Paul Newman As Hal Jordan?

[WorstThingUS]

According to IMDB, the ultimate source of disinformation, Paul Newman was used a visual basis for Hal Jordan. Are there any interviews with Gil Kane to back this up? I hope it's true, because it's not only all kinds of cool, but maybe someone will tell Alex Ross and he'll do some GLs that way in the future, 'cause I dig him doing Gregory Peck as Batman. It also shows just how utterly inappropriate Jack Black would have been.

[celticguy]

Paul Newman was it. They don't come better,

[dan bailey]

Tom Spurgeon's Comics Reporter site has been down all morning, for whatever reasons, but the Google summary sounds like he addresses the Kane-Newman connection, as it notes that apparently they were next-door neighbors once upon a time.

[K-DoG7p7]

its a thing thats well known actually.. but good luck finding proof

[Montbars the Exterminator]

Only if David Niven is Sinestro.

[Augusto]

Judge by yourself if there is some resemblance between Hal and Paul



Notice both have a curl.

[Global Honored]

I actually never made the connection. A Failure to Communicate, I guess. Nevertheless, great info, thanks. Newman was the king of cool, so it would be a great model for Hal Jordan character. Now who is Steve McQueen?

[ruppan]

Steve McQueen would obviously be Green Arrow.

Paul Newman as Green Lantern. Man, that would have been epic.

[Guicho]

Judge by yourself if there is some resemblance between Hal and Paul

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