Arrow Casts Rocky IV‘s Dolph Lundgren as Russian Big Bad
“I must break… Oliver Queen.”
Rocky IV opponent Dolph Lundgren has booked a recurring role on Season 5 of The CW‘s Arrow, it was announced on Thursday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
“In our flashbacks, which are set in Russia this season, we are going to be bringing in Dolph Lundgren as a Big Bad,” showrunner Wendy Mericle said.
In addition to his iconic turn as Rocky Balboa’s Russkie rival Ivan Drago, the 6-foot-5 Swede’s credits also include the Expendables action franchise, The Punisher and Masters of the Universe.
Arrow Season 5 will feature a variety of fresh faces, including Popular alum Carly Pope (as a Coast City reporter), Chicago P.D.’s Josh Segarra (in the series-regular role of D.A. Adrian Chase aka Vigilante), Reaper‘s Rick Gonzalez as the DC Comics character Wild Dog, The Walking Dead‘s Chad L. Coleman as villain Tobias Church, The McCarthys‘ Tyler Ritter as SCPD Detective Malone, Blindspot’s Joe Dinicol recurring as Rory Regan aka the vigilante Ragman and former WWE grappler Cody Rhodes in a guest role TBA.
Arrow returns Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 8/7c, where it now leads into the new drama Frequency.
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that is awesome is this Dolph Lundgren first time doing a tv show
He did 1 episode of Chuck and he was great. Looking forward to him on Arrow
KGBeast?
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!!!! So amazing!
Didn’t anyone tell them that adding a billion cast members only hurts a show. There was barely anything for the established cast to do why at more! And enough with the flashbacks!
This is the last year of flashbacks
This is awesome. Hope Oliver Queen can channel his inner Rocky Balboa.
aka a real life rocket scientist. I cannot wait for this.
Great casting news of Dolph Lundgren playing a big bad in the flashbacks in new season. he’s gonna be a great villain on the show with only villains they have in new season!
Awesome!
Hahahaha I love how you mentioned The Punisher in his credits. I actually enjoyed thy cheeses version
I seriously loved that version of the punisher. I watched it a million times lol.
All of Arrow’s casting announcements have been underwhelming.
DRAGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Haha. That’s the exact thing I was going to write. Well done!
This is very cool casting news, and I’m excited for the new season of the show, but seeing all the new cast announcements written down like this emphasizes how very male-heavy the show cast is.
Seven new male cast announcements compared to just one new female cast member, in a cast of series regulars that is already mostly men. That feels rather uneven. I still think this show could do a fantastically diabolical female villain.
I forgot about one of the announcements – it’s actually seven male announcements to 2 new female cast announcements, but still.
I had no intention of watching Arrow next season, but I may have to reconsider because I have loved Dolph Lundgren FOREVER. But sitting through more flashbacks..ugh!