Matt Ryan Wants To Play Constantine In DC Universe’s ‘Swamp Thing’

It seems that Matt Ryan wants to play Constantine forever as the Legends of Tomorrow actor wants to reprise the role for DC’s upcoming Swamp Thing series.

During a recent appearance at Wizard World Clevland, the reoccurring Constantine actor stated that he was hoping to be on the upcoming DC Swamp Thing series. He mentioned the character’s origins in Swamp Thing stating the character would probably be in the show eventually. He just hoped that he would be the one playing the character:

John Constantine was born in Swamp Thing. Eventually, he has to be on Swamp Thing, and I just hope it’s me.

Constantine, of course, first appeared in Alan Moore’s run on the character in The Saga of Swamp Thing #37. The character would eventually go on to have his own popular, long-running series and remains a mainstay in DC comics til this day. And from the look of things, Matt Ryan wants to be involved in some kind of adaptation of that story.

What do you all make of this? Would you like to see Matt Ryan return as Constantine for Swamp Thing? Should the show not cross into that territory? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

Swamp Thing stars Crystal Reed as Abby Arcane, Maria Sten as Liz, Henderson Wade as Matt Cable, Jeryl Prescott as Madame Xanadu, Virginia Madsen as Maria Sunderland, Will Patton as Avery Sunderland, Jennifer Beals as an original character created for the series, Andy Bean as Alec Holland, Kevin Durand as Jason Woodrue, and Derek Mears as the titular creature.

Aquaman director James Wan will serve as an executive producer on the series alongside Mark Verheiden, Gary Dauberman, Michael Clear, and Len Wiseman. The first episode will be written by Verheiden and Dauberman while Wiseman will direct.

Swamp Thing will be available exclusively on DC Universe in 2019.

Matt Ryan will return as Constantine in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. The fourth season will continue with an episode called Lucha de Apuestas in April.

Source: Comicbook.com