And so it comes to pass: Michael Shannon, that steely eyed princeling of the scene-stealing character actors’ guild, has become the latest figure to say he does not much like modern superhero movies. Or, more specifically, Star Wars, which he recently described as “mindless entertainment” in an interview with Empire magazine.
Hang on, I hear you ask, is this the same Shannon who’s currently starring in much-hyped DC multiverse movie The Flash? Well, yes, but the actor apparently didn’t have much fun filming his much-heralded return as General Zod, the alien supervillain who turns up (again) to try to terraform the Earth into a planet fit for the resurrection of his Kryptonian people.
