'Lanterns' Update: Aaron Pierre Was Almost Cast as Another Superhero Character!

James Gunn is revealing an unexpected update about Lanterns, and the recent casting of Aaron Pierre as John Stewart.

The DC Studios head made the revelation during 2024 Comic-Con over the weekend while discussing the forthcoming project.

“Aaron Pierre is somebody who I’ve wanted to work together with for a long time,” he began.

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“People don’t know, but he was almost cast as Adam Warlock. He’s an amazing actor, and I just really admired him from the beginning of his career,” he then revealed.

Adam Warlock is a character in Marvel‘s Fantastic Four, originally named Him. He starred in the titles Marvel Premiere and Strange Tales as well. He was portrayed by Will Poulter in his live-action debut in the MCU film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

“Seeing him read with Kyle [Chandler] was one of those miraculous moments. I don’t care what they’re saying, I just love what they’re saying together,” he went on.

“When we first started the DCU, the first couple of weeks of heading this out, we got together with a group of writers, and Tom King was one of those writers, and we were in this room, and we came up with sort of this concept for Lanterns. It’s a much more it’s a very grounded series, a very real series, which is a strange thing to say about a Green Lanterns show. But it’s going to be something like nobody’s ever seen before.”

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