Bad news for Ryan Reynolds fans, and it’s for one of his most villainous roles

In 2011, Ryan Reynolds entered the DC stable by slipping into Hal Jordan’s tight green jumpsuit as Green Lantern. Despite his good will, the comic book adaptation of the same name was a dismal failure, both at the box office and for his career. For a rating of 2.2 out of 5 of nearly 22,000, this is his worst movie for AlloCiné viewers.

If since then the Canadian actor mourned this mistake, which at least allowed him to meet his wife Blake Lively, he no longer wants to hear about these superheroes who get their power from a magic ring. So when James Gunn asked him to play the role in the 2022 Lanterns series that the studios are currently developing, Ryan Reynolds responded candidly:Go look elsewhere“.

And bam, he’s dead

This anecdote is told in a podcast by James Gunn happy sad confused It should obviously be taken in a humorous tone. We don’t know if the new head of DC was really serious about offering Ryan Reynolds to reprise his role, but we’ve known for a long time that the latter doesn’t want to hear about it anymore, especially after he moved to Marvel. Now.

Reynolds also thumbed his nose at (very good) DC and Hal Jordan in the Deadpool 2 post-credits scene, which shows the mercenary returning for a trip to the multiverse and killing his alter ego before he agrees to appear in the feature film. A good way to bury a character forever.

However, the role of the original Green Lantern was eventually offered to Kyle Chandler, who will go up against his new recruit Jon Stewart, played by Aaron Pierre (seen in Rebel Ridge on Netflix).

Designed as a detective series with a superhero twist, Lanterns follows two intergalactic cops who encounter a dark secret on Earth as they investigate a murder deep in America.

Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, The Leftovers) and Chris Mundy (Ozark) were chosen to write the scripts. Two big names from the small screen who can do wonders. In any case, that’s what DC’s two new thinking heads, James Gunn and Peter Safran, are hoping for. “kind of true detective”.

Soon to the max.