Last month, actor Peter Sarsgaard was cast as the villain Dr. Hector Hammond in the upcoming live action movie GREEN LANTERN starring Ryan Reynolds. Heat Vision said Tim Robbins has been cast to play Hammond’s father…
“Hammond is a pathologist and son of a senator who is seen as a disappointment in his father’s eyes. He becomes infused with psychic powers when he discovers a meteor.” Hammond’s brain grows bigger, he can read minds, he develops potent telepathic and telekinetic abilities and he can absorb and mentally redirect Green Lantern’s emerald plasma. His mental powers keep Hal from using his ring.
Robbins is playing the disapproving father of Hector’s, Senator Hammond, he’s probably one of those dads that are hard to please.. you can’t seem to make him be proud of you no matter what you do.
Robbins’ previous comic book adaptation was the 1986 flop Howard The Duck.
I remember at one point a couple of years ago he was rumored to play Stark’s father in IRON MAN 2 but that didn’t turn out to be the case.
GREEN LANTERN will open on scheduled, June 17th, 2011
Starring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan. Blake Lively as Carol Ferris, Peter Sarsgaard as the villain Dr. Hector Hammond, Mark Strong is in talks to play Sinestro, Martin Campbell will be directing using the script written by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green
