We knew that Hector Hammond
would be the villain in Green Lantern. We knew that Sinestro would be
appearing as well, but only to set him up as a future villain. And we
knew that Blake Lively, star of Gossip Girl, would be playing Carol Ferris,
Green Lantern’s Earthside boss, love interest… and in true comic book
fashion, future villain.
Except maybe she’s not so future. In a
Vogue softball puff piece, Lively
reveals that she’s going to be doing some super powered fighting in the
film:
The
adventure begins in the Vogue offices when I am bidden to look at the
fittings shots of Blake Lively, which reveal a body sublimely toned for
her upcoming role as Carol Ferris (a.k.a. ultravillain Star Sapphire) in
Martin Campbell’s Green Lantern, based on the DC Comics superhero
introduced in 1940. “All I want is to be a hero to my nephews and
nieces,” Lively says, laughing. “I’m going to be the coolest aunt ever.”
Lively has been rehearsing
with a stunt coordinator who works on the Bond movies and with gymnastic
acrobats from Cirque du Soleil. “Our director likes it
real—the fights close and dirty,” she explains, and for added
veracity aerial stunts are being filmed in the rig created for The
Matrix. “I’m 40 feet in the air, spiraling around. That’s the best
workout you can ever do because it’s all core,” she tells me. “You do
that for ten minutes and you should see your body the next day! It’s so
exhilarating, so thrilling—and nauseating,” she adds, all of
which promises to stand her in good stead for the surf experience to
come.
That first paragraph gives mixed
signals; while the writer understands that Star Sapphire is a villain,
Lively seems to think she’ll be a hero to her family. Could her family
just be the type that roots for the bad guy? Or will Star Sapphire get
corrupted in the future and act as a heroine in the first Green
Lantern?
One
thing is for sure: the rest of that article is an excruciating read.
Green
Lantern is
shooting right now. I’m hoping something official comes from that set
soon – I’m intrigued by Ryan Reynolds’ full-CGI costume and kind of want
a look at it now.
Thanks to Bryan for the heads up.
9 comments
will a CGI suit test leak before anything official..?
It's badly written, but I think that the writer means that, even though she will be playing a villain, she's still gonna be a hero to her nephews and nieces for being in a "cool" movie instead of whatever it is that she usually does.
Er, from the script, Star Sapphire wasn't even mentioned. I know there've been rewrites, but considering they are spending a lot of time with Hammond and then also setting up Sinestro for the sequel, Sapphire has no chance of making it in. It's obviously just the classic damsel in distress bit where she's falling and the flying hero has to rescue her.
This movie is going to be amazing, though.
Yeah, from the script I'd read I don't see any evidence of that… Though I do recall lots of flying around scenes with Carol and stuff, so I'm sure it's just lantern saving her ass and stuff…
Movie's going to be badass.
I may be completely of center with this but it seems really plausible to me, that Star Sapphire would be a hero in this film. It's not like the Star Sapphires are villains in comic continuity now thanks to Geoff Johns, so I am going with Carol Ferris being the Carol Ferris right now in the comics and not that old school evil Sapphire Ferris.
Just cos she's invovled ins tunts/CG work doesnt' mean she's suiting up or going viallinous. How much of this shit did Kirsten Dunst do in the Spidey flicks? A TON, that's how much. Being the chick in these flicks can be unforgiving.
The Villains in the movie, as far as I know, are Hector Hammond and Legion, which is a machine with the combat data of hundreds of thousands of warriors.
only a CGI suit is going to allow a pefect wedgie and no camel toe like the pic attached to this article
legion is a stupid villain. should have been atrocitus. legion was only in the comics for like 3 issues and was never used again because he sucks my balls.
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