Zack Snyder Talks Wonder Woman, Lex Luthor, and Fan Reaction to BATMAN V SUPERMAN Trailer

I haven't paid a ton of attention to the online reaction surrounding the trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but I do know that when I watched the trailer myself, I was sort of stunned that it seemingly gave away so many huge moments from the film.

But director Zack Snyder doesn't seem too concerned about that. In an interview with MTV, he said:

“I have the benefit of seeing the movie. It’s cool that they think it’s too much and I appreciate people not wanting to know, but there’s plenty that they don’t know. There’s a lot of movie that’s not in the trailer.”

I hope he's right about that, otherwise I'll just regret having made the decision to watch the trailer before I see the movie. But while some people have been actively trying to hunt down spoilers online (including a recent Reddit "review" of the movie that Snyder referred to as "hilarious"), I'm trying to stay away from them as much as possible. Snyder doesn't like spoilers much either:

“Of course I hate it when any spoilers come out!” he said. “You design the movie as a story that evolves as you watch it, so moment-to-moment [you’re thinking], ‘Oh my god, what’s going to happen next? Are they gonna live? Are they gonna die?’ So you want that experience for the audience, as much as you can. If you’re, as an audience member, exploring these articles, looking for answers to questions that you have, maybe you’re okay with knowing before you go. It’s like an individual taste. But like I said, I want people to see the movie without knowing.”

Considering all of Warner Bros. and DC's plans for a Justice League movie (and beyond), it stands to reason that none of these main characters are going to die in this movie, so you can pretty much just take that off the table right now. (Unless they "kill" Superman at the end, but if that happens he'll be resurrected, just like in the '90s comic books.)

Snyder also spoke a bit about how they tried to handle Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman in the film:

“We kind of tried to just listen to Wonder Woman… to preserve her mystery but understand her as much as we can, in the way that we see her in the movie,” he said. “You’ve got to listen to Wonder Woman because what Wonder Woman wants, Wonder Woman gets, that’s just how it is.”

“I think that Gal [Gadot] is amazing, an amazing Wonder Woman and really – I feel like there’s an atmosphere out in the world where [with] this giant iconographic strong female superhero, it’s time. It’s time for that. It’s long overdue.”

I thought Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor looked pretty awful in that trailer, with his goofy voice and spazzy demeanor, but Snyder says that isn't a good representation of the character:

“In the trailer, of course he comes across in a very specific way,” said Snyder. He and “Argo” screenwriter Chris Terrio had a lot of conversations about the sort of Lex they wanted to write before letting Eisenberg take the reins. “In the movie, he’s like a million times more sophisticated than what you get in 30 seconds. But that’s also the fun of it. That’s why you go to the movies, so you can actually see the context and understand the depth.”

I don't know how much I trust Snyder here, but it'll be interesting to look back on these statements after we've all seen the movie and see if this is B.S. or if he's making legitimate points. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will hit theaters on March 25th.