With the DCEU expanding its roster of movies and the popularity of the MCU, many comic fans would love to see a Marvel/DC crossover movie and they are not the only ones who are down for this. The stars of the Justice League are keen on it too.
Channel News Asia had spoken with the cast of the upcoming Justice League and they shared their thoughts on a Marvel/DC crossover movie.
“I don’t own Marvel or DC, but I think it would be great,” Affleck said. “I’m sure if it could be successful for everybody people would like to do it. I don’t see why not it’s a great idea.”
Superman actor, Henry Cavill had same thoughts about the success, but had noted that despite the rivalries, DC and Marvel need each other and that the rivalries are something that belongs to fans.
“I think the rivalry lives in the fans more so than it does in us,” Cavill explained. “For all of us who are making these movies or I’m sure for the comic book artists and writers, there have been rivalries in the past but now it’s just about celebrating these characters, certainly for us. I mean, I’m sure when it comes to deep finances, when it comes to DC and Marvel there’s always going to be competition, yeah, but they need each other to survive as well. If one goes down that means superheroes aren’t popular and you don’t want that because if one goes down the other goes down.”
But the stars of Justice League do not just think a crossover with Marvel is a good idea just from the business aspect. For Ray Fisher (Victor Stone/Cyborg) a Marvel/DC crossover will be an extension of his childhood, one in which Batman won.
“I’ve been a huge DC fan since I was growing up” Fisher said. “I had friends who were huge fans of Marvel we’d always, Batman would always win. I would always figure out a way for Batman to beat anybody no matter what universe they were in.”
Fisher had said that any crossover between the universes will have to be done in a way that will be true to their differences.
“It’s like, it’s red and blue,” Fisher explained. “It’s literally down to what do you like, what are you into. I think to put it all together, you don’t want to take this sort of homogenized sort of tone either, I would love to see some of these characters fight one another, that would be really awesome to see, but you also want to make sure that you maintain your own style and integrity.”
Marvel and DC crossover events have happened before in comics. One of the most cited event is the 1996 “DC vs. Marvel” event had seen the two universes pitting their heroes against each other with characters taking on counterparts to see who will come out on top, such as Aquaman taking on Namor and Superman battling the Hulk. It is the battles like those that Justice League’s Aquaman Jason Momoa will love to be part of, though he is more interested in taking on The Hulk or Thor than Namor.
“I would love to be [in a crossover,]” Momoa said. “Hell yeah! I mean like, Hemsworth, I love him. It’s like, to be next to Thor, or to be next to the Hulk. It’s like ‘oh, I’m going to take you out on the water and drown your ass.'”
However, it is not likely that Aquaman will get a chance to drown Thor anytime soon. Both DC and Marvel are doing well for in the respective movie universes, though Cavill thinks that fans will get to see the two sides duke it out.
“It’s been done in comic books and I think once stories start to run out or people feel like they’ve seen it all before, yeah, I think there’s something there in the future.”
Justice League opens in theaters on November 17, 2017.
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