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May 7, 2013: Mackenzie Gray Talks "Man of Steel"

Mackenzie Gray JTM Games has published an exclusive interview they conducted with actor Mackenzie Gray, who has a role in "Man of Steel", but it's a role he's unwilling to talk about. However he was happy to discuss the movie, his thoughts on the special effects and the Superman costume. Here are a few excerpts from the interview...

    Q: You've mentioned that it's a super-secret role, how long did you prepare for your role in Man of Steel?

    Mackenzie Gray: About a month, and then I went to Chicago to meet with Zack and to talk about the role. It wasn't really a lot of time because the script wasn't released yet, you had to be there to get your script. It was pretty fast, in fact, they didn't even e-mail me the name of my role. I had to go to the set to find out.

    Q: Man of Steel looks like it's going to be a little bit of a darker movie compared to the ones that came before it. Could you talk a little bit about this change?

    Mackenzie Gray: I wouldn't say it's darker but more hyper-realistic. Maybe it's got a bit of a darker tone; it's not as comical, there's no comical villains or anything like that. It's a very realistic film, but with all the magic of Superman. For example, when he's flying you'll really believe that he's flying and it's really great how they did that. I really think that Man of Steel is a different take and it's not going to be cartoonish. Zack Snyder has done such an amazing job with the film.

    Q: Even Superman's costume looks more detailed and a has a sleek, modern look compared to older versions. What did you think of it?

    Mackenzie Gray: Oh yeah, amount of detail on Superman is unbelievable. Superman's costume, is a three-layer costume; there's a body-skin layer and then there's a muscle layer that was molded to Henry's muscles - it's a silver, metallic rubber - and then over that is a mesh skin so whenever he turns into light it looks like he's made of steel.

    It's just incredible, the design of the film is fantastic. All the concepts and the designs is just remarkable and they didn't have to build fake muscles for Henry because he's really built.

Read the entire interview at the JTM Games website.

Thanks to MikeyB for the lead on this interview.



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