Interview: Zack Snyder Says Superman Will Be His Most Realistic Movie Yet
Mar 20, 2011 by
Roth Cornet
Zack Snyder gives us some insight into the visual style he will implement in Superman: Man Of Steel and the training that Henry Cavill will endure in preparation for his portrayal of the iconic superhero.
Earlier today we had the opportunity to speak with Zack and Deborah Snyder at the Los Angeles press junket for his new film
Sucker Punch(stay tuned for our coverage of that event).
In the midst of our exploration into the world of fantasy and action that is
Sucker Punch, we were able to ask Snyder a bit about his upcoming addition to the
Superman franchise,
Superman: Man Of Steel.
When asked if he would be utilizing some of the dynamic and innovative visual techniques we have come to expect from him as a filmmaker, Snyder replied that:
I think the visual style of Superman, though I cant say for certain as its early, but I kind of feel like and I did say to the studio that whats cool for me and interesting, and odd, is that Superman is probably going to be the most realistic movie Ive ever made. Its kind of fun that the most realistic movie I probably will make is a movie called Superman. Which shows how crazy my other movies are. Because I guess for him to be credible
He gets more credible by the reality that you can bring to him, you know emotionally, and visually, I think.
When asked what sort of physical preparation Henry Cavill would face for his role as Clark Kent/Superman, given the months of training the young ladies of
Sucker Punch went through in preparation for that film, Snyder replied laughingly,
Henrys gonna be hitting the iron pretty hard.
Snyders wife, Deborah, stressed that
hes working right now. In fact, the moment they hired Henry they had him meet with Mark Twight of Gym Jones (who had trained all of the actors in
300) and Damon Caro, who does all the fight training.
Theyve put him on a plan, she continued,
hes started in England and as of April 1st we have him full time with us for all that training.
From the sounds of it, the man of steel may be a larger, and more combative, version of the character than we have seen to date.
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