James Gunn Asked Ryan Reynolds To Return To The DC Universe: “Fuck You!”

The actor was one of the first contacted by the boss of DC Studios when he was appointed.

It’s a role that almost killed his career! Before being Dead Pool for Marvel, Ryan Reynolds was Green Lantern for DC. A $220 million flop, mocked by critics and fans of the genre.

So when the new DC Studios was developed, its designer, James Gunnmade a phone call to Ryan Reynolds. Gunn tells the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he first called the actor to tell him he would be co-head of DC Studios with Peter Safran and that he had planned to make a new history of Green Lantern in live action.

“Ryan really doesn’t care” having fun James Gunn. “One of the first people I spoke to after I got the job at DC was Ryan Reynolds. I texted him and asked, “Do you want to come back (to DC)?!” » And he replied, laughing: “Fuck you!” »”

Obviously, all this was only secondary, since Ryan Reynolds is now well established in the Marvel Universe. James Gunnhe found Kyle Chandler And Aaron Pierre to be his new ones Green Lanterns in the future HBO series on the Max platform.