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5 actors we want to see play Green Lantern in the DC Universe

ByKimberley Spinney|
PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 26: the character dressed in green from the movie "Green Lantern" made with Lego bricks by US artist Nathan Sawaya is displayed during the press preview of the exhibition "The Art of the Brick: DC Super Heroes"at Parc de la Villette on April 26, 2018 in Paris, France. Created by Nathan Sawaya, this Lego exhibition, aimed at fans and the whole family, uses 2,000m2 of over 2 million bricks for more than 120 original creations including gigantic sculptures inspired by the DC Comics universe: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Joker ... and a 5.5m life-size Batmobile that alone required 489,019 pieces Lego. This exhibition runs from April 29 to August 19 2018. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 26: the character dressed in green from the movie "Green Lantern" made with Lego bricks by US artist Nathan Sawaya is displayed during the press preview of the exhibition "The Art of the Brick: DC Super Heroes"at Parc de la Villette on April 26, 2018 in Paris, France. Created by Nathan Sawaya, this Lego exhibition, aimed at fans and the whole family, uses 2,000m2 of over 2 million bricks for more than 120 original creations including gigantic sculptures inspired by the DC Comics universe: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Joker ... and a 5.5m life-size Batmobile that alone required 489,019 pieces Lego. This exhibition runs from April 29 to August 19 2018. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)
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ROME, ITALY – NOVEMBER 30: Green Lantern, entirely made with Lego bricks is seen during it the ‘The Art of the Brick: DC Super Heroes’ Exhibition at the Palace of Exams on November 30, 2017 in Rome, Italy. The exhibition called ‘The Art of the Brick: DC Super Heroes’ with 120 figures of superheroes with Lego bricks done by Nathan Sawaya will be on display at the Palace of Exams from 30 November to 28 January 2018. (Photo by Stefano Montesi – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
ROME, ITALY – NOVEMBER 30: Green Lantern, entirely made with Lego bricks is seen during it the ‘The Art of the Brick: DC Super Heroes’ Exhibition at the Palace of Exams on November 30, 2017 in Rome, Italy. The exhibition called ‘The Art of the Brick: DC Super Heroes’ with 120 figures of superheroes with Lego bricks done by Nathan Sawaya will be on display at the Palace of Exams from 30 November to 28 January 2018. (Photo by Stefano Montesi – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

There are many ways that the Green Lantern could be represented in the new DC Universe, but which actors would be a good fit for the role?

When it comes to the Green Lantern, we all know how that turned out the first time they tried to bring the character to the big screen (I mean I didn’t hate the movie, but it was definitely not the greatest movie out there). But luckily for us, there is a new DC Universe in the works and there is a hope that James Gunn and Peter Safran can bring new life to this sadly maligned superhero (or technically, group of heroes).

Honestly, if you are a fan of the comics then you already know that there is more than one Green Lantern. And not only that but even in the Ryan Reynolds version of the film, we saw that there is an entire Green Lantern Corps. So when we say that we have a wish list of actors that we want to see don the mantle of the Green Lantern, we could easily see all of the actors in a movie together as a team up of Green Lanterns.

So when trying to put together our list of which actors we would love to see play the Green Lantern, we had to consider that there are different characters within this world that actually bring these heroes to life. This actually meant that there are a lot of different characteristics and personalities that could work in terms of any potential DC Universe movie.

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