Michael Shannon breaks his silence playing General Zod again in DC’s THE FLASH and was a little confused

Michael Shannon is officially returning to the role of General Zod, which he played in the 2013 film Man of Steelin the next DC movie The flash. The actor had kept quiet about this return, as the character was a surprising addition to his own Man of Steel death. But since the full trailer was released for the badass-looking film during the Super Bowl a few weeks ago, the news has been out, and Shannon is ready to talk.

In a recent interview with Looper, Shannon talked about reprising the villain role, saying:

“I was a little confused. I said, ‘If memory serves, I think I’m dead Man of Steel. Are they sure they’ve got the right man?’ But then they explained to me the whole phenomenon of the multiverse, that… I was a little behind the times on that.”

The actor admitted that he’s not “a huge consumer” of the comic book genre and added:

“Not that I have anything against them. If I’m going to watch a movie, odds are it won’t be one of them, but I sure enjoy making them. I enjoyed making Man of Steel, and I enjoy working with [director] Zack [Snyder], and I felt like it was actually, in a sense, quite an important film. It was nice to revisit the character. Haven’t been there for a terribly long time. I was in and out in a couple of weeks so it was a nice way to spend some of my summer in England. [The Flash director Andy Muschietti’s] a lovely guy and a great artist, visually, and I really enjoyed it.”

Shannon is joined in the film by co-stars Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Ron Livingstone, Maribel Verdu, Kiersey Clemons, Antje Trau, Ben AffleckAND Michael Keaton. The flash speed in theaters June 16.