One-Shot Wednesday
On Wednesdays, guess the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot.
Man of Steel
In this scene from Man of Steel (2013), Superman (Henry Cavill) battles his enemy, General Zod (Michael Shannon), to the death. The lengthy fight scene, part of which you can watch below, ends inside Chicago's Union Station. At right, a family is trapped in the fire beams emanating from Zod's deadly eyes.
During an interview with Chicago's WGN, actor Michael Shannon—who plays General Zod and went to high school in Chicago's north suburbs—recalls filming this scene in Union Station:
”I’ve been to Union Station a lot, mostly when I'm taking the train somewhere. [For Man of Steel] we were in the same room where they shot that amazing sequence in The Untouchables. I would look over at the staircase and see the baby carriage coming down the stairs."
I'm not sure which is more terrifying: seeing "the ghost" of The Untouchables' baby carriage or Zod's fiery eyes take down a marble wall inside Chicago's historic Union Station.
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