I was nervous because it was really difficult to make [the character] relatable to a modern audience.

It was a big, daunting thing to take on but it was now really exciting.

We met for lunch…

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What do the Nolans give you for lunch, out of interest?!

DS:Yep, they gave us sushi too!

CR:And we talked about a script David Goyer had written for Superman calledMan Of Steel.

I heard that Zack and Debbie were looking at it.

Id been a Superman fan since the time I was a little kid.

But I hadnt really thought about it until the Nolans gave me that script.

Was the fact that you could meld the action and emotion together what attracted you to the script?

Striking that balance is really important.

But for me personally it was hard to relate to him personally because he wastooperfect.

We want Superman to be good but in this movie we see that its hard to do good.

He still has to make choices and there are repercussions.

Its hard to be different and to have these powers.

As a character, in comics alone, he has no shortage of reboots or origin stories.

What makes this interpretation right for movie theater as it stands now?

CR:We live in a much more complicated time than when Superman was created 75 years ago.

Or even whenSuperman The Moviewas created in the 70s.

There are great advances but with those come a great many complications.

Its difficult to figure out the right path.

And even if you do good there are causalities to your choices.

We thought it would be compelling.

Its interesting that you made the threat an external one.

Like Kal-El, whose story this is, its alien in origin.

Was the alien aspect one of the most important drivers for the character?

CR:The story of Kal-El is actually a great story about adoption.

He is an alien who has embraced his human side.

Its a journey of becoming Superman.

Hes finding himself not just as Superman and his powers but hes realising the enormity of the responsibilities.

So he might be rejected, he might be an outcast.

How important was that scene?

Thats the thing about choices whats the greater good?

You might not think about those things in a movie about an alien with super powers.

How have your roles changed over the years?

DS:For me, I came from advertising.

Zack and I both did.

For me its about protecting the directors vision.

Thats always the goal.

But also its about serving the script.

CR:Even in our business, as is the world, we are in the age of specialisation.

You see a lot of names of producers on a movie.

Theres not a lot of us who do the whole gamut.

Its rare that Im working on a movie and thats the case.

Youre there to support that vision.

Theres a lot of pressure in that theres a lot of expectation riding on this movie.

CR:There wasnt a three-act structure on Batman.

Chris wouldnt talk about what might happen with the franchise when it was filming.

He flipped the Joker at the end, but there was no Joker plot.

If there was he kept it to himself.

I think he used the mail-production onThe Prestigeto focus onThe Dark Knight… CR:This was different.

Chriss universe onThe Dark Knightwas very Bruce Wayne/Batman centric.

There was no universe outside of that.

Theres been a lot of speculation and we want to service this movie… Our feeling always was that it’s crucial that you get Superman right.

That was also our goal.

We didnt want to ignore that this universe exists.

Can you give us a quick update on your forthcoming projects that youre each working on then?

Its a nice story about these two guys walking through war-torn Afghanistan.

Were working towards a first quarter 2014 start and Im really enjoying the collaboration with him.

Duncan is re-writing the script.

Hes making it his own, hes using a script that Charles Leavitt did a first draft on.

Its a daunting task to bring a legendary online game you want to get that right!

Are you still working onUncharted?

CR:I am.

Have you cast Nathan Fillion yet?

CR:No [smiles].

Its the only sensible thing to do.

Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder, thank you very much!

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