Sam Worthington Lost Out on ‘Green Lantern’ Role After Questioning Logic of Film: ‘It Didn’t Make Much Sense’

Sam Worthington almost went from “Avatar” to DC superhero…that is, if the script had made sense to him.The “Avatar: The Way of Water” actor revealed that he was almost cast in 2011 DC film “Green Lantern” as Hal Jordan — except he couldn’t wrap his head around the plot.“It didn’t make much sense to me — the suit comes out of his skin?” Worthington told Variety.

“And I was like, ‘He’s got this powerful ring that can create anything.

Well, what can beat the ring?’ The answer was, ‘Nothing.’ I was like, ‘Well, something needs to beat it, or it won’t be very interesting.’”Ryan Reynolds eventually took over the lead role and the film was an infamous flop, earning 116.6 million at the U.S.

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Worthington went on to star in “Man on a Ledge” and “Wrath of the Titans.”Reynolds watched “Green Lantern

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