What a roller coaster ride this whole Green Lantern thing has taken us on. In less than 48 hours we went from hearing they were actually considering Justin Timberlake for the role of Hal Jordan, to finding out it was a three way tie of Timberlake, Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper. And now less than a day later, we hear the official announcement that it has been offered to Ryan Reynolds.
A three-way casting race for the latest superhero movie has finally been decided. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Reynolds has officially won the role of Green Lantern.
It was reported earlier today that there was a three-way race for the role between Reynolds, Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake, but the trade is reporting that Jared Leto was also in contention for the role. Reynolds entered into negotiations for the role earlier today.
While I am not opposed to the casting, I would have preferred Bradley Cooper PURELY because of his role as Deadpool. I hope he can keep his sarcastic wit and snappy one liners out of his character as Hal.
I have seen Reynolds get serious, and I actually prefer him that way (which is saying a lot since I already think the guy is a comic wonder).
So now that we have a Hal Jordan, can we just get the ball rolling on this already?? I assume that this will happen after Deadpool, and I do hope that we can have a version of Reynolds that work to polar opposites of his strengths.
And though Movieweb wants to say that Reynolds will be the first to play a character from both DC and Marvel franchises, they are incorrect. Despite the disconnection of Catwoman from any Batman franchise, and despite the universal hate toward Catwoman, it is in fact a DC character and film. And of course Halle Berry played Storm for a Marvel Franchise – X-Men. We want to forget Catwoman happened too.
But do you think that Reynolds will suffer with his spinoff character of Deadpool being released just before Lantern? Will there be enough time between the films to avoid the comparison? Will Reynolds play it so well that we don’t care?
I hope its that last bit.
