Arrow Series Finale: 10 Huge Questions Answered By The Show's Producers
1. Were All Those Actors Really At The Funeral?
If you're a Marvel fan, you'll probably be all too aware that the Russo Brothers actually managed to assemble all those actors for Iron Man's funeral (even Benedict Cumberbatch showed up and a stand-in was used for most of his Avengers: Endgame scenes). As for Ollie's funeral, there's been some speculation online that not everyone was there - especially as no spoilers leaked online about who would be present - but it turns out that they were!
Guggenheim gives Schwartz all the credit for making it work as she "really picked up the baton and ran with it, making all of the personal phone calls to the actors, and to the agents, that really are necessary to pull off something like this."
No camera trickery was involved but "there were still actors we wanted who we just simply couldn’t get, because they were off shooting a television show, or shooting a movie," the producer continues. "Katrina Law, for example, was shooting Hawaii Five-0 and we barely got her. In fact, she was landing at Vancouver airport, going through customs, while we were shooting the first half of the funeral scene."
It's amazing to think about the work that goes into a scene like this and even more impressive that Arrow managed to pull it off!