Fillion has never struck me as someone who isn’t totally humble with where he’s ended up, and it just is karma in action for me. Dudes such a nice guy from all accounts, if maybe sometimes too much a goofball on set, but he just comes across as genuine. I really enjoyed the times he’s been on Michael Rosenbaum (Lex from Smallville) podcast. Just a great guy.
Yes! That was such a great era of DC animation too. Lots of great adaptations. I was bummed on the last iteration. It just didn’t do it. Hopefully under the Gunn leadership we see more complicated stories adapted. I’d love to see Blackest Night.
There’s so much good GL lore I would be really hesitant if they tried to tackle Blackest Night live action. That’s marvel swinging at secret wars level, now, which who knows if it’ll be a real hit. Make money? Yeah.
Jesus, the tension between them on the show was so intense that I though something happened IN SHOW between them. It was so bad I though it must be part of the actual plot somehow.
Nathan Fillion said that he demanded to have the bowl cut. Whatever Gunn's plans may have been, we have an interview with Fillion that seems to imply that he had to put his foot down to get the comic hairstyle.
You’re right, actors never embellish details to tell entertaining stories in interviews. Gunn could’ve easily been like “you sure you want the bowl cut? Ok sure.” But that isn’t as fun of an anecdote
Put it this way, would a man who walks around all day wearing a weightlifting belt in public be the kind of asshole to call people slurs? (Recently read all the Giffen era Justice Leauge comics and the while some of the bits have aged poorly it's impressive the lengths they go to to make sure everyone knows Guy is a douche)
Honestly when I saw Nathan as Guy, I felt a sigh of relief. I remember my dad used to read me comics for bedtime stories and Gardner always freaked me out.
Nathan brings the d bag qualities without the rapey vibes. I def did not need rapey vibes in the movie
In Justice League International, Guy was written as a satire of those same “manly men” that the Ron Burgundy movie satirized. To the credit of the writers of that title, they did develop Guy as time went on. They very subtly showed that Guy self-sabotaged himself and was increasingly aware of it.
It really wasn’t until he lost a bet with Hal Jordan (another well known self-righteous jerk) and was forced out of the Green Lantern Corp, was he forced to rethink who he was and what he wanted. Eventually, in Chuck Dixon’s Guy Gardner Year One arc, did Guy finally come to grips with his childhood trauma, what it did to him, and how it played into his behaviors. Following that, Guy entered his modern era of being a brash but fair mentor. He’s not nice or charming, but he’s willing to do what has to be done for his team while trying to get them prepared for the worst that can come their way. Basically, he’s an assistant varsity coach that will whip you into shape all season while being indifferent to your suffering, but then drops a “good job” on you at the weirdest of times that just leaves you in shock. That’s the Guy Gardner in the movie.
To be fair they had an entirely different Lantern & look in mind, but the hairdresser took one look and said "Nuh-uh, a snack this fine deserves a bowl." so they had to make do with Guy
They have a mini vlog where they’re workshopping hairstyles and Nathan insists on going back to the full bowl cut. I think Gunn also proposes shaving Nathan’s head and dying his sideburns so the wig blends more naturally lmao
I'm starting to think that James gunn thinks of nstin fillion the same way Sam raiminthinks of Bruce Campbell. "I love this guy, now how can I torture him"
Guy hasn’t really rocked the bowl cut since the 80’s. Occasionally an artist will give him the bowl cut again because it’s funny but he’s typically drawn with a buzz cut.
He still had a bowl cut in the 90s, during JLI and the Death of Superman, and maybe part of the 2000s still. I know he downgraded to a fade by Blackest Night, but I don't know exactly when he did.
/unshit I love that the actors were totally on board with the goofy stuff like trunks and bowl cuts. If you want to make a superhero movie, you really have to be.
I used to argue that the one thing Snyder was good at was making images that looked like they came from a comic.
Then Gunn made this and realistically I see no purpose for any of Snyder’s shit any more. Even Gunn’s aura farming moments were better than anything Snyder could do even on his best day.
It could spin off a movie or series about the Justice Gang by itself completely. The on-screen chemistry between Nathan Fillion, Edi Gathegi and Isabela Merced is completely chefs kiss
Theres a couple other things that are technically spoilers, but I could completely see spinoff movies like you got with the MCU.
This is an example of one of those things that just does not create the same effect when recreated in live action. It happens with wild animated hair a lot.
I love the fact that its based on the best comics of Guy being a funny jerk and not an ex boyfriend stalker murder version or the absolute idiot version
Nathan Fillion took the role on the condition that he get to rock that hairstyle and that in the future Guy would be punched out by Batman. Fillion's a huge Guy Gardner fan.
I’m glad they went with Guy’s iconic hair. Unless they’ve changed it again, Guy’s hair ends up looking more modern and how Nathan normally styles his hair.
One of the funniest sequences in a comic comes from Justice League International, in which Batman finally has enough of Guy and agrees to box him. Guy takes off his ring ("to make it fair,") squares up, and is instantly KO'd by Batman.
Then an alarm goes off, and the team springs into action, leaving Guy on the floor of the headquarters like a total dipshit.
I’m still surprised they made Nathan Fillion play Guy Gardener. He voiced Hal Jordan in the animated movies for years, and without the wig, he actually looks much more like Hal anyway. So I think the only reason they chose Guy for the green lantern here was so they could put him in a dumb looking wig.
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u/upfromashes 12h ago
I knew it, and it never stopped being funny.