Geoffrey Rush Talks More About Playing Tomar-Re In Green Lantern!

On How Much He Previously Knew About Green Lantern:

"I didn’t know about it. In terms of DC comics I was a 'Superman' reader in my childhood and adolescence. I was not at all familiar with 'Green Lantern.' In fact, I don’t know if in Australia it was… it was never in broad popular culture. It may not have been here, it might have been a niche kind of obsession in the States. No, they showed me the artwork for it and I just said I’d love to be that guy."

On What Convinced Him To Take The Role Of Tomar-Re:

"I was absolutely, exclusively putting down my voice tracks. When I got the offer for it I said, 'Haven’t they made that film?' They said, 'No, it’s a completely computer-generated character.' I saw the artwork and I said, I would love to be that guy. Because I had voiced an Owl in 'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole,' and I’d voiced a Pelican in 'Finding Nemo' and I thought I could really improve on that now by being half-bird, half-fish, part lizard.You don’t get to do that in a live-action film."

On What Part Tomar-Re Plays In The Movie And How It Compares To His Other Roles:

"You could say that I’ve mentored Queen Elizabeth I as (Sir Francis) Walsingham, and (Leon) Trotsky has mentored Frida Kahlo and now Tomar Re is going to mentor Hal Jordan, and I was sort of mentoring King George VI in 'The King’s Speech.' But I can’t imagine Tomar Re setting up an office on Harley Street in London. They’re all very different people to me, but there is (in that particular selection) a kind of theme I suppose."

To hear more from Geoffrey Rush about what he thinks of Henry Cavill as Superman and his future with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, follow the link below to head on over to Screenrant. With an all star cast which includes Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, Blake Lively as Carol Ferris and Mark Strong as Sinestro, director Martin Campbell's Green Lantern is set to be released in 3D on June 17, later this year!

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