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Although Green Lantern bombed for audiences and critics alike, Ryan Reynolds’ Hal Jordan performance still showed he had the capacity to helm a superhero movie, leading to his most notable character to date: Deadpool. Had Green Lantern gone ahead with a sequel that likely would have produced the same disappointing outcome, Reynolds may not have been able to escape the association of his DC superhero and later been recruited to play the well-received Wade Wilson. Reynolds’ case is another of the notable transitions from DC to Marvel or vice-versa that worked out better for the actor, such as Tom Hardy first playing DC’s Bane before becoming Marvel’s Venom or Affleck going from portraying Marvel’s Daredevil to the major slot of the DCEU’s Batman.
