Amafilimu we-DC avame ukugxekwa ngokukhetha abadlali ngendima ye-Icononic Villains. UJesse Eisenberg endimeni kaLexa Lurator noJared Leto, odlale ama-joker, abalandeli abaphoqelelwe ngokoqobo bacashe ekufuneni, kodwa phakathi kwabo bonke abaphikisana nabo bakhona lowo izilaleli ezenqabile ukwamukela ifefene. Sikhuluma ngoMichael Shannon, owadlala i-General Zoda e- "Man of Steel" (2013).
Kwenye yezingxoxo zakamuva, umlingisi wabuza ukuthi ngabe usekulungele yini ukubuyela endimeni yakhe kwifilimu "i-superherl", okuthi, ngokusho kwamahemuhemu, asezokwethulwa ekukhiqizweni. UMichael wamangala, ebona ukuthi okokuqala ngqa ukuzwa ngombono wokususa ifilimu elinjalo, futhi kuzwakalise ukungabaza ukuthi kungaba kuhle kakhulu emfanekisweni we-villain. UShannon wavuma nokuthi wawubonga ngempela umsebenzi noZakov Snyder futhi lokhu kusebenzisana kwakuwumhlonipho omkhulu kuye.
Uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi "i-supergel" ngokusobala kufanele kube yisici se- "ndoda yensimbi", uShannon kuzofanele avusekwe kabusha esikrinini. Yebo, futhi usebenzele kuwo ehholo, futhi, ikakhulukazi, ikakhulukazi uma ukhumbula ukuthi kudingeka isikhathi esingakanani ngesikhathi sokulwa okujwayelekile ngesikhathi sokulwa kwama-superman (Henry Cavill).
Ngakho-ke, uma umlingisi enqaba ukudlala i-villain futhi, kuzokuqondakala. Futhi nokho ukubonakala kwakhe endimeni yesakhiwo kungaba kuhle kakhulu "i-Easter".