Sinestro Talks Green Lantern Movie
Mark Strong (Sherlock Holmes) has been talking to USA Weekend about his upcoming role as Sinestro in DC’s The Green Lantern.
“For anybody who’s familiar with the Green Lantern and the origin story, the film closely follows the early comics,” Strong said. “Sinestro starts out as Hal Jordan’s mentor, slightly suspicious and not sure of him because obviously Hal is the first human being who’s made into a Green Lantern. He’s certainly very strict and certainly unsure of the wisdom of Hal becoming a Green Lantern.”
He went on to say…
“Sinestro is a military guy but isn’t immediately bad. It’s the kind of person he is that lends himself to becoming bad over the course of the comics being written, but initially he’s quite a heroic figure.”
So, what about Sinestro’s distinct appearance?
“That widow’s peak and thin moustache was for some reason originally based on David Niven, and Hal Jordan was based on Errol Flynn. In the ’30s and ’40s, they shared an apartment together in Hollywood when they were making movies and they were great friends. Obviously at the time, whoever was doing the original comics must have looked at them as guys doing very well in the film industry, and based those characters on them. So I would like to do justice to the Sinestro that was conceived for the comic books.”
The Green Lantern hits cinemas on June 17th, 2011.
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