This anecdote already adds fuel to the notion that Ryan Reynolds was looking beyond Green Lantern well before the movie flopped. In fact, addressing the film in a recent interview, Reynolds even admitted that he has never actually watched it in its entirety. He has also not shied away from leveling criticism at the movie, noting in other interviews that Green Lantern (unlike something like Deadpool) never managed to carve out a real identity for itself or come to the table with a specific voice that audiences could latch onto and connect with.