At the Golden Globe Awards, Jennifer Garner offered a few words on the redesigned Batsuit set to be worn by her other half Ben Affleck in Batman vs. Superman – stating that it’s “unbelievably cool” and “a total reinvention” – and now Affleck’s good buddy Kevin Smith has spoken in more depth about the time Zack Snyder showed him the new-look costume. You can read Smith’s previous comments here, and this is what he had to say on the latest Fatman on Batman podcast (via CBT)…
“I talked about it on Hollywood Babble-On, but I have seen the suit. I did this Man of Steel Yahoo, fan event when the DVD came out. I was hosting Zack Snyder was there, Amy Adams, we had Henry Cavill from satellite over in the UK, and you know it was all about Man of Steel. And at one point Zack talked a little bit about the future and Batman vs. Superman, but when the show was all done, Zack was all like ‘Kev come here, come here’, and he takes me over to the corner and whips out his phone, and he shows me a picture of Batman. Live action version of Batman. A very familiar Batman, I might add. It didn’t look like any of the cinematic Batmans that have ever gone before. He shows me that picture and behind Batman…Superman in the suit looming in the distance. Both on a roof top kind of thing. It was on a set, a little set they put together for this photo shoot. So I was like ‘Oh my god! Is that the suit?! The suit looks amazing! Did you get people to model it?’ And he goes, ‘That’s your boy.’ And I look closely and it’s Ben Affleck wearing the suit. The suit, it is not mine to spill, in terms of what it looks like, you’ll see it. They’ll tell you when they want you to know, but any Batman fan is going to be f*cking pleased. I’m going to tell you that right now. They gave you the suit you all wanted to see.”
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Batman vs. Superman is set for release on May 6, 2016 with a cast that also includes Henry Cavill (Superman), Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Diane Lane (Martha Kent) and Lawrence Fishburne (Perry White).
Originally published January 21, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
