Ryan Reynolds: I Can Play Both Deadpool and Green Lantern
Over the years, there have been only a few artists who have played two comic-book characters, from two different comic-book universes, for two different movies. Most noticeable are Halle Berry and James Marsden.
Halle played Storm, the weather-controlling mutant, for the X-Men franchise of Fox. She took a break as Storm and starred as Catwoman for the Warner Bros. 2004 movie. She then came back to reprise her role as Storm in the 2006 production for X-Men: The Last Stand.
James Marsden, also an X-Men alumnus, played plasma-blasting mutant, Cyclops, for the multi-part Fox franchise. However, he caused quite a stir for Fox when he signed up for Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns film, playing Richard White, Lois Lane’s new partner. All would have been fine and dandy, if not for the fact that this particular movie was shot in Australia. James’s schedule prompted Fox to kill his character earlier in the last installment of the X-Men movie.
So, the million-dollar question is: would Ryan Reynolds be allowed to play 20th Century Fox’s rendition for popular anti-hero, Deadpool, and at the same time star as Warner Bros.’s Green Lantern? Well, we certainly hope so.
What does Ryan say about this?
“There’s no rule that says you can’t play two different characters in two different comic book universes,” he says
And he’s up for adding even more superheroes to his collection of roles, saying, “There’s so many interesting comic book characters out there, I would love to do others.”
Hmmmm, between his wife, Scarlett Johansson’s role in the new Iron Man 2, Black Widow, and Ryan’s Deadpool and Green Lantern, I think that it would be safe to say that this couple is trying to be the Incredibles in real life.
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