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Who was the best portrayal of General Zod?

posted 2 months ago by ChiefAlex (72)
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Terence Stamp?
Michael Shannon?

[–] millsey72 (10243) 2 months ago

Michael Shannon. Almost always, the last actor to play the character is usually the best, because he gets to improve on each prior character portrayal. For example, Ben Affleck is the best Batman and Daniel Craig is the best Bond

[–] seagal72 (1959) 9 days ago

Millsey, you old rascal/agent provocateur

How's your college professor?

[–] DoctorThirteen (13920) 2 months ago

Michael Shannon. Terence Stamp played him as a pantomime villain (not that he wasn't entertaining), whereas Shannon made the character real and relatable.

[–] AnthonySocksss (447) a day ago

No Shannon was trash and ate the scenery

[–] MikeCable (1839) 19 days ago

I have always loved Stamp's version the best but there's no denying that Shannon did a wonderful job with the character. As good, but in some different way.

[–] bozo_500 (13104) 10 days ago

Stamp