David Boreanaz on Being Green Lantern in Justice League: The New Frontier

David Boreanaz (Angel, Bones) was eager to voice the role of Hal Jordan a.k.a. the Green Lantern for Justice Leage: The New Frontier, but few realized quite how eager he would end up being. Boreanaz told Comics2Film that he even wore a green t-shirt and socks to get demonstrate his passion for the character.

"I like to get into my characters - literally," Boreanaz said from behind a wide grin.

Asked to describe his character, Boreanaz said "Hal's an interesting character - having been part of the Korean War, he's kind of damaged goods, but yet he's striving to get back to being himself. I think Hal's sense of a duality is fascinating - his holding onto his past, overcoming it, and being heroic with it. It's about coming to an understanding of where your strengths are and where your weaknesses may be - and as an actor, to go into his dark place and work from there. I found that very appealing."

This was Boreanaz's first time recording vocal tracks for an animated film, having only ever provided a voice for a character in the video game Kingdom Hearts. As such, he put himself in the hands of the film's vocal director. "The voice director, Andrea (Romano), was unbelievably fantastic in the way she guided me through Hal's course of emotions, and really helped me get to know the character," Boreanaz said. "Once I got my feet underneath him and really got into character, everything fell into place and we just flew through the script. It was a great journey."

Boreanaz said that his favorite scenes in Justice Leage: The New Frontier have less to do with the battle between the heroes and the villains, and more to do with the conflicts between the heroes. "The edginess and the conflict between the characters is what makes this a great movie," Boreanaz said. "Super heroes or not, these characters are going to go at each other at times. There's a fusion of a lot of strong, different personalities, and although they all want to achieve the same goal, they might not have the same approach. And Hal knows how to get the job done. So there's good balance and a nice edge to the story."

Based on the landmark DC Comics graphic novel by Darwyn Cooke and produced by animation legend Bruce Timm, Justice Leage: The New Frontier features an all-star voice cast led by Sisto, Kyle MacLachlan (Superman), David Boreanaz (Green Lantern), Neil Patrick Harris (The Flash), Lucy Lawless (Wonder Woman), Kyra Sedgwick (Lois Lane), Brooke Shields (Carol Ferris), Miguel Ferrer (Martian Manhunter) and Phil Morris (King Faraday). The film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on February 26, 2008. The HD DVD edition will be available March 18, 2006.


Sources: Comics2Film

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Comments (14)

  1. ed_wood

    The movie was good and I liked the animations style a lot.

    4 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

  2. SaintCharles

    just watched this, wasnt horrible like some said(even David), all in all it was good

    4 years agoby @saintcharlesFlag

  3. Marcusx

    haha

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  4. T.Clark

    Comrade's right on point. U people prolly never heard of the book, so stop bitchin(if i may quote harry osbourne from the first spidey) "about stuff u don't understand." Aunt May-"Oh my."

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  5. Phatlightning

    no mercy.

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  6. Marcusx

    hahaha dont go up against comrade folks....that is unless you wana be smashed into the ground....

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  7. -comrade-

    Do any of you actually understand the premise of the vintage animation style? The point of Darwyn Cooke's work was to emulate the Kirby-esque art of the late fifties/early sixties.
    Anyone complaining about the style of the animation can kiss my ass.

    4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

  8. -comrade-

    The movie was all right, I'm a fan of the graphic novel, and I was dissapointed that they gave more importance to getting a 75 minute run-time rather than making the story richer. I think it was still an effectively told story though. But, David Boreanaz was the WORST voice actor in the cast, he didn't make any effort not to sound like he was reading out of a script.

    Have any of you actually read the book?

    4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

  9. caifa

    that movie sucked did't look or was that good or that i expected it looked too old from sixties or sventies come on we're in the 08's it could be made better than the series

    4 years agoby @caifaFlag

  10. jonhysilver

    ok i saw it, its not that good wonder woman looks like a beefed up she -male super man is too weak and is "removed" right when it gets interesting. Martian man hunter is a p*ssy, aqua man only arrives at the end with lame supes .batman is pretty cool but looks like the Adam west cartoon version.al together they suck only flash was ok, and like usual they took dc's awesome characters and put them in a crapy story line with retarded animation and walla!! crap.

    4 years agoby @jonhysilverFlag

  11. Radimus-83

    Boreanez... "literally", can go f*ck himself!!!!
    he must wake up now and think, "how did i get so lucky?, all i've done since that sh*tty movie Valentine is bum about on crappy T.V shows!!"....."things are looking up for me!"

    BASTARD!!! give me a gun...... quick!!!

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  12. Phatlightning

    damn it, now were gonna have a gay green lantern you wide grinning bastard

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  13. PUNISHER

    Sounds like Boreanaz needs to come out of the closet and stop fooling himself.

    4 years agoby @cerealkillerFlag

  14. Err

    nice use of the word literally, what does that even mean "I like to get into my characters - literally," ,
    does that mean youre going to ass rape a fictional character? i mean if you wanna get "in" him, its gotta be his ass, mouth, ears, nose, or an incision.

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

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