LANTERNS Eyes Kelly MacDonald For Love Interest Role - Is She Playing The DCU's Star Sapphire?

LANTERNS Eyes Kelly MacDonald For Love Interest Role - Is She Playing The DCU's Star Sapphire?

According to a new rumour, Lanterns is eyeing Boardwalk Empire star Kelly MacDonald to play Hal Jordan's love interest in the upcoming DC Studios/HBO TV series, but is she a new take on Carol Ferris?

By JoshWilding - Oct 09, 2024 08:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Lanterns

DC Studios is assembling an impressive cast for Lanterns, with Kyle Chandler tapped to play Hal Jordan and Stephan James the reported frontrunner to suit up as John Stewart. 

Now, @MyTimeToShineH brings word that Kelly MacDonald (BraveBoardwalk Empire, The Radleys) has been offered one of two female leads in the upcoming HBO series.

This has since been corroborated by Nexus Point News, with the site adding, "She is set to play the [town's] sheriff and Hal Jordan's love interest. It's uncertain if the role is an original character or Carol Ferris."

If she is Carol, then the character has been drastically reinvented because, in the comics, her family owns the Ferris Aircraft Company, where she acts as an executive, and sometimes as a pilot. She later became Star Sapphire, fighting for love across the universe as part of the Star Sapphire Corps.

With that in mind, we'd hazard a guess that MacDonald isn't playing Carol. However, the fact Hal romances the town's sheriff in this murder mystery suggests he and his regular love interest on the page are no longer an item. Hal being in his 50s/60s could also be an indication that Carol's either dead or that her superhero days are long behind her. 

MacDonald would be an exciting addition to the DCU, regardless, and it sounds like we're getting a very human story despite the Green Lantern Corps' cosmic background.

So far, Lanterns is shaping up to be one of DC Studios' most intriguing projects and, with it being widely reported that Chandler's Hal will be a one-and-done for this series, its place in the wider DCU promises to be well worth keeping an eye on.

Oh, and it turns out James may not be the frontrunner for John after all...

DC Studios' Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

Chris Mundy (True Detective: Night Country) is serving as showrunner and executive producer and will write Lanterns with Damon Lindelof (Watchmen) and comic book scribe Tom King (Supergirl). 

When Lanterns' creative team was first revealed, James Gunn and Peter Safran, as Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs of DC Studios, shared a joint statement which read, "We’re thrilled to bring this seminal DC title to HBO with Chris, Damon and Tom at the helm." 

"John Stewart and Hal Jordan are two of DC’s most compelling characters, and Lanterns brings them to life in an original detective story that is a foundational part of the unified DCU we’re launching next summer with 'Superman.'"

Lanterns doesn't currently have a confirmed premiere date.

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theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 10/9/2024, 8:44 AM
Great actress.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 10/9/2024, 8:44 AM
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Forthas
Forthas - 10/9/2024, 8:49 AM
If this is Carrol Ferris then it is a strange choice to portray the role (just like Hal Jordan). If it is not then it is another jarring deviation from the comics. In both cases it does not bode well.
dragon316
dragon316 - 10/9/2024, 3:18 PM
@Forthas - we don’t know for sure kang in comics is white movie he’s black weird choice?
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/9/2024, 8:53 AM
Cool if true , she’s a good actress!!.

I don’t think she would be Carol though , I could see her being an original character or a reimagined version of Hal’s other love interests in the comics…

She could be Olivia Reynolds , Rose Hardin , Eve Doremus or even Jillian Pearlman.

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HermanM
HermanM - 10/9/2024, 9:00 AM
Great choice for Carol if so
mountainman
mountainman - 10/9/2024, 9:01 AM
She is a great actress, but hopefully that isnt what they do with Carol.

So this is really just going to be another murder mystery show set in a small town? I was really hoping that rumor was false.

If anything, hopefully that may just be the promise for how it starts and not how the whole season plays out. The murder mystery / detective genre is so incredibly played out.
SATW42
SATW42 - 10/9/2024, 9:07 AM
10 consecutive stories that aren't about Joker. you angry nerds can shut the [frick] about it now when the next one comes
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/9/2024, 9:32 AM
@SATW42 - they’ll find something else to complain about.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 10/9/2024, 9:47 AM
@SATW42 - Their superpower is confirmation bias. You underestimate their ability to look at something happening infrequently and say "this happens all the time"
Gambito
Gambito - 10/9/2024, 9:20 AM
As long as she puts on her Trainspotting accent all good, that shit was hot!
mountainman
mountainman - 10/9/2024, 9:46 AM
@Gambito - Her accent in Boardwalk Empire was too, but she was a pretty insufferable character. She played it well though!
Demigods
Demigods - 10/9/2024, 10:47 AM
look... she's attractive, BUT she's NOT Star Sapphire attractive. Such weird choices (or potential choices, at least) for Hal and Star Sapphire.... I get that this doesn't say it's Carol, but if not, that's also [frick]ing stupid. Either way, this is bad IMO. She's far too old to play Star Sapphire.
TheLobster
TheLobster - 10/9/2024, 11:34 AM
I’m excited for this series (especially because the showrunner of Ozark is involved) but I’m really not getting hyped on any of the casting at all..
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 10/9/2024, 12:19 PM
Her new flick with Damian Lewis was pretty good, wouldn't be a bad choice at all.

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