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Zack Snyder On “Epic” Batman Vs Superman Trio And “Realistic” Violence

Superhero sequel is "kind of a huge deal".

Zack Snyder On “Epic” Batman Vs Superman Trio And “Realistic” Violence

Batman Vs Superman director Zack Snyder has spoken about his excitement at unveiling DC’s core trio of superheroes on screen together for the first time.

Though the film’s stars Henry Cavil, Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot haven’t yet donned their costumes, Snyder revealed just seeing stand-ins dressed as the holy hero trinity of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman is impressive.

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He told Forbes: “You have them standing there, and they're standing in the same shot - and then we have Wonder Woman, you know, all three of them in the same shot. Even just for a test, you really have to go, 'Wow, that's crazy!' Not only is it the first time that I'm seeing them, it's the first time they've ever existed together onscreen in a movie. And that's kind of a huge deal.

“Even just Batman and Superman standing next to each other… It’s kind of epic. You do sort of sense the weight of the pop culture iconography jumping out of its skin when you're standing there looking at the two of them and Wonder Woman. It's crazy. But it's fun. I mean, I have the first photo, I've got it in my archive because I was like, 'OK, I better keep this, it's gonna be worth something!’”

The director went on to reveal that he has no intention of toning down the violence in the sequel, despite the criticism he faced for depicting a huge amount of death and the destruction of Metropolis in ‘Man of Steel’.



Instead, bona fide comic book fan Snyder wants to put something more realistic - and less PG-13 - on screen.

“The thing I was surprised about in response to Superman was how everyone clings to the Christopher Reeve version of Superman,” he said. “How tightly they cling to those ideas, not really the comic book version, but more the movie version.

“If you really analyse the comic book version of Superman, he’s killed, he’s done all the things. I guess the rules that people associate with Superman in the movie world are not the rules that really apply to him in the comic book world because those rules are different. He’s done all the things and more that we’ve shown him doing, right?

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“It’s just funny to see people really taking it personally... because I made Superman real, you know, I made him feel or made consequences in the world. I felt like, it was the same thing in ‘Watchmen’. We really wanted to show it wasn’t just like they thought, like the PG-13 version where everyone just gets up and they’re fine. I really wanted to show the violence is real, people get killed or get hurt and it’s not fun or funny.”

‘Batman Vs. Superman’ is scheduled for release in 2016.