Stephen Amell’s made the character of Oliver Queen his own over the past six seasons of Arrow, taking the billionaire vigilante from his early days as the Hood to his later years as the savior of Star City. There’s one thing that fans have been wanting to see for a while, though: for him to sport the iconic goatee beard that Green Arrow’s had in the pages of DC comics for decades.

It was met with a cheer all round back in May, then, when Amell revealed that he was working on his goatee beard for the upcoming seventh season of The CW’s hit show. Now, three months later, he’s reminded us this is on the cards with a hilarious Tweet which gives an update on his facial fuzz-growing progress. Apparently, it’s proving pretty difficult.

“Been trying to grow my beard to look like...