Cast Of "Man of Steel" Talk Superman On ABC's Nightline
Fri, June 7, 2013
Henry Cavill
On putting on the Superman suit:
"That felt incredible, there is nothing quite like it. It's not just a suit. It's like when someone cooks you a wonderful meal and you can taste that there's love put in the food. It's the same thing with the suit."
On relating to Clark Kent:
"I think we've all been there at one stage of our life, or presently, and I channeled that [loneliness]."
On receiving the phone call that he was cast:
"I thought, 'Oh my goodness. I'm Superman. I didn't do anything for about five minutes, just going, 'I don't quite know what to do with myself. Did that really happen?' And so, I called round and no one picked up their phones."
On the audition:
"I wasn't physically ready for the suit. It's basically a Spandex outfit and I just thought, 'There's no way I'm getting this role.' I mean, you can act as hard as you want, but you can't act not fat."
On giving up acting:
"I was getting very close to a lot of jobs, and then not getting them, and I mean, not the big stuff which we hear about. But I started to think, maybe I'm not the guy? Maybe I should leave and join the forces."
"It's incredibly surreal. It might even take me months to process, years to process, but it's just great to be here."
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