Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-1783334-20170516181147/@comment-5635877-20170720220920

Anatoly has become so far from the comics KGBeast I'm not sure if they could use the traditional version of the villain now with David Nykl, and I don't think anyone would want to see him replaced with a more physically imposing actor. They could use the nickname "The Beast" as an ironic moniker same as Little John in Robin Hood.

The thing is, like Slade, the actor has infused a 2 dimensional villain with a charismatic performance and turned them into 3 dimensional anti-hero. The seeds are there though, Oliver and Anatoly aren't as tight as they'd been years before, so may be the Bratva will declare war on Star City.