Roles in high-profile British films, including "I Capture the Castle" (2003), followed, but within a few years, these had given way to low-budget or largely unseen projects, like Reynolds' "Tristan and Isolde" (2006). By chance, a casting director visited Stowe in search of a young actor to play Guy Pearce's son in Kevin Reynolds' version of "The Count of Monte Cristo" (2002), and chose Cavill for his looks and relative acting experience. But a chance encounter with Russell Crowe, who filmed "Proof of Life" (2000) at the school, inspired Cavill to turn his interests toward acting, which he pursued through school productions. He was initially drawn to ancient history, which he hoped to study at university through an armed services scholarship. Michael's Preparatory School on Jersey before crossing the Channel to attend the Stowe School, a private boarding school near the town of Buckingham, England. Born Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill on on Jersey, the largest of England's Channel Islands, he began his education at St. "It might even take me months to process, years to process, but it's just great to be here.British actor Henry Cavill rose to fame in 2013 as the screen incarnation of Superman in "Man of Steel," and reprised the character on several occasions while also providing brawn and gravitas for such hits as "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (2015) and "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" (2018).
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But just being in the 007 conversation - though he lost out to Daniel Craig - gave him the confidence to push on. But I started to think, maybe I'm not the guy? Maybe I should leave and join the forces," he said.Ĭavill's two older brothers were in the military, and it would have beat bartending. "I was getting very close to a lot of jobs, and then not getting them, and I mean, not the big stuff which we hear about. Cavill said he got to the point where he thought his big break might not come. Abrams-written version that was never shot. "It's basically a Spandex outfit and I just thought, 'There's no way I'm getting this role.' I mean, you can act as hard as you want, but you can't act not fat."īattered by frustration and disappointment well into his career, Cavill was once known more for the roles he had almost played - Cedric Diggory in "Harry Potter," James Bond, even Superman in a J.J. "I wasn't physically ready for the suit," Cavill said. During his final "Man of Steel" audition, he was asked to put on a replica of the late Christopher Reeve's Superman suit. Did that really happen?' And so, I called round and no one picked up their phones."īut at first Cavill wasn't sure the role of Superman was in his future. "I didn't do anything for about five minutes, just going, 'I don't quite know what to do with myself. The "Man of Steel's" franchise's potential rests on Cavill's shoulders, an actor who is recognized for his role on Showtime's "The Tudors." Cavill was playing the online computer game "World of Warcraft" when the director called to tell him he got the part. "I think we've all been there at one stage of our life, or presently, and I channeled that ," Cavill said. Urged as a child to conceal his powers, this pre-Superman Clark Kent is a drifter, doing good deeds only on the sly, amiable to all, yet very much alone. That's really the journey that he's on, is to find what is the why of him on this planet." "He wants the acceptance of his adoptive world. "I think it's the thing that's often sort of overlooked about Superman is that he is an alien, he's from another world entirely," Synder said. "Man of Steel" goes back to Superman's origins, contrasting his birth on the planet Krypton and his Earth-y upbringing, thereby setting Clark Kent up for a serious identity crisis. "It had an epic quality to it that seemed to befit the character, the icon." "I grew up watching 'Superman,' Dick Donner, made in 1978," said "Man of Steel" producer Christopher Nolan, known for producing the billion-dollar "Batman" trilogy reinvention.
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Superman at 75: Superhero Through The Years In the 1950s, Superman was a kid-friendly idol as actor George Reeves held the role for six seasons of TV's "The Adventures of Superman." By the late '70s and '80s, actor Christopher Reeve put on the red cape. Superman's image has changed overtime, with filmmakers morphing his look and ideals to match the generation. Since then, he has seen 75 years atop the superhero food chain. Then, he was the car-lifting, bullet-stopping star of the now million-dollar collectible Action Comics #1. Superman creators Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel developed Superman in Depression-era Cleveland.