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Christopher Nolan has revealed that Zack Snyder helped inspire one of Interstellar’s most iconic scenes. Aside from Snyder, there’s one other director that DC fans look upon with high regard.
Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy was a game changer for not just superhero movies but for Hollywood itself. 2008’s The Dark Knight is rightfully considered to be one cinema’s all-time greatest accomplishments. In addition, it was the first comic-book movie to pass the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office.
In addition, it featured Heath Ledger’s timeless portrayal of the Joker, a role which won the actor a posthumous Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Moreover, with Batman Begins he managed to do what was once thought to be impossible after 1997’s Batman & Robin.
He made Batman popular again; in fact, he made the character even more popular than ever before.
Since finishing his Dark Knight trilogy, Christopher Nolan has gone on to become one of the world’s most renowned directors. Many of his movies have often been hailed as masterpieces, one of which being Interstellar.
Christopher Nolan Grateful For How Zack Snyder Inspired Iconic Scene
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The 2014 sci-fi epic went on to win the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and grossed over $700 million global.
Recently, Christopher Nolan has revealed that Snyder helped inspire one the movie’s most iconic moments. The two have history together. Christopher Nolan produced Snyder’s Man of Steel.
Snyder’s influence in Interstellar helped the movie make more of a profit in the most bizarre way.
Corn.
The cornfield scene which featured Hans Zimmer’s now iconic “Cornfield Chase” score, was directly inspired by Man Of Steel. Instead of opting to resort to CGI, Snyder decided to actually grow a full cornfield for Superman’s scenes in Smallville.
Christopher Nolan decided to follow suit with this strategy to bring a grounded aspect to the high stakes sci-fi thriller.
While talking to The Daily Beast, he explained:
“That all-American iconography has always been so potent in the Superman myth. It was in this script before I came to the project he was developing the script for Steven Spielberg to direct, originally and I think the Americana had worked its way in there. I certainly found it very helpful when I realized we were going to have to grow our own corn. I phoned Zack and said, ‘Well how much did you grow?’ and he told me they grew 300 acres and that it cost X amount, so we grew about 500 acres of corn and actually sold it and ended up making a profit off it.”
So it turns out that Snyder played a major role in Interstellar’s production and success. It’s mind-boggling how Warner Bros. failed to follow through with the director’s vision for DC.
Christopher Nolan concluded his Batman story arc with 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises. Even a filmmaker of his talent would face an uphill climb after The Dark Knight. How can a director top himself after reaching such a creative peak?
In addition, Ledger was gone forever so he couldn’t use the Joker anymore. Therefore, Tom Hardy’s Bane had to follow in his footsteps. In retrospect, The Dark Knight Rises is a solid Batman entry. Certainly, it operates on an energy level that Matt Reeves’ The Batman couldn’t touch. Reeves couldn’t frame an action sequence with Nolan’s poetic eye.
Christopher Nolan Grateful For How Zack Snyder Inspired Iconic Scene
Image: Warner Bros. Discovery
Alas, Nolan’s DC days are likely over. Unless DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn convinces him otherwise, it’s doubtful Nolan would direct one of his comic-book projects. As for Snyder, the Elseworlds side of DC Studios is the most realistic possibility for his return. Especially if the #SellZSJLtoNetflix movement reaches its ultimate goal.
As with Nolan, DC movies miss his greatness.