Overview
- Gunn revealed a filmed scene showed Lex Luthor shooting a civilian, with blood spilling onto a platform and the president compelled to soak it up.
- The director said the sequence was cut early in post-production and never shown to test audiences.
- He praised Drew Goddard for advising that the dark ending didn’t fit the film’s overall narrative.
- In the released version, the execution remains in a distant wide shot to downplay its graphic nature.
- Gunn said the removal illustrates the challenge of aligning darker story elements with the values-driven vision of the new DC Universe.