Sam Worthington, the protagonist of Avatar, has explained why he thought Green Lantern was “too strange” a project.
Sam Worthington, who plays Jake Sully in Avatars, revealed for Variety who turned down the lead role in the film Green Lantern after taking a casting test and realizing the superhero mythology didn’t make sense.
And an actor who gives life to Jake Sully in Avatars He commented that, at first, the producers had offered him the role of hal Jordan. However, he felt that none of the ring or power set explanations made sense to the plot.
“It didn’t make much sense to me: Does the suit come out of his skin? She has this powerful ring that she can create anything with. Well, what can the ring beat? The answer was: “nothing”. You need something to top it, or it won’t be very interesting.” They had the ring on the table and they said: ‘Put it on’”. It was very strange.”
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The infamous movie was released in 2011 with Ryan Reynolds as the protagonist and was a box office and critical disappointment. And even if Green Lantern He is one of the most loved superheroes by fans of DC Comics Due to its variety of stories and the number of people who wore the ring, the film’s failure was so great that it was the only attempt by Warner Bros. to make a live-action film of the character.
Will Green Lantern return to cinema screens?
Even if it seems impossible Ryan Reynolds returns as Green Lantern, director Zack Snyder brought a new version of the galactic hero in his version of The Justice League, since the actor Wayne T. Carr he made a surprise cameo near the end of the film. During the premiere of the film in HBO Max, there has been a lot of talk about how this scene was recorded in Snyder’s garage with the intention of proposing a new idea about the hero.
Some time later, it was announced that HBO Max was in the process of developing a series of Green Lantern with the creator and executive producer of reverse arrow, Greg Berlanti. At that time, it was known that this is one of the projects that is still still standing despite the wave of changes which filed the division of DC moviesand everything indicates that we will see different versions of the hero.
“Green Lantern reinvents the DC classic through a story that spans decades and galaxies, starting on Earth in 1941, with the first Green Lantern: Alan Scott, the FBI agent who secretly hides his homosexuality. In 1984, with cocky alpha male Guy Gardner and half-alien Bree Jarta. They’ll be joined by another lineup of Lanterns, from comic book favorites to never-before-seen heroes.
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As of now, Warner Bros. Discovery hasn’t announced whether the project will continue after canceling several shows to cut costs. However, the new co-director of DC Studios, James Gunnhe confirmed it Green Lantern will be important for the future of DC Extended Universe.
