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Corey Chichizola

The Gross Injury Aaron Pierre Got Prior To His Lanterns Auditions (But He Still Nailed The Role)

John Stewart in a bar in the Lanterns trailer.

DC co-CEO James Gunn has methodically been releasing new content, both in theaters and streaming with a HBO Max subscription. While there are upcoming DC movies to look forward to, we're just weeks away from the premiere of Lanterns on HBO. Aaron Pierre will play the iconic Green Lantern John Stewart, although it turned out that he had a gnarly injury while auditioning to play that role. Let's break it all down.

What we know about Lanterns has been limited, but fans who spent years watching the DC movies in order are hyped to finally see the cosmic heroes return to live-action. While appearing at San Diego Comic-Con (via People) Pierre spoke about the serious injury he was dealing with while competing for his role in the new series. In the actor's words:

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