User blog comment:Starcitiesfinest4/Arrow Season 6 Villain/@comment-27700324-20170622031805/@comment-1854917-20170622040637

You've mixed two completely different characters, the one in the pilot is based on Konstantin Drakon (albeit somewhat loosely), not Richard Dragon. It can also be done, BTW, not disrespectfully (although, we can all admit, replacing actors is sometimes an inevitable neccesity and no disrespect is intended), as shown by recent "Twin Peaks" revival, which included some of the characters whom they couldn't bring back through usual means due to actor's death in rather weird and creative form with a nice "in memory of" credits as well (rather sad part is that so much actors from the show passed in a 25 years gap between the seasons, either before, during or after filming that such a credit is in most of the episodes aired so far).

I've mused myself with the thought that they can do it easily with making the two brothers based on the same character (as Darren Shahlavi was only credited and named "Drakon"), with Konstatin appearing as a much more dangerous and vengeful foe then his bodyguard broher, but I doubt they'll do it, because Prometheus already was an illustration of how earlier vigilante antics of Oliver backfire.