2003 Movie News Archives

Superman

October 16, 2003: Cavill Close to Signing?

Superman-V.com have posted another rumor regarding the up-coming Superman movie. Their report claims that Henry Cavill is the preferred choice if (and that's a big "if") the McG/JJ Abrams project gets the green light.

Who is Henry Cavill? Exactly! And that's as it should be in my opinion. While speculation has raged on about whether Brendan Fraser would get the part, Cavill and Matthew Bomer (another relative unknown) have had the hopes of fans in their corner... including your's truly.

Why? Well in my opinion, the casting of Superman needs to have the three A's. Acting, Appearance, and Anonymity. In that order.

Acting - The guy has got to be able to act. There's no point having someone look the part if you can't believe his performance. Christopher Reeve was (is) a superb actor.

Appearance - The actor has to look the part. People expect Superman to look a certain way... Period.

Anonymity - When Superman first appears on the screen during the movie, we don't won't people to say, "Hey, that's Brendan Fraser as Superman. You know the guy from The Mummy". We want them to say, "Wow! That's Superman!". Keep them inside the world of the movie... a big name celebrity will only cause to extract people from the world of the movie back into their seat inside the cinema.

Henry Cavill, from what I know of him, has two of the three A's. He has the look and he's pretty much unknown to most people. I haven't seen him in anything, so I can't vouch for his acting ability... I guess time will tell... if indeed he ends up being the one.



2003 Movie News

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