Symkus and the Stars
Ryan Reynolds Basks in Green Lantern's Light
The rising film star takes on the newest comic book to screen character.
As a longtime fan of the DC comic book “Green Lantern” (I started reading it circa 1960), I was champing at the bit for the inevitable film version. Of course, this isn’t a review column, so I won’t get into how or why my hopes were dashed by the over-ambitious movie. But I had a great time chatting with Ryan Reynolds (“The Proposal,” “Blade: Trinity”), who stars as Hal Jordan, the cocky test pilot and everyday guy who’s chosen to wear a special ring that turns him into Green Lantern and gives him extraordinary powers to do or create anything that comes to his mind. We spoke last week in Los Angeles. How do you feel this film compares to other comic book adaptations? Reynolds: I see it like a true comic book movie in the sense that it …
