Early reports on the Green Lantern script had Hector Hammond as the villain, and the casting news of Peter Sarsgaard this week confirms it. But what about classic Lantern baddie Sinestro (you know, the guy doomed to evil by his parents. What a fucking name!)? The rumor had been that Sinestro is in Green Lantern but he hasn’t yet turned evil and acquired his yellow power ring. HitFix’s Drew McWeeny has done some digging and confirmed that Sinestro is in the film and that Jackie Earle Haley is the only person the production wants in the role.
That’s great news for Jackie Earle Haley, who has seen his acting comeback blow up into a series of high profile and now franchise roles. Sinestro’s a two-picture deal at least, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he made it all the way through the first three films (should Green Lantern make it to three films, but that’s a discussion for another day). I do sort of wish that Jackie was getting more serious roles – he was so good in Little Children, and while it’s fun to have him in these big, sort of silly movies it would be great to see him go full into a meaty, real role.
Green Lantern starts shooting soon, so expect official word on this in the near future.
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Kinda see him in the role, I think there might be some better choices though
You're right, Haley in Little Children had the best creepy masturbation scene("Don't tell on me… stroke stroke.. or I will kill you… stroke stroke) since Philip Seymore Hoffman taught me how to keep my walls nail-free in Happiness… ("Are you wet?"). Definitely need to see more of that acting prowess on the silver, spackled with white drops, screen… what?! I'm being serious! No more circle jerking us around.
Killer actor but SINESTRO IS TALL AS SHIT! Earle Haley is fucking 5'6"! Who the fuck is casting this movie.
Yeah, 'cuz heaven knows, the one thing to keep consitent in a comic to screen adaptation is the HEIGHT of the characters. Can you hear my eyes rolling where you're sitting?
I'm really tired of movies, holding back on the things we want to see, until the second film in the series. No one cares about Hector Hammond.
Jackie for Spider Jerusalem!!!!
#3 – Agreed, Haley just isn't physically right for this part.
#5 – Sinestro needs that set-up, though. The character is robbed of a lot of his power if you just show him as evil right away. You need to set him up as an obnoxious but sincere good guy and show him change.
By the way I think Hector Hammond is a lame villain. They'll probably completely change him anyway, as Hammond is a telepath with a huge cranium who is paralyzed.
Does anyone really give a shit about green lantern? Lamest superhero ever! Green Lantern actually makes Superman seem interesting by comparison. This movie is a lock to flop because its a stupid fucking premise.
JEH is cool and all but he`s getting overused as the villain. This and Freddie and Rorschach was villainous for a hero. Soon, he`ll be like Malkovich and Irons, a go-to villain, if he isn`t careful. I`m more excited when they make an unexpected, creative choice that works, like Ledger, although experiments that blow chunks like Jack Black in King Kong make me cheer the predictability.
green lantern, give me a fucking break.
Great actor but that would be quite a misstep in casting considering the character was based upon the actor David Lean. Now can you think of an actor more distant from the original character then Jackie Earle Hailey.
Gary Oldman for Sinestro
Stilts with KISS boots: solved.
I was pulling for Weaving.
talk about overexposure – really getting sick of Haley popping up in EVERY movie.
hear me out on this guys
apparently hector starts off human and gets infected while working on abin surs body, look at the picture of him before he turns and tell me he dosnt look like sinestro….. i have the feelin theyre gona make there own mix here and have hector turn into sinestro
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