- Wayne T. Carr would have played a version of Green Lantern in "
Zack Snyder's Justice League ." - During Justice Con 2021, Snyder said he filmed Carr in his driveway for the HBO Max cut of the film.
- Carr's John Stewart was supposed to appear at the film's end in place of Martian Manhunter.
During a conversation at Justice Con 2021, Snyder said Wayne T. Carr filmed a scene in his driveway as the iconic superhero.
"He's an amazing actor, an amazingly kind gentleman," Snyder told the Nerd Queens and Wonder Meg during the Saturday evening panel.
"I said, 'Look, there's a chance that this doesn't make it in the
And that's exactly what happened.
Carr's Green Lantern wasn't allowed in the final cut of "Zack Snyder's Justice League "
After about three years of fan rallying, HBO Max released the "Snyder cut" of 2017's "Justice League" on its streaming service on March 18. Though the film restores a few diverse roles, including a trimmed-down Cyborg and Martian Manhunter, Snyder had planned on introducing a new Green Lantern.
"We did have a Green Lantern scene in the movie that the studio asked me to take out that I did also shoot here in the driveway with an amazing actor who was going to play John Stewart," Snyder told Sean O'Connell, Jake Hamilton, and Kevin McCarthy of the ReelBlend podcast.
"Then the studio, when they saw the movie, and they saw that I had done every single thing that they had asked me not to do, we had come to a bit of a loggerhead," Snyder added.
There are many iterations of the Green Lantern. Stewart was the first African American DC Comics superhero.
At Justice Con 2021, Snyder said he met Carr through Ray Fisher, who plays Cyborg in the "Snyder cut."
"Ray [Fisher] introduced me to him. He said you should check this guy out. He's awesome," Snyder said.
The director then looked at some of Carr's clips before calling him up on the phone a few times to talk about what the role might entail.
John Stewart would have appeared at the very end of 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' with another Green Lantern
Carr's Green Lantern would have appeared at the very end of "Zack Snyder's Justice League," meeting Bruce Wayne in place of Martian Manhunter.
"We had made him a CG suit and because it was COVID and we couldn't really do a real suit," Snyder said when asked whether or not a suit was made for Carr. "The mandate was to make it look as physical as possible."
The Green Lantern scene was supposed to play at the very end of the film. He was supposed to be one of two Green Lantern characters who Bruce Wayne interacted with, not the Martian Manhunter. (Snyder said at Justice Con the other Lantern would have been Kilowog.)
When the studio asked Snyder to remove Green Lantern, part of Snyder's compromise was to add more of Martian Manhunter into the movie. He also got the Batman versus Joker scene.
Both the extra Martian Manhunter and Joker scenes were filmed in Snyder's driveway and backyard, respectively.
Fans already guessed that Carr was Snyder's Green Lantern
On Saturday, Snyder confirmed what many fans had already surmised.
On April 1, production designer Jojo Aguilar revealed four pieces of concept art they worked on with Snyder for the film. Included in the artwork shared were images for Granny Goodness, Martian Manhunter, Joker, and Green Lantern.
-jojo aguilar (@jojoaguilar33) April 2, 2021
From there, fans started theorizing Carr may have been the mystery person Snyder hired to play the role of John Stewart in his four-hour cut.
Not only did fans notice a resemblance between the two, but Carr joined Twitter shortly thereafter and tweeted in support of the #RestoreTheSnyderVerse movement.
-Wayne T. Carr (@WayneTCarr) April 6, 2021
During Justice Con, Snyder said he was speaking with Carr the other day about the finished film.
"He loved the movie and he was super excited for everyone and the reception the film has gotten," Snyder said. "He couldn't be more gracious."
A three-day virtual event, Justice Con 2021 held several panels on Saturday with multiple "Snyder cut" stars, including Ray Fisher, Ray Porter, and Joe Manganiello with the aim of raising money for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention.
You can watch Snyder discuss Green Lantern below about seven minutes into the conversation.