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"Michael Shannon has confirmed that Man of Steel will feature a showdown between his villain General Zod and Russell Crowe&amp;#039;s Jor-El. The Oscar-nominated Take Shelter star told Digital Spy that he and Crowe, who plays Superman&amp;#039;s Kryptonian father, put in a lot of prep work for what will be a short confrontation in Zack Snyder&amp;#039;s superhero movie.  &amp;gt; Superman ditches red underwear for Man of Steel &amp;gt; Superman: Man of Steel - new on-set pictures Shannon said: &amp;quot;We do have a fight sequence in the film. We worked on it for a long time, we rehearsed it for a long time, then you shoot it and it&amp;#039;s done. It&amp;#039;s kind of strange to put all this work into something that&amp;#039;s going to be maybe a minute long [on film].&amp;quot; The Boardwalk Empire actor added that he finds it difficult to compare Henry Cavill&amp;#039;s portrayal of Superman to Christopher Reeve&amp;#039;s as he hasn&amp;#039;t spent much time on set with him. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve shot exactly one scene with Henry so far. We have a lot together, we just haven&amp;#039;t shot it yet,&amp;quot; Shannon revealed. He continued: &amp;quot;He seems very appropriate for the part, he&amp;#039;s a big fella and he&amp;#039;s very handsome and charming, so it&amp;#039;s certainly understandable why they cast him. But I&amp;#039;ll always have a soft spot for Christopher Reeve.&amp;quot; Shannon&amp;#039;s new movie Take Shelter, directed by Jeff Nichols and co-starring Jessica Chastain, opens in UK cinemas on November 25. Watch the Take Shelter trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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