You've now appeared in Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes, and Oliver Twist. You're now going to be in Green Lantern. I don't know if you've heard, but literary scholars are a tad more forgiving than comic-book fans.
[Laughs.] I'm just beginning to realize and I'm choosing my words very carefully every time I talk about Green Lantern. I was misquoted recently: I had done some research to discover that Sinestro is based on David Niven and Hal Jordan is based on Paul Newman. I was misquoted having said he was based on Errol Flynn. And that caused all kinds of trouble. People started writing, "He doesn't know what he's talking about, he's an idiot." I scratched the surface of this stuff. I'm reading the comics. I'm delving into that world as much as I would if I did play a literary character. What's fascinating, this way, is how passionate people are about these comics and characters. And I have to say, I'm really enjoying it. And that's why I feel a real challenge to deliver a Sinestro that won't disappoint.
