When normal people watch a series on Netflix, like the League of Legends series Arcane , it usually sounds pretty lame: chips, couch, crumbs. But with actor Henry Cavill (The Witcher, Superman), it somehow sounds like a fantastic experience, says MeinMMO author Schuhmann.
This is how Henry Cavill was 10 years ago: Henry Cavill is on a roll. Back then, it was hard for people like me to even remember his face. Moreover, he proved to have a pretty bad choice of roles.
Cavill is a 1.85 m tall British actor. For years, he seemed colorless, with his rugged chin and perfect posture. As if someone had ordered a “male lead for action movies” from a catalog. He resembled other actors like Matt Bomer (White Collar) or the, in my opinion, much cooler Timothy Olyphant (Justified), making it hard for Cavill at the beginning of his acting career to stand out from the crowd.
He had a first breakthrough in 2007 with a role in the series: “The Tudors”. However, Cavill then repeatedly faced bad luck, losing roles in major productions to Robert “Sparkles in the Dark” Pattinson in his twenties: both in Twilight and in Harry Potter, Pattinson outshone him.
Ultimately, Cavill was cast as an “action hero” when he was about 30, but he remained somewhat colorless and unlucky:
- In 2012, he got the leading role in the thriller “The Cold Light of Day” – the film has a 4% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and even though Bruce Willis is in it and I have seen it multiple times, I can’t remember Cavill.
- Cavill played the mythical hero Theseus in “Immortals” (2012), which was like an assembly line – the real heroes in the film were the monsters and their special effects.
- Not even in Superman: Man of Steel (2013) did Cavill stand out much, with his flawless chin. Even though it was certainly an important career step for him.
Since the nerds love Cavill, his career is also on the rise
This is how it’s been for him since then: But that changed gradually over the past few years, especially in the last 5 years he has been on a roll.
For Cavill has proven in interviews to be someone who is unashamedly into science fiction and fantasy, who loves painting miniatures in his free time, tinkering on his PC, and can discuss the great fantasy epics for hours. Fantasy and science fiction fans worldwide immediately embraced him.
Somehow it has become cool to like Cavill.
His career has been on the rise. He played Superman more frequently (and better), landed the lead role in the Netflix series „The Witcher“ (2019 – 81 % Rotten Tomatoes), and got to beat up Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible (2018 – 97 % Rotten Tomatoes).
As a seemingly flawless figure with something dark, Cavill works significantly better than as a shining hero. Just like that role, Anthony Starr is rising to the top tier as Homelander (The Boys).
BBC Reporter recommends Arcane on Netflix – Cavill falls in love immediately
This is what he says about Arcane now: In an interview with the BBC regarding his new film “Enola Holmes 2”, Cavill was asked by interviewer Ali Plumb if he had seen Arcane yet. Because Plumb had recommended the series to him, thinking he would surely like it.
Plumb asks: “Did you enjoy Arcane as much as I told you you would.”
Cavill immediately raves (via youtube):
Yes, I really enjoyed it. I’m so glad you recommended it to me. When you told me about Arcane, I got home and told Natalie: A guy from work told me that I have to watch Arcane. And she said: Oh, I’ve heard a lot of good things about it. So we started with Arcane and couldn’t stop. It got really late, and Natalia said: We should go to bed now. And I said: No, no, no, we should definitely keep watching. And she said: Alright, you’re right. It was fantastic.”
Cavill with his girlfriend Natalie Viscuso:
Normally, one would assume that a Hollywood star like Cavill spends time in the gym or at events, networking, or preparing for new roles.
But apparently, he has the luck to just sit in front of the television for 6 hours, and he has a woman by his side who shares his hobby and watches with him.
Sounds like a really good life.
And all that is surely just because he plays WoW:
World of Warcraft: Superman just needed to finish the instance
