Batman V Superman: 10 Reasons We're Worried For Justice League

8. The Growing Roster Of Supporting Characters

The DCEU to date has had a "complicated" relationship with its roster of supporting characters. Man of Steel for one had a surprisingly firm handle on its brilliant ensemble cast, but Batman v Superman? Not so much.

Considering that Justice League will almost certainly feature Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman as the top-line superheroes while Cyborg, The Flash and Aquaman take supporting roles, Snyder and Terrio are going to have a huge number of bodies to cram into a 2-3 hour movie.

That's without even considering the baggage that these new heroes will bring with them, namely Aquaman's wife Mera (already confirmed to be played by Amber Heard), Cyborg's father Silas Stone (played briefly by the brilliant Joe Morton in Batman v Superman) and surely countless others.

Assuming that most of the supporting players from Batman v Superman (namely the Daily Planet staff, Martha Kent, Alfred and so on) are also in Justice League, this has the potential to be one massively overstuffed mess of a movie. If they're struggling at the current level, the problem will likely only be exacerbated when adding more cooks to the broth. Hell, even Marvel Studios struggled to make this balance work in Avengers: Age of Ultron, so what hope does the DCEU really have?

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