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August 12, 2015: Henry Cavill Talks About Big Plans for DC Movies

At a recent New York screening for his new movie "The Man from UNCLE", Henry Cavill and his co-star Armie Hammer were interviewed by Uproxx.com about the film, but Henry also spoke about "Man of Steel", "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", and the bigger plans for the entire slate of DC Comics movies. Here are a few excerpts from the interview...

In regards to "Man of Steel" and the criticism that the movie was humorless, Henry had this to say:

To be fair, there's some humor in Man of Steel.

Cavill: It's very different. It's a different kind of thing. Man of Steel is a very stoic in its character. Napoleon Solo, who is also a good guy, is very much out for himself. And that's not what Supes does.

I like that you call him "Supes."

Cavill: Yeah, well, we're close.

Looking forward to "Batman v Superman"...

Aren't you a big Warcraft fan?

Cavill: I used to play a lot. I haven't played in a long time. I heard it just got good again.

What's more exciting: a Warcraft movie or your Batman v Superman movie?

Cavill: My Superman movie. [Laughs] Duh!

Hammer: [Laughs] He's not getting paid for Warcraft!

Cavill: [Laughs] Yeah, Warcraft isn't making me any money! But, yes, BvS, I'm really looking forward to. But with World of Warcraft, I'm excited to see what it's like because that's a hard thing to translate, and there are a lot of people who feel strongly about the lore in that, so we will see.

From the Batman v Superman trailer that came out at Comic-Con, it did seem like the plot was tied into the destruction Superman causes in Man of Steel.

There's a big plan in place at WB for the whole DC franchise. So, all of this stuff ties in. They're not thinking from movie to movie, they're thinking from a big tent pole type thing and each story has its own story, which is attached to the major issue. Yeah, there's a big plan.

Well, based on that GIF that went around directly comparing the footage from the BvS trailer and Man of Steel, it just feels even more like a response. Did you see that GIF?

Cavill: [Laughs] I've seen a lot of GIFs.

But this one is neat. It shows Ben Affleck in the street watching the building get torn apart, side by side with Michael Shannon in Man of Steel causing the damage and they match perfectly.

Cavill: Oh, cool.

Hammer: Oh, that is cool. That is very cool. That's a little Easter egg.

So, it's a direct reference to what happened in Man of Steel.

Cavill: You'll see a lot of that.

Hammer: I was wondering about that in the trailer! I was like, that is a big building that just got chopped in half. And that's from Man of Steel?

Cavill: That's when Zod loses his mind and can't control his heat vision and blasts everything out.

You can read the entire interview at Uproxx.com