Inside Cavill talks about winning the lead role for the new movie about the Man of Steel and what his audition was like...
- Among the topics of discussion: Cavill's audition, which
included shooting a screen test wearing a replica of Christopher
Reeve's once impressive, now dated Superman suit. "If you can put on
that suit and pull it off," says Snyder, 'that's an awesome
achievement." Cavill was feeling less than super in the moment, at
least about his ability to fill out the costume: He had just finished
shooting a film with Bruce Willis called The Cold Light Of Day,
and the part required to him to shed the impressive abs of steel and
muscle tone he had put on for the movie he made right before that, the
forthcoming mythic fantasy Immortals. As an assistant helped to him put on the Super-suit, Cavill recalls: "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!" Snyder saw something - or rather someone - different. "He walked out, and no one laughed," says the director. "Other actors put that suit on, and it's a joke, even if they're great actors. Henry put it on, and he exuded this kind of crazy-calm confidence that just made me go 'Wow.' Okay: This was Superman.'"
Source: Superman Homepage
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