HENRY CAVILL TALKS SUPERMAN

For over seventy years, the comic book hero Superman, has been a part of pop culture. Whether it was on television or the big screen, each generation had a different and beloved actor playing the role of Superman, from the 1950′s television series starring George Reeves, to the 1970′s to 1980′s Superman films played by the late Christopher Reeves, to this decade’s Brandon Routh. Now, Henry Cavill, who is the new Superman, is currently filming Man of Steel, the reboot of the Superman film franchise.

Cavill has a wealth of materials from which to research the character of Superman. However, he told us that his research comes from the original source of Superman where it all started, the comic books. Cavill also told us that every day he is filming, he is learning something new about the iconic character, and when it’s all said and done, in twenty years he hopes his portrayal of the Man of Steel will be remembered like those who played Superman in the past. (Click on the audio player to hear Henry Cavill)

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Man of Steel opens in theatres June, 2013. In the meantime, you can see Cavill in the action film Immortals which opens November 11th.

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By: foxallaccess - Posted October 29th, 2011 6:31pm

5 Comments

One quibble with the introduction. The first sentence says Superman has been a part of pop culture for over 50 years. It’s over 70 years actually. He has been around for 73 years and he was a part of pop culture from the start being such a huge hit in the comics and quickly making it to the screen in animation in the 40′s.

By: Mike - Posted October 29th, 2011 9:15pm

Great article thank you

(ps: It’s Christopher Reeve, without the S )

By: Kc - Posted October 29th, 2011 11:16pm