Jon Tenney Joins Green Lantern Cast As Ryan Reynolds' Costume Goes CGI
Posted 04.13.10 by Ryan
Every superhero needs a Dad, and Green Lantern is no different. Stepping into the role of Ryan Reynolds's father in Martin Campbell's adaptation is The Closer and Legion actor Jon Tenney, who spoke to SuperheroHype about his part in the upcoming comic book movie.
Ryan Reynolds is the Green Lantern, and when he is a young boy, like 11, I'm his father. I'm Hal Jordan's dad. I'm very excited — it's incredible company. And Green Lantern was one of my favorite comic book characters as a kid.
Tenney admitted that he's only seen sections of the script, though what he read "is amazing." Young actor Gattlin Griffith was recently cast in the movie as "Robert," though it is rumored that Griffith could possibly play the young Reynolds instead.
Whoever plays the younger version of Hal Jordan, here's hoping that Tenney brings a towel to the set for the older version of his movie son, considering Reynolds may be playing the role without a uniform. SlashFilm reports that the Green Lantern costume will be done entirely with CGI, and that Reynolds has been working on set wearing "a grey tracking motion/performance capture suit with led lights."
While this information has not been confirmed by Warner Brothers, Reynolds has talked of his Green Lantern costume before, downplaying its value by saying that "why [Hal Jordan's] in the suit" is more interesting than the suit itself. Reynolds also claimed to have only seen "prototypes" of the Green Lantern costumes.
Green Lantern comic book writer, and DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer, Geoff Johns Tweeted about the costume ordeal, though it can hardly be considered a confirmation.
The rumor is that Ryan's #GreenLantern uniform will be CGI -- hell, yeah it will be! Generated from his ring in [comic book artist] Ivan Reis-like glory!! :)
Johns may be only partly joking since Campbell has admitted that Green Lantern's ability to create "solid-energy constructs" from his ring will appear in the movie, and creating a costume with his ring is certainly a possibility for one of those "constructs."
Next Showing: Green Lantern opens June 17, 2011