MAN OF STEEL Cast and Crew on Characters, Justice League, and Story

Earlier today, we posted some awesome new images from Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. The images come from the most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, which includes an in depth look at the film that also features interviews with the cast and crew talking about the movie. There's some interesting stuff they reveal about the characters, but don't worry, it's nothing that will spoil the movie! Here's what Henry Cavill had to say about his character,

Imagine what it would be like to be someone like Clark Kent/Kal-El, and feel like a stranger amongst even those that you love, never developing full relationships with people for fear of them discovering how much of a freak you are. Even you don't understand exactly what you are. It's just a lonely existence. With someone who has that much power and responsibility. Although he is not susceptible to the frailties of mankind, he is definitely susceptible to the emotional frailties.

It was previously revealed that there would be no Kryptonite in the movie and that basically those emotional frailties Cavill is talking about are Superman's Kryptonite, Zack Snyder explained,

I'll be honest with you. There's no Kryptonite in the movie. It's all emotional Kryptonite.

Michael Shannon's General Zod and Antje Traue's Faora are sure also to give Superman a hard time as well. Here's what Shannon had to say about the two characters,

He actually has some affection for anybody who's a Kryptonian. Including Superman. He doesn't really have any malignant feelings toward him; he just wants him to be patriotic. Faora is a psychopath. She is an engineered being, and driven by the need and pleasure of killing.

An engineered being? That's interesting. Good thing screenwriter David Goyer explained a little bit about what that means revealing that most babies on Krypton aren't born, they're engineered.

People were bred to be warriors or scientists or what-have-you, and there's a whole element in the movie about nature versus nurture. Kal-El is unique among Kryptonian babies because he's a natural conception, free from genetic manipulation to choose his own course in life --- which also makes his existence highly illegal.

Now one thing that a lot of people are wondering is if Man of Steel lead into the Justice League movie that the studio has been developing. While he doesn't come right out and say it, producer Chris Roven does say that Man of Steel will pave the way for future DC movies saying,

It's setting the tone for what the movies are going to be like going forward. In that, Man of Steel is definitely a first step. Nolan's Dark Knight series was deliberately and smartly positioned as a stand-alone. The world the films lived in was very isolated, without any knowledge of other superheroes. What Zack and Chris have done with this film is allow you to really introduce other characters into the same world.

So it sounds like it's definitely a possibility! When asked if we would see any references to other DC characters in Man of Steel, Goyer said,

I would love to tell you yes or no, but I think it's going to be more exciting for people to keep a beady eye out and find what they can find.

They are obviously there; the fans are just going to have to keep an eye out for them. That gives us something more to look forward to when we see the film on June 14th!