Green Lantern Casting Call Details

As Super Hero Hype just told us, Spoiler TV has posted this casting call for Warner Bros’ GREEN LANTERN. It looks something like this:

[CAROL FERRIS]
26-32, a smart and attractive woman with an MBA. She started as a pilot and now runs Ferris Aircraft. She is a work-a-holic…FEMALE LEAD

[DR. HECTOR HAMMOND]
27-35, Character actor who is austere and impersonal, he is real "scummy." He is a pathologist and also the son of a Senator.

[SINESTRO]
Mid-30s to Mid-40s, he is smart, tough, intimidating and in great physical shape.

[ABIN SUR]
Mid-30s to mid-40s, he is a great warrior.

Well, I figured you were all dying to know who I thought should be cast in these roles, so I’ll tell you.

[CAROL FERRIS]  26-32, a smart and attractive woman with an MBA. She started as a pilot and now runs Ferris Aircraft. She is a work-a-holic…FEMALE LEAD

Well back in May THINK MCFLY THINK reported that Australian actress Rose Byrne (Left) is Martin Campbell’s first choice. Michelle Ryan’s name (right) has also been brought up in discussions.

And while I have no problems with either choice, my pick however would Emily Blunt, who was great in SUNSHINE CLEANING. She also seems to have the acting chops to pull off which role she lands.

I also like Maggie Siff, SONS OF ANARCHY’s Dr. Tara Knowles. I think she can play the hardass, business like persona and can act to boot. She was also in the underrated PUSH. Problem is she’s older than 32…

[DR. HECTOR HAMMOND] 27-35, Character actor who is austere and impersonal, he is real "scummy." He is a pathologist and also the son of a Senator.

Talk about a weirdo. I doubt that they will morph his head in the movie, so we’ll just try and go off the initial, non-mutated look. Now this one may be a bit out there, but I like Pill Paxton for the role.

Just think of that scene in TRUE LIES where he pisses himself. BAD-ASS. I know it says ’27-35’, and Paxton is 53, but come on, he’d be awesome. If he has to be under 35, than how about my boy Glenn Howerton? That’s right gang, put a mustache on IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA ‘s Dennis Reynolds and you’re good to go. Booyah.

[SINESTRO] Mid-30s to Mid-40s, he is smart, tough, intimidating and in great physical shape.

GL’s arch-enemy, the most recognizable of all the Green Lantern villains, you need a top-notch performance to play Sinestro. Like Ledger and Nicholson in the Batman movies, a great villain can make your superhero movie. You got Gen. Zod in SUPERMAN II = Good. Nuclear Man in SUPERMAN IV = Bad. So assuming DC saw Ledger’s effect last year, I think the casting of this part will be just as, if not more important than Reynolds as Hal. Inter-Neters have suggested everyone from Daniel Craig to Jason Isaacs to Hugo Weaving.

Well I think, if they can get him, Daniel Day Lewis is my one and only choice. I know I’m not the first to suggest it, but it doesn’t have to be original to be right. In fact, while looking for a good picture I actually found a list from MTV that suggested the same thing.

The casting call asks for “Mid 30’s to Mid 40’s” but there isn’t a producer on Earth who would turn down the 52 year old Lewis if they thought they could get him. And after Ledger’s Oscar, Lewis may be more willing to consider a superhero movie…

[ABIN SUR] Mid-30s to mid-40s, he is a great warrior.
Abin Sur, the man who passes the ring to Hal Jordan. A legend among the Lanterns, he is the wise passer of knowledge that continues to help Hal even from beyond the grave.

My choice is space veteran Captain Malcolm Reynolds! Nathan Fillion has got tie-ins all over the place. He’s got history with DC after voicing Steve Trevor in their WONDER WOMAN animated movie as well as work on a couple episodes of JUSTICE LEAGUE. Next, he was in 60 episodes of "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" with Hal Jordan himself, Ryan Reynolds. Finally, and most importantly, he is endeared himself to dorks across the spectrum. His work in the Joss Whedon Universe, spanning from Buffy to Dr. Horrible to Firefly, has made him a star among comic geeks everywhere. Or at least with me.

So there you have, that is what DC is looking for and what I’d suggest they go after. Now I realize the odds of landing Daniel Day Lewis in a movie head-lined by Ryan Reynolds is unlikely, but I can dream can’t I?

What do you think, am I an idiot or are these picks the shit?