Antje Traue To Battle ‘Superman’ As Faora
Zack Snyder’sSuperman: The Man of Steelmay have its secondary villain, or villainess, as it were.Deadlinereports that German actressAntje Traue, who was inPandorum(as pictured above) is the frontrunner to play an as-yet unnamed character who will gang up on Superman (Henry Cavill) withMichael Shannon’s General Zod. More info on her potential role is after the break.
We still don’t know specifically what role Antje Traue would play, but the obvious supposition is that she’s in line to play Ursa,played by Sarah Douglas inSupermanandSuperman II. Antje Traue sure looks the part. But is the role really Ursa?
Latino Reviewdid report not long ago that there is a female villain in the film, a character by the name of Faora Hu-Ul. She appeared in the ’60s and is a big-time Kryptonian criminal and was probably a big part of the inspiration for Ursa in the Richard Donner films. That was the same report where Krypton was described as being a massively urban, Coruscant-type world, which is hopefully really where Zack Snyder is going withThe Man of Steel.UPDATE:Just after publishing this, I saw thatVarietyhas confirmed that Antje Traue is Faora, as discussed above. While it doesn’t have specifics, the trade suggests she’ll play a character based on a later revision of Faora, “the version of Faora that debuted in Action Comics #779 as a Pokolistanian aide of General Zod. That character was an orphan metahuman with the ability to disrupt molecular bonds, which allowed her to create a mutagenic virus that served as the linchpin of Zod’s plan.”
Here are a couple other images of Antje Traue, followed by a summary of Faora’s history, and an Action Comics cover with her kicking Superman in the face.
