Soon Michael Shannon will return to the big screen again and again in the DC Universe role repetition General Zod. This character has already accompanied Man of Steel From Henry Cavillbut will also reappear in Flash bringing with it chaos and destruction. Busy with press tour for upcoming DC movie starring. Ezra MillerMichael Shannon has revealed that he previously turned down a role in the franchise. star Warsexplaining why.

Why did Michael Shannon turn down Star Wars?

It looks like Michael Shannon hasn’t succumbed to the call of a galaxy far, far away. Interviewed Empire Magazine, the actor who will soon resurface as General Zod in the DC Universe, revealed that he turned down a role in a Star Wars movie some time ago. According to diversityan offer to join one of the largest Disney franchises came a year after the release Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015. Why did he say no? TO Empire Magazinehe formulated his answer:

I’m always a little wary of these giant films. Because they take a lot of time and I don’t find them very stimulating from a professional point of view. I never want to be stuck in a franchise. I don’t find them interesting. If I do something, it’s only because I want it to have a purpose. I don’t want to do mindless fun. The world doesn’t need more of these things, we’re inundated with them.

Despite stating that he has no interest in big franchises, Michael Shannon reprized his role as General Zod in the DC Universe, appearing in 2013’s Man of Steel and The Flash ten years later. He said that in this case, too, he initially seemed taken aback by the proposal. When he later realized that this was the only return associated with multiverse, accepted. Apparently, the role offered to him in Star Wars seemed to him not interesting enough to refuse it. Michael Shannon’s criticism is not the only one. Just think of directors like Martin Scorsese or Quentin Tarantinowho expressed a negative attitude towardsMarvel Universe.