Casting HBO's Green Lantern Corps

It was recently announced that a new DC series centred around the Green Lantern Corps would be making its way to HBO Max. To distance it from the 2011 movie and capitalise on the growing proportion of people dissatisfied with other sci-fi franchises the show is set to take the hero "to space". This direction means that a lot more of the Corps will likely feature - a key element of the character's comics.

This is definitely a positive, as Hal Jordan, though the most famous, is arguably the least interesting of his emerald cohorts or those on other ends of the emotional spectrum.

Nevertheless, the main cast will presumably consist of the human Lanterns, with the aliens making up the ranks of supporting character and villains. As a result, the following list gives some suggestions for actors that should play the Green Lanterns of sector 2814 as well as who should play a selection of their allies and enemies.

This cast would be great for a HBO series, or even in a movie, should the show get scrapped or develop into a film. Anyway, let's begin...

Larfleeze may not be integral to 99% of Green Lantern stories, but it was hard to resist the inclusion when the chosen actor fit the part so well.

Dan Stevens is known for his excellent work on Legion, in which he played the eponymous character. Choosing him to play Larfleeze is not to suggest that the two characters are similar - just that elements of his performance could be re-purposed for a portrayal of the Orange Lantern.

One of these elements is the feigning of hearing voices, a feature that Larfleeze has as he murdered the rest of his corps out of avarice (the emotion of the Orange Lanterns). Another is the sense of egotism, something that Stevens wonderfully conveyed in the third season of Legion.

Put these alongside the fact that orange looks good on the actor and the two are a great match.