2013 Movie News Archives

June 13, 2013: Cavill's Struggle with Obesity and Bullying

Man of Steel Daily Mail has a profile on Henry Cavill that reveals, among other things, that the star of "Man of Steel" struggled once with both his weight, and being picked on:

    As a teenager Cavill was overweight and unhappy. Aged 13, he arrived midway through the first term at Stowe, one of Britain's most prestigious public schools, where fees are more than £9,000 a term.

    ëI got there late and the other kids had all formed their groups and cliques,' he recalls as we sit to the side of a gigantic green screen during a break in filming a scene where Superman flies.

    Six foot tall and nearly 16st, with an impressively chiselled jawline, Cavill looks every inch the superhero.

    ëI had been head boy at my prep school. I had ambition. I wanted to be head boy at my boarding school. I think, immediately, that put some noses out of joint.

    'There were a lot of popular kids with older brothers who were lined up to be the head of house. It's human nature to want to get rid of the competition.

    ëI was a fat kid so I was an easy target. "Fat Cavill" was the nickname, which was a totally fair nickname, because I was fat.'

For the rest of the profile, click here.



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