Variety reports actress Angela Bassett has joined the cast of “Green Lantern” as Dr. Amanda Waller, sometimes referred to as “The Wall.” The article described the character as “a government agent who’s a staple of the DC Comics series.”
Fans of ongoing DC Comics storylines will recognize Waller as the head of the Suicide Squad, Secretary of Metahuman Affairs during the Presidency of Lex Luthor, and the White Queen of secret organization Checkmate. Most recently, she has returned to the Suicide Squad. Created by John Ostrander, Len Wein, and John Byrne in the late 1980s, Waller is known to be particularly cold, calculating, and ruthless.
