Henry Cavill On MAN OF STEEL's "Grounded" Approach To Superman

Lookin' good! Amy IS Lois. She'll kick ass in the role. Can't wait for this film!

MrWhatsit is correct.
Cue skimpy chicks ;)

ON SET WOLVERINE! YES

Is "grounded" the new "dark and gritty"?

"It's not betraying anything that Superman is, but it is grounding everything in reality,"

"It's about Superman, but we're not copying from any one comic in particular. And that's a good thing, because it's an original story."

Purists and comic book shiites go fainting in 3... 2... 1...
Poor devils! LOL

"It's about Superman, but we're not copying from any one comic in particular. And that's a good thing, because it's an original story."

Waiting for die hard comic fans to misinterpret this and say Man of Steel is a complete betrayal to the comics.

For once i agree.
Drop the boy scout attitude and give us the ruthless invincible alien!

I think it's "baseline" not "bass-line" unless this is the Man of Dub. XD

Making Superman a guy we can relate to is ridiculous, Superman is somebody we look up at, somebody we admire and folllow and he is the only comic book character who can let Batman know he is sometimes wrong!! That is Superman when someone says Superman has to be a character he should relate to that person is only showing how much he does ignore about Superman. Have you guys EVER read the odisey? It is a great Superman story and they ground him the only way Superman can be grounded and that is by having the world react to him in a realistic way like showing that supes cannot save a person with his superspeed cause he would break all the person's bones immediatly. Singer started grounding supes with his scene having supes rescuing the plane crash. Nolan and Goyer are great writers, Snyder is a great director we will get a great movie.

I'm getting tired about how CBMs need to be grounded and dark. Just make a good movie, damn. Everything doesn't need to be explained. He's a FREAKIN' ALIEN for God sake. He can have super breath and all of his other powers. If he doesn't have all his powers i.e. super breath. I will be very disappointed.

I'm getting tired of fans who don't know what they want saying what they want only to get what they said they wanted and realizing its not what they wanted. The truth is all fans want compelling and gripping stories involving characters they love (that's what I think) - and as we get older, it's easier to relate to the darker, grittier, and more "realistically" grounded stories than more of the happy go lucky whimsical stories. So dark, gritty, and real are good things if done with integrity, heart and love. All you need is love man :)

If done because some douches want to follow some sort of trend, it will fail miserably.

I hope he uses all his base powers

"This is a Superman for a modern age."

YES!!!

"I managed to piece together this character, maintaining that bass-line and having all the differences and nuances that our script adds, [But] this is our own thing."

Henry Cavill is slappin' da bass! :P

I'm excited to see his portrayal of Superman!!!

I for one am really looking forward to this iteration of Superman. I think trying to ground Spider-Man in 'reality' was the wrong choice. But I feel Superman has served well in 70+ years of onscreen storytelling. I think its about time we got a Superman who feels like he could exist on this earth. Cant wait!

@famgz @knicturnalzen10 I know that most of people who can relate to Superman is because they have read supes stories or because they are supes fans, the word itself implies that someone has a relationship with the character, but saying that supes powers have to be eased or reduced so people can relate to him is what drives me crazy. Best heroes stories are the ones that have heroes go through an internal journey not only supes has has those stories in comic book History. Supes has a great list of rogues, zod, Luthor, blaze, brainiac, parasite, metallo, etc. I do not think we have to reduce supes powers to make him interesting, you just give him a great story (he has many) and a foe who is a real challenge for him mentally and phisically. Then you have a great movie in which people do not relate to the character, but that people like!!!! I do not relate to these small beings with big feet and big hands, for CHrist sake i have never read a LOTR book!!, but TLOTR Trilogy are great movies no one can deny that and thats is the way they should go (if not they are going) with Superman. I am not ridiculing anyone, just saying reducing supes powers is ridiculous, I know We do not want supes be moving planets or having time move backwards on MOS, but that does not mean supes can still be the character he has been for ages and being relatable, and i am almost sure Snyder, Goyer and Nolan got that idea as far as the material we have seen can tell.

@Batmaniac: You are correct in stating they will not cut back on Supes' powers. He will be doing everything a Superman is supposed to do, but at the same time he will feel human. What is so hard to understand about that? I guess some folk just need something to worry about.

@fangz It was not the actor's comments, but people who still insist that supes powers have to be eased in order to make him relatable, I still believe those are the ones who have just read the dead of Superman and they still believe they can say how Superman should be made