As Roy Harper bid fans adieu in the latest episode of season 3 of Arrow, showrunners Marc Guggenheim and Greg Berlanti spoke about Colton Haynes' exit but also alluded to him making an appearance in the upcoming episodes.

The producers spoke to BuzzFeed about the twist in the plot and about how they hadn't intially planned to have Haynes stay as long as he did on the show.

"When we made Colton's deal, he was coming off of Teen Wolf where he was beloved, and he had a lot of opportunities," Berlanti said. "So we did a trial thing where we said, for his sake and ours, 'We'll just do a bunch of episodes and see if you like it and if you enjoy it.' And he did. Then pilot season came up that year and before another pilot could snatch him up, we made a two-year deal, so we always knew we were on a clock."

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Berlanti also added about what a great contribution Haynes made to the show and were grateful for the fact that he could stick on for as long as he did.

"We're grateful that he, in the nascent stages of our show, really gave us the time and commitment to help get the show out there and get seen and talked about," he said. "He was such a wonderful element as a character and a person. It was super sad, but everybody kinda looked at each other and realized that he's at the start of, what I'm sure will be, an incredibly incredibly impressive career. It's great that he gets to go on and have that and we got to have him while we did."

The report also revealed that this is not the last of Harper fans will get to see and he will return, probably as a flash in the pan, in an upcoming episode.

The next episode, titled 'Al Sah-him' will air on April 22 on The CW.

Watch the preview for the upcoming episodes here:

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