Some shots are just not important enough to bother the expensive actor with. For example, if all you need is a close-up of a body part that isn’t the face, somebody standing around the set can step in. And sometimes that someone is the director.
Image: Batman v Superman, WB
In this case, cinematographer Larry Fong was answering questions on Twitter when he revealed that director Zack Snyder made a very small cameo playing “Bruce Wayne’s hands” in the part of the movie where Bruce goes to watch a fight club as part of his plan to track down the White Portuguese.
He then picks up a phone and there’s a close-up of it; according to Fong, the hands holding the phone are Snyder’s.
@theLupeXperienc @JaredWayne97 @IMAX Also, it’s Zack’s hands on Bruce’s cell phone in the fight club. Now you know.
— Larry Fong (@larryfong) January 1, 2017
And here’s the explanation why:
@dreamdom7 @theLupeXperienc @JaredWayne97 1) often actors don’t want to do little tiny shots; 2) often directors LOVE to
— Larry Fong (@larryfong) January 1, 2017
So Bruce Wayne in the DC Expanded Universe is 95 per cent Ben Affleck, five per cent Zack Snyder. And now you know.
[Twitter via Cinema Blend]