Ryan Reynolds is reflected on the green lantern and on the painfully precious lessons of a flop DC

Ryan Reynolds It is not foreign to make fun of his film DC 2011 Green lantern. But, in a recent appearance at the top of 2025 Time 100, the actor took a more reflective tone, opening on what the infamous DC Flop taught him and how he helped to model his approach to the narrative going on.

A The Business of Creativity Panel (through Hollywood Reporter), Reynolds has synchronized himself on the failure of $ 200 million, describing it as a fundamental moment in his creative journey, saying:

“I learned all the most incredible lessons that I could have ever had in the creative space of that film.”

That film was directed by Martin Campbell and co-protagonist Blake Lively, Peter SarsgaardAND Scores strong. Despite the massive budget and a stacked cast, the film bombed both critical and commercially, earning only $ 237 million at the global box office and earning a 25% low score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Reynolds explained that while making the film, he felt disconnected from the narrative process.

“In that film, I saw a lot of money spent on special effects, every sort of things. And I remember having suggested:” Why don’t we write as a scene in the way people spoke? I don’t know, could it be a fun exchange of dialogues that costs nothing? “”

This seems to highlight a creative friction between entertainment and sincerity. For Reynolds all bells and whistles were not enough if the heart of history is not rooted in character. So, “character on the show” has become his new North Star.

The character on the show is the foundation of Dead PoolThe satire of highly successful superheroes that allowed Reynolds to fully lean on the work of rooted and not filtered characters while offering a lot of action.

The actor and producer also had a hand in creating the stories for all the films he is part of to make sure that the story and the character remain at the center of the story.

The period of an and made of Reynolds like Hal Jordan may not have launched a franchise, but has fueled its evolution as a narrator. The lessons that Reynolds took from that green train train continue to echo all his career.

So, I imagine that when your bigger flop ends up sharpening your creative instincts, perhaps after all it was not such a waste.