8 Movie Fan Theories That Were Confirmed By The Creators

One of Man Of Steel's opening scenes finds Clark Kent working on a fishing boat, trying to live a normal, human life. After the boat receives a distress call from a nearby oil rig, he leaps into action, using his superpowers to save the workers trapped inside.

Clark ends up floating in the water after the rig explodes, and somehow, he winds up near the mainland, where he steals some clothes and quickly flees the scene.

So... did Clark miraculously float to the mainland himself, or was he given an assist? That's a question that's bugged fans for years. Many suspected that Aquaman was involved somehow - given his proficiency with any water-based exploit - and this quickly became the prevailing fan theory. And a few years later, this fan theory was confirmed.

In an interview with DC All Access, Aquaman star Jason Momoa revealed that his character did save Superman, something director Zack Snyder had planned from the beginning:

“In Man of Steel, when Henry [Cavill] is saving the oil rig and he’s holding that up, and all of a sudden he kind of floats up on the ocean, he’s [Zack] like ‘I had Aquaman save him so that they did cross paths at one point.’"

Snyder sure does love his easter eggs, and this might be one of his best.