Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Director Zack Snyder talk 'Batman v Superman'
What's Holding the Man of Steel back?
By Alex Burns
In a new feature USA Today have interviewed Batman and Superman themselves as Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill have talked up their upcoming showdown in 'Dawn of Justice' with director Zack Snyder also chiming in.
“You can see the idea of the innocent being victimized by whatever they are, aliens, he doesn’t know — that’s the thing that really boils his blood, as you can imagine it would,” Zack Snyder says of Batman. “Suddenly the innocent children of the world are all of us.”
Ben Affleck describes his Batman as a weary hero, someone who's been there and done what Superman is trying for the first time. “a guy who had been through that experience already for many years and was kind of burnt out and asking himself what the point of it all was and going through an existential crisis.”
In terms of crafting a unique performance as Batman, Affleck believes the key is in getting Bruce Wayne right. “Batman is covered up by a suit and sometimes a car and sometimes a lot of vehicles and weapons, whereas Bruce Wayne is much more naked — it’s just you and a suit of clothes. You can’t really play Batman because Batman is different things to different people. We project our own things onto the mythology of what Batman is, and he has to be able to be projected upon. With Bruce Wayne, you have to bring something distinct and new and different.”
Henry Cavill also puts to bed the ultimate fanboy debate of Batman v Superman but also adresses why the fight is still so intriguing “He can sure as hell take Batman out if he wants to, and Batman takes advantage of that,” Cavill says. “He’s not going to go all-out against the kids because he’ll end up smashing people around. It’s the idea of still wanting to have fun but no one gets hurt, so you’re being careful about where your knees and elbows are going. That’s what Clark is for me, but Superman is far more relaxed. Superman is dad just being dad at home.”
Ben Affleck describes his Batman as a weary hero, someone who's been there and done what Superman is trying for the first time. “a guy who had been through that experience already for many years and was kind of burnt out and asking himself what the point of it all was and going through an existential crisis.”
In terms of crafting a unique performance as Batman, Affleck believes the key is in getting Bruce Wayne right. “Batman is covered up by a suit and sometimes a car and sometimes a lot of vehicles and weapons, whereas Bruce Wayne is much more naked — it’s just you and a suit of clothes. You can’t really play Batman because Batman is different things to different people. We project our own things onto the mythology of what Batman is, and he has to be able to be projected upon. With Bruce Wayne, you have to bring something distinct and new and different.”
Henry Cavill also puts to bed the ultimate fanboy debate of Batman v Superman but also adresses why the fight is still so intriguing “He can sure as hell take Batman out if he wants to, and Batman takes advantage of that,” Cavill says. “He’s not going to go all-out against the kids because he’ll end up smashing people around. It’s the idea of still wanting to have fun but no one gets hurt, so you’re being careful about where your knees and elbows are going. That’s what Clark is for me, but Superman is far more relaxed. Superman is dad just being dad at home.”
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' also stars Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Amy Adams as Lois Lane, the epic superhero film is set for release March 25th 2016.
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