Although Ryan Reynolds included several familiar faces Deadpool and WolverineThere’s a superhero that even James Gunn couldn’t convince him to resurrect.

The DC boss revealed that he had jokingly asked Reynolds if he might put on his power ring and reprise his role as Green Lantern after taking over DC Studios alongside Peter Safran in 2022.

“Ryan doesn’t back down—” Gunn said of the Martin Campbell-directed 2011 DC film Happy, sad, confused Podcast. “One of the first people I spoke to after I got the job was Ryan Reynolds. I thought, ‘Are you coming back?!’ He says, ‘Get out of here!'”

Reynolds’ reaction shouldn’t be surprising after the end credits scene of Deadpool 2 (2018), its titular mercenary traveled back in time to shoot the actor in the head before he had the chance to take on the lead role of Hal Jordan Green Lantern.

Although Green Lantern Although the film was a flop both critically and commercially, with a Tomatometer rating of 25% on Rotten Tomatoes and $237 million at the worldwide box office, Reynolds eventually met his wife Blake Lively on the film, so it was no total loss.

In June, HBO aired the series “Green Lantern” by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King Lanterns a series order after it was developed for Max. Mundy will serve as showrunner and Lindelof and King will co-write the eight-part series from Warner Bros. Television and DC Studios.

Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic police officers who are drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery while investigating a murder in the American heartland.