Zack Snyder on MAN OF STEEL Violent Flight and Recreation of Krypton


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Now that we've seen Superman kick a little ass in the latest Man of Steel trailer, director Zack Snyder is opening up a little bit to talk about the character's badassery. In a recent interview with SFX, the director discusses the "more violent experience" of Superman's flight abilities, reinventing Krypton, and of course Henry Cavill's take on the iconic superhero.

I've got to say, it was incredibly awesome to finally see Superman epically punch someone. He also did it while he was flying, which made it even better! When talking about Cavill in the role Snyder revealed the moment they knew they had the right guy,

God, he’s so Supermanish it’s crazy! There was a telling moment – we put him in the Christopher Reeve costume, because we didn’t have a suit yet, we just had the old spandex suit. He stepped out of the trailer and no one laughed. It’s the difference between being Superman and dressing up like Superman. If I’m dressed up like Superman it’s like a Halloween costume. If you’re Henry it’s your clothes. It’s awesome. Watch the movie and you’re like ‘Holy shit, that’s Superman.’ And it’s not weird or crazy, it’s just cool.

You know there are pictures of that somewhere, and I'd love to see them! Maybe one day they'll leak out online. As far as Superman's flight in the movie, the director says,

It’s a more violent experience. It’s raw. It takes effort to do it, and that’s what we were really going for. It’s almost like there’s this kind of Right Stuff quality to it. He’s constantly booming around, accelerating. You think he’s going as fast as he can and then it’s like ‘Yeeaahh!’ He’s always got an extra gear he can use.

That's so cool! I'm excited to see how that looks on the big screen! He then moves on to recreating the world of Krypton... 

I really wanted my Krypton to be this kind of special place that’s immersive and totally different from Earth, but not unbelievable. And ancient. I really wanted to give this ancient feeling to Krypton. I love technology that’s rusty because it’s so old. It’s so advanced, but it’s so old. That was the kind of world that I tried to create. A dying world that’s ancient and torn apart.

I have pretty high expectations, and I'm convinced that Man of Steel is going live up to them. Superman is set to punch holes in our faces on June 14th! To read all of our past Man of Steel movie news click here

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