The Flash‘s Michael Shannon likens multiverse movies to playing with action figures
Michael Shannon did not find The Flash to be "satisfying" as an actor, but he still likes the movie
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Michael Shannon was famously a little confused when he was asked to return for The Flash, on account of General Zod getting murdered in his last on screen appearance. “I’m like, ‘They saw Man Of Steel, right?’ And my manager’s like, ‘Yeah, they saw Man Of Steel, but it’s different,’” the actor recalled in a recent Vanity Fair interview. “And I’m like, ‘What is it?’ ‘It’s a multiverse.’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know what that means.’”
Well, Shannon now knows what the multiverse is, and “I’m not gonna lie, it wasn’t quite satisfying for me, as an actor,” he shares in a new conversation with Collider. “These multiverse movies are like somebody playing with action figures. It’s like, ‘Here’s this person. Here’s that person. And they’re fighting!’”
He adds, “It’s not quite the in-depth character study situation that I honestly felt Man Of Steel was. Whether people think that’s crazy or not, I don’t even care. I really felt like Man Of Steel was actually a pretty sophisticated story. I feel like The Flash is too, but it’s not Zod’s story. I’m basically there to present a challenge.”
For Vanity Fair, Shannon explained that Man Of Steel “was like a year of my life,” whereas shooting for The Flash only took a few weeks. “The Flash isn’t my story. I’m there as an adversary, a threat, a problem to be dealt with. The Flash is really The Flash’s story.”
And Shannon only has positive things to say about cinema’s Barry Allen, the controversial Ezra Miller. “I just think Ezra is a fascinating performer and actor. I can’t wait to see this performance. It’s a huge challenge. I don’t wanna give anything away, but what Ezra has to do in this movie is pretty crazy, and I think [they’re] up for the task,” the George & Tammy star tells Collider. Despite the whole action figure thing, he’s not a snob about the big budget blockbuster: “I know a lot of times, with movies like this, people are excited about the big set pieces or the effects, but for me, it’s always about performance. I don’t care whether it’s an Ingmar Bergman film or the Avengers. It’s always about performance.”
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“I don’t wanna give anything away, but what Ezra has to do in this movie is pretty crazy, and I think [they’re] up for the task,”You don’t say.
That’s cool. I guess. I work for a law office so I can’t really think of a way for me to do this.
I don’t know if anyone else does this but every time I read a quote from Michael Shannon I always see him tersely snapping out the words, his eyes wide, his jaw clenched, as he uses all his energy to hold back the volcanic rage that’s lurking mere millimetres from the surface.
Mine goes a little more like this:
every time I read a quote from Richard Grieco I always see him smoothly oozing out the words, his eyes languid, his jaw unhinged, like a snake, as he uses all his energy to hold back the volcanic sensuality that’s lurking mere millimeters from the surface.
if looks could kill
Obligatory:
Who’s more likely to kill for sport: Michael Shannon or Aubrey Plaza?
Holy fucking shit he’s beginning to look like Jame Gumb.
if any of my fellow Shannon-heads haven’t seen them, i highly recommend you check out his episodes of At Home with Amy Sedaris. he pops up once per seasonit’s a hilarious show in its own right, but if you just wanna watch his episodes, they’re S1E10 “Murdercide”, S2E10 “Game Night” and S3E6 “First Dates”