Lantern star Aaron Pierre has already seen the proper adaptation of the Green Lantern

Aaron Pierre will be seen soon As a live-action version of DC hero John Stewart In the upcoming HBO series Lanterns. He recently admitted that he’d never seen the most famous (or infamous, rather) live-action film. Green Lantern Cartoons – Ryan Reynolds’ 2011 film – but instead had more, a lot A better page-to-screen introduction to the character: the 2000s Justice League Animation.

talking to Entertainment Weekly Ahead of his next big screen project, he is voicing the title character in the upcoming film The lion king Prequel Mufasa– “I didn’t see that,” Pierre said directly when asked about the 2011 feature, a blunder that later found a purpose thanks to Reynolds’ good use of it dead pool– Neighborhood joke fodder. However, EW said it is He does Plan to watch it while you do it Lanterns Preparatory work.

However, he had already learned well another depiction of Green Lantern world. “Justice League Unlimited It was probably one of my first introductions to Jon Stewart. Cartoon Network series Justice League It ran from 2001 to 2004 and featured legendary voice actor Kevin Conroy reprising his famous actions Batman: The Animated Series version of Batman, as well as Phil LaMarr, another legend in voice acting (Futurama, Samurai Jack)Like Jon Stewart. Conroy and Lamarr also starred in the film Justice League Follow-up series Justice League Unlimitedwhich ran from 2004 to 2006… when Pierre was 10 to 12 years old. Perfect timing.

Pierre Stewart will be working with veteran Green Lantern Corps member Hal Jordan Lanterns– This is the version of the character played by Reynolds, as Kyle Chandler played him in the HBO series. Nevertheless Lanterns The casting of both characters grabbed a lot of headlines (remember when Josh Brolin turned down the role of Jordan?), Pierre told EW he wasn’t aware of the media craze.

“I was just tied down to presenting the best possible version of this beautiful character in the rigorous audition process,” he explained. “I firmly believe that what is meant for you will not be missed. So, I did my best and then let it go. I have now been given the opportunity to bring this beautiful character to life and hopefully serve John Stewart. I hope to serve the Green Lantern Corps. We are really excited for people to see what We’ve compiled it here.

Lanterns There’s no release date yet, but look for it either later next year or sometime in 2026.

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