Angela Bassett Comments On The Failure Of GREEN LANTERN And The New 'Amanda Waller'

Angela Bassett Comments On The Failure Of GREEN LANTERN And The New 'Amanda Waller'

2011's Green Lantern was a crushing disappointment, and one of its only real redeeming qualities was arguably the cast. While Angela Bassett didn't look much like her comic book counterpart, she was a good Amanda Waller, and reflects here on why the movie just didn't work...

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By JoshWilding - Jun 25, 2015 08:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Lantern
Source: IGN
Had things worked out a little differentely, we probabaly would have already had a Green Lantern 2 and Ryan Reynolds' Hal Jordan would be set to take on a starring role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice next year instead of Deadpool. It wasn't meant to be though, and when IGN recently caught up with Angela Bassett to talk about her role in the upcoming Rainbow Six Siege video game, she had this to say about playing fan-favourite character Amada Waller in Green Lantern. "You know, I enjoyed working on that. Of course you wish it had been bigger and more successful."

"But you just don't know," she added. "I mean I know we put a lot of work in and I thought it was well done. You know, well-directed, acted, and cast. But, you never know what is going to just grab the audience and they won't let go. So, that particular one wasn't, but maybe it'll come back around. Because there were some real die-hard fans for the Wall." When the site mentioned that Warner Bros. are actually rebooting Green Lantern for a 2020 release and that Viola Davis is set to play Amanda Waller in next year's Suicide Squad, the actress was surprised, but said: "She'll be great. She'll be great." Do you wish Green Lantern was in the DCCU? Sound off below...
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OldBenKenobi
OldBenKenobi - 6/25/2015, 8:53 AM
As long as Mark Strong is Sinestro again I'm good
Stairway2Kevin
Stairway2Kevin - 6/25/2015, 8:55 AM
I had absolutely no idea that Amanda Waller was in that movie lol
tugboy
tugboy - 6/25/2015, 8:57 AM
bring back mark strong
KingJames
KingJames - 6/25/2015, 9:01 AM
@WakandasSoul

Still better than Iron Man 3
SuperCat
SuperCat - 6/25/2015, 9:01 AM
Angela Bassett was in GL???? I fell asleep.
Sulti1274
Sulti1274 - 6/25/2015, 9:13 AM
@KingJames better than Iron Man 3?
dckizzle
dckizzle - 6/25/2015, 9:15 AM
I hope. Mark strong is still involved
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 6/25/2015, 9:15 AM
I love that this movie exists.

Evidence that Hal sucks and Hellboy is better than Hal.

If he wasn't then where's Green Lantern 2 @Gusto ?
gulducati
gulducati - 6/25/2015, 9:18 AM
I honestly cannot remember her in the movie at all...and I do remember watching it.
KingJames
KingJames - 6/25/2015, 9:18 AM
If Marvel's best movie is that snoozefest of a film Cap 2 then DC has no worries going forward.
Desr0w
Desr0w - 6/25/2015, 9:26 AM
@LEVITIKUZ

"I love that this movie exists.

Evidence that Hal sucks and Hellboy is better than Hal."




I mean... Hellboy is great, but better than Hal?? To each his own, anyhow maybe you interested on this mate:

http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/3ayiio/guillermo_del_toro_talks_about_being_a_mediator/
KingJames
KingJames - 6/25/2015, 9:50 AM
@spideymania26

My rustling is never foolish. The truth I must tell :-)
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 6/25/2015, 9:53 AM
don't listen to @KingJames, he's still spicy after all that Curry.

:)
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 6/25/2015, 10:10 AM
She's an awesome actress,
I hope she gets a second shot at a CBM.
micvalpro
micvalpro - 6/25/2015, 10:12 AM
Damn I feel for her, sounds like she doesn't know what's going on in the DCu. They need give her the Storm movie and play the character she was born to play!
Manta4000
Manta4000 - 6/25/2015, 10:17 AM
Yeah Angela Bassett's Amanda Waller got the shaft BECAUSE of "Green Lantern's" failure. Granted I didn't think much of Waller in the film besides the brief flashback scene, but hey she could've been awesome. Who knows?
GrilledPopcorn
GrilledPopcorn - 6/25/2015, 10:18 AM
So she chose to do Amanda Waller instead of Storm? I've seen her as Marie Laveau in AHS and Angela would've killed it as Storm.
CASH
CASH - 6/25/2015, 10:20 AM
I legit do not remember her being in this movie. Let alone that she played Amanda Waller! Wtf? How did I miss that? Lol
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 6/25/2015, 10:37 AM
It's a shame that this piece of shit failed.......I'm glad this made DC/WB scratch heads and take their dirty shitty fingers out of their arses and finally make moves to compete and make the DCCU.....
ComicsDoneRight
ComicsDoneRight - 6/25/2015, 10:43 AM
Green Lantern was fantastic! Angela Bassett however, was not.
DallasAvenger
DallasAvenger - 6/25/2015, 10:58 AM
Well-directed, acted and cast? We'll actually none of those things are true. But sure let's pretend the audience just didn't take a shine to the movie rather than the actual that a bad Green Lantern movie was made. At least the future of DC movies is looking bright now.
McGee
McGee - 6/25/2015, 11:00 AM
I honestly don't think this movie was any worse than the Thor movies or Iron Man 3. It's nowhere near as bad as Catwoman, Daredevil or Ghost Rider. I can't even remember Spider-man 3...it's like a vague memory.
McGee
McGee - 6/25/2015, 11:02 AM
I have a better memory of my Uncle forcing me to drink alcohol while he was babysitting than I do Spider-man 3. I only saw it once and....oooooh...what did you do Uncle Pete...
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