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“Green Lantern” stars Ryan Reynolds (“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”) in the title role, under the direction of Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale”).
DC Comics’ Green Lantern, which chronicles the journey of an ordinary man given extraordinary powers by a mysterious ring (and the lantern that powers it), originally hit newsstands 70 years ago. The tales of the Green Lantern Corps—intergalactic space cops who combat evil and keep order in the universe—has seen a number of incarnations over the years, but in 1959 (during the “Silver Age” of comics), the property was revitalized with the introduction of Hal Jordan.
In the film, Hal (Ryan Reynolds) is a man known more for taking risks than responsibility—trying to live up to the seeming fearlessness of his father, who died flying airplanes when Hal was just a boy. Now a hotshot test pilot himself, Hal is as careless with the airplanes he flies as he is with the heart of his childhood sweetheart, Carol Ferris (Blake Lively). But the universe has other plans for him than taking increasingly risky runs in Carol’s father’s planes.ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOWClick here to read more.
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Photo 2 of 12Ryan Reynolds: When you meet him he’s a deeply arrogant, kind of reckless, immature, and kind of self-possessed guy. I mean, that’s from my point of view. And this ring that he’s bestowed by this dying alien unbeknownst to him is a gift, which at first seems kind of like a curse. And what I loved about it was that it, in essence, humbles him and forces him to grow up and acknowledge this higher calling. -
Photo 3 of 12Reynolds: Yeah. It’s not that he doesn’t want to do it, he just doesn’t understand why he was chosen. I mean, given his past experiences, he doesn’t really seem like a likely candidate, at least as far as he’s concerned. So, I think part of the interest for me in the character was this quest to find out why. Why me? Why was I chosen for this thing? And that idea that the ring sees something in him that even he doesn’t, and I think that’s wish-fulfillment to me. That’s something that I think a lot of audiences love and I love about movie-making as well, is unraveling that mystery. -
Photo 4 of 12Reynolds: Yeah. I don’t know specifically what her stuff was. She did a little bit of the rig work. But, yeah, I knew it would be a physical kind of movie. I mean, I’m not 20 anymore, so with some of the stuff, it was a little slower getting up off the ground. But I still go for it every time, and that’s part of the job. You get beat up and bruised and battered. But you kind of expect that working on a movie like this. -
Photo 7 of 12Reynolds: Oh, it’s amazing. I mean, it’s such a magical place. I can imagine it’s no small feat for a group of artists and graphic designers to create a world that doesn’t exist at all. But what a treat! It must’ve been a really fun job as well. It’s breathtaking! Oa’s probably the most beautiful thing or place I’ve ever seen. I’d like to live there. -
Photo 8 of 12Reynolds: Well, Hal has a long, storied history with Carol Ferris. That’s his childhood friend, and they dated periodically throughout their relationship together. And Hal and Carol, I think, are in love to some degree. But Hal just keeps getting in his own way, and that makes a relationship with her impossible. But throughout the course of the film, he sort of confronts this and talks to her about this and they reconcile to some degree. They cast Blake Lively early on. She and I just have great chemistry and that’s something you can’t really invent. It’s either there or it’s not. And that has really helped me and helped her as well immensely. -
Photo 9 of 12Reynolds: I think I do to some degree. You have to have a healthy separation from that as well and live your life as an individual separate from the green guy. But, yeah, I think I do. I think it’s kind of nice, though. I’d be more worried about it if there was a great disparity between this guy’s character and my character in my personal life. I’d be a little bit more concerned about that. But I think they’re close enough that I’m okay. -
Photo 10 of 12Reynolds: They’re going to see all the ancillary Lanterns who are assembled on Oa—they’re going to see all of those characters as well. I mean, there are a lot of surprise appearances by different Lanterns in the Corps, and I think that that’s something that Green Lantern fans are going to really love. Sometimes they just show up for a brief line and you just see them in the background. So, I think it’s going to be that ability to lean into the movie while watching it and look in the deep background and see some character that you’ve known for 40 or 50 years, which is pretty cool.
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