The Official Michael Shannon IS General Zod - Part 2

[craigdbfan]

@fixxer Shannon to dry of an actor?

That's the funniest thing I've read in a while.

 

[Lily Adler]

Well, I admit it does look like he needs a little moisturizer.

 

[KRIM]

As much as I love the good'ol US of A...Kryptonian's with American accents?

"YO....DUDE. LIKE YA KNOW, KNEEL BOFORE ZOD, BRO!"

You're confusing accents with terminology and lingo. Also, that is quite a terrible misrepresentation of American speech.

 

[godisawesome]

I wouldn't mind if the "Kneel" line is used as a WHAM! line as opposed to a catchphrase, showing Zod finally going full on "god among men mode" and enforcing that line.

 

[Herolee10]

it'd be cool to see a film version of Zod that's allowed to rule a army against Earth; though I'm still hoping that the motion capture men that we've seen in photos are prisoners from the PZ or somewhere else that follow Zod in his attempt to conquer Earth.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

http://collider.com/michael-shannon-superman-man-of-steel-interview/114171/

I swear, every interview I read, I love him more as a person and for the role. He seems really cool, genuinely grateful to have the role, and someone who will do it justice.

"Come at Me Kal El"

 

[Project862006]

Playlist Interviewed Shannon

We caught up with Shannon over the weekend in Toronto to talk about the film he has there, Jeff Nichols’ “Take Shelter,” and the actor let a few bits of info slip on “Man of Steel,” most notably that, as you might expect, his take on the evil Kryptonian won’t really be influenced by Stamp’s seminal turn: “I found his performance so powerful that I would be overwhelmed by it if I tried to incorporate it into what I’m doing. There’s no reason to try and replicate it cos it’s perfect the way it is. I’m just trying to go down a different road with it, the script’s a little bit different than the original script. It’s going to have a different look and feel to it, visually. I’m looking forward to really settling into it, and playing with it.”

Despite having only filmed one sequence (the actor told us that “The majority of my filming is in Vancouver, and they’re still in Illinois right now. So, the lion’s share of it is between now and Christmas&#8221, he’s clearly already impressed by the scale of the film, by far the biggest he’s ever taken on, and a far cry from the indie films he’s made his name on. “It’s fascinating to watch, the process of making a movie like this, it’s very intricate. There’s going to be a lot of CGI and whatnot. I think anytime an actor does one of these movies for the first time, they’re a little thrown off by it. You always hear actors talking about it, like ‘I was wearing this funny suit, nothing I was supposed to be reacting to was really there.’ To me it encourages… it’s actually very childlike, it’s like being in your backyard and imagining you’re on a space station or something. It goes back to the original impulse of play, which is pretty funny to think about when you fathom all the money that’s involved, hundreds of millions of dollars to do what you did when you were a kid.”

 

[Rowsdower!]

Why are people complaining about Kryptonians having American accents? How is that any less realistic than Kryptonians with British accents?

 

[Kurosawa]

It is a shame that they won't be using Kryptonese with English subtitles, but they never have before, either.

 

[Rust]

"I’m just trying to go down a different road with it, the script’s a little bit different than the original script. It’s going to have a different look and feel to it, visually."

I wonder what he meant by that. Almost sounds like he's viewing it as a remake of some sorts, but maybe it's not the SupermanII-script he's refering to.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Why are people complaining about Kryptonians having American accents? How is that any less realistic than Kryptonians with British accents?

Lol. It's not people, just Rodrigo... And I'm pretty sure he was half joking

 

[TruerToTheCore]

"I’m just trying to go down a different road with it, the script’s a little bit different than the original script. It’s going to have a different look and feel to it, visually."

I wonder what he meant by that. Almost sounds like he's viewing it as a remake of some sorts, [...]

That wouldn't surprise me at all.

 

[Lily Adler]

Not sure if serious?

 

[The Morningstar]

You're confusing accents with terminology and lingo. Also, that is quite a terrible misrepresentation of American speech.

Zod: OMG! FYI, cool story, bro.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

That wouldn't surprise me at all.

I think they've made it pretty clear in interviews with Nolan, Snyder and Cavill, that this is a reinvention... Not a remake.

I honestly don't think Shannon meant it the way it sounds. He just meant that there are a lot of differences between how Zod was written in the old movies, and how this script reads.

I know there are a lot of similarities popping up, but they wouldn't keep banging on about it being a totally new, full reboot, reimagined story, if it was just going to be a re telling of the Superman 2 storyline where Zod's concerned.

 

[Lily Adler]

Zod: OMG! FYI, cool story, bro.

Finally, a Zod for the Facebook generation!

 

[HighFivingMF]

Zod: OMG! FYI, cool story, bro.

Superman: ZOD! What did you do with Lois!?!?
Zod: I Tweeted her location like 35 minutes ago. Do you even READ my feed? Gawl!

 

[terry78]

Why stop there? Have Zod talk about how he needs to get his Pinkberry fix before he takes on Kal-El.

 

[N7 Joseph Shepard]

Zod: NOW SON OF JOR-EL *cell phone goes off*....KNEE.......hold on.........HA Faora just tweeted a pic of you without the underwear it......its ****ing hilarious......ok now where we? Oh right...KNEEL BEFORE TWITTER ZOD!!!!!!

 

[fixxxer1022]

@fixxer Shannon to dry of an actor?

That's the funniest thing I've read in a while.

dry humor and not great acting, i also cannot stand his interviews, the guy is lifeless. get it now? i do not see zod in him at all!

 

[Mad Love]

His dead pan humor is great. I think it's cool he's not as intense as his characters. That's great acting.

 

[terry78]

If we judged actors on their likeability in real life as opposed to their acting skills, do you know how many of our favorite actors we would hate? A lot of the good ones aren't exactly the friendliest.

 

[Project862006]

dry humor and not great acting, i also cannot stand his interviews, the guy is lifeless. get it now? i do not see zod in him at all!

remind me to never take your opinion on acting again

you have terrible taste

Shannon is one of the best actors going today

 

[Sawyer]

remind me to never take your opinion on anything again

fixed

 

[Mad Love]

I love the comparison of Michael Shannon as the new Christopher Walken. He makes being creepy a good thing.