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It has been several months since Henry Cavill was removed from James Gunn’s DCU and David Corenswet was announced as the new Superman. Portraying such an iconic role of Superman in Zack Snyder’sMan of Steeland later on in the DCEU, the actor will be forever remembered as Superman.
Although Zack Snyder loved Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel, it was the actor himself who didn’t like his Superman auditions. Stating that he“looks like sh*t”in that costume, none was more ashamed of their red underpants than Cavill in his audition.
Henry Cavill Was Almost Cast As Superman Before Zack Snyder
Before Zack Snyder took up the onus of the DCEU, Henry Cavill had already auditioned for the role of Superman when a project was planned.Charlie’sAngelsdirector McG was attached to a Superman project and Cavill was pretty much finalized for the role of Clark Kent.
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Later on, Bryan Singer came in and made his version of the Superman film titledSuperman Returnsstarring Brandon Routh and not Henry Cavill. In an interview withComic Book Movie, the actor talked about how close he was to becoming Superman.
“I don’t know how close I came. I understand it was very, very close and sadly the movie was canceled because McG didn’t want to fly. He certainly had a big fear of flying at the time; I think he’s since overcome it.”
The actor further continued,
“He wanted to shoot in New York, they wanted to shoot in Australia for obvious reasons. He said, ‘I can’t do it,’ and they moved on. These things happen. It’s the nature of the business.”
Although he was very close to the role of Superman,Henry Cavillrevealed that there may have been a reason why he was rejected from the iconic role. Blaming his physique for getting rejected at the auditions, Cavill talked about his movie with Bruce Willis that made him lose his body.
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Talking toEntertainment Weekly,the actor stated that he had starred alongside Bruce Willis inThe Cold Light of Day.For that role, the actor had to shed his muscles and abs down to a very reduced size. With his audition in a few days, Henry Cavill felt that he wasn’t meant to be Superman.
“All I could think was: ‘Oh, god. They’re going to look at me and go ‘He’s not Superman. Not a chance.’ The actor inside me was going: ‘You’re not ready! You’re not ready,’”
The actor had a famous moment onThe Graham Norton Showwhen Cavill exclaimed“It looks like s***,”when he was shown a photo of himself wearing the Superman costume. Later on, Cavill was chosen by Zack Snyder who portrayed the role beautifully.
Source:Comic Book Movie,Entertainment Weekly
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
