No one tell him about the DC Extended Universe.
Michael Shannonisn’t interested in traveling to a galaxy far, far away.
“I’m always a bit wary about those giant movies.
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“I don’t ever want to get stuck in a franchise.
I don’t find them interesting and I don’t want to perpetuate them.
The world doesn’t need more mindless entertainment.
We’re inundated with it.”
“I didn’t look at Zod as a villain.
I just saw him as a guy whose job is to protect his people.”
“Yeah, I didn’t see myself playing Zod again, because he was dead.
It’s actually one of the reasons I madeMan of Steelin the first place It was a one-and-done.
So I was pretty shocked to hear about this reprisal of the role,” he said.
“Whether people think that’s crazy or not, I don’t even care.
I really felt likeMan of Steelwas actually a pretty sophisticated story.”
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