Video:Blake Lively Green Lantern Interview
with Rebecca Murray'Gossip Girls' star Blake Lively joined her 'Green Lantern' cast mates at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con to talk about working on the superhero film from Warner Bros and based on the comic book series.
Transcript:Blake Lively Green Lantern Interview
Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con.
Blake Lively - Green Lantern
Blake Lively: "A lot of it has been a surprise but I think one of the weirdest things was doing a photo shoot and I said, 'Wait, what is this one for exactly?,' and they said, 'Oh, it's for your action figures.' I was wondering why I was posing like that. It's really cool the excitement that's happening already. The studio's really happy with it. They're seeing dailies and already supporting it, which normally they don't do that until they test a film. We're doing everyone proud."What about stunt work for you? Did you have to do any sort of training or anything?
Blake Lively: "I had this crazy rig that I had to be on. It was invented for The Matrix. It was 30 feet tall and 20 feet long arm, and this gyroscopic wheel that's around your waist and it moves off of your weight. It just seems like, 'Oh, that's fun and easy,' but it required so much core strength to slowly control this thing. I would also go on it and go nuts and do cartwheels and spins and send the videos to my nephews. 'Look how cool your aunt is!' That was just the best part of it to me. But if we went on to a second or third, that's when I really get to do the stunts because she becomes a villain."
What sets this one apart from every other superhero movie out there?
Blake Lively: "Well, the Green Lantern is a really unique film in that it's interplanetary. There's the city that it takes place in on Earth, and you know we have our cool things that we do there, like pilot planes. But then there's also the outer space realm. There's aliens from all over the galaxy. So it encompasses so much, it's such a big film, it's such a huge undertaking, and that's something that you don't normally see. You either see space or you see Earth, but to have both in one film is unique."
Is there a shadowing of Star Sapphire in this film?
Blake Lively: "You know, her piloting name is Star Sapphire. We drop little hints towards all the stories in the comics. But, you know, Star Sapphire is a little bit further down the road. It's more Sinestro that we [have] this time."
Are you looking excited to be a villain?
Blake Lively: "I would love to be a villain."
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