With Furious 7 making its way into theaters next week, all eyes have been on the cast lately as they make the rounds promoting the first big blockbuster of 2015. One actor, in particular, is garnering a great deal of attention because of activities that don’t pertain to Furious 7 at all. Tyrese Gibson has been using social media to get the word out, for quite some time, that he’d like to play John Stewart in a new Green Lantern movie.
Here’s the most recent example, from his Instagram page:
While chatting with IGN about Furious 7, the actor was asked about the campaign- which he’s now sort of defensively claiming is motivated by fans, not him. Here’s the clip where he discusses the role:
Here, similar to the Instagram post I shared above, he points to his box office receipts to state that he thinks he can be the centerpiece of another franchise.
But how far has this chatter gone? According to the actor, who spoke exclusively with Vixen Varsity, he actually met with Warner Bros about it. “I won’t tell anything, not gonna speak about what the outcome of the meeting was, but I went to have a meeting, a little something,” he said. In that talk, he again reiterated that this all began because of two fans that reached out to him and sent fan-made posters. They triggered his imagination and, aside from sharing their work, it got him thinking. “I started putting my feelers out there, getting some energy going, and next thing you know, it ended up being on every website, everywhere, just like ‘Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Tyrese as Green Lantern. John Stewart!’,” Gibson enthused.
So it’s clear that there definitely are fans that would like to see him in the role (or perhaps just think he makes for good model for Green Lantern fan art…ahem), I wonder what YOU think. Latino-Review has a very passionate base of fans that visits every day for the latest stories on these kinds of movies. Are you on the “We Want Tyrese For Green Lantern!” bandwagon?
SOURCE: Instagram / IGN / Vixen Varsity