One of the controversies regarding Ben Affleck’s Batman in Batman v Superman was the fact that he killed. In the comics, Batman had a strict no killing rule. It’s one of those tough questions when writing Batman because if Batman were real, he would be forced to kill from time to time. On the other hand, his strict moral code is so ingrained in his character and is a beautiful thing.
During a recent Q&A, Zack Snyder talked about this part of Affleck’s Batman and the way he handled the character, and he was surprised that fans had a problem with it:
“Someone says to me: [Ben Affleck’s] Batman killed a guy. I’m like, ‘fuck, really? Wake the fuck up.'”
He explained further:
“I guess that’s what I’m saying. Once you’ve lost your virginity to this fucking movie and then you come and say to me something about like ‘my superhero wouldn’t do that.’ I’m like ‘Are you serious?’ I’m like down the fucking road on that.”
“It’s a cool point of view to be like ‘my heroes are still innocent. My heroes didn’t fucking lie to America. My heroes didn’t embezzle money from their corporations. My heroes didn’t commit any atrocities.’ That’s cool. But you’re living in a fucking dream world.”
via Comicbookmovie
