Just a few weeks ago, it was reported that actor Michael Shannon was on the set of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" wearing flippers, which many speculated to be CGI tools that will allow editors in post-production to alter his looks into the creature Doomsday. In a recent interview with The Daily Beast, however, Shannon dismissed the report.
"I wasn't there. It's a really awkward situation — I'm in the trailer for a movie that I didn't work on," the actor said. "Somebody was asking me about this in New York and I made up some ridiculous b------t 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."
He then explained that he did visit the production set to do voice-over work and that Zod would be appearing as some form of "ghost" similar to how Russel Crowe's character Jor-El appeared in "Man of Steel."
According to a report from Screen Rant, it is possible that Shannon was telling the truth and that his previous statement of being in costume with flippers was a mere joke, or that he was backtracking after realizing that he may have revealed too much information regarding the film.
The report continues to point out that Shannon name-dropped Doomsday in the interview, which only further increased speculations of the monster being in the film. Doomsday has long been rumored to be the monster Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) will use to beat down both Superman (Henry Cavill) and Batman (Ben Affleck).
"Maybe they should add it, I don't know! Maybe in Part 3, Doomsday will have flipper hands," he stated. "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."
"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" opens in theaters on March 25, 2016.
