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Zack Snyder is a prolific screenwriter, director, and producer who made his directorial debut with the 2004 movie,Dawn of the Dead. He came into the limelight with movies like300(2006) andWatchmen(2009), and then went on to establish the DCEU with movies likeMan of Steel,Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and the directorial cut of the 2017 release,Justice League. Recently, he sat with Joe Rogan for the latter’s podcast,The Joe Rogan Experience, where Snyder shared many stories about his career.
During the podcast, he talked about how if he got to makeThe Dark Knight Returns, that would be it for him – his legacy. He won’t need or want to make any more comic book movies if he gets to makeTDKR. He also said that thoughBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicehad many plot points that touched onThe Dark Knight Returnsstoryline, it still wasn’t the whole story. He also talked about how made300, even though it took a lot of time before he could do it.
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Zack Snyder Was Rejected by Warner Bros. In Favor of Brad Pitt
Zack Snyderand producer Gianni Nunnari tried to sell300for a long while before it was finally made into a movie. The first time they took it to Warner Bros. the studio rejected the idea in favor of a Brad Pitt movie. At that time, Warner Bros. was making the Wolfgang Petersen movie,Troy(2004). Given both were epic historical action movies, it doesn’t come as a surprise that the production house favored a movie starring Brad Pitt instead of a director who had just made his feature debut.
In Snyder’s words, when they originally bought the movie to Warner Bros., they weren’t convinced. Speaking onJRE, he revealed the studio’s stance on the movie, saying:
“When we went to Warner Brothers originally with it, the literally were like – We have Troy, so why would we want this? We have Brad Pitt. Like literally, Brad Pitt is in our movie, what do you [have]?”
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Thankfully, the director was able to convince the studio about his idea, and300was finally made three years later, getting both critical appreciation and box-office recognition.
Brad Pitt MadeTroyBecause of a Deal He Later Regretted
The 2004 historical epicTroy, starringBrad Pittin the lead role, was a box-office blockbuster. Written by David Benioff and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, the movie is based on Homer’sIlliad, depicting the Trojan War.Pitt was roped into play the character of Achilles- a Greek hero because he had previously pulled out of a movie by Warner Bros. This led to him making a deal with the studio that he would work with them on another project, which ended up beingTroy.
Speaking toThe New York Times, Brad Pitt spoke of makingTroyyears later, revealing his reasons for doing the movie.
“I had to do ‘Troy’ because – I guess I can say all this now – I pulled out of another movie and then had to do something for the studio. So I was put in ‘Troy.’ It wasn’t painful, but I realized that the way that movie was being told was not how I wanted it to be.”
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He further added,
“It’s no slight on Wolfgang Petersen. ‘Das Boot’ is one of the all-time great films. But somewhere in it, ‘Troy’ became a commercial kind of thing. Every shot was like, Here’s the hero! There was no mystery.”
Peter O’Toole, who played King Priam in the 2004 movie, called Petersen a “clown” and walked out of the movie’s screening 15 minutes into it. Though the movie was a box-office hit, critically, it received an average response.
Both300andTroyare available for streaming on Apple TV+.
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Swagata works as a Senior Features Editor at FandomWire. Having previously worked as a Content Writer, her passion for everything pop culture became her true calling as she now works with a global team of writers to brainstorm unique, groundbreaking ideas. Having done her Masters in English Literature, Swagata is a self-professed K-Pop addict with an affinity to work her charms on unsuspecting friends to induct them into the fandom cult.
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