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"John Barrowman has joined the cast of new superhero drama Arrow. The Doctor Who and Torchwood star has signed up for a recurring role in the CW show&amp;#039;s debut season, Entertainment Weekly reports.  Barrowman will play a &amp;quot;well-dressed man&amp;quot; who is &amp;quot;as mysterious as he is wealthy&amp;quot;, producers said, adding that &amp;quot;he is an acquaintance of the Queen family and a prominent figure in Starling City&amp;quot;. Stephen Amell plays DC superhero The Green Arrow in the show, which is written and executive produced by Green Lantern&amp;#039;s Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, alongside Vampire Diaries producer Andrew Kreisberg. Katie Cassidy (Gossip Girl), Willa Holland (The OC), Paul Blackthorne (The River) and Annie Ilonzeh (Charlie&amp;#039;s Angels) will also star in Arrow. Arrow, which attracted rave reviews at Comic-Con, premieres on October 10 on The CW in the US. Sky1 will air the series in the UK. Watch a preview of Arrow below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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