I was pretty ready for [the polarized reaction], I knew that we were really updating a beloved character. I don’t think ‘changing him’ - people are always like 'you changed Superman.’ If you’re a comic book fan, if you know the true canon, you know that I didn’t change Superman. If you’re a fan of the old movies, yeah, I changed him a bit.

I feel like I tried to create a Superman that would set a tone for the universe, my point is that, if you know anything about the actual characters, what we’ve done is create a place where they can really be the mythological characters that they are as designed in the comic books.