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The "little movie'' called for the supersuit to be updated with an "alien" look.
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"And then he said, 'I was also wondering if you wanted to do a little movie with me.' Inside there were fireworks going off. "I'm thinking, 'He's letting me down easy,' Cavill says. When they finally connected, Snyder was too polite. He was ignoring calls while playing video games before he noticed his potential employer was trying to reach him. "When he came out in the suit, it was like, 'OK, that's our Superman,' " Snyder says.Ĭavill recalls the phone conversation when he found out he had the part.
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Even though Cavill was out of shape after being directed to eat pizza to appear like a regular guy for 2012's The Cold Light of Day, Snyder knew he had his man. Snyder was hooked on Cavill after his December, 2010 audition and became fully convinced after a screen test with the actor wearing Christopher Reeve's Lycra Superman outfit. View Gallery: Superman is one heroic role Stand up."īut with Man of Steel, "I got lucky enough to have a second shot with different people whose vision I fit into," he says. And you'll get kicked (down) a few times.
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"Having had all the ups and downs maybe made me want to work all the harder," Cavill says. 1 opening weekend with $32 million).īut he also has shrugged off high-profile setbacks such as losing out to Daniel Craig for the role of James Bond. Henry has done the same thing."Ĭavill already has had an impressive career, including roles in 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo, Showtime's The Tudors and 2011's Immortals (which had a No. In our movie, Clark Kent gets jostled around by life and then becomes Superman. "But all these life experiences have come together. "I guess you can say Henry was born to play Superman," says Snyder, noting the actor's physical similarities. It also gave Cavill some valuable training for the path-seeking character he portrays. The experience of having come so close just makes snaring the Man of Steel role that much more poignant. It was also enough that Cavill was pursued for 2006's Superman Returns, though he lost out to Brandon Routh when the project switched directors. This "certain resemblance" was strong enough that director Zack Snyder nabbed the British actor to play the iconic comic-book character in Man of Steel, the much-awaited Superman reboot that hits screens June 14. "But at the moment, yeah, I guess there's a certain resemblance." "When my hair was longer months ago, you wouldn't have said as much," says Cavill, 30. Maybe it's his stride, physique, deep blue eyes and coiffed dark hair, the guy really does look like Superman, even while relaxing at a beach eatery. Henry Cavill wears blue jeans, flip-flops and a T-shirt while walking through a flock of diners at Fishbar restaurant, but it might as well be a form-fitting bodysuit and a red cape. Watch Video: Superman had fun with his cape, on and off screen