Stephen Amell has been revealing a lot about what happens on the set of Arrow. The CW star recently shared that he wasn't the highest paid actor on the show during its first two seasons. In addition to that, Amell admitted that he has great respect for relative newcomer Rick Gonzalez after an incident from the previous season.
Amell recently spoke to Michael Rosenbaum during an episode for the Inside of You podcast. The Arrow star confessed that he wasn't taking things seriously when the cast did the first reading for Oliver and Felicity's wedding in Season 6. Amell admitted he joked around while Gonzalez was trying to read Wild Dog's speech, something that led to Gonzalez pulling him aside after the reading.
"He said 'you making a joke like that really interferes with my process. This scene and this moment in the episode is really important to me and I didn't appreciate what you did.' And I said 'thank you so much for saying that. I am incredibly sorry. It will never happen again. I didn't mean anything by it. It was just a joke. It wasn't even a good one. I'm really sorry man but above all else thank you so much for coming and talking to me about it.'"
The exchange was a truly humbling experience for Amell, who says he isn't always aware when he is being offensive to other people. The actor continued by saying Gonzalez's professionalism elevated his "level of respect" for his co-star.
It's good to know that Amell remains grounded despite his success in Arrow. The incident with Gonzalez could have gone really bad but it's great that Amell took his co-star's polite gesture in a positive manner.
Arrow Season 7 will air on The CW on October 15.
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