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There is perhaps no more quintessential American icon real or imagined than the Man of Steel, aka Clark Kent, aka Superman. But in director Zack Snyder wildly anticipated remake, Superman will be played by, gulp, a Brit. Henry Cavill of The Tudors fame (if we can call it that) beat out a handful of equally lesser known hunks both locals and foreigners, including Matthew Goode, Matthew Bomer, Armie Hammer, and Joe Manganiello for one of the most coveted roles in recent memory. American fans are somewhat [url=http://www.officialbasketballstore.com/zach-randolph-jersey]Zach Randolph Red Jersey miffed that an Englishman will be donning the sacred cape and shield, but consider this: Christopher Nolan is producing the film and surely had a hand in casting Cavill. The last time we doubted Nolan eye for casting, Heath Ledger won an Oscar as the Joker.

Before he was cast as Superman in Zack Snyder franchise reboot, Superman: Man of Steel, Henry Cavill was also rumored to be in line for the roles of James Bond and Bruce Wayne. The parts eventually went to Daniel Craig and Christian Bale, respectively, but the message was clear: If Hollywood was in need of a suave, square jawed alpha male, Henry Cavill was always at Zach Randolph Pink Jersey or near the top of the list. Instead, the blue eyed Brit bode his time as the 1st Duke of Suffolk in Showtime The Tudors until Snyder came calling. Clearly, the strapping thespian impressed with his ability to sport a pair of tights, and the ladies will surely swoon when he flaunts his goods in the most iconic pair of tights of all in 2012.

In 2005, Empire Magazine dubbed Henry Cavill unluckiest man in Hollywood. Why did the seminal film mag bestow such a heavy burden on the young Brit? Maybe because in the span of two years, Cavill was considered for the roles of Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan Batman Begins, Cedric in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, James Bond in Casino Royale, and Superman in the abandoned Superman: Flyby, the latter two of which he even went so far as to screen test for. Cavill was passed over for all four roles and instead tried to claw his way to the A list by starring in films like Hellraiser: Hellworld, Tristan + Isolde and the television series The Tudors. But as luck would have it, Hollywood was planning another Superman reboot after the last one didn go so well, and wouldn you know, Cavill got the part, making him a household name literally overnight.

Henry Cavill Biography

Henry Cavill wasn quite born on the distant planet Krypton, but he was born on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands, a ways away from England mainland. One of four brothers, Cavill left home to attend a boarding school in Buckinghamshire where he was sort of a Superman figure a mysterious soul from a far off place who had come to a new land to find his true calling. OK, we reaching a bit, but it was in prep school that Cavill began acting in school plays and learned to love the stage.

Henry Cavill Stars in The Tudors

Before appearing in films like Hellraiser: Hellworld, Tristan + Isolde and the experimental Red Riding Hood, Cavill honed his craft by starring in dramatic European plays, which eventually led to his first major film role in the 2002 remake of The Count of Monte Cristo. It makes perfect sense, then, that five years later, Cavill would revisit the swashbuckling period drama as Charles Brandon Marc Gasol Navy Jersey in Showtime Golden Globe nominated series The Tudors. After having just missed out on a series of career changing roles, including Bruce Wayne and James Bond, Cavill finally had what some saw including Vanity Fair, who featured him in their Next Gen Men article as his big break. Instead, Cavill lost out to Robert Pattinson for the second time in his career (the first being when Pattinson took the role of Cedric in Harry Potter). Pattinson went on to global superstardom, while Cavill, well, didn Instead, he continued to go quietly about his business, taking roles in Joel Schumacher Town Creek and Woody Allen Whatever Works. Then, out of the blue, Warner Bros. announced that they had hired Christopher Nolan and David Goyer the team behind the ultra successful Batman reboot to remake Superman (which had failed to impress with Bryan Singer 2008 flop Superman Returns). Suddenly, Hollywood was buzzing about who might play the Man of Steel, with Henry Cavill at the top of everyone list. Already cast as Superman once before, in McG short lived Superman: Flyby, Cavill was the ideal candidate to don the iconic red cape and blue tights, despite his British roots. Well, wouldn you know it; shortly after Zack Snyder was announced as the film director, Cavill was indeed cast as Superman.

In the meantime, Cavill is appearing in Tarsem Singh Immortals opposite Freida Pinto and Mickey Rourke. This high profile movie is good training for Cavill, who most likely realizes that once Man of Steel is released, his life will never be the same. At least that what Brandon Routh thought.