# Casting of Green Lantern Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672 "2003-09-19T20:32:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/1 "2003-09-19T20:32:50Z")
I really wish Warner Bros/DC Comics would make other movies out of the Comic Books, they have instead of Superman and Batman (and there relatives). If they were to make Green Lantern who would you cast. Hal Jordan - Ryan Phillippe and then bring him back when he becomes Parallax. Kyle Rayner - Delmot Mulrooney Jon Stewart - Will Smith Sinestro - Alan Rickman or Tim Curry Jade - Tia Carrera or Michelle Yeoh various Green Lantern Corp appearances - Guy Gardner. There may be other GL Corp members or villians that I am not aware of. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/2 "2003-09-19T20:48:45Z")
An earlier thread on this subject: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=177921](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=177921) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/3 "2003-09-19T22:22:14Z")
Here are my choices: Hal Jordan - Alec Baldwin (dark and disturbed, yet strangely heroic; see The Shadow) Kyle Rayner - Keanu Reeves (can do the bemused, “WHOOOAAA!” look very well; see The Matrix) Guy Gardner - Bruce Campbell (can be a loudmouthed jerk, but still likeable; see Army of Darkness) John Stewart - Andre Braugher (great at looking tough; yet introspective; see Homicide: Life On the Street) Alan Scott - Robert Redford (the perfect look and age, and not too old to play a believable action hero and a man who’s seen it all; see Sneakers) Sinestro - Gary Oldman (one of the best “villain” actors of our time; could be dangerous and scary and still fun; see anything he’s ever done) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/4 "2003-09-19T22:31:56Z")
Yes, but who will play [G’nort](http://www.fanzing.com/mag/fanzing06/hoj.shtml)? (Coding repaired. – Uke) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/5 "2003-09-19T22:53:03Z")
G’nort? Either Jim Carrey or Mike Meyers. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/6 "2003-09-20T22:15:24Z")
John Stewart–Avery Brooks, of _Deep Space Nine_ fame. [http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/SciFi/StarTrek/STDS9/c](http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/SciFi/StarTrek/STDS9/c) Great voice on that guy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/7 "2003-09-20T22:49:02Z")
Hal–Tom Berenger John–Mike Harris (from _The Practice_) Guy Gardner–Kevin Bacon Ganthet–Gary Coleman ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/8 "2003-09-20T23:08:26Z")
I think John Stewart should be played by Jon Stewart. But don’t have any of the other characters notice that Green Lantern, instead of being a large, muscular black superhero, is in fact a diminutive Jewish stand-up comic. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/9 "2003-09-20T23:48:56Z")
I’m not a big comic book reader, so which one of those names is the Green Lantern’s secret identity? Slight hijack: When did the Green Lantern become black? When I was a kid I had a Green Lantern toy and he was white just like Superman, Batman, and The Flash. Over the summer I was in a toy store and saw a Green Lantern toy and he was black. It came as a surprise as I clearly remember him being white in the mid-to-late 80’s. When did the switch happen? ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/10 "2003-09-21T00:47:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dignan \* > \*\*I’m not a big comic book reader, so which one of those names is the Green Lantern’s secret identity? > > Slight hijack: When did the Green Lantern become black? When I was a kid I had a Green Lantern toy and he was white just like Superman, Batman, and The Flash. Over the summer I was in a toy store and saw a Green Lantern toy and he was black. It came as a surprise as I clearly remember him being white in the mid-to-late 80’s. When did the switch happen? \*\* Alan, Hal, John, Guy and Kyle are/were all Earthen Green Lanterns (that is, of sector 2814) at one time or another, many of them concurently. John is the black guy, and was selected (by the powers that be) to be the lantern featured in Cartoon Network’s current cartoon version of the Justice League, hece is recent prominece. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/11 "2003-09-21T00:54:39Z")
hence his, that is… ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/12 "2003-09-21T01:17:13Z")
**Dignan** , There have always been multiple Green Lanterns. The Green Lantern Corps were an interstellar peacekeeping force, much like the Jedi Knights, and they all had the magic rings as their weapons. Alan Scott was the first Green Lantern on Earth, in the 1940s. He was not affiliated with the GL Corps, and he got his ring from some magical force called the Starheart. He wore red and purple, joined the Justice Society of America (which predated the Justice League), and had a weakness to wood instead of the color yellow. Hal Jordan was the Green Lantern most people remember from the old Super Friends cartoon, Silver Age comics, and the Super Powers action figure from the '80s. He was the best GL there was, but sometimes he took time off. That’s when Guy Gardner (a hothead with a bowl haircut reminiscent of Stooge Moe Howard) and John Stewart (a tough black architect) came in, as replacement GLs. I believe John became GL of Earth while Hal was out exploring space, and vice versa. Then Guy lost his ring because he was a big jerk, and gained Sinestro’s yellow power ring, which had similar powers. John quit the GL Corps and joined an organization called the Darkstars at one point, and later lost his ability to walk. I’m not sure if this has been corrected or not. Hal went nuts when his hometown of Coast City was destroyed by the alien Mongul during the “Reign of the Supermen” story, and became the villain Parallax during the “Emerald Twilight” story. He killed a lot of other Green Lanterns during his rampage. That’s when the Guardians of the Universe (the beings that created the GL Corps) found Kyle Rayner and gave him the last GL power ring. He is the current Green Lantern in DC Comics, since about 1994. Hal Jordan eventually redeemed himself by reigniting the sun during the “Final Night” story, sacrificing himself in the process. And he was finally brought back as the new Spectre, the spirit of redemption, during the “Day of Judgment” story. Over the last few years, Alan Scott rejoined the JSA under the name Sentinel, Kyle joined the current JLA in the comics, and Guy became the weapon-morphing hero known as Warrior. Last I heard, Hal is still the Spectre. John Stewart was selected by writers and producers to be the GL in the cartoon Justice League (a separate continuity from the comics), perhaps because they wanted a minority hero, but definitely because he had a strong and forceful personality which works well contrasted against the others. That is why you’ve seen merchandise lately with John as Green Lantern. He wasn’t a new “token black” character to insert into the team, but an actual important superhero who had been around since the 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-of-green-lantern-movie/202672/13 "2003-09-21T02:25:42Z")
…But, in any case, I’m guessing that they’ll just cast Ben Affleck as GL, if and when they make a movie. :smack: