A new behind-the-scenes featurette dropped for James Gunn’s Superman giving us a new look at Nathan Fillion’s take on Green Lantern Guy Gardner… and if focuses on the infamous bowl cut.
Fans have been curious how Fillion would pull off Gardner’s abrasive style, both in attitude and appearance. As it turns out, the answer is… unapologetically.
In the video, Gunn walks us through how they settled on the hairstyle, revealing that Fillion wore a wig that was then meticulously shaped into Guy’s signature helmet-hair look, and it looks exactly as ridiculous as it should.
Fillion admits in the featurette, “There was some talk about different hairstyles. There was some talk about some different types of things we were going to go. I was team bowl cut the whole way. It’s canon. It’s set. I said, ‘If we don’t do a bowl cut, we’re going to hear about it.’”
“Now, here’s the thing,” Fillion added. “I have another job [The Rookie] with a boss who’s kind enough to let me out for other projects. But I think he would draw the line at a bowl cut police officer.”
The footage ends with a quick clip from the movie, where Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) absolutely roasts Guy during what appears to be a heated Daily Planet encounter. “Maybe not having an awful haircut should be in your vows,” she says, and Guy does not take it well.
Superman arrives in theaters on July 11, 2025.
