Michael Shannon Says MAN OF STEEL "Will Blow Everybody's Socks Off"

One of the things I'm looking forward to most about Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is the fact that Michael Shannon is playing Zod. That was the first thing I heard that sparked some excitement in me about this movie. If you've seen the trailers, then you know how badass he looks in the movie! The actor recently talked with the Huffington Post about the film, and here's what he had to say....

On having seen the movie:

It's a big buildup. I'll tell you, I saw it last Monday -- it's worth it. 

On what the audience can expect:

It's going to blow everybody's socks off. And I know they're probably pissed off, like I'm jinxing it or something and I shouldn't say that. I'll knock on wood just out of deference to the gods, but the movie is solid. It's gonna get the job done. 

On wearing his ridiculous green motion capture suit:

It's exhilarating. It's what Zack [Snyder] promised would happen, you know? Because I remember the first couple of days I was on set, I thought This is ridiculous. I look like an idiot. I don't look anything like General Zod. I'm a total failure. I went over to the screen for playback and it was ridiculous. All of us were wearing pajamas, basically. And there was this neon green set of stairs that was supposed to be our spaceship. So you see us all marching down these neon green stairs in our pajamas and I'm like, "This looks like a Monty Python skit." And he's like, 'I know right now it looks pretty silly, but, two years from now, it's going to look like the most badass thing you've ever seen in your life.' And he's right. 

On worrying about the diehard vocal comic book fans:

No. I mean, it is their thing. It's not my thing. I'm not in that club. So, I have a respect for it. To people, it's like a religious experience and I don't discount that. I understand it. We're very sheltered from all that on set. I mean, yeah, if people want to know if it was a high pressure job - it was very high pressure. And everybody felt a lot of anxiety about getting it right. But, Zack's strategy - which is very intelligent - is to keep everything very calm and fun and playful and not get tied up about it. Because if you get overly anxious about pleasing people, you can't make anything. You have to be relaxed and have a good time. 

Shannon's going to rock the house with this one, and it's going to be epic to watch him fight it out with Superman! The movie hits theaters on June 14th, and here's the synopsis...

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

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