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1. Roy this year is a superhero with no name Colton will cut a dashing figure this season in his new scarlet duds, but if you're a comic book fan who thinks they know where Roy Harper's story is going - with the troubled teen transitioning into the tragic Arsenal - think again! "Our producer Marc Guggenheim has mentioned to me that Arsenal loses an arm in the comic book and he is a bad drug addict," he explains. So I think [my character's] going to be Arsenal mixed with the Red Arrow. "I'm not sure if they're going to stick to the comic books, but there will be a running joke of what my name is going to be. They're going to call me 'Speedy' or 'Oracle' - that will be a fun little joke throughout the season." 2. Roy's on the straight and narrow - but maybe not for long Last season, Oliver was able to rid Roy of the negative effects of the Mirakuru - a super-soldier serum that granted him fantastic strength, but left Harper prone to uncontrollable rages. But Colton tells us we might not have seen the last of bad Roy: "There's always a possibility for it to come back. There are always different mutations of different drugs that can come and start problems with the team. I have a feeling that will happen this season." 3. Expect more insane action on Arrow than ever before "It's incredible and it's down to the planning," Haynes says of the show's cinema-quality action sequences. "There's so much time and effort that goes into the planning of the show and the stunt team get a lot of credit, but not enough. "It makes the fans really excited every week, as they are watching something they have read their entire life. That's the fun part about it - to connect with them and do the show justice." 4. But season 3 is as much about the relationships as the action "I think the relationships in the new season are going to be of the exact same calibre as the action has been through the entire series," Haynes says. It has taken time for the relationships to be solid - now it's as much about the relationships as it is about the action. He teases: "There will be a few new love interests that come in through season three, that may cause a few love triangles. There will be a few fights over jealousy!" 5. Arrow will cross over with its spinoff The Flash - and Colton can't wait "I think that show is going to be massive, led by Grant Gustin," Haynes gushes. "We're all friendly with that cast and they're the coolest people. I think it's going to be a massive hit. "It would be nice to have a few characters [from our show] help it along the way, but I think they're going to try and make their characters solid before they add any of us in. "A few people from their show and ours could create a mini Justice League. That could be a fun idea to throw around." 6. There's no rivalry between Arrow and Marvel's Agents of SHIELD - honest "One of my best friends Chloe Bennet is the lead in it," Colton says of US TV's other big comic book series, which comes from DC's long-time rival Marvel Comics. "We always share a joke over text about articles written and number of views," he reveals - Roy Harper and Skye texting, just imagine. 7. Betrayal is going to be a big, big part of season three "It's always funny to watch Roy and Oliver before he knew that he was The Arrow, because Roy just used to roll his eyes at everything he said and thought, 'Who's this douche?'," Haynes laughs. "I think it's destined to go to a place where Roy and Oliver will have this sidekick friendship, but friends sometimes betray each other. "Betrayal is going to be a big, big part of season three - especially with Malcolm Merlyn coming and Thea turning to the dark side. It's going to be insane!"

How is the team dynamic affected now that Roy's (Colton Haynes) a part of it? Guggenheim: He's finding his place in this dynamic. He came into a trio and now it's a quartet. He's sort of learning how to deal with that. At the same time he's going to be dealing with some pretty heavy baggage over the course of the first bunch of episodes. There's some things that happen in the premiere that are going to resonate and stick with him for the first half of the year. And there are some chickens from last season that are also going to come home to roost for Roy. Roy's got some pretty big issues to deal with this season that are related to, but also go far beyond, his relationship to Team Arrow.

How are Roy and Oliver handling Thea's disappearance?

Guggenheim: That's something that's actually going to come to a head in the first two episodes. Suffice it to say they're both dealing with it differently. And I would suggest that's because one has more information regarding Thea's whereabouts than the other.

Roy is pretty headstrong. How does he take to being Oliver's sidekick? Guggenheim: I think at the beginning of the season it's actually going pretty well. They definitely develop a mentor-apprentice type relationship and that's not not say that Roy doesn't have a lot of baggage to deal with, but things are going to happen and things are going to come to light in Episode 6 that are really going to challenge his relationship with Oliver. And Oliver's relationship with him. Its going to be a two-way street.

Mark: Any scoop on Arrow? Now that Roy's suited up in his own (and awesome) version of Ollie's leather getup, he's made the transition to a real part of the team, and there will be an episode that dives deep into what that means for the new, young hero. "We made a big deal about Roy joining the team and then didn't get a chance to do that much with it because we were pushing a lot of other story," executive producer Marc Guggenheim said about Roy's earlier storylines that revolved around joining Team Arrow. "You really feel like Roy is a part of Team Arrow and it's more than just wearing a costume. He's really present and a member of the group. The trio becomes a quartet." Plus, episode six will be all about Roy and explore his mentee/mentor relationship with Oliver.

6. Is Roy and Oliver’s team-up a preview of things to come?

For Guggenheim, integrating Roy into Team Arrow was an arc that first began back in season two’s “Tremors” episode. “We made a big deal about Roy joining the team [back then] and then didn’t get a chance to do that much with it because we were pushing a lot of other story,” he admitted, promising that Oliver and Roy’s “mentor-mentee, master-apprentice relationship” is “a big component of the [new] season.” “You really feel like Roy is a part of Team Arrow and it’s more than just wearing a costume. He’s really present and a member of the group — the trio becomes a quartet.” Guggenheim hinted that episode six — another Roy-centric hour — will have similarities to “Tremors.” “I wouldn’t call it a sequel, but they are thematically related,” he said. “Roy being a part of the team is an important part of Roy’s development.”

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