Michael Shannon Refuses Irrational Entertainment in Star Wars

the american actor Michael Shannon has 48 years, 27 career and more than 73 films and series released. He is known for his roles as General Zod in “The Man of Steel”, is at “The Flash”. The actor has already been nominated for two oscars and won a number of awards in the United States.

Recently, in an interview with the British film magazine empirehe made an unusual revelation: he turned down a role that would bring him a lot of money in the most famous film saga: Star Wars.

In the interview he explained his reasons. The invitation in question was received in 2016, and the artist declined because he believed that franchise films take a long time to be made and are not stimulating for an actor.

“I don’t want to get stuck in a franchise because I don’t find franchises interesting and I don’t want to perpetuate them as a model in Hollywood.Shannon explained in the interview.

According to him, to play a role you need to see meaning. “I don’t want to make mindless entertainment. The world doesn’t need more mindless entertainment. We are already flooded with it” he completed.

Michael Shannon was the villain in “The Man of Steel”, which premiered ten years ago, and now he can be seen again in “The Flash”long awaited movie from DC Comics.

In the feature film, Shannon will once again return as the General Zodin the story that shows Flash (Ezra Miller) going back to the past to change some events, and in particular the murder of his mother, of which his father was wrongly accused and convicted. the superhero Flash gets stuck in the past, in a reality that the General Zod also returned, with the aim of annihilating humanity and without any superhero to defend the world. See the trailer:

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Before accepting the role, Michael Shannon sought approval from Zack Snyderthe director of the first film “Iron Man”, 2013, to return to the role, as Snyder’s departure from Warner Bros. it was troubled. Zack Snyder gave the blessing and we will be able to see the result on June 15th in theaters.

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