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Arrow show boss posts fake script used to keep major character death under wraps
ARROW show boss Marc Guggenheim revealed that he posted a fake script to keep a major character death under wraps during season one.
The screenwriter, 49, took to Twitter to explain that he shared the false document to cover up Tommy Merlyn's death in 2013.
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A whopping seven years later, the screenwriter decided to reveal all and shared the three pages to his on the social media platform.
He captioned the post: "When we (spoiler alert) killed off Tommy Merlyn at the end of Season 1, we published fake script pages to keep the secret under wraps. Here are those pages."
The fake script involves Tommy Merlyn (Colin Donnell), his father Malcom Meryln (John Barrowman), Oliver Jonas Queen (Stephen Amell) and Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy).
These are the four characters dealing with the aftermath of an explosion set off by Malcom.
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Tommy soon realises that his childhood best friend Oliver is alive and goes on to save both him and his lover Laurel.
The script then cleverly hides the real death at the end of series one with Tommy asking his best friend is he killed his father.
Oliver replied: "I'm sorry... I had to."
Tommy angrily replies: "Now I know what I have to do. I'm going to kill you."
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The American superhero television series is based on DC Comics character Green Arrow and follows the story of Oliver Queen.
It first hit our screens in 2012 and has a total of eight series, totalling 170 episodes, each 40 minutes long.
In 2012 their average number of viewers was 3.68 million and viewers can watch it on The CW Television Network.