The DCU is coming collectively earlier than our eyes, because of tasks hitting theaters and streaming with a Max subscription. The primary slate of tasks is titled Gods and Monsters, and James Gunn’s Superman is bringing it to the massive display screen for the primary time. Nathan Fillion is enjoying Inexperienced Lantern Man Garner within the DC flick and revealed that he tried on a ton of bobs earlier than touchdown on his character’s look.
What we learn about Superman has been restricted up till its launch this weekend, though it was clear that different heroes like Inexperienced Lantern and Hawkgirl had been included. Fillion spoke to EW about his course of, together with discovering the character’s signature wild hair type. As he shared:
It began with one thing that appeared very very similar to He-Man, then moved in direction of extra of a Justin Bieber, after which lastly settled into the bowl minimize itself. It’s not a small choice to have a personality have a goofy haircut like that. So there have been ideas about different hairstyles, however my opinion was, that is canon. Should you do not do it, you are going to hear about it.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall throughout this wig testing. As a result of whereas Man Gardner’s hair in Superman is wild, I can solely think about how he’d look in wigs that resembled He-Man and/or Justin Bieber. Launch the Bieber minimize, damnit!
The 54 year-old actor has been tremendous keen about his position within the DCU, with Fillion loving what a jerk Man Gardner is in each Superman and Peacemaker Season 2. And the character’s bravado mixed along with his foolish hair minimize is probably going going to create an fascinating dynamic on display screen.
Whereas the Inexperienced Lantern Corps. are an intergalactic peacekeeping drive, that does not imply that they are all good folks. Man Gardner has all the facility that comes along with his ring, however seems like a gruff character. And I am unable to wait to see how that performs out when he interacts with different characters within the DCU… particularly David Corenswet’s Kal-El.
Except for Superman and Peacemaker, Gardner can also be going to reprise his position within the upcoming Lanterns sequence. This can provide one other probability for his wig to take heart stage, but in addition for him to have conflicts with different, extra noble, members of the Inexperienced Lantern Corps..
We’re nonetheless within the early levels of the DCU, so maybe Man Gardner (and his wig) will change as time goes on. Maybe this might enable for a number of the alternate bobs to return to life, together with the one impressed by Justin Bieber. I imply, who would not wish to see his DC hero with swoopy bangs within the midst of battle?
Fillion makes his DCU debut in Superman, which is in theaters now as a part of the 2025 film launch record, and can reprise his position in Peacemaker when Season 2 hits Max on August twenty first.