I followed around Oliver, Laurel, Diggle, Felicity, and Roy before and after their Comic-Con panel. It was a lot of freight elevators, and awesome cosplay.
This is the cast of the CW show Arrow, and I traveled as part of their entourage this past weekend at Comic-Con.
Most people who go to Comic-Con are on the opposite side of the curtain; waiting in lines for hours, battling through the crowds to get geek paraphernalia, and hoping to catch a glimpse of some of their favorite actors.
But for actors attending the convention — such as Arrow's Stephen Amell, Colton Haynes, Katie Cassidy, Emily Bett Rickards, and David Ramsey — their experience is very different from what the fans observe. That's something I learned after Warner Bros. Television agreed to let me travel around the convention center with the stars of the CW drama.
I was with them from 4 p.m., while they were in the midst of press junkets, to just a little after 7 p.m., when their autograph signing ended. I took photos, listened in on conversations, and asked questions about their experience.
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For the badass heroes of Starling City, Saturday started off with going down the line in the press rooms.
It feels a bit like a cattle call. Reporters stand in a single file line, while the actors shuffle their way down to the very end.
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The press room was at the Hilton Bayfront, which is next to the convention center, and the rooms are guarded by these Secret Service-esque bosses.
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And while you're hopping from room to room, sometimes brave fans come up just to say how much they love you.
It's a little intimidating, especially when someone like Amell is flanked by security guards that can be roughly twice your size.
