Henry Cavill has stated that he’s still open to the idea of playing Superman following all the shake-ups at DC Studios.
In an interview with Inverse, Cavill was asked if he’d ever be interested in playing Superman again, and the interviewer suggested the Kingdom Come storyline as a possibility. Cavill noted he would never say never to the idea, and that there are a lot of “fantastic storylines” to adapt for Superman.
“Look, there’s lots of fantastic storylines. There’s always a lot of opportunity. As the pigeon sang to Fievel in An American Tail, ‘never say never.’ And I buy into that. I’ve had such a wonderful time playing Superman in the past. I would never say never now.”
Of course, the timing of these comments could not come at a more interesting moment. If this happened a week ago, no one would’ve thought much of it. However, earlier this week, DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran were ousted from the company. They remain on board until December 1, when a new head, Jeremy Latcham, will take over. Latcham is expected to make changes to DC’s direction, possibly resulting in a reboot, though that has yet to be firmly decided. His ultimate vision, however, is to focus on DC’s mainstream characters in an effort to quickly assemble the Justice League on the big screen.
Presumably, they’ll wait until James Gunn’s Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow, hits theaters in July to make a decision on whether they’ll reboot or recast this DC universe. Cavill has famously been through a lot as Superman. His debut film, Man of Steel, was controversial thanks to the absurd casualties in his fight with General Zod. Batman v Superman also caused some friction with fans for a variety of reasons, one of which was that Superman was extremely brooding and miserable.
After the catastrophic disaster that was Justice League, Cavill’s role as Superman remained in question. There were rumors he would be replaced, while others indicated the powers that be simply weren’t sure what to do with him. Eventually, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson went above all of the WB execs and brought the actor back for a cameo in 2022’s Black Adam, five years after Cavill’s last appearance in the role. He was promised new Superman adventures… but then, James Gunn took over DC just weeks later, and Cavill was essentially let go from the role.
The fact that Cavill is open to taking another crack at things after all of that is certainly interesting. Whether that opportunity ever comes remains to be seen, but it seems hard to imagine the new leadership reviving the Snyderverse.
