Clayface director responds to the fierce fan backlash over the Batman villain's reframing as an anti-hero in the new DCU movie: 'It doesn't really matter'
- Clayface's director has waded into the debate over the Batman foe's reframing as an anti-hero
- Some DC Comics fans are upset about this recharacterization
- James Watkins says it "doesn't really matter" how the shape-shifter is described
Clayface director James Watkins has responded to the fierce fan backlash surrounding the shape-shifter being labeled as an anti-hero, rather than a villain, in the new DC Universe (DCU) movie.
Prior to the body horror film's release, some DC comic book fans expressed their confusion and/or frustration at the eponymous metahuman being called an anti-hero.
Indeed, the DC Studios section of the Skydance website describes him as a "chilling Gotham anti-hero". Furthermore, in Clayface's production notes, multiple members of its cast and crew, including Watkins himself, defined the titular Batman foe in the same way.
As fans continue to clash over the terminology used, even lead star Tom Rhys Harries was asked...
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