Zack Snyderexplained howBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicewas almost R-rated due to an unexpected reason.

“This version of the sequel was longer and it includes expanded storylines for some of its minor characters.

But we kept taking all those things out, and it was still getting an R-rating.

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And we were like, Can you really comment on that?

They were just like, We think its rude that theyre fighting.

And I was like, Im sorry, its in the title… Yeah, this is an NC-17.

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This is an X. Yeah, Is there any way you could cut them fighting?

How about they just team up and like each other?

I go, Well, they kind of fight the bad guy together at the end.

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Didnt you see that?

And therell like, Ah, well, theres a lot of fighting before that.

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