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Monday, July 13, 2009
Paul Newman = The Green Lantern?
So we found out earlier that The Joker was based on the guy who played Major Strasser in Casablanca. Weird, but OK, fine.But c'mon, now the Green Lantern was based on... Paul Newman?
So claims Shawn Levy, in a footnote on page 86 of his new biography of Newman:
Among Newman's neighbors in Queens Village was a comic book artist named Gil Kane who saw in Newman's face the makings of an iconic American hero and actually designed his most famous character, Hal Jordan, aka the Green Lantern, after Newman.Judge for yourself. The cover of Green Lantern #2...
And Newman some years later, in the film Harper:
Same lower lip, same chin, similar forehead wrinkles. I guess it's him. Maybe.
In unrelated news, actor Ryan Reynolds has just been cast as the next Green Lantern.
(Image supplied by WENN.)
Labels: Paul Newman, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy, the Green Lantern, the Joker
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 11:46 AM 
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Speaking of Paul Newman
Here's an old film of Paul Newman, warning of the dangers of drugs. Specifically, pills -- you know, bennies and goofballs and so on.Courtesy of The Smoking Gun.
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Newman Makes the Connecticut Hall of Fame
Actor Paul Newman has been inducted into the Connecticut Hall of Fame.Other inductees include Jackie Robinson, Mark Twain and Katharine Hepburn.
Labels: Jackie Robinson, Katharine Hepburn, Mark Twain, Paul Newman
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