Amell Cousins Ensure San Diego Comic Con Is A CW Family Affair

The Amell cousins, Stephen Amell and Robbie Amell, both made appearances at the San Diego Comic-Con. Stephen plays the main character in Arrow whilst Robbie stars in The Tomorrow People. Both series are produced and aired of The CW Network.

Arrow is roughly based on the fictional superhero, The Green Lantern, a character who is very popular at the Comic-Con. Appearing at last year's Comic Con, few people recognised Stephen. He even went so far as to ask for pictures with fans, speaking on the Arrow Panel, he said "I took a picture with a guy dressed as an old-school Green Arrow and he said, 'Why do you want to take this picture?' And I said 'because I play Green Arrow on TV'".

This year, however, things have been decidedly different: executive producer Greg Berlanti said "he hasn't been able to walk out there". Next year's Comic-Con promises to be something of the same for Stephen as Arrow has been renewed for a second season.

Speaking to USA Today, Stephen said of Arrow fans at the convention: "there's so much gratitude and people are really grateful and thankful".

In contrast, Robbie has had "more freedom of movement". On the subject of fan attention he said "I'm a year behind Stephen. I'm where he was last year".