GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Actor To Play 'Jim Corrigan'/'The Spectre' In CONSTANTINE
There had been talk of bringing another major DC Comics character to NBC's Constantine, and now an actor has been found to play the human alter-ego of The Spectre, Jim Corrigan. Hit the jump for a character description and to find out which familiar face from Guardians of the Galaxy will play him...
Irish actor Emmett Scanlan has been cast as Jim Corrigan in the first season of Constantine. You may recognise him from Atlantis and The Fall, while he also made a brief appearance in Marvel and James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy as "Head Riot Guard". This version of the character is described as, "a homicide detective in New Orleans who is plunged into Constantine's world of occult horrors. Furthermore, Corrigan is someone who is obsessed with justice, and who doesn't let police procedure or red tape stop him from putting away the bad guys, even if the bad guys turn out to be inhuman." It might be a while then until we see Corrigan become The Spectre, but you have to imagine that they have big plans for him somewhere down the line! It feel a lot like Constantine has been flying under the radar when compared to how much attention Gotham and The Flash have been getting, but this is definitely a step in the right direction. What do you think?
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