New reports and a recent interview with Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim hint at the possibility of Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) playing a more important role on the show and making up for the void that might be left by the assumed death of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell).

Oliver To Be Resuscitated In Upcoming Episode Of Arrow?

After fans were left shocked by the mid-season finale of season 3 of Arrow, a lot of questions are left to be answered, about the plot of the rest of the season and how the series will continue without its pivotal character, Oliver Queen.

In an interview, Guggenheim spoke about what fans can expect from the show now onward, and suggested that Roy will be stepping it up after Oliver's loss, in the upcoming episodes.

"One of the things I was very straight with Colton about is I don't think we serviced his character quite as much as we would have liked in the firt half of seaosn 3," he said. "I'll say the stuff that he's got in episodes 10, 11, and 12, it's pretty dang gangbusters. There's one scene in episode 11 between him and John Barrowman that I think is some of his finest work on the show."

Following the shocking mid-season finale which aired on December 10, in which Oliver was slain by Ra's Al Ghul (Matt Nable), the promo for the upcoming episode was recently unveiled.

In the promo somebody is heard saying Oliver is dead, as the camera pans atop the mountain top, where the duel between Ghul and Oliver took place, showing Oliver's limp body on a rock. That's about all the preview gives away about what fans can expect from the next episode, titled Left Behind, which is to air on January 21.

Watch the promo for Left Behind here:

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