Yeah, we wanted to keep playing with that. Were there any significant tweaks to the Superman costume you created for "Man of Steel?" Combining power with grace and majesty was our criteria. So yeah, we just wanted it to feel legitimate and not at all decorative, but grounded.
It's beaten up and full of sword scrapes from all the enemies she's been facing over the centuries that she's been with us. It's got strapping and all sorts of gear. So when we made her, we went back to her warrior roots and her Greek roots and gave her something that mimics the gladiator's armor.
The most important thing for us is that Wonder Woman was taken seriously and that she had a sense of grit and strength when she stood up with these two other men, that she had an equal amount of power. The Wonder Woman design went with more muted colors instead of the bold red, white and blue fans are used to. But yeah, there was a whole other thinking and a lot went into all of these decisions. When he has to fight Superman of course he really has to lift his game, and that's when he puts on his huge iron suit. He's a guy that doesn't really have to depend on armor, he's physically fit and in huge shape. We really looked at how Batman's been drawn over the last 75 years and sort of really thought about how what we wanted to say about Batman, how Batman is a lot burlier and he's a slightly older Batman. Zack's a huge fan of Frank Miller - you probably know that because he directed "300," which is another Frank Miller project - so we looked at that comic book. Was the armored Batsuit directly derived from Frank Miller's "Dark Knight Returns?" So that was a really big moment for me: to be able to create the new look for Wonder Woman.
So there was a real comfort zone there to really be free and to try something innovative and interesting.Īdded to that, there was also Wonder Woman in our film, too. I think we just roll up our sleeves and didn't think about the pressure and just got on with it, working with a very trusting and beloved director that I had already done four other films with, Zack Snyder. So to actually be that guy to be able to contribute what the next Batsuit looks like was pretty mind-blowing. Each time the new "Batman" film came out, it was like, "Oh my gosh, I wonder what he's going to look like, how they're going to take it to a whole other level?" Michael Wilkinson: It was a really fun and humbling experience because I grew up watching all the different "Batman" films. CBR News: Tell me the mindset you entered "Batman v Superman" with and what you were able to do.