Zack Snyder has got to be one of luckiest men in the world, and the most unluckiest man in the world. He is lucky in the fact that for the first time, he is bringing Batman and Superman together in one movie which has never been done before. Unlucky because if he Fs this one up, he will never return from it. Luckily Snyder is a big kid, and loves comic books, and I thought he did an excellent job reinventing Superman. So bring on Batman Vs. Superman Zackary.
The director was recently interviewed about his super hero romp, and he was asked about all the backlash from some of the random casting that has come about.
There are two ways to think about it. We know the material. Unfortunately, the fans don’t know the material. So, we’re casting according to what’s happening in the script. And we’re hoping that leads to enough originality, enough perspective on what we’re doing that you get something fresh and exciting. I understand the canon. I’m not crazy. I know what these characters need from a mythological standpoint. I think Jesse is going to be an amazing Lex. Let’s not forget he was nominated for an Academy Award. It’s not like I just grabbed my friend to play the guy! This guy’s the real deal. By the way, in looking at all the talk-back, you can get all different perspectives in there too. Some people are hating to hate. Some people – someone did some fan art. And you look underneath and someone wrote, ‘I guess I can see it.’ Honestly, are you kidding me? Just stop it! It’s reassuring and frustrating at the same time.
Hopefully all the backlash fuels the fire within his directing core, and he proves all the haters wrong. Of course, not all the haters will end up loving it. It could very well be the best movie ever conceived, but the trolls will still hate it. He then went to talk about bringing the worlds together, and that production starts next month.
We’re getting ready to start shooting in a month or so. It’s going great. I’m very excited. It’s very fun to get into this world with different heroes coexisting in the same universe, but a lot of balls in the air as they say. As a fan, it’s an amazing opportunity. You know, Superman and Batman in the movies have never existed in the same frame together. So it’s an interesting historical thing. We were just testing the suits, right? The new Batsuit and the Superman suit. It wasn’t even with the actors, right? It was just to see ’em. I was standing there, they were standing next to each other. And I was like, ‘Guys, someone take a picture! This has never happened before.’ We slightly dork out. Like, ‘Are you kidding me?!
Where’s that picture, Zack?!?! If someone could just hack his phone, I will love you until my light is extinguished. He then went on to talk about the different take on the mythology of both characters.
[The movie] literally takes the Man of Steel and Batman universes and explodes them. You’re not as tied to the mythology. In Man of Steel, we had to create an origin story, a mythology, and there’s a lot of energy into that, which we love doing. Don’t get me wrong. But when you think about how fun it is too – now that you’ve got these characters – to now let ’em loose. That’s fun!
I have noticed that the people who are fans of the source material, want the exact source material. Not realizing that the mythos of characters has changed throughout the the years. How many times have these characters been retold? Countless. And as long as you have the core origin story about how they came about, you can mess with the little variables to make the characters fresh.
Batman Vs. Superman hits theaters May 6th, 2016, and hopefully we will be seeing that batsuit in the next couple weeks.
Source: Hero Complex