'Arrow' Season 4 News: Emily Rickards Talks Mopey Felicity Character

For those that were unimpressed with actress Emily Rickards' performance as Felicity on the last season of 'Arrow' will be delighted to know that she felt the same way.

In a roundtable interview at this year's Comic-Con, she was asked if she believed her character adopted a more somber tone and cried far too much, in which she responded:

"She felt like she was crying a lot. I feel like she went through a year that wasn't necessarily her favorite. I agree. I feel like she lost a little bit of her strength to a certain extent. I think she got burned a couple too many times, and then found herself in situations she wasn't exactly sure she wanted to be in or if she was being true to herself between Ray [Palmer] and between Oliver [Queen], and if she was giving enough time to what she truly wanted. And then we throw her mom in there. And we get mom to really tell the truth. And that's kind of what happens, and you end up sobbing."

Felicity's character on the show has classically been a bit more quippy and humorous, so to see her like this for the third season was quite a downer for fans.

She then spoke on how that would change for the upcoming season:

"That's my hope and the plan and, hopefully, she gets funnier again because I don't want to see her crying all of the time. It was a big disappointment to me to have her crying a lot-because one thing I love about Felicity so much is that she's so strong and independent and sticks to her guns and is true to herself. And that is something I admire about her. I think she was true to herself last year, but I just don't know if she necessarily knew what she was doing was authentic and she was trying to find it."

'Arrow' plans to return to the CW this October.