Zack Snyder Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

Hi, I'm Zach Snyder.

And today I'm doing the Wired Autocomplete Interview.

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I do not Google myself.

Googling myself would be a dangerous activity.

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All right, so what Zack Snyder

doing now?

Oh, and I answer it.

I'm Google.

Well, I'm hanging out at the house

with my kids doing school,

washing my cars, pretty much it.

All right, I'm gonna do another one.

What is Zack Snyder,

directing style?

Wow.

Directing is like the managing of an idea, right?

So if you have an idea

you have to manage the actors and the photography and stuff.

I have a pretty casual style

with my people I work with

because I just tend to like human beings

and I want them to be happy.

So I don't torture them too much.

That's kind of how I do it.

Let's try another one of these things.

Oh, I ripped it so you can't see.

What is Zack Snyder known for?

Right now I'm known for Justice League, I suppose.

People's like, Zack Snyder, Justice League.

I did that to myself, unfortunately.

People would think I was known for slow motion.

I like slow motion.

I don't really like slow motion that much.

If you do a percentage of slow motion in my movies

I would think you'd find

that it's 1% or something like that.

I know someone's analyzing it right now

and they're gonna say no, it's 50%.

So yeah.

I don't know what I'm known for.

What is Zack Snyder's Justice League rated for?

Rated R for?

I think it's rated R for violence and nudity.

No, not nudity.

That would be cool.

You know, the ratings board doesn't like it

when superhero movies are violent.

So the second card,

here we go.

Is Zack Snyder nice?

No, he's a jackass.

I mean, can you say that you are nice?

I don't know that people are allowed to say that.

I think you'd have to ask someone

but I like to think that I'm relatively nice.

Is Zack Snyder

related to Scott Snyder?

Sadly no, 'cause he's a genius,

but no we're not related.

Is Zack Snyder an auteur.

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I think I'm gonna leave that up to the audience to decide.

Is Zack Snyder

a Packer fan?

Yes, Zack Snyder is a huge Packer fan.

I'm the same age as the Lombardi trophy.

I was born in the first Super Bowl year

and therefore I am kind of a personification

of the Super Bowl.

Pretty much grew up in Green Bay.

And my dad, you know, went to the Ice Bowl game.

I would love to make a Vince Lombardi movie at some point.

That's a fact.

How Zack Snyder.

How did Zach Snyder become a director?

It's a good question.

Well, I started making movies when I was

around 11 years old.

I saw a movie called Star Wars.

I don't know if you're familiar with it.

My mom bought me a movie camera,

super eight movie camera, started shooting movies.

And then when I got into high school, I would make

about a movie a year with my friends, a big movie.

We'd make a bunch of smaller movies

but I always make one big project a year.

We did like kind of a, my version of Apocalypse Now.

And then I did another black and white film

and I went to film school.

And then, yeah.

How is Zack Snyder?

How is Zack Snyder cut different?

I don't know because I never saw

the theatrical version of Justice League.

So I don't know how it's different

but I'm sure it is.

How to watch Zack Snyder,

how to watch the Snyder cut?

There's a lot of different ways you can watch it.

It's divided into chapters.

So of course you can watch it piece by piece.

I say the best way to watch it is with an intermission

after all the King's horses, which is one of the chapters

about two hours and 20 minutes into the movie

this chapter will come up.

You pause it.

You go to the bathroom,

you get your chips or whatever you're eating

and you watch the rest of the movie.

So that's how I would do it.

I appreciate everyone's personal styles

when it comes to watching the movie.

How to watch Zack Snyder

Army of the Dead?

Well, first of all, Netflix

or in a theater for a week before it comes out.

You're never gonna wanna stop it.

It's too insane.

So yeah, I would say you just sit and enjoy.

Okay, why Zack Snyder?

Why is Zach Snyder is best at what?

Okay, well it's just a great search

if someone's doing that search.

Why is Zack Snyder is famous?

I'm not sure.

Weirdly, I was getting a coffee on the way down here

and I had my mask on and everything,

and this girl leaned out of the car and she goes,

my dad said you looked like Zack Snyder.

And I said, I am Zack Snyder.

And she was like, we just saw Justice League.

It's awesome. Wow.

And I was like, you're nerds by the way just so you know.

If you recognize me with a mask on

you're, you're you're nerds, but that's cool.

I love nerds.

So, it's cool.

Why is Zack Snyder tattoos?

Why do I have tattoos?

They're all sort of related to my kids and my family.

So, you know, that's kind of cliche, but it's fun.

Why is Zack Snyder zombies?

I think the great thing about zombies is like

they're very sort of post-modern.

It's like what if the monster was just society, you know

and that's kind of fun, so.

Who's Zack Snyder.

So this is, I'm getting it now.

I'm getting it now.

Each one's slightly different.

Who is Zack Snyder's wife.

Oh, Deborah Snyder.

A genius producer and manager of my insanity.

Oh no.

I revealed two at once.

I won't look at that one.

Who is Zack Snyder?

It's kind of everything we've been talking about.

At the end of this whole thing,

you can kind of glue it together

and figure out kind of what I'm about.

Who is the villain in Zack Snyder's Justice League?

Who's the real villain?

It's Darkseid, really.

I mean, I think you could get a sense

that Steppenwolf is the bad guy

but he's also kinda likable in a weird way.

You know, he's just, he's just trying to get home.

Who is Zack Snyder's,

favorite director?

That's a really good question.

You know, probably John Boorman is my favorite director.

I'm a huge fan.

A talented filmmaker who tells

like really mythic stories and I'm into that so.

Does Zack Snyder,

so does Zack Snyder

let's not tear it off,

have Instagram?

I do not have an Instagram

and I'll tell you why.

Full disclosure

that I am a brand ambassador of VERO

which is the social media platform that I prefer.

although I do have a Twitter account.

it was probably this next question.

Does Zack Snyder

have a brother?

Well yes, I had a brother.

He sadly passed away when I was in my teens.

But he was a huge influence on me.

In the high school I went to

in the boarding school I went to

there was a Sam Snyder award, amazing guy.

So yes.

Does Zack Snyder

write comics?

Write comics?

I have not written a comic.

I should.

So maybe after this

I'll go write a comic.

Note to self, write a comic.

And then does Zach Snyder like Marvel?

I do like Marvel.

I like Marvel movies and I like Marvel comics.

The Hulk has always been one of my favorites,

forever and Ironman.

The answer is yes, I do like Marvel.

Okay, I made a mess.

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