More From Michael Shannon On General Zod

More From Michael Shannon On General Zod

While doing press for Take Shelter Michael Shannon sat down to talk about his portrayal of General Zod in the upcoming Superman movie Man of Steel saying it wont be like Terrence Stamp.

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By WaylonJones - Sep 07, 2011 11:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Man of Steel
Source: MTV


Michael Shannon sat down with MTV's Josh Horowitz to discuss his upcoming role of General Zod in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. Shannon says that he is not going to be impersonating Terrence Stamp (who played the General in Superman 2), which means good by British accent. He also said that playing a General is what really led him to the role. Shannon also talked little more talk about his motion capture suit, but for more on that check out DCMarvelFreshman's ARTICLE.



Man Of Steel stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Michael Shannon, Antje Traue, Julia Ormond, Russell Crowe, Laurence Fishburne with Christopher Meloni, Harry Lennix, and will be released on June 14, 2013.
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WolvieCBM
WolvieCBM - 9/7/2011, 11:40 AM
This is lame. Can't see the video because of MTV's restriction. Why did they decide to go back to that again, I have no idea.
xBlaze96x
xBlaze96x - 9/7/2011, 12:01 PM
Funny Interview, hopefully this guy will make a great Zod.
villain001
villain001 - 9/7/2011, 12:16 PM
I wanna see some massive destruction in this movie
SageMode
SageMode - 9/7/2011, 12:20 PM
Shannon is a weird dude. LOL.
villain001
villain001 - 9/7/2011, 12:21 PM
any chance we will see Superman fight a big rock like roth did? Lol lame
McGribble
McGribble - 9/7/2011, 12:27 PM
He is a funny guy for sure. I have a good feeling he will be awesome in the roll.
ForceOfLegend
ForceOfLegend - 9/7/2011, 12:28 PM
I have a feeling we will see massive destruction! Superman looks like he will be throwing multiple punches! About damn time! I think this guy is going to make a decent Zod. Although I wish they would have chosen a different villain.
braces
braces - 9/7/2011, 12:37 PM
I want superman punches too @ forceoflegend let's hope there is a scene with sups punching zod or someone else into the ground making a creter flying up with them and flying them into the ground!
Nemeres
Nemeres - 9/7/2011, 12:42 PM
I follow the facebook link to the MTV site. The restriction won't let me see the video. I figure I'll wait ´till it reaches CBM.com so I can read the excerpts in the yellow boxes. But when it gets to CBM, they don't put them in.

In other words: I'm kinda pissed.
Greengo
Greengo - 9/7/2011, 12:42 PM
He didn't deny the leaked set photos where of him in the mo-cap suit. He actually seemed to confirm it.




Dude seems kinda slow though.
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/7/2011, 12:59 PM
can't watch the vid,but i'm sure he'll be fine as general zod.
TerminatorMode
TerminatorMode - 9/7/2011, 1:02 PM
whats interesting about this role for you?
being a general.

awesome haha
Deathlok
Deathlok - 9/7/2011, 1:16 PM
Can we get a different villain please? Ok, I get it, Lex Luthor has been done, I agree. But what is this, a Superman II remake now? The Superman rogues gallery is vague enough as it is. It would be way more exciting if they picked a different villain we haven't seen on screen yet.
superbatspiderman
superbatspiderman - 9/7/2011, 1:40 PM
I have a feeling that this guy is gonna rock as Zod. He has the look down.
JPLeezzy
JPLeezzy - 9/7/2011, 1:49 PM
This guy is very weird but he is not a bad actor so im ready for what he has to bring to the table. I honestly dont wanna see superman saving ppl though. I wanna see him fight a bad guy for like 2 hrs so hopefully snider gets it and delivers.
Super12
Super12 - 9/7/2011, 2:00 PM
Hahaha awesome. Way to be Shannon, way to keep it on lock down without the same old politician's answer for every question about the film. Can't wait for it!
jenniferjuniper
jenniferjuniper - 9/7/2011, 2:06 PM
At first, I wanted a new villian that we haven't seen before. But I thought about it and I think it makes sense to have Zod in the first film. I don't think this is a remake of SupermanII, even though Zod's in it. Just like TDK was not a remake of Batman89, even though the Joker is in it.

This also has to be a origin story for Superman, and it makes sense to have Zod because it ties to the origin with Krypton, much like Ras al Ghul is tied to the origin of Batman in the Nolan movies. It doesn't make sense to have someone like Darkseid in the first movie because if you are going to have Darkseid, you have to tell the whole New Genesis, Apokalips, new gods, High Father, Kalibak, Orion, Granny, Furies, etc... You can't have the first half or 2/3 of the movie telling the Superman story (who he is and how he came to be) then in the third act just have Darkseid shows up and attack earth. For the general audience, he would just be another random alien. Superman fights aliens from outer space???? what? huh?

As for Brainiac, he wouldn't work either, because essentially he's just a robot. The general audience might just think that ... hey! Superman is fighting a T-1000 terminator knock-off.

Therefore, I think Zod makes the most sense for the first movie.
valeriesghost
valeriesghost - 9/7/2011, 2:18 PM
The guy from MTV seemed completely intimidated by him. a lot of nervous laughter. I probably would be too.
NightForce
NightForce - 9/7/2011, 2:49 PM
@jenniferjuniper: the last line of 2nd paragraph "Superman fights aliens from outer space? what? huh?" Even if I were part of the general public, I wouldn't be dumbfounded like that. I mean Superman himself is an alien from outer space and so is Zod, dope :P. But I do agree you would have to develop Darkseid and all those other characters more before introducing them randomly.
ForceOfLegend
ForceOfLegend - 9/7/2011, 3:01 PM
@koibraces amen to that! I think most people on here agree with us. Zod does make since on that he ties in with a orgins story. I would just like to see something new on film.
RyanLantern77
RyanLantern77 - 9/7/2011, 3:05 PM
Funny dude

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Phlegmbot
Phlegmbot - 9/7/2011, 3:08 PM
I really enjoyed how he ducked the questions. That was fun.
JULEZ13
JULEZ13 - 9/7/2011, 3:44 PM
LOL. I'm really starting to like this guy's interviews! He is one creepy mofo! But a funny mofo! lol

He definitely hit the gym for this role, thank God. He didn't bulk up a lot but just enough to look in shape.

But, just one problem... WHERE'S THE BEARD! I WANT GOATEE!! 8O

He's gonna be a great Zod.
Maximillion
Maximillion - 9/7/2011, 5:07 PM
He is funny, would love to hear him say..."Not God....Zod!!"
LP4
LP4 - 9/7/2011, 6:29 PM
Well duh it shouldn't be like Terrence Stamp's Zod. We wanted Brainiac and didn't get that. If Zod is necessary for this movie then making him different from the last one is what's needed.
LP4
LP4 - 9/7/2011, 6:34 PM
btw- I will say though- Shannon is pretty damn funny during these interviews. I think he's gonna really light up the film.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 9/7/2011, 7:17 PM
Where's his goatee?
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 9/8/2011, 5:30 PM
I don't know how a guy could be so chilled confident and funny, but there he is, Michael Shannon
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