Angela Bassett is the newest member of the Green Lantern family.
Bassett will star in Green Lantern as Dr. Amanda Waller. The film’s major league cast already includes Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, Blake Lively as Carol Ferris, Mark Strong as Sinestro, Peter Sarsgaard as Hector Hammond, and Tim Robbins as Senator Hammond. In recent weeks, both Temuera Morrison and Taika Waititi have joined the cast as Abin Sur and Thomas Kalmaku, respectively.
As many comics fans know, Amanda Waller is a character with a lot of history thanks to her involvement with Checkmate and the Suicide Squad. It will be interesting to see if Bassett will reprise the role in other DC-related movie projects, as there is a Suicide Squad adaptation currently in development.
Waller has been seen out of the comics many times before. Previously, actress Pam Grier portrayed Waller on The CW’s Smallville while CCH Pounder has voiced Waller in various DC Animated projects.
[Source: Variety]
