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Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Mark Strong and Peter Sarsgaard Interview GREEN LANTERN. With Green Lantern hitting theaters this week, Ryan Reynolds is the latest actor taking on a superhero for the big screen. As the gifted and cocky test pilot Hal Jordan, Reynolds is charming, witty and likeable, taking audiences on an adventure, as the first human chosen for the Green Lantern Corps. Warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him the ability to create anything his mind can imagine. Unfortunately for Hal, he doesn’t get much time to enjoy his recruitment before he learns that a terrible enemy called Parallax is threatening to destroy the balance of power in the Universe.

With the fate of Earth in his hands, and encouragement from fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), Hal must quickly master his new powers and find the courage to save all of mankind. RYAN REYNOLDS: A lot of the current iterations of superheroes are a little bit darker and a little bit more serious in tone. LIVELY: I agree. Michael Clarke Duncan Talks About Voicing Kilowog In Green Lantern! Massive Interview With Ryan Reynolds Talking In-Depth About Green Lantern! While the embargo on this interview (conducted on the set of Green Lantern a few months ago) isn't supposed to be lifted until Tuesday, MySpace have jumped the gun and released it today! Below are some of the main highlights, but click on the link below to read more. On What He Knew About The Character Before Being Cast: You know, I knew of The Green Lantern. I wasn't versed in it, you know, like Geoff Johns or anyone like that.

I just, I mean, I knew he was an ordinary guy who was bequeathed a ring by a dying alien. It, you know, shot lasers out of it or something like that, so, beyond that, I wasn't that familiar with it, so I think I was most startled to find out how vast the universe is. On The Movie Version Of Hal Jordan: We're not playing him as a fearless guy at all. On The Similarities Between Hal Jordan And Deadpool: Well, yeah, Deadpool just lives for that. On His Scenes With The CGI Aliens: We have a guy that is six foot eight.

Well, Peter's great. On Mark Strong As Sinestro: Mark Strong Talk In Detail About Sinestro; Reveals Minor Green Lantern Spoilers! Geoffrey Rush Talks Green Lantern. Geoffrey Rush Talks More About Playing Tomar-Re In Green Lantern! Geoffery Rush Talks Green Lantern. When Tomar-Re was announced for the Green Lantern film a lot of people wanted to know who would portray Hal Jordan's sector neighbor of 2813. The answer was season actor Geoffery Rush who was a big Superman as and admits he didn't know that much about Green Lantern, but asked to be sent some art work and the script to give it a chance. Surprisingly it was Tomar-Re's body shape that sealed the deal for Rush. "I voiced an owl in Legends of the Guardians and I did a pelican in Finding Nemo, I think it’s time to add half fish, half lizard, to put that arrow in my quiver.

" "Having voiced cartoon/animated stuff before, you know that you’re in good hands. I was always blown away that Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres met at the premiere [of Finding Nemo]. Apparently Rush is also not done doing voice over for the film either because he finished up recording session just the other day. ‘Green Lantern’ Star Blake Lively Talks Star Sapphire’s Crazy Costumes. Hal Jordan's relationship with Carol Ferris has been plagued by their respective cosmic costumed identities in the pages of DC comic books for years, but as far as Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's onscreen relationship in June 17's "Green Lantern" goes, it seems as though the pair will only have Jordan's super powered persona to deal with.

According to Lively, however, her character could always wind up succumbing to the malevolent energies -- and crazy outfits -- of Star Sapphire in an upcoming sequel. MTV News caught up with Lively at a recent press event where the 23-year-old actress affirmed that the movie is stocked with Easter eggs for fans and that she could eventually don the Star Sapphire mantle provided fans like the film.

"There are lots of winks toward the audience, you know, if people like this movie then we will do more and, you know, my character Carol Ferris turns into a villain that challenges and fights Hal Jordan... with some CRAZY costumes. Ryan Reynolds Explains His 'Extraordinary' 'Green Lantern' Character Arc - MTV Movie News. The first time we see Ryan Reynolds' Hal Jordan in the trailer for "Green Lantern," he wakes up in bed next to a woman he doesn't seem to have known for long.

"Make yourself at home," he tells her as he rushes out. "There's water in the tap. " A gracious host he's not. That trailer introduction to Jordan is a fairly accurate representation of the test-pilot we meet in the beginning of the upcoming film, before an encounter with an intergalactic visitor gifts him with a power ring that turns Jordan into a superhero. What Is Hal Jordan's Character Arc In 'Green Lantern'? "When we meet Hal Jordan, he's a cocky, sarcastic, arrogant type of guy and he's given this extraordinary gift," Reynolds told MTV News at CinemaCon recently. "Rather than [have] that amplify those character traits, he's in fact humbled by it and given purpose in his life, which is what he lacked.

" Audiences won't have to wait too long before Jordan undergoes that transformation. "You definitely feel it. Donald De Line Interview GREEN LANTERN; Talks Parallax, Oa, the CGI Costume, 3D, More. After Warner Bros. showed 4,000 WonderCon fans almost ten minutes of footage from Green Lantern (which was the same footage I saw at CinemaCon the day before), I went backstage to talk with producer Donald De Line. While the buzz on Green Lantern has been low, by Monday night, everything will have changed. That’s because the ten minutes of footage played huge and WB will be releasing almost four minutes of it online either later today or tomorrow.

So if you’re at home and wishing you could have been here, you’ll get a taste of it very soon. Trust me, the footage looks so much better than I expected and Green Lantern has joined Thor, Captain America and X-Men: First Class as the can’t miss comic book movies of the year. “When he’s brought to Oa for the first time, they map his body, he’s the first human being to be a Green Lantern. Hit the jump to read or watch the interview.

Here’s the time index of the interview along with some choice quotes. Donald De Line 9:22 What about the ring?