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At the 'Superman' premiere, Nathan Fillion talks to THR about what it was like playing an iconic character like Green Lantern. Plus, he dishes on transitioning from playing Green Lantern in the Lanterns TV show to the 'Superman' film.

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00:00Now, I love that you chose the wig yourself, and I'm curious, with you confirming that you're in Lanterns,

00:05have you chosen a more egregious wig, or will we expect the same Guy Gardner glory?

00:09I think the same glory. I don't want to make it sound like I chose the wig.

00:14There were some ideas floating around for some different hairdos.

00:17I was on Team Bullcut, and eventually everybody came over to the right team.

00:22Team effort on the wig. You will not take blame or credit, which I respect.

00:26Now, there's a middle finger sequence that really pops in this film.

00:29It's in the trailer. It's fantastic.

00:31When and how was that conceived, and how much of that were you a part of?

00:34That was well after. That was a surprise to me when I eventually saw it,

00:38when I was doing some looping, some sound stuff afterwards.

00:42I asked them, can you let this little scene just roll for a second?

00:45Let me see what happens. So that was a big surprise for me.

00:48Oh, that's amazing. What joy. How was it to see yourself flip off so violently?

00:52I imagined a wave of energy. This was so much more creative and so much more Guy.

00:57Now, you've played many icons. You've voiced many icons.

01:00You've played characters that have become icons.

01:02What's it like to take on a character that is so ironically and unironically loved?

01:08I'll let you know. I don't know yet. No one has seen it yet.

01:12Fair.

01:13Fair. So was it joyful for me? Yes. Did I steal the ring? Also yes.

01:18Oh, beautiful, sir.

01:19Come on.

01:20Last question. With the tone of lanterns being something that starts terrestrial and seems to go into the cosmic area,

01:25was it a different flavor to work with a different director to have a different timing on set?

01:30Did it feel different being a lantern in lanterns?

01:32It was certainly a little bit of a different situation for Guy,

01:35but James was very careful about making sure that it was consistent in the universe.

01:42These shows aren't existing within a bubble.

01:44They all exist on the same plane at the same time in the same universe.

01:49So there is care and consideration at that point.

01:51So it's reading someone else's title, like Detective Comics vs. Action Comics, like we go on another tone?

01:55Exactly. Exactly. But another tone, but it's the same character,

01:59but just introduced to a different set of circumstances.

02:01Human Target to this day is one of my favorite Guy Gardner experiences.

02:05Is there anything, I know you're a comic guy.

02:06We talked about actually buying floppies on Wednesdays.

02:08Yes.

02:09Anything you want to plug or a comic you'd like to recommend to folks before you take off?

02:13Oh, well, it's already a TV show, but if you haven't read the Invincible series, it's fantastic.

02:19Yeah?

02:19It's fantastic.

02:20Yeah, Kirkman's a genius.

02:21Yeah, yeah, yeah. Agree.

02:22Okay, beautiful. Thank you, man. I always appreciate your time.

02:24And thanks for being a nerd that made nerd stuff. It means a lot to me.

02:27Thank you, brother.

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