The humble thing must be an act. I bet he is/ was loving all the attention from Man of Steel.
I think he's doing the best he can, under the circumstances; it doesn't look like an act to me. I mean, what would you say if a camera was pointed at you and an attractive woman in front of you, who was supposed to be asking you about your job, was making sexual comments toward you? Or the man in front of you, in the case of Graham Norton? I actually felt uncomfortable for Henry in that moment, when he was sitting in front of a studio audience with Amy and Russell, probably feeling a little nervous, and Norton said, "Let's all stare at Henry!" Seriously, what would you say? And then Norton says, in so many words, to Russell Crowe, you'd tap that, wouldn't you?
Of course he probably likes the attention, (who wouldn't?) but I would think he really wants to be appreciated for his acting and the effort he made to prepare for the role, mentally and physically. I've noticed that he's much more excited and animated in interviews when people are asking him serious, thought-provoking questions, as opposed to people who carry on about how hot he is. He shuts down a bit in those interviews.
I feel as though I can understand where he's coming from, just a little. In school, I was the really smart 4.0 "honors girl" who was intense, outspoken, and about 15 pounds overweight. I wasn't a guy magnet by any means, and I was incredibly insecure about the way I looked.
In graduate school, I lost weight, got too thin, dyed my hair red, wore some sexy clothes and worked as a cocktail waitress over the summer to make money. I got so much attention for my looks it was crazy. Someone told me I was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen and gave me $100 tip (and he had a date with him). Suddenly, men were asking me out constantly (as opposed to never). I felt on top of the world. I remember feeling so powerful. On the other hand, part of me was angry, thinking, "they don't know who I really am! I graduated summa *** laude and I'm being treated like I'm a piece of a**!" I don't look like that anymore, lol.
Beauty is a double-edged sword, especially if you've been on the other side of it. I know Henry has been there, and even though he's been beautiful for a long time, I'm sure he was treated horribly by pretty girls like that interviewer when he was in school. You
never forget that.
I think that's why people are so drawn to him. He's an incredibly beautiful man who really doesn't think he's beautiful. He knows it, on some level, but he will never truly believe it.
