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" Michael Shannon has said that he is not a huge fan of the Superman comics. The Oscar-nominated star, who will play General Zod in the upcoming film Man of Steel, confessed that he doesn&amp;#039;t understand the intense interest surrounding the Superman movie. &amp;quot;There are legions of fans salivating, who will literally spend the next year and a half looking at the clock, waiting for this movie,&amp;quot; Shannon told the Los Angeles Times. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s just the way it is. I don&amp;#039;t know why. Me, personally, I&amp;#039;m not a huge fan. I can&amp;#039;t even read comic books. I don&amp;#039;t know which panel to look at next. I hardly ever know what any of the characters are talking about. &amp;quot;So, no, I am not one of them. But there are a lot of them. They&amp;#039;re out there. And they really want to talk to me about this movie!&amp;quot; The actor went on to say that it is difficult to create a believable villain.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s hard to feel like you&amp;#039;re not twirling your moustache when you&amp;#039;re playing a villain,&amp;quot; Shannon said. &amp;quot;Me and [director] Zack [Snyder] are constantly trying to bring as much variety and complexity as possible.  &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s very good about that. No matter what I come up with on the first take, he comes up with a good way to explore it and change it up to keep it interesting. You don&amp;#039;t want it to be, &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m a bad guy. I hate you!&amp;#039;&amp;quot; In October, Shannon confirmed that his character would have a fight with Russell Crowe&amp;#039;s Jor-El.  The actor has said that he is nervous about playing General Zod in Man of Steel. Watch Michael Shannon discuss Man of Steel with Digital Spy below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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