Who Did Henry Cavill Beat Out for Superman Gig?
Mon, January 31, 2011 
I can no longer call Henry Cavill the "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride" of franchises after his surprising (for multiple reasons) casting as the new Superman. But I'll tip my hat to his devoted fans that got their wish and fully admit that I blew it on this one.
Interesting to note how (similar to Cavill's Kryptonian predecessor Brandon Routh) we were spared months worth of official short-lists and so forth. Just boom, here's the guy – end of story, let's get going. But that doesn't mean we can't find out after the fact.
Heat Vision has the details. In typical Christopher Nolan fashion, things were so secretive on casting only a handful of top WB executives knew what was going down. As for who we can add to the "Coulda beens" list of Kal-Els, Matthew Goode, who’d been rumored a few months back, was in fact the Runner-Up. He even went as far to jump out of the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter race to focus his attention to sporting the red-and-blue trunks.
Other contenders ranged from the expected Armie Hammer and Joe Manganiello to Colin O'Donaghue (co-starring in this weekend's box-office champ The Rite) to another epic "WOOOOW" surprise in Matthew Bomer – not a knock against him, mind you.
How long till we find out who the new Lois Lane is?
Reader Comments (3)
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There's already a rumor that Malin Ackerman is up for Lois Lane lol. Wow that was fast. :)
I'm kind of indifferent about the Superman pick.
I just hope they get away from the Reeve legacy and focus more on the Superman legacy.