Zack Snyder gets all buckled up as he discusses his inspiration and favorite scenes in Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver. The director, who also helmed Justice League and Man of Steel, is building his own cinematic franchise with the Netflix original film.
Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire received mixed reviews from fans and critics, but the filmmaker still delivered what he does best: stunning visuals, incredible cinematography, and a fantasy world captured through his lens.
Zack Snyder On His Favorite Scene In Rebel Moon Part 2
In an exclusive interview with FandomWire’s Elliot Franklin, director Zack Snyder shared his major inspiration for creating Rebel Moon. As a lover of science fiction, it’s evident that he looked into Heavy Metal Magazine as his source of ideas.
“I was inspired by all these sci-fi epics, of course, as I’ve mentioned famously, Heavy Metal Magazine. I think that’s a really big influence, you can really see it here in movie two.”
Revealing his favorite scene to shoot, Snyder mentioned that he enjoyed the ones where he needed to exert physical energy. The scene where the epic battle takes place was among his unforgettable ones.
“I think my favorite scene to film would have been a lot of the battling on Veldt toward the end of the movie where really just blowing everything up and running around and going completely nuts. That was a lot of sort of physically fun to do, but I think for me one of my favorite scenes is the scene in the longhouse where Sam gives the banners out to all the Warriors.”
More than the thrill of filming, the scene also provided an opportunity for the cast and crew to get together and have fun after all the months they toiled throughout the production.
“I really enjoyed shooting that because it was really just like a real kind of bonding moment for everyone, and we really sort of had been working on the movie for a really long time at that point, and so having this kind of moment of recognition of all the characters really almost rang true to where we were in our own sort of experience making the film.”
Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver is yet to arrive on the streaming platform, though it is already playing in select theaters in the United States.
Zack Snyder On His Future Career Plans
In the same interview with FandomWire, Snyder revealed he’s interested in working on small-scale projects where he would scout for real locations and not create his own world.
“I’m kind of in the mood to do something kind of small and sort of shot on location, something a little bit more manageable. After doing this giant sort of shooting a movie where nothing exists, where you have to make it all up, it’d be fun to go find a cool location and film something that’s there.”
After working on several giant franchises, perhaps it’s a good idea to let him try his hand at making small, independent films. Who knows? Snyder might fall in love with it and find success as well.
Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver will be released on Netflix this April 19.
