Given the endless series of Green Lantern casting rumors we've heard over the past few months, it's easy to convince yourself that anyone could fit the part. "Oh, Adrian Grenier, I could see that." "Has anyone thought about casting Shia LaBeouf?" But for some reason when I read at Htifix that Bradley Cooper is one of the last actors in the running for the part, something clicked. That's casting that really and truly would work.
According to Drew McWeeny's story, "the process is far enough along that this is more than just a meeting or some spot on a wish list. " Director Martin Campbell apparently likes to keep a lot of people in the running until the last minute, so Cooper isn't the only name out there, but maybe the most likely.
Cooper was most recently seen as the caddish and kind of bland guy cheating on Jennifer Connelly in He's Just Not That Into You, but he has a long series of great comedic roles to back up him, including Wedding Crashers and the immortal Wet Hot American Summer. Sure, he's a comedian, not an action star, but the comedic touch that Robert Downey Jr. brought to Iron Man might be well used here as well.
Cooper isn't definite, but if he keeps getting this kind of positive response from the web, he might just be. Are you guys feeling as enthusiastic about this as I am?
