Casting Call: Green Lantern

[ZomCom]

Hal Jordan: Ben Browder

Just check him out in Stargate and Farscape, he's as close to Hal Jordan as you can get.

John Stewart: Morris Chestnut

He's a good actor who I think can carry the part.

Kyle Rayner: Ryan Gosling

He's a good actor and the right age. He looks the part well enough, and would just need to die his hair.

Alan Scott: Stephen Collins

He plays the father figure well and looks the part.

Guy Gardner: Bradley Cooper

Check him out in Wedding Crashers, he can play the overly competitive Gardner perfectly.

Kilowog: Dennis Haysbert

He voices him on JLU and does a damn good job. So why replace him?

Tomar Re: Adrain Brody

It just seems to fit.

 

[ZomCom]

Abin Sur: Lawrence Fishburne

Right look, right attitude, right choice.

Ganthet: Warwick Davis

Because he's perfect.

Sinestro: Jean Reno

He's one of my favortie actors and I would love to see him as Sinestro.

 

[cerealkiller182]

I never liked Haysbert as Kilowag. I always thought he would have a voice more like Benders from futurama.

 

[KingOfDreams]

Ben Browder would be a good choice for Hal. And as for Sinestro I would choose Gary Oldman.

 

[dnno1]

Panou

Jon Stewart: Panou

 

[PunisherFan20]

I agree with the first post...good choices

 

[Eddie Dean]

Hal Jordan - Michael Vartan

Kyle Rayner - Jesse Bradford

Alan Scott (old) - Harrison Ford

Alan Scott (young) - Aaron Eckhart

John Stewart - Henry Simmons

Guy Gardner - Timothy Olyphant

Caroll Ferris - Evangeline Lilly

 

[Eddie Dean]

Jade - Natalie Portman

Abin Sur - Laurence Fishburne

Kilowog - Ving Rhames

Tomar Re - Brent Spiner

Katma Tui - Bridget Moynahan

Arisia - Scarlett Johansson

Ganthet - Ian Holm

 

[Eddie Dean]

Sinestro - Hugo Weaving

 

[batbat_29640]

Sinestro - Hugo Weaving

I love this choice for Sinestro. But Ben Browder for Hal? I don't even like him on SG-1. I still say Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan. I strongly believe that he could sink into the role.

 

[Eddie Dean]

I still say Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan. I strongly believe that he could sink into the role.

Fillion would be a great second choice.

 

[GL1]

I think ZomCom did some excellent casting...

Like it or not, Ben Browder already plays Hal Jordan.

Morris Chestnut is quite talented, there's no doubt he can do an angry architect

I think Ryan Gosling's a bit too old for a 'just starting out' Kyle... It'd kinda be like "Batman and Robin" where Robin is just as old as Batman...

I think Harrisson Ford is the greatest choice for Alan Scott, but Steven Collins is a great second choice. He knows how to be sensible and impactful, just as a WWII veteran should be. I hate comics mystical de-aging in movies... especially when there's talented older actors (ala Ian Mackellen) around.

Haysbert owns Kilowogg... there's simply no two ways about it. I can't imagine this massive mountain who knows more about science than Einstein sounding like... well... a man of half his size and intellect.

And honestly, females in GL are just eye candy and provide emotional fodder when they die, go crazy or turn ****ty (or all of the above!) So any hot actress can play Jade, Carol and Katma.

Hugo Weaving would own Sinestro. Take that arrogance from his LOTR role and the physical training from his Matrix role and give him some face paint. Sinestro rules. Nuff Said.

 

[Chuck Norris x2]

Hal Jordan- Josh Lucas

John Stewart- Mos Def

Kyle Rayner- Jake Gyllenhaal

Guy Gardner- Seann Willaim Scott

Alan Scott- Robert Redford

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

Another Green Lantern casting thread? Is this like the 99th?
Why not a Spirit casting thread, considering that Frank Miller will start shooting in some months?

 

[Eddie Dean]

Whatever, it's just for fun.

 

[Cyrusbales]

Hal Jordan: Ben Browder

Nice choice, this man is a legend!

 

[TheVileOne]

I like Ben Browder as Hal but he's getting up there with age.

Also here's the deal.

A Green Lantern movie needs no one other than Hal. OK, well maybe Kilowog. All you really need is Hal, Kilowog, and some other alien Green Lanterns. I don't get why Earth is allowed to have more lanterns represented in the corps more than anyone else. Makes no sense to me.

So you have Hal as the newbie. You have Kilowog as the drill sargeant, older mentor/veteran, drinking buddy type. Sinestro is the villain. The Guardians are bosses. That simple.

Love interest? You could go a few ways.

Don't bog the movie down with a million other human green lanterns. Hal is all you need to start with.

 

[jpmuftak]

 

[Kroc1138]

Hal Jordan: Nathan Fillion
Alan Scott:Robert Redford
Carol Ferris/Star Shappire: Racheal Weisz
Sinestro: Hugo Weaving
Katma Tui: Eliza Dushku
Guy Gardner: Edward Burns
Kyle Raynor: Jesse Bradford

 

[Eddie Dean]

Hal Jordan: Nathan Fillion
Alan Scott: Robert Redford
Carol Ferris/Star Shappire: Racheal Weisz
Sinestro: Hugo Weaving
Katma Tui: Eliza Dushku
Guy Gardner: Edward Burns
Kyle Raynor: Jesse Bradford

Nice cast.

 

[Rob Lobo]

Hal Jordan - Jim Caviezel

 

[3dman27]

tom welling as kyle?

 

[dnno1]

...This first film should only feature Hal Jordan and his classic origin. Anything beyond that would be too much for the mainstream audience. In essense, no John Stewart, Guy Gardiner, Kyle Rayner or Alan Scott in this.

Ho so? It has been proven that films like "Star Wars", "Gost Busters", "Pirates of the Carribean", "X-Men" and others were hits with an ensemble cast. I don't see why it couldn't be the same for Green Lantern.

 

[terry78]

The only people that see a definitive Green Lantern are fanboys that like a certain one. There was a first, but that don't mean he was the best. Most people who think of Green Lantern are aware that it's just a moniker, the name of the corps itself, and that many have taken the mantle, at the same time even. You notice people never call the character "Green Lantern", it's always by their first or last name.

 

[dnno1]

Hal Jordan- Jim Caviezel

John Stewart- Mos Def

Kyle Rayner- Jake Gyllenhaal

Guy Gardner- Seann Willaim Scott

Alan Scott- Robert Redford

Replace Josh Lucas with Jim Caviezel and you might have an interesting ensemble. The only bad thing is that Redford looks more like this now:

Robert Redford