In The Iceman, you pal around with Chris Evans, who is Captain America in another life. In this summers Man of Steel, you play General Zod, who has it in for Superman. We both grew up with Terence Stamps Zod and his shiny Studio 43 costume from Superman I and II. Hows your Zod going to be different?
Well, I have a very different voice than Terence Stamp. When I sat down and talked with Zack [Snyder] about how he wanted me to approach the part, he just said that what was really important to him is that Zod wasnt just some villain who was full of an arbitrary need to destroy everything. Hes not really actually the villain at all on Krypton. Hes a general. Not general of a country. Hes general of an entire planet. Just an awesome amount of responsibility and pressure. Hes responsible for taking care of that civilization, and for a long time, he was pretty good at it. And then he hit some bumps in the road, and now hes just desperate to try and fix things up.
