Every enemy needs help. Even General Zod.
German actress Antje Traue (Pandorum) will be playing the role of Faora in Zack Synder's upcoming Man of Steel. For those of you unfamiliar with the character (as was I) she is somewhat...well...complicated. There are in fact multiple Faora's throughout the Superman universe (I know shocking that a comic book would run into this situation) but from what I can gather she is a beautiful Kryptonian woman who inexplicably hates all men. She is also apparently skilled in the Kryptonian martial art of Horo-Kanu that uses pressure points to inflict pain. Faora (at least one version of her) is an aid to Zod and has the ability to disrupt molecular bonds which allows her to create a mutagenic virus for the Kryptonian general.
That last storyline sounds particularly appealing, but it remains to be seen as to what role Faora will play in the new film. This is an interesting character choice because speculation originally had Traue playing Ursa. Ursa, as you may recall, appeared in Superman and Superman II and was played by actress Sarah Douglas. I like this choice because it means Snynder doesn't intend this next story to be a complete rehash of all the crap we've seen before. (See Superman Returns.)
Traue joins fellow actors Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, and Henry Cavill in the newest cinema foray for the Last Son of Krypton.
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