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March 8, 2016: Cavill Talks About the Growth of Superman in "Batman v Superman"

Entertainment Weekly has published a new interview with Henry Cavill, in which he talks about getting back in to the role of Superman, the complaints by some fans on the destruction in "Man of Steel", and what Superman's weaknesses are. Here are a few excerpts from the interview...

This film has been in the works for three years, so what are your earliest memories of getting back into the cape and picking up the story after Man of Steel?

Henry Cavill: My first memory of getting back into it was delving back into the comics and finding bits of personality. Obviously, I had to wait for the script to come back so I knew what I was allowed to implement, and then it was just about trying to get as much of Superman's character into the script as possible - as far as how I saw it - and of course everyone has their different viewpoints on the character. My lasting memory, was going back to the comic books and really exploring the psychology of the man with the hope that I could apply it to the script.

There were complaints from some fans that it was out-of-character for Superman to allow the Man of Steel fight to cause such destruction and loss of life. In Batman v Superman, that anger is part of the story - it's why Bruce Wayne hates Superman. Did it surprise you that they incorporated that?

I think that may have been part of the master plan all along. When it comes to the major story stuff I can't really speak on that, because that was above my paygrade. What I can speak of is the idea of Superman, especially when the finger is pointed at collateral damage in the first movie. I mean, we're talking about a greenhorn.

Do you think he'd do it differently now?

Let's say now, [if] Superman has the same threat again, that's a different story. He would, of course, bring collateral damage to an absolute minimum, but in that, he's just trying to survive because if he doesn't, the planet's gone. That's the excuse I make for Superman. He's fresh and he's new, and it's very easy to point out the faults in someone after they've done it, but put yourself in their shoes and see what happens.

Read the complete interview at EW.com

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