Zack Snyder Talks Robin Backstory in 'BvS' and Why Batman Needed Joker In ZSJL's Knightmare Sequence at SnyderCon 2023
Zack Snyder Talks Robin Backstory in 'BvS' and Why Batman Needed Joker In ZSJL's Knightmare Sequence at SnyderCon 2023.
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00:00 I'm going to ask you something I've been wondering about since the first Batman versus Superman
00:03 trailer.
00:04 One of the elements that you introduced in that trailer was the dead Robin suit in the
00:08 Batcave.
00:09 Robin's death at the hands of the Joker was teased again in Suicide Squad and your version
00:13 of Justice League, but was never shown on screen.
00:16 What were the events leading up to and resulting in Robin's death in your universe?
00:21 [applause]
00:22 >> I'll do a brief one because I think that that's still something that would be cool
00:29 for people to see at some point.
00:30 I don't know when or ever.
00:31 So I don't want to ruin it entirely.
00:34 It may never happen, but...
00:36 >> Like on Netflix?
00:37 >> Yeah.
00:38 Nice.
00:39 >> We thought Zack Snyder's Justice League wouldn't happen.
00:43 >> Yeah, that's true.
00:44 >> Never say never.
00:45 [applause]
00:46 >> So suffice it to say that, like, you know, to hurt Batman, obviously, you know, he has
01:06 at that point he had his real vulnerability was Robin, right?
01:10 And so I think that what's obvious is that the Joker understood that, right?
01:22 And all I'll say is that, you know, he's -- I think I've talked about this a little bit,
01:27 haven't I?
01:28 That, you know, he clearly he blew him up or it looks like he burned, scorched him.
01:37 I think beyond that, I really don't want to say the actual circumstances because I feel
01:41 like it's a spoiler for maybe a thing that will never need to be spoiled.
01:45 We should wait to see, don't you think, a little bit?
01:50 [applause]
01:51 >> Yes.
01:52 Yes.
01:53 Can I -- can I try a Joker follow up?
02:00 It might be a spoiler for something that we might get to see at some point in the near
02:03 future at some point.
02:05 But in the nightmare sequence of Justice League, it's made very clear that Batman had to bring
02:10 Joker along because he was going to be important somehow.
02:14 How might he be important to the mission they were trying to complete?
02:18 >> Our theory is that he's the one that knows where the kryptonite, what shards of kryptonite
02:24 exist.
02:26 He has that information.
02:28 And so he's being carried -- so he's basically made a deal with Batman, don't kill me and
02:33 I'll show you -- I'll get you a tool to fight Superman.
02:40 And so he's kind of stuck with him in that way.
02:44 And so like if he kills him or gets rid of him, then he's screwed himself.
02:48 >> So who's going to give him the reach around?
02:49 >> Yeah, exactly.
02:50 [laughter]
02:51 >> All right.
02:52 >> There's a couple other people that would.
02:54 >> Isn't that right?
02:55 Batman.
02:55 [laughter]
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02:59 [music]
02:59 (whooshing)
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