Brian Austin Green is throwing his name in the hat for the role of Green Lantern, and despite nothing yet in the works, he is throwing his name out to the people that are more likely to get him the gig than his agent. The internet.
He wants people to know that he wants the job, but more importantly he wants to know if the fans would want him in it.
Green is most famous for his role on Beverly Hills 90210 but more recently made a splash with his kick-ass role in the Terminator television series. With the second season of the show finishing up this week and no third season announced, the actor is trying to push his way into the movie business with a major role in the next potential DC franchise, The Green Lantern.
I really have to say Green surprised me in Terminator:SCC. Obviously there have been many an unkind year after 90210 where he just couldn’t be taken seriously, but he is bad ass in Terminator and really has an intimidating presence. He might be more known for his role on 90210, but he has outgrown that.
But I just couldn’t see him as Green Lantern. But I have to hand it to him when he says this:
I’ve heard somewhere in like the mid-twenties, which, being a Green Lantern fan, I don’t necessarily agree with. I’ve always kind of felt that Hal Jordan needs to be a man. He needs to be somebody who lives a little and experienced a lot. So right now I’m just sort of trying to throw my name in and make it something that they might consider. That’s about what I got.”
I wouldn’t be opposed to a more mature Hal Jordan, and I am glad they are aiming late twenties/early thirties for this role, but I am intrigued by how hearing him say that makes me suddenly re-think seeing him in the role. That’s inspiring.
Besides imagine the marketing angles they could run with considering his last name.
