favorite character, mainly because of her portrayal by Katrina Law. With Talia’s arrival via the flashback sequences, many are wondering how she’ll compare to Nyssa. Well, according to Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim, they aren’t the same at all”
“She’s definitely her own person; she’s not a Nyssa clone, by any stretch,” Guggenheim said to Entertainment Weekly. “You can definitely sense a familial resemblance. Having Ra’s al Ghul as your dad, it’s likely to forge a very specific kind of person. They’re close enough and different enough that I would love, at some point, to do a story with Nyssa and Talia.”
But then, that raises the obvious question of, “Why didn’t Oliver mention her before?”
“We’ll also be dealing very directly with the fairly obvious question, which is: Wait a second, when Oliver met Ra’s al Ghul, why didn’t he say, ‘Hey, wait a minute, I think I met your daughter back in Russia!’” he added.
So yeah, good times everyone, another Al Ghul is in the picture. We’ll have to see how she plays out when Arrow returns next Wednesday on CW.