Thunderbolts* Star Sebastian Stan Recalls Screen-Testing for a DC Box Office Flop [Video]

Before he was cast as Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger, Sebastian Stan tried to become the first big-screen iteration of Hal Jordan.

During an extensive interview with Josh Horowitz for the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Stan revealed that he auditioned for the role of Hal Jordan in Warner Bros. and DC’s Green Lantern movie, which ultimately went to Ryan Reynolds. The movie, which opened in theaters in 2011, was a critical and commercial flop, receiving negative reviews and grossing only $220 million worldwide.

“Green Lantern was another one I screen-tested for. I remember getting there and it was, like, me, Justin Timberlake, Jared Leto, Ryan Reynolds, and maybe one other person,” he recalled on the Happy Sad Confused podcast (via ComicBookMovie.com). “I’m looking at these guys going, ‘I’m f***ed. There’s no way this is happening for me.’ You come close and it wouldn’t happen, but in a way, looking back I’m almost glad it didn’t.”

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