Entertainment Weekly offered a look at Michael Shannon discussing General Zod at the RiverRun International Film Festival.
Notable in the clip, apart from Shannon’s accent, is the notion that Shannon himself found the prospect of him being in a Superman film a bit absurd. He also, without a lot of elaboration, points out that Superman itself is a hard role for an actor, and also alludes to the fact that “Superman: The Movie” features a “great performance” from Christopher Reeve.
Shannon also confirms that he’s actually seen the first two Superman films, citing Terence Stamp as the earlier Zod without prompting. That should potentially mollify quarters that always despair when an actor claims not to have read/watched/studied related materials.
I found the actor to be interesting and genuine in this bit. I find myself increasingly more interested in the film. You?
April 12th, 2011 at 9:28 am
He’s the best part of Boardwalk Empire. Truly scary. He’ll be a great Zod, script willing.
August 6th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
im honestly really excited to see a good modern superman movie, because the most recent one was not very good and extremely idsappointing -.- they better live up to the name of one of the greatest superheroes and bust out an AMAZING movie