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It looks like Arrow has a new villain on the horizon. Deadline reports Kirk Acevedo has joined season six of the CW TV show.

On the DC Comics drama, Acevedo will play Ricardo Diaz, a villain based on the comics character Richard Dragon. Diaz is described as “hardened ex-con recently released from prison for crimes he didn’t commit [who] is bent on taking over Star City’s criminal underworld.”

The new season of Arrow premieres on The CW on October 12th at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

What do you think? Do you watch Arrow? Are you excited for the new season?