10 Things You Didn't Know About The Green Lantern Corps
3. Jack Black Almost Starred In A Green Lantern Movie
This is actually true - School of Rock star Jack Black really was lined up to play a Green Lantern named Jud Plato in a comedic adaptation of one of DCs most iconic heroes (you can even find the screenplay online if you look hard enough). It was proposed by (and was going to be directed by) Robert Smigel the American actor, comedian and writer known for his Saturday Night Live TV Funhouse cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. The plot would have involved a huge asteroid zooming towards Earth. Blacks character would have used his power ring to move the Earth out of its path, which would have resulted in global-scale natural disasters occurring. Taking influence from Christopher Reeve's Superman, Jud would have fixed the problem by turning back time - like Reeve in Superman: The Movie - by conjuring up a Superman construct to recreate the famous scene. It kind of makes you appreciate the awful Ryan Reynolds movie that little bit more, no?
