Line #1 WhatCouldHaveBeen/GreenLantern2011


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2	[[caption-width-right:1000:Concept art for ''Film/{{Green Lantern\|2011}}'']]
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4	* Creator/BradleyCooper was the first choice for the role of [[Characters/GreenLanternHalJordan Hal Jordan]] before Creator/RyanReynolds was cast.
5	** Creator/JonHamm, Creator/SamWorthington and Creator/ChrisPine were also considered for the part of Hal Jordan. Pine would later go on to portray Steve Trevor in ''Film/{{Wonder Woman\|2017}}'' and ''Film/WonderWoman1984''.
6	** Creator/JustinTimberlake, Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/HenryCavill and Creator/JaredLeto screen-tested for Hal Jordan as well before the casting of Reynolds. Cavill and Leto would eventually play Comicbook/{{Superman}} and [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse respectively.
7	* Creator/KeriRussell, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/DianeKruger and Creator/EvaGreen were considered for the role of [[Characters/GLStarSapphireCorps Carol Ferris]] before the casting of Creator/BlakeLively.
8	* Creator/JackieEarleHaley and Creator/HugoWeaving were considered for the part of [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro]] before Creator/MarkStrong was cast.
9	* Creator/ZackSnyder was offered to direct the film before Creator/MartinCampbell was hired, but turned it down due to commitments to ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''. Snyder would later go on to helm [[Film/ManOfSteel thr]][[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice ee]] [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 films]] in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
10	* An early draft of the script contained a cameo by Alan Scott, who was going to be the United States President, and near the end would reveal his own past as a Green Lantern to Jordan, and give him his blessing. He was later revised to become an agent of the Checkmate agency, who would approach and offer Jordan membership. Later drafts finally wrote him out of the film, and replaced him with Amanda Waller. Scott would have been played by Creator/PierceBrosnan, who would go on to play Comicbook/DoctorFate in ''Comicbook/BlackAdam'' set within the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
11	* Blake Lively indicated that if the film were successful enough, she would've like to portray Carol Ferris becoming Star Sapphire.
12	* An early script planned a cameo from Guy Gardner, as a football player whom Abin Sur's ring briefly considers before moving on to Hal Jordan, before it was written out.
13	* At one point ComicBook/{{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.
14	* There were a few attempts to bring the Green Lantern to the silver screen before this one, the most infamous one being the script written by Robert Smigel in 2004 that would've reinterpreted the premise as a raunchy adult comedy. Very loosely based on the ''Emerald Dawn'' storylines, it would've starred Creator/JackBlack as a loser furniture store employee named Jud Plato who was selected to become the next Green Lantern on the basis that he "fearlessly" [[{{squick}} ate severed animals heads]] for a TV reality show. Reportedly, negative fan reception to this treatment after details of it leaked onto the internet caused Warner Bros. to can the project very quickly. Creator/KevinSmith was also approached to write and direct a Green Lantern film, but turned down the offer.
15	* The first script draft originally had Legion from ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn'' as the main villain, until later rewrites changed it to Parallax.

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