Shannon told The Daily Beast during a recent chat about his acclaimed earthbound drama 99 Homes, even
he was surprised to learn that he appears in the trailer for Batman v Superman—because he’s not really in the movie.
“I wasn’t there,” he said. “
It’s a really awkward situation—I’m in the trailer for a movie that I didn’t work on.”
Shannon says he still hasn’t seen the trailer featuring Zod’s brief appearance. But he explained that Dead Zod popping up in Batman v Superman is akin to how Russell Crowe’s Jor-El lived on in Man of Steel after being killed in the obliteration of Krypton.
“The thing about the whole Krypton universe, apparently, is that even when you destroy them, there are ghosts,” Shannon said. “The first [film], Jor-El is there even though he’s been dead for lord knows how long.”
Shannon says he did go in to do some voice-over work for Batman v. Superman, but didn’t suit up in costume—let alone flipper hands—to shoot scenes for the superhero sequel. “I went over and did some voice-over stuff because it’s like that ghost thing. But I don’t know if I’m supposed to say that. I get very nervous,” he said.
So what about Zod and that story about getting locked in a Porta-Potty on set?
“Somebody was asking me about this in New York and I made up some ridiculous bullshyt answer about how my character Zod has flippers, and this went viral on the Internet or something and people have been asking me about that,” Shannon said with a baffled smile. “That is so obviously a complete bullshyt story, right? But people took it seriously.”
Should Zack Snyder & Co. decide to bring Zod back with certain new appendages, however, Shannon could be down to don the flippers.
“Maybe they should add it, I don’t know! Maybe in Part 3, Doomsday will have flipper hands. I mean, look—nothing would make me happier than to work with Zack [Snyder] again, he’s hysterical and he’s a lot of fun to work with.”
No, Michael Shannon Won’t Have Flipper Hands in ‘Batman v Superman’
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