The DC cinematic universe, particularly its live-action films, feels quite jumbled and disorganized. There is no overarching storyline or build-up to a larger event in the movies. However, in recent years, solo, isolated films like “The Suicide Squad,” “Birds of Prey,” and “The Batman” have explored strange stories and characters in intriguing ways, adding to the appeal. Even though they don’t combine into a single big-event movie, the sheer creativity of each individual movie elevates them above what a consistent, uniform, but predictable world might offer.

Back in 2014, Ryan starred as John Constantine in an NBC pilot for a show built around the character created by Alan Moore, Stephen R. Bissette, Rick Veitch, and John Totleben on the pages of the iconic ’80s run of “Swamp Thing.” A working-class occult detective, warlock, and con man, Ryan’s Constantine was praised for being a comics-accurate depiction of the Hell-blazer in a show that had fantastic special effects and good use of creepy atmosphere, especially for a NBC series.

As comics-accurate as Ryan was in the titular role, the show was severely bogged down by a dull narrative and network censorship that prevented the character from smoking on screen or from being bisexual like in the source material.

The show was canceled after 13 episodes, but almost immediately there were plans to bring Constantine over to the Arrow-verse.

Stephen Amell and “Arrow” show-runner Marc Guggenheim campaigned to integrate Constantine into that universe as they had already introduced some mystical elements from the comics like the Lazarus Pit.

Finally, in 2015, Ryan reprises the role in an episode of “Arrow” where he helps bring Sara Lance’s soul back from hell, playing the same version of the character from the NBC show.

The news got even better once Ryan made an appearance on the best TV show, “Legends of Tomorrow,” which then led to a series regular role and some of the best moments of that show.

Constantine brought dry humor, tons of scams, and some horror flair that mixed phenomenally with the Legends’ wacky slapstick, all while quickly becoming a bisexual icon on the show.

It’s easy to see how Constantine can help to redefine the DC universe.