Darkness and Redemption
Henry Cavill still feels like he has some unfinished business with the character of Superman. And honestly, who could blame him? This certainly isn’t the first time that Cavill has made his feelings known about wanting to jump at the chance to play Superman once more. This time, the actor is reminiscing about the overall arc the superhero underwent in the three main Snyder-directed DC films and how “keen” he still remains to see it through to completion … as unlikely as that may be.
In a profile with GQ Spain (via Comic Book), Cavill took a moment to chart the unique approach to Superman from “Man of Steel,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” and beyond:
“I was very keen on really fleshing out Superman’s early stages of his journey first. We had ‘Man of Steel,’ and then we went quite a bit darker with ‘Batman v Superman.’ And if he were to succumb to the Anti-Life Equation and become bad Superman [in ‘Justice League’ sequels], I really wanted to make sure that we saw the hero Superman and we saw the true symbol of hope, the beacon of light, before we went down the path of darkness and then redemption.”
Cavill, of course, is referring to the glimpses of the post-apocalyptic future we repeatedly see throughout both “Batman v Superman” and “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” in which the death of Lois Lane (Amy Adams) sets Superman off on the darkest imaginable path. While these elements caused plenty of backlash among Superman purists and even general audiences who didn’t expect such an unconventional approach, it makes a certain amount of sense to counterbalance all that grit and edge with an ultimately more hopeful and traditional Superman in the end.
For better or worse, we’ll likely never see Snyder’s grand plans come to fruition, but Superman himself doesn’t seem to be giving up just yet. As he adds, “It’s still something that I’m very keen to flesh out.”
Henry Cavill Is Still Keen For His Superman Return In The DC Universe
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By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 23, 2021 12:44 pm EST
Darkness and Redemption
Henry Cavill still feels like he has some unfinished business with the character of Superman. And honestly, who could blame him? This certainly isn’t the first time that Cavill has made his feelings known about wanting to jump at the chance to play Superman once more. This time, the actor is reminiscing about the overall arc the superhero underwent in the three main Snyder-directed DC films and how “keen” he still remains to see it through to completion … as unlikely as that may be.
In a profile with GQ Spain (via Comic Book), Cavill took a moment to chart the unique approach to Superman from “Man of Steel,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” and beyond:
“I was very keen on really fleshing out Superman’s early stages of his journey first. We had ‘Man of Steel,’ and then we went quite a bit darker with ‘Batman v Superman.’ And if he were to succumb to the Anti-Life Equation and become bad Superman [in ‘Justice League’ sequels], I really wanted to make sure that we saw the hero Superman and we saw the true symbol of hope, the beacon of light, before we went down the path of darkness and then redemption.”
Cavill, of course, is referring to the glimpses of the post-apocalyptic future we repeatedly see throughout both “Batman v Superman” and “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” in which the death of Lois Lane (Amy Adams) sets Superman off on the darkest imaginable path. While these elements caused plenty of backlash among Superman purists and even general audiences who didn’t expect such an unconventional approach, it makes a certain amount of sense to counterbalance all that grit and edge with an ultimately more hopeful and traditional Superman in the end.
For better or worse, we’ll likely never see Snyder’s grand plans come to fruition, but Superman himself doesn’t seem to be giving up just yet. As he adds, “It’s still something that I’m very keen to flesh out.”
In a profile with GQ Spain (via Comic Book), Cavill took a moment to chart the unique approach to Superman from “Man of Steel,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” and beyond:
Cavill, of course, is referring to the glimpses of the post-apocalyptic future we repeatedly see throughout both “Batman v Superman” and “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” in which the death of Lois Lane (Amy Adams) sets Superman off on the darkest imaginable path. While these elements caused plenty of backlash among Superman purists and even general audiences who didn’t expect such an unconventional approach, it makes a certain amount of sense to counterbalance all that grit and edge with an ultimately more hopeful and traditional Superman in the end.
“I was very keen on really fleshing out Superman’s early stages of his journey first. We had ‘Man of Steel,’ and then we went quite a bit darker with ‘Batman v Superman.’ And if he were to succumb to the Anti-Life Equation and become bad Superman [in ‘Justice League’ sequels], I really wanted to make sure that we saw the hero Superman and we saw the true symbol of hope, the beacon of light, before we went down the path of darkness and then redemption.”
For better or worse, we’ll likely never see Snyder’s grand plans come to fruition, but Superman himself doesn’t seem to be giving up just yet. As he adds, “It’s still something that I’m very keen to flesh out.”
