Henry Cavill IS Superman: - - - Part 12

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Originally Posted by Norek

Jennifer Lawrence is truly awesome! Just the way she behaves and acts when she's giving an interview or whatever she's doing is a joy for me to watch and listen. She's not the most beautiful woman I've seen (and I mean that in a positive way, no matter how weird this sounds), but she's so damn attractive and charming.

I adore her as well and hope that she continues to keep her head on straight and chooses good roles.

I'm hoping Cavill has the acting chops (I thought he was just fine in the roles I've seen him in) to back up that charming personality. I have pretty high hopes for his performance in MOS after that last trailer. Not impossibly high hopes or anything.

[moviefreak]

"We had about 500 guys initially. We did this massive auditioning madness. It got down to the usual suspects in a pretty quick order. Henry Cavill was actually the first one we physically tested on film. We actually tested him in the Christopher Reeve Superman suit..."

-Zack Snyder

Who were the other 499 guys?

[Andreth]

Who knows, all I know is that I thank all the gods everyday for the fact that Zach didn't choose Joe Manganiello.

I still shudder at the thought.

[Sawyer]

Manganiello was never a good choice for Supes. He's just too animal.

[moviefreak]

Originally Posted by Andreth

Who knows, all I know is that I thank all the gods everyday for the fact that Zach didn't choose Joe Manganiello.

I still shudder at the thought.

Oh yeah I remember Manganiello. I think that he was tied up with his TV schedule, so couldn't make it to the audition. He would have made a fine Superman physically, but he would have gave off wrong vibe. Can you imagine him with Lois in that scene in the third trailer?

[Andreth]

Originally Posted by moviefreak

Oh yeah I remember Manganiello. I think that he was tied up with his TV schedule, so couldn't make it to the audition. He would have made a fine Superman physically, but he would have gave off wrong vibe. Can you imagine him with Lois in that scene in the third trailer?

ugh

Originally Posted by Sawyer

Manganiello was never a good choice for Supes. He's just too animal.

I can barely stand him on true blood and he seems like such an arrogant guy IRL, I started disliking him when he started posting so many tweets about how amazing he was, then I hated his acting on the show, he just growls and shouts ll his lines shirtless and has the charm of a piece of wood. I remember that when he was on the run I used to think OH GOD PLEASE, I HOPE TODAY IS NOT THE DAY THEY MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS CASTING AS SUPERMAN

Luckily it never happened

[moviefreak]

I did a little digging, going through tons of old bookmarks and came up with this gem:

Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? No, It's The Playlist's Picks For The Cast Of Zack Snyder's 'Superman'!

http://theplaylist.blogspot.co.uk/20...playlists.html

They listed possible Superman:
Matthew Bomer
Henry Cavill
Matthew Goode
James Wolk
Anderson Davis/Anyone Off The Street/An Unknown
Because We Know You're Going To Ask: Brandon Routh
Honorable Mentions: Scott Porter

It was posted in 2010. So they were correct in Cavill and Goode aspect. They were however wrong about Lois,Perry and Jimmy casting.

[Andreth]

Hmmm Armie Hammer

[Sawyer]

Nah

[MrMaooz]

Yeah, he wouldnt work.

[Andreth]

Well, who cares anymore, we have Henry

[Nemeres]

Originally Posted by Andreth

Hmmm Armie Hammer

I would also have been happy with him, frankly. Even if it would have felt a little weird, since he's just barely older than me.

[TheFlamingCoco]

I like how Henry's presence as a nice guy is what edged him out. "But in the end, I think Henry just has this innocence too [in addition to the look and physicality required for the role]." Believe it or not, the CASTING of Cavill has Zack Snyder written all over it. Bale had already made a splash with Machinist and American Psycho. All Cavill had as a lead was Immortals. I think Snyder cares less about bank-ability than Nolan. And yes, I feel the A-list casting is more Nolanish, so there.

[Andreth]

lol
this made me laugh

EXCUSE ME.
Supes doesn’t like trolls. -A

[Sawyer]

Originally Posted by Andreth

lol
this made me laugh

EXCUSE ME.
Supes doesn’t like trolls. -A

Then he should be advised to stay away from the Spidey boards.

[Norek]

NO! to Armie Hammer, NO! to Joe Manganiello.

Henry Cavill all the way!

[moviefreak]

Look what I found:

Henry Cavill: The Most Overlooked Man In Hollywood, Still Just Half A Step From Stardom:
http://theplaylist.blogspot.co.uk/20...ed-man-in.html

That was posted in 2009.The Playlist blog seems to be on the money.

Cavill was overlooked for Green Lantern, Batman Begins, was upagainst Craig for the James Bond, and Twilight (lol).

He was attached to McG's Superman before Singer took helm, he went as far as trying out costume made in Stan Wilson effect studio.

[Andreth]

Well, I'd like to think that was the universe's way of aligning the starts so that we could have this now

[MrMaooz]

Originally Posted by moviefreak

Look what I found:

Henry Cavill: The Most Overlooked Man In Hollywood, Still Just Half A Step From Stardom:
http://theplaylist.blogspot.co.uk/20...ed-man-in.html

That was posted in 2009.The Playlist blog seems to be on the money.

Cavill was overlooked for Green Lantern, Batman Begins, was upagainst Craig for the James Bond, and Twilight (lol).

He was attached to McG's Superman before Singer took helm, he went as far as trying out costume made in Stan Wilson effect studio.

Green Lantern?

[moviefreak]

Originally Posted by MrMaooz

Green Lantern?

I don't know if Cavill auditioned for it, but he was considered.

Other actors who were reportedly in the early mix included Michael Fassbender, Jared Leto and the seriously luckless Henry Cavill.

I had to lol at Jared Leto.

[Tra-El]

All I have to say, is the title of this thread is my perfect viewing of this whole conversation:

HENRY CAVILL IS SUPERMAN! And I couldn't be more happier as a Supes fan!

[JaD]

Originally Posted by Andreth

It looks more like Arnold Schwarzenegger coming out of the fortress with calf muscles like that

Tell the CGI guys to tone it down, ey?

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Losing one role can lead to a better one. I bet every well known actor who lost out on the Green Lantern role are happy as hell in hindsight. It just wasn't Cavill's time.

[MrMaooz]

Originally Posted by I SEE SPIDEY

Losing one role can lead to a better one. I bet every well known actor who lost out on the Green Lantern role are happy as hell in hindsight. It just wasn't Cavill's time.

Yeah, Im also glad the Pine and Cooper missed out.

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Originally Posted by MrMaooz

Yeah, Im also glad the Pine and Cooper missed out.

I was specifically thinking about Cooper because I didn't know whether or not Pine was really up for it.

I actually like Reynolds but I don't think he is ever going to "happen" like Cooper has. I'm rooting on him though.