He is the passion and excitement, and almost the fanboy and fangirls’ excitement about the characters they see. But I’ve been having so much fun bringing him to life, and we’ve only played Ray Palmer. If you’d asked me that question before I’d played Ray and been in the world, I may not have been, because I didn’t know where that was going and what playing Ray would entail. I was really taken by their passion, excitement and enthusiasm for their show. Would anyone want me or see me as another character? How would that even work? But I was intrigued enough, because I’d seen Arrow and what a quality show it was, to meet with Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg, and hear their pitch about what Ray Palmer would become. But then I hadn’t thought of it as a possibility, because again, I had played the pinnacle of all superheroes. I didn’t know what new ground I could tread in this world, I guess, having played the pinnacle of all superheroes. Was there hesitancy for you, stepping back into the DC world? Palmer, of course, is destined to become The Atom, with the possibility of being featured in his own spinoff at some point. No one is more surprised than Brandon Routh to be returning to the DC universe following 2006’s Superman Returns, but he has in the role of Ray Palmer on Arrow.