Ryan Reynolds is among the many who celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Wednesday with his favorite drink, but he is also adding even more ‘green’.
The 44-year-old actor sat down and watched his 2011 superhero bomb Green Lantern, apparently for the first time, to help celebrate St. Patty’s Day and the launch of Zack Snyder’s Justice League on Thursday.
Reynolds has consistently criticized his own Green Lantern movie for years, taking pictures in his Deadpool films and on social media, but it seems like he never watched the entire movie, which he did on Thursday with the help of his own Aviation brand. Gin.
Green day: Ryan Reynolds is among the many who celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Wednesday with his favorite drink, but he is also adding even more green.
– I’m excited to see the Snyder cut. But before your debut – and with the help of a good amount of #AviationGin – tonight at 6 pm EST, I’ll do something I’ve never done: actually watch Green Lantern. Happy #StPatricksDay, ‘Reynolds said in the first tweet on a very massive topic.
He also shared a photo of a green drink he calls Lantern’s Light, which is made with 1.5 ounces of his own Aviation Gin, 1 ounce of Apple Pucker, 1/2 ounce of lemon juice and topped with ginger ale.
With his drink menu in place, Reynolds then learned that Green Lantern is, ‘apparently the only shitty movie that is not being broadcast anywhere, so you are SOL if you want to watch it together. But I’m going deep. #GinnerAndAMovie #AviationGin. ‘
Excited: ‘Excited to see the Snyder cut. But before your debut – and with the help of a good amount of #AviationGin – tonight at 6 pm EST, I’ll do something I’ve never done: actually watch Green Lantern. Happy #StPatricksDay ‘, said Reynolds in the first tweet of a massive topic
He even tweeted a $ 5 coupon to Drizly for fans who want to make their own Lantern’s Light cocktails.
As soon as the movie started, he tweeted: ‘Starting GL now. First time. Too early to order a #SnyderCut from this shit? ‘
The actor added, ‘I only read my portions of the script, so it’s really exciting to watch’, while playing, ‘This protagonist looks reckless, but nice.’
Reckless: The actor added, ‘I only read my parts of the script, so it’s really exciting for me to watch it’, while joking, ‘This protagonist looks reckless, but nice.’
He also gave praise to actor and director Taika Waititi, who played Tom Kalmaku on the superhero adventure, adding: ‘I swear I’m drinking for the Grammy winner and international ambassador for joy, @TaikaWaititi. So as not to numb any pain I may feel.
He also joked, ‘Hey, @BlakeLively is in this movie !!’, referring to his wife for almost eight years, whom he met on the set of Lanterna Verde.
Reynolds also shared a snapshot of his character, Hal Jordan, sharing a moment with Lively’s Carol Ferris, adding: ‘That didn’t bode ill for my life as a father.’
Blake: He also joked, ‘Hey, @BlakeLively is in this movie !!’, referring to his wife for almost eight years, who he met on the set of the Green Lantern
Scream: he also gave a shout out to actor and director Taika Waititi (left), who played Tom Kalmaku in the superhero adventure, adding: ‘I swear I’m drinking for the Grammy winner and international ambassador of joy, @TaikaWaititi . So as not to numb any pain I may feel.
He also shared his love for co-stars Stanley Tucci and Angela Bassett, adding, ‘Honestly, this cast is incredible.’
The actor shared a brief video of him pouring another drink, adding the caption, ‘Watch my power’, which is part of the Green Lantern oath.
He also added: ‘Do you have any idea how strange it is to act while being attacked by invisible space energy?’
Cast: He also shared his love for co-stars Stanley Tucci and Angela Bassett, adding, ‘Honestly, this cast is incredible.
The actor has consistently criticized the film’s special effects, although he shares that he kept the ring out of the film.
Reynolds went on to share more photos of the film, jokingly, ‘See if you can locate the CGI, while adding,’ Gee, I miss Michael Clarke Duncan ‘, who passed away in September 2012, a year after the film’s release.
He also beat the villain Parrallax, adding that he ‘thought he was very bad. He had no idea that 2020 would make him look like a goddamn Beanie Baby. Go back into space, a ** hole. ‘
He kept the ring: the actor always criticized the film’s special effects, although he shared that he kept the ring out of the film
Reynolds added a GIF of Peter Sarsgaard’s character, Hector Hammond, hugging Carol at an event, stating: ‘We are all Hector.’
He tried the visual effects of the Green Lantern suit again, adding: ‘They spent 6 hours a day turning Peter Sarsgaard’s head into an over-inflated beach ball. But the GL costume is a jumpsuit made of old Frogger pixels.
The actor criticized his’ Christian Bale superhero voice ‘, adding:’ And True Hollywood Story should do a play “where they are now” on Hector’s mustache. I really wonder what that has been like. ‘
Hal and Carol: Reynolds added a GIF of Peter Sarsgaard’s character, Hector Hammond, hugging Carol at an event, stating: ‘We are all Hector’
He also joked that Hector threw his father into a ‘giant fire tornado’, adding: ‘This is exactly how my father died.’
Reynolds added: ‘There are a lot of heavy hitters in the film. Not always used in the right way … but still … heavyweights, ‘but when everything was said and done, the experience was not as bad as he thought.
‘Maybe it’s Aviation Gin speaking, but #GreenLantern was nothing to be afraid of! Hundreds of incredible team and cast members have done an incredible job – and while it is not perfect, it is not a tragedy. Next time, I will not wait a decade to watch, ‘he added.
Heavy hitters: Reynolds added, ‘There are a lot of heavy hitters in the film. Not always used in the right way … but still … heavyweights, ‘but when all was said and done, the experience was not as bad as he thought
The actor ended his Twitter storm with a photo of an empty bottle of Aviation Gin with his laptop showing the end of the Green Lantern credit streak.
‘Happy #StPatricksDay and good luck to #SnyderCut on @HBOMax!’ Reynolds concluded.
Lanterna Verde raised just $ 219.8 million worldwide, from a huge budget of $ 200 million during its theatrical screening in 2011.
Tweetstorm: The actor concluded his tweetstorm with a photo of an empty bottle of Aviation Gin with his laptop showing the end of the Green Lantern credit streak