{"id":13768,"date":"2020-06-24T11:17:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=13768"},"modified":"2020-06-24T13:39:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T20:39:26","slug":"playing-superman-changed-henry-cavill-for-the-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/playing-superman-changed-henry-cavill-for-the-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Superman Changed Henry Cavill As Playing Captain America Changed Chris Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There’s been plenty of buzz in the past month about the DCEU and, more specifically, Henry Cavill’s uncharted future in it. It seemed for a while that in the upheaval and new direction with the franchise post-Justice League<\/em> that Cavill was out as contract negotiations broke down and it was even rumored that Michael B. Jordan might replace him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But with the announcement that the mythical Snyder Cut of Justice League<\/em> is coming to HBO Max<\/a> next year (after $20-30 million in reshoots, ADR and VFX work), we knew we’d be seeing him as the Big Blue Boy Scout at least once more. A report from May that Cavill and Warner Bros. had restarted talks for him to appear in the DCEU again<\/a> rekindled our hopes that that might not be all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cavill, who has been vocal about having future plans for the character<\/a>, has added recent fuel to that fire in a recent one-on-one interview with Patrick Stewart for Variety<\/a>‘s Actors on Actors series. Not only does he want to keep playing Superman, he said, but he also explained how playing the character has changed him:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I\u2019ve always been a fan of Superman. With a character like that, you carry the mantle with you off set. And it becomes part of your public representation. When you meet children, children don\u2019t necessarily see me as Henry Cavill, but they might see Superman, and there\u2019s a responsibility which comes with that. Because it\u2019s such a wonderful character, it\u2019s actually a responsibility I\u2019m happy to have, and I hope that I get to play more of Superman in years to come.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Cavill then went on to say that playing Superman has “taught [him] a lot about [him]self,” simply because the responsibility of playing the character has forced him to look inside at the man he himself is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He\u2019s so good, he\u2019s so kind, and when you start to compare yourself to him, because you\u2019re playing him, you start to really look inwards. You say, ‘Am I a good person? Can I be a good enough person to play Superman?’ And if you ever hear a whisper in there which is like, ‘Hmm, hold on a second. Maybe not,’ then you adjust it, and you make sure you are a better person. I think that\u2019s all we can do in life.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The comments are remarkably similar to what we’ve heard from Marvel actor Chris Evans over the years, who has often said playing Captain America has changed him, and made him a better man. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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