GLEE Star Nolan Funk Joins Season Three Of ARROW As Felicity's [SPOILER]
"The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" will finally reveal the fan-favourite Arrow character's past, and it has been revealed today that Glee actor Nolan Funk has been cast as a very important figure from her early days. Read on for details...
The fifth episode of Arrow's third season will delve into Felicy's "secret origin", and The Hollywood Reporter have revealed that Awkward and Glee actor Nolan Funk as been cast for a guest appearance. He'll play Cooper Seldon, Felicity’s hacker boyfriend from her days at MIT. That name sounds familiar, right? Well, it's because he's...no one from the DC Comics, but seemingly a play on The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon Cooper! Weird. Anyway, he joins a star studded season which includes Brandon Routh as The Atom, J.R. Ramirez as Wildcat, Rila Fukushima as Katana, Peter Stormare as Count Vertigo, David Cubitt as Manhunter and Charlotte Ross as Felicity's mother. Oh, and Ra's Al Ghul! Here's an Instagram post from Emily Bett Rickards relating to this news...
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