Common Still Wants to Play Green Lantern, but He's Not Alone

Will Lerner
·Producer, Yahoo Entertainment

Green Lantern Corps will join the DC Cinematic Universe in 2020. It will feature two versions of the popular comic book character — Hal Jordan and John Stewart. John Stewart, not Jon Stewart.

This won’t be the first time DC has attempted to showcase Green Lantern. Ryan Reynolds starred as Jordan in the 2011 flop, and director George Miller wanted to include John Stewart in his ill-fated Justice League movie.

Common is still interested in playing Green Lantern. (Photo: Getty Images)
Common is still interested in playing Green Lantern. (Photo: Getty Images)

As you might know, Miller even cast Common to play the part. Common told IGN that he still wants to play the part. “He used his mind to do a lot of things, so I connected with him,” the John Wick: Chapter 2 star said. “I just love the character, but I don’t know, I haven’t talked to DC about it, but, you know, hey! Yeah, I would love [to]. That would be an honor to play John Stewart.”

Common isn’t alone. This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown also wants in:

Fast and Furious star Tyrese Gibson has met with Warner Bros. about the part and shared some fan art on his Instagram account:

Rumor has it that.

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House of Payne star Lance Gross set the Internet aflutter when he shared what seemed like news at the time:

In Brightest Day

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Perhaps Idris Elba enjoys being rumored to be Daniel Craig’s James Bond replacement, as he got his many fans clamoring when he shared fan art on his Twitter account:

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