Sunday, February 20, 2011

Nerves Of Steel

Jeff Jensen of  EW talked with the new Man of Steel--Henry Cavill about landing the role and putting on the signature suit...


Cavill revealed that he had to put on Christopher Reeves‘ original threads for his audition:

All I could think was: Oh, God – they’re going to look at me and go, ‘He’s not Superman. Not a chance’. The actor inside me was going: You’re not ready! You’re not ready!

Zack Snyder, director of the 2012 Superman reboot, says however: “He walked out, and no one laughed Other actors put that suit on, and it’s a joke, even if they’re great actors. If you can put on that suit and pull it off, that's an awesome achievement. Henry put it on, and he exuded this kind of crazy-calm confidence that just made me go ‘Wow. Okay: This was Superman. "...

Cavill recalls a funny story of trying to call his girlfriend and his parents after hearing the news from that he got the part--some two weeks after his audition last October - but no one picked up.

"I was like, 'This is ridiculous! I've just been given the biggest job in history, and nobody's picking up their bloody phones.'"

Judging by this pic from Tarsem Singh's upcoming film Immortals-arriving in theaters November 11th, in 3-D Henry can get into shape.

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