Green Lantern - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Green Lantern or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Green Lantern

[scarlett]

In the comics, Hector Hammond acquires his telepathic powers when he is exposed to a radioactive rock from Abin Sur's spacecraft, used as a motor for the ship. In the movie, Hammond gets his powers when he is infected by Parallax during Abin Sur's autopsy.

[norma]

Hal Jordan's car is an orange 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T. Its license plate reads OSR145.

[chris]

While sparring with Hal, Sinestro produces a circular shield. This could possibly be a nod to Captain America's shield, despite the fact they are separate comic universes ( DC & Marvel ). Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) opened the same year as this film and was far more successful.

[jessica]

At the start, Sinestro informs Abin Sur that 4 Green Lanterns have been killed by Parallax. One of the names he gives is Fentara Rrab. In comics this is the father of Arisia Rrab, a famous female Corps member.

[linda]

Ryan Reynolds and Martin Campbell clashed repeatedly on set. Campbell has stated in interviews that his first and only choice for the lead was Bradley Cooper. However, the studio was not willing to make an offer to him and ultimately cast Reynolds behind Campbell's back. This lead to an uncomfortable experience on set for Reynolds whose performance was constantly critiqued by Campbell who made him do many takes. Reynolds has stated in an interview with Variety that the film's failure was a huge relief as he had such an unpleasant experience and "dreaded doing it again."

[brent]

The autonomous Sabre planes are named after the call sign of the father of Hal Jordan.

[sandra]

In 2007, actor-writer Corey Reynolds sent Warner Bros. a treatment, "Green Lantern: Birth of a Hero", with him writing and starring as John Stewart (his favourite superhero). Reynolds intended the film to be the first in a trilogy, and was going to introduce Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League in the consecutive sequels. While his pitch was favourably received by the studio, it was abandoned in favour of a story about Hal Jordan.

[harry]

Blake Lively indicated that if the film were successful enough, she would've like to portray Carol Ferris becoming Star Sapphire, as she does in the comics.

[kenneth]

The dialogue between Jordan and the Guardians on fear was taken verbatim from the "Green Lantern" comic 'Secret Origin' by 'Geoff Johns'.

[camila]

It took 4-5 hours to apply the prosthetic make-up to turn Temuera Morrison into Abin Sur.

[ava]

Martin Campbell based the film's action on knife fights in a phone booth: "quick and fast and dirty and big grand sweeping movements."

[harry]

At one point Clark Kent/Superman was in the script (he had a cameo as one of the candidates considered to receive a power ring), but he was cut out because the filmmakers didn't want to depend on another superhero for a success.

[camila]

Michael Clarke Duncan's fourth time voice acting in a live action film after the Cats & Dogs films (as Sam the Sheepdog) and Racing Stripes (2005) (as Clydesdale) this was also his last before his death in 2012.

[scarlett]

Senator Hammond (played by Tim Robbins) is a character created specially for the movie. Hector Hammond's parents are never mentioned in the comics.

[bryan]

The Guardians of the Universe are inspired by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister.

[stephanie]

Sam Worthington and Chris Pine were considered for the role of Hal Jordan. Brian Austin Green, a fan of the Green Lantern, campaigned actively to get the role. Bradley Cooper, Justin Timberlake and Jared Leto also screen-tested for the role before finally, Ryan Reynolds was cast as Jordan.

[albert]

Ryan Reynolds met his wife Blake Lively on the set of this film. They would get married in September 2012 and later have three children.

[albert]

This film was originally supposed to kick-off a Justice League series, and early drafts of the script even had a Clark Kent (Superman) cameo. However, after the failure of the film, this idea was scrapped, and a Justice League kick-off was put on hold until Man of Steel (2013) was used to start the series

[victoria]

Clancy Brown (Parallax) had previously voiced another DC villain - Lex Luthor in Superman: The Animated Series (1996) and Justice League (2001).