Angela Bassett Joins Green Lantern

Angela Bassett has been cast as Dr. Amanda Waller in Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds. We last saw Dr. Waller on Smallville being played by Pam Grier. Dr. Waller is a behind the scenes player in the D.C. universe manipulating the likes of Bruce Wayne, Superman and even Lex Luthor. She works for the U.S. Government and has been involved in the shadowy governmental agencies like Checkmate and Suicide Squad. I like both actresses and I like both actresses in the role. It would have been a nice touch to have Pam do both, but I’m sure there were other considerations involved. Let’s applaud the fact that a black character from the D.C. universe is being utilized in a major studio film. I am now 100% behind this movie. Well, at least until the first trailer comes out.

Also, I just like the fact that I have a reason to post pictures of Angela Bassett.

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This post was written by Bedlam on March 24, 2010

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I think Angela Bassett would have been the perfect Storm in those X-Men movies. Her look, her voice and her command of a scene would have done Storm justice. I realize tough that they were trying to appeal to a younger audience with Halle Berry.
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She would have been an ideal Storm, but you're right, they wanted a younger cast.