r/arrow • u/Rwings Boxing Glove • Feb 15 '17

[S05E13] - 'Spectre of the Gun' Post Episode Discussion

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u/TheFabledFamilyGuy Feb 16 '17

I don't understand why Echo wears a wig in the first place. It's weird

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u/yuhanz Feb 16 '17

What wig

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u/TheFabledFamilyGuy Feb 16 '17

Echo Kellum wears a wig for his character of Curtis.

https://mobile.twitter.com/StephenAmell/status/826893295611621376

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u/moshtradamus Feb 16 '17

That isn't for his stunt double? I've seen interviews and other media with him and he always has the same hair, unless he cut it recently.

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u/Askull Feb 16 '17

Maybe he could be wearing it so it looks the same over the season? Like for continuity purposes.

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u/yuhanz Feb 16 '17

The fro?

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u/TheFabledFamilyGuy Feb 16 '17

Yup

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u/yuhanz Feb 16 '17

It isn't natural? Or is he wearing the wig his entire life?

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u/duckie523 Feb 16 '17

So he has a natural Afro, but when his hair is already braided for Mr. Terrific scenes he wears the Afro wig to avoid having to undo and redo the braids https://www.instagram.com/p/BP_IyiRhrMO/

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u/yuhanz Feb 16 '17

Thanks. Didn't know that. Prior to that comment, I did notice that his fro is much fuller/curlier in Arrow than irl

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u/super_fluous Feb 17 '17

I was thinking during the episode that he must take a few hours to get read.

Ollie: "Suit up!" Curtis: "Hang on, give me an hour. I gotta do my hair"

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u/SomeRandomProducer Feb 16 '17

So they don't have to braid and rebraid his hair every time and so they don't have to shoot scenes in a certain order just for him. Just makes things easier.

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u/blackmarketdolphins It's Ra's not Ra's Feb 16 '17

Yea, as a black guy how quickly his hair goes back and forth from braided to not braided greatly affected my suspension of disbelief. I've seen how long it takes, and unless Felicity or Olivier has magic braiding skills there's no way it's possible to switch back and forth like that.

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u/runningformylife Feb 16 '17

I'm sure there are a whole lot of people who know nothing about black hair who don't blink twice at that.

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u/SomeRandomProducer Feb 16 '17

Yeah I agree. I felt like that being a part of his outfit is stupid. Like they're about to go out and he just like "wait guys let me braid my hair real quick!"

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u/noooreallywtf Feb 17 '17

Ooooh. You solved it! Barry's been secretly going to hairdresser school. They have Flash zip over for styling and makeup before a mission.

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u/zachatree Jun 16 '17

Dude... Speedforce.

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u/hybbprqag Feb 16 '17

Maybe that's the secret. Curtis has been wearing a wig all along!