Nathan Fillion Talks About Playing Guy Gardner - "The Green Lantern That Nobody Likes"
Nathan Fillion is playing Guy Gardner in James Gunn’s upcoming DC film, Superman, and he has some strong opinions about his relationship with the director, his character’s ridiculous hair, and how he feels about playing the Green Lantern that nobody likes (his words, not mine).
Fillion has worked with Gunn in several films before, and he is grateful for the friendship and the work he has given him. Fillion spoke about their relationship in a recent appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show (via CBM), where he explained:
"This is James Gunn. He's amazing, he's huge, he's world famous. Everybody knows him. I did one of his very first movies, and if James Gunn is nothing else, he's loyal to a fault. He puts me into everything that he does."
He went on to talk about his role in Superman, saying, "I'm going to be Guy Gardner, a Green Lantern, not the one you might be [familiar with] but a Green Lantern, the one nobody likes."
Hudson then joked about Gardner's blonde bowl-cut, and Fillion kept the joke going, stating, "Correction, it's strawberry-blonde...I think I'm going to bring that look back. It's comic book accurate; Guy Gardner had a bowl-cut. And there were some discussions early on about different hairdos we could try and I was team bowl-cut."
Hudson and Fillion also talked about the fact that the actor holds the record for most Marvel roles, thanks to James Gunn. Fillion couldn't quite remember the exact number of Marvel roles he's had, but he's had three that fans have seen, although it’s technically four. Fillion played a Monstrous Inmate in Guardians of the Galaxy; Karja in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; Headpool in Deadpool & Wolverine; and he also played Simon Williams/Wonder Man in GotG Vol. 2, but we never got to see him becuase his scenes were cut. He has also appeared in the DCU before as the character T.D.K. in Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.
It’s going to be a lot of fun seeing Fillion as Guy Gardner in Superman, and we only have a few more months to wait! Superman flies into theaters on July 11, 2025.