Ryan Reynolds Talks About The Green Lantern's Costume

Ryan Reynolds Talks About The Green Lantern's Costume

EmpireOnline has given us a preview of their on-set interview with Ryan Reynolds and Martin Campbell in which Reynolds defends the films suit and says “The suit is powered specifically on his will, his emotion, his creativity and his imagination. I love that.”...

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By Comedian03 - Mar 03, 2011 12:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Green Lantern
Source: EmpireOnline

Empire Magazine this month features an article on 'Green Lantern' and the Empire website offers us a small glimpse of their on-set interview with Ryan Reynolds and director Martin Campbell in which they defend the different direction the movie has decided to go with Hal's suit.



“It has to be virtual rather than spandex,” says Reynolds, wearing his grey sensor suit. “This is a suit from an alien planet.”

“It’s not The Dark Knight – I don’t put the suit on and my voice drops several octaves,” adds Reynolds, unfazed by the absence of green tights. “The suit is powered specifically on his will, his emotion, his creativity and his imagination. I love that.”

“Everything Hal creates are images from his childhood,” he goes on. “Or things fuelled specifically from his own mind.”


I'm still on the fence about the costume, I hate it but I love it. I don't think there's anything wrong with changing the costume, Nolan did it with Batman and that turned out great, I just don't know if this way is the right way to change it.

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superotherside
superotherside - 3/3/2011, 12:31 PM
@Comedian03 agree! the costume isn't bad... but it isn't great either... i would have preferred something that looked more like armor... but that's just me... i do hope they use a slightly darker green when it's finished...
bleedthefreak
bleedthefreak - 3/3/2011, 12:32 PM
watched Reynolds in the amityville horror reamake last night, was pretty impressed by him surprisingly and the movie do to me hating 90% of horror movies (even though I am a horror fan). Good to see he has a good grasp on why the GGI suit idea fits GL and GL alone
sound217
sound217 - 3/3/2011, 12:40 PM
HA I LIKE WHAT HE SAY ABOUT TDK.
MAXQ1961
MAXQ1961 - 3/3/2011, 12:42 PM
It's about time we hear from him or anyone connected to this movie. WB is letting Batman and Superman movies overshadow this one
optimus69
optimus69 - 3/3/2011, 12:44 PM
cant wait ryan is one of the best actors in the biz if anyone can pull this off its him ....
breakUbatman
breakUbatman - 3/3/2011, 12:46 PM
@bleedfreak they dont make horror movies like they used to
RedeyeJedi
RedeyeJedi - 3/3/2011, 12:47 PM
The TDK comment was great, but we will have to wait and see about the costume, ect.
Angelus
Angelus - 3/3/2011, 12:47 PM
The suit is exactly the way it should be: perfect. It's not based on anything from earth. I absolutely love how it looks. I do not see any reasons why an intergalactic spacecop with a ring of unmeasurable technology and power would only wear a spandex suit with white gloves as his only protection against the vastness and vacuum of space. Reynolds grasps the exact meaning of the suit. It's form following function, more precisely form following will/imagination and functionality.
I love the original but I would transfer badly to film.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 3/3/2011, 12:48 PM
I watched Smokin Aces today great movie.
jazzman
jazzman - 3/3/2011, 12:49 PM
@ajax2

yeah the cgi makes sense but the RR suit does not look right

@intruder

he better be careful with that little attack at Bale lol

p.s. how comes no one not giving some love to the new movie coming out soon "Attack The Block"

albieg25
albieg25 - 3/3/2011, 12:55 PM
REALLY ajax2, u know that voice is dumb as hell, i get why, but it didnt clash with his natural british or what ever voice he has for real

love the suit tho
write33
write33 - 3/3/2011, 12:58 PM
@intruder

LOL. that totally just happened. too funny.

but i have a hunch Bale can hit back later this year with TDK's box office returns....
andrew13
andrew13 - 3/3/2011, 12:58 PM
I don't care how they defend the suit's ugliness. It's still terrible. Sad that Green Lantern isn't getting the props that Captain America and Thor are getting. But, the people Marvel hired are paying a great deal of respect to the source material while Campbell and Reynolds are using the 'Alien' concept as a license to defend the awful changes they've made. And in that case, I'm glad Campbell/Reynolds like the changes. They can go see the movie with the other 110 people who are looking forward to seeing this crapfest that will be on a par with Billy Zane's The Phantom, which was also about a guy with a cooky costume/power ring.
andrew13
andrew13 - 3/3/2011, 12:59 PM
PS. The article should be retitled:

No Hope for Green Lantern.
andrew13
andrew13 - 3/3/2011, 1:02 PM
ANNNNNNNND...

They can make excuses for the costume, mask and lantern all they want. It STILL looks like something out of that Roast Of The Superfriends silliness from the 70's.
Barajasster
Barajasster - 3/3/2011, 1:03 PM
Now that we have seen three straight days of Green Lantern related stuff can we finally get over the "Its going to suck because they aren't marketing it."? I have a lot of confidence in this movie and I think Reynolds is going to be a great Hal Jordan.
birchy6
birchy6 - 3/3/2011, 1:07 PM
This is a really good feature guys, if you have access to a copy of Empire pick it up.

Just thought I'd share something I noticed about the main pic in the thumbnail.

Now, I see this pic everyday (it's my desktop background) but in this issue of Empire it looks a lot more detailed. Now, I don't know if that's just because I'm seeing it more clearly, but the mask and suit has a kind of texture that doesn't come off in most images - in my opinion this is the best I've ever seen it look.

Elsewhere Campbell's interview might reassure some: "You must approach it as if it were Shakespeare."

While he also explains how he tried to make it as physical as possible and only used CGI when he absolutely had to. He calls shooting in front of a blue screen "a pain in the arse".

Empire was also blown away by the environment designs: "Oa: a trippy Middle-earth of cathedral-spired cities and H.R Giger rock formations."

They touch on the negativity towards the suit/Comic Con footage, but the stuff about Parallax, Sinestro and Hammond all sounds really positive.
luckylu
luckylu - 3/3/2011, 1:08 PM
ive grown to really enjoy this costume. i do have minor gripes though like the mask needs tweaking and the absence if white gloves. the goods things are that hes still technically in "tights" (the suit is fitted to his body) and has the green/black color scheme in the correct places.
@andrew- if this were marvel he would most likely be wearing armor....
birchy6
birchy6 - 3/3/2011, 1:09 PM
This is a really good feature guys, if you have access to a copy of Empire pick it up.

Just thought I'd share something I noticed about the main pic in the thumbnail.

Now, I see this pic everyday (it's my desktop background) but in this issue of Empire it looks a lot more detailed. Now, I don't know if that's just because I'm seeing it more clearly, but the mask and suit has a kind of texture that doesn't come off in most images - in my opinion this is the best I've ever seen it look.

Elsewhere Campbell's interview might reassure some: "You must approach it as if it were Shakespeare."

While he also explains how he tried to make it as physical as possible and only used CGI when he absolutely had to. He calls shooting in front of a blue screen "a pain in the arse".

Empire was also blown away by the environment designs: "Oa: a trippy Middle-earth of cathedral-spired cities and H.R Giger rock formations."

They touch on the negativity towards the suit/Comic Con footage, but the stuff about Parallax, Sinestro and Hammond all sounds really positive.
Dusk
Dusk - 3/3/2011, 1:14 PM
THEY STILL PLAN ON RELEASING THIS MOVIE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC?
sylon
sylon - 3/3/2011, 1:21 PM
Why don't you losers get a life outside of shit talking everything you don't like on the internet? And passing your opinion off as universal fact.
DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 3/3/2011, 1:22 PM
uhuh yeah whatever. show us some more movie pics and ones that are of hte costume/aliens rather than just the earth characters doing nothing that interests us *like sitting at a bar, or about to put the ring on or standing there looking bored*
andrew13
andrew13 - 3/3/2011, 1:23 PM
Buried?

That's EXACTLY what's going to happen after Green Lantern is released: It's going to be 'Buried' beneath all the other better performing movies that respected the source material.

The irony is too much.
supertrackmonkey
supertrackmonkey - 3/3/2011, 1:33 PM
Except for the white gloves, the suit looks almost exactly like it does in the comics. And I'm not a fan of the white gloves.

I'm really excited to see this film.
McFly13
McFly13 - 3/3/2011, 1:34 PM
Bale should [frick] him up for that comment! lol
Set2Fallfirst
Set2Fallfirst - 3/3/2011, 1:35 PM
Lots of new faces! I havent commented in awhile but why is everyone hating on GL??? Especially the promo images they look better than the THOR promo images yet when I see those comments I see OMG NERDGASM and so on and so forth. Can we just wait till the movie comes out

I do admit the trailer was kind of lame ina Drive Angry nicolas cage way BUT I can see the huge potential and I believe in the director and Ryan Reynolds dont believe he can play a serious character with a tone down on the wit watch him in NINES.
sambuca1970
sambuca1970 - 3/3/2011, 1:36 PM
Andrew13.. watch Buried first.. then give your opinion, that's what intelligent people do
birchy6
birchy6 - 3/3/2011, 1:37 PM
Haters vs Supporters is so futile at this point.

In three weeks after trailer 2 people can paint a clear picture of this film - as opposed to judging special FX that had only been worked on for two months.

@Blackwidow: to be honest I'd rather they just take as long as it takes to make sure the next footage/images are water tight before releasing them - everything that's been released for this seems to have been rushed so far, so I'm quite glad they're taking their time now.

But like I said, one way or another, when Sucker Punch comes out we'll all know which way this is headed.
drfate
drfate - 3/3/2011, 1:38 PM
I like the movie suit. And what I like is all that matters.
Swanky
Swanky - 3/3/2011, 1:39 PM
Why dont you suck on Batmans Oscar Reynolds....tool.
militantcharles
militantcharles - 3/3/2011, 1:45 PM
the suit in DC Vs Mortal Kombat looked awesome and almost leather like they should designed the suit after that, at least i wold look better than spandex
SWonder916
SWonder916 - 3/3/2011, 1:49 PM
VERY cool,love how he described the suit and took that lil pop shot at Batman.LoL.Just like Hal!!
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