BATMAN V SUPERMAN — Ben Affleck Talks About Zack Snyder's Visual Talent
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Ben Affleck was interviewed by the The Inquirer while promoting David Fincher's Gone Girl. Questions obviously veered to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Affleck shared a few bits of info.
Affleck on working with Zack Snyder:
"Zack has more energy than anybody I know. He works as hard as anybody. He’s in the gym in the morning and storyboards every single shot, which is a huge amount of work. So everybody knows what’s going on. He’s got enormous visual talent. I stand there and he sets up shots. We do the blocking and…I see a shot from Zack and I think, I never would have thought of that.
"He is so visually inventive so that’s quite pleasant. Action movies take a lot of days and involve a lot of stunts and visual effects—that combination and the story has its own challenges but I’m enjoying it.
"What I’ve learned from Zack in the movie are the cutting-edge visual effects—what we’re able to do now and how you integrate that into a story. He’s very gifted."
Being a talented director himself, I wonder how much Affleck is learning from directors like Snyder and Fincher. Rumor is that Affleck will direct and star in The Batman solo film in 2019.
I doubt Fincher would ever do a superhero film, but if he did, what hero would you like to see him do? My vote would be Spawn.