Zack Snyder confirms Wayne T. Carr would have played Green Lantern in his 4-hour 'Justice League' movie
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Kirsten Acuna
Apr 18, 2021, 08:51 IST
Zack Snyder reacts to concept art of Wayne T. Carr as Green Lantern at Justice Con 2021.Justice Con/YouTube
Wayne T. Carr would have played a version of Green Lantern in "Zack Snyder's Justice League."
During Justice Con 2021, Snyder said he filmed Carr in his driveway for the HBO Max cut of the film.
Carr's John Stewart was supposed to appear at the film's end in place of Martian Manhunter.
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Zack Snyder finally confirmed who would have played Green Lantern in his four-hour cut of "Justice League" that's currently streaming on HBO Max.
During a conversation at Justice Con 2021, Snyder said Wayne T. Carr filmed a scene in his driveway as the iconic superhero.
"He's an amazing actor, an amazingly kind gentleman," Snyder told the Nerd Queens and Wonder Meg during the Saturday evening panel.
"I said, 'Look, there's a chance that this doesn't make it in the movie," Snyder added, saying, "I'm not 100% sure he thought it was real, legit."
And that's exactly what happened.
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Carr's Green Lantern wasn't allowed in the final cut of "Zack Snyder's Justice League"
After about three years of fan rallying, HBO Max released the "Snyder cut" of 2017's "Justice League" on its streaming service on March 18. Though the film restores a few diverse roles, including a trimmed-down Cyborg and Martian Manhunter, Snyder had planned on introducing a new Green Lantern.
"Then the studio, when they saw the movie, and they saw that I had done every single thing that they had asked me not to do, we had come to a bit of a loggerhead," Snyder added.
There are many iterations of the Green Lantern. Stewart was the first African American DC Comics superhero.
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At Justice Con 2021, Snyder said he met Carr through Ray Fisher, who plays Cyborg in the "Snyder cut."
"Ray [Fisher] introduced me to him. He said you should check this guy out. He's awesome," Snyder said.
The director then looked at some of Carr's clips before calling him up on the phone a few times to talk about what the role might entail.
John Stewart would have appeared at the very end of 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' with another Green Lantern
Carr's Green Lantern would have appeared at the very end of "Zack Snyder's Justice League," meeting Bruce Wayne in place of Martian Manhunter.
"We had made him a CG suit and because it was COVID and we couldn't really do a real suit," Snyder said when asked whether or not a suit was made for Carr. "The mandate was to make it look as physical as possible."
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The Green Lantern scene was supposed to play at the very end of the film. He was supposed to be one of two Green Lantern characters who Bruce Wayne interacted with, not the Martian Manhunter. (Snyder said at Justice Con the other Lantern would have been Kilowog.)
Both the extra Martian Manhunter and Joker scenes were filmed in Snyder's driveway and backyard, respectively.
Fans already guessed that Carr was Snyder's Green Lantern
On Saturday, Snyder confirmed what many fans had already surmised.
On April 1, production designer Jojo Aguilar revealed four pieces of concept art they worked on with Snyder for the film. Included in the artwork shared were images for Granny Goodness, Martian Manhunter, Joker, and Green Lantern.
You can watch Snyder discuss Green Lantern below about seven minutes into the conversation.
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