With all due respect to Ian McKellen’s Magneto, Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock and Nick Nolte’s negligent father in Hulk (ok I’m kidding about that one), to this day for my money the best on screen comic book villain performance has been, and will always be Terence Stamp as your intergalactic high lord and mine… General Zod (I’m kneeling as I type that name).
“Kneel before Zod” is more than a catch phrase, it’s a way of life. You’ve heard the phrase “A happy worker is a productive worker”, well, in the new glorious Zod era: “A happy kneeling servant is a LIVING kneeling servant” and I choose to be amongst the happy living my friends. Already my WWZD bumper stickers are selling like hot cakes as we all accept the inevitable… Zod shall return!
Ok, seriously folks… I’ve gone on record a number of times proclaiming that when Singer gets around to the next Superman movie (after Valkyrie and the strike is finshed) I would love nothing more than to see General Zod as the bad guy. So it’s no surprise that the most recent rumor (remember… this is a rumor) coming out of AICN has me a bit giddy.
(The Source) has personally observed Bryan Singer at work on VALKYRIE and apparently he has been putting pressure on one of his cast members to return to his star-making role as a villain in Singer’s SUPERMAN sequel. That, of course, would be Terence Stamp and the role would be that of General Zod.
Oh yes
How amazing would that be? Don’t underestimate the power of Terence Stamp’s voice. That smooth english cunning voice. I don’t care if the man is 85 years old… if he grabbed the hottest 18 year old Cheerleader on campus and said in that hypnotic voice “Go home write on all your panties ‘This area is Terence’s domain'” you better bet your ass she’d do it.
When the first whispers of General Zod returning for Man of Steel popped up, some people bemoaned “Oh come on, they already did Zod” I noticed no one seemed to be complaining that Dark Knight was having The Joker yet again as the villain.
Anyway, this rumor is probably bull… but it’s still fun to hope.
