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"Terence Stamp has said that Superman I and II are still &amp;quot;the very best of all those comic book movies&amp;quot;. The actor, who portrayed General Zod in the films, said that his long career was the result of being &amp;quot;up for anything&amp;quot;.  He also talked about working with the &amp;quot;funny&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;charming&amp;quot; Marlon Brando, who played Jor-El in the originals. &amp;quot;I got recalled to do the first two Superman movies, that I think are the very best of all those comic book movies,&amp;quot; Stamp told Indiewire. &amp;quot;But during that leave of absence [from acting in the &amp;#039;70s], I guess I changed, like emotionally, I was changed from a leading man to a character actor. In a way it was very painful at the time, but it&amp;#039;s proven to be a blessing in disguise. &amp;quot;The reason that I&amp;#039;ve had such a long career is because I&amp;#039;m up for anything. I&amp;#039;m sort of fearless at this point in my life. So even when I did General Zod, can you really imagine Robert Redford or Warren Beatty playing General Zod? I was of a similar ilk.&amp;quot;  He revealed that he has yet to see Zack Snyder&amp;#039;s new Man of Steel film. &amp;quot;No, I haven&amp;#039;t, and I don&amp;#039;t know whether I&amp;#039;m curious or not,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It was so emotional for me to work with Richard Donner and Chris Reeve - and Brando! I got to work with Marlon. &amp;quot;See the director&amp;#039;s cut of Superman II, because all of the Brando footage is back in, and he&amp;#039;s so funny, he&amp;#039;s so charming. I&amp;#039;m sure this modern one is really good and I&amp;#039;m sure it&amp;#039;s made for teenagers of the day, but I&amp;#039;d be surprised if it has the kind of humour and the lightness of touch that Marlon and Chris brought to it.&amp;quot; Stamp has previously said that he is &amp;quot;ambivalent&amp;quot; about the new film, which sees Michael Shannon take on his iconic role as Zod. Watch Shannon discuss Man of Steel with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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