Henry Cavill And Luke Evans Talk Immortals!

Henry Cavill: I received a script that was very much in its infancy and worked from there. My agent said, "You've got to meet this director. You've got to, got to, got to." I said, "Okay, fine. I'll do it." I went in and met with Tarsem and fell in love almost immediately. What a man. Infectious energy. He showed me all the concept art and walked me through his vision for the movie. He just blew me away. I walked out of that room really wanting to be a part of it. Tarsem, thankfully, liked me, too and we went straight to the screen test process. He ran me through his thoughts on the different ways to play a particular scene. Because the script was in its infancy, he needed someone that Tarsem could point and say, "Okay, go in this direction instead." He tested me and, thankfully, I passed on that one. Over a year later, the movie started being made. It was pushed back quite a long way, but we got there in the end.

Luke Evans: My experience was different to Henry's journey. I sort of knew of the script as long as Henry had known it. When it didn't happen when it was supposed to happen, I just carried on to other things. When it was greenlit again, I spoke to Tarsem and we met up in LA. Like Henry said, when you meet Tarsem, as an actor you go, "Alright. I'll do anything you want me to do." He's got this energy that is just contagious. He has an enthusiasm and a passion for what he does and I love what he's done already. His work is unique and visionary and beautiful. When he believes in you, you start building a relationship with this man and being on set with him is just a really great gift.

Evans: When you take on a role that has been around for thousands of years, you always want it to be relatable to the people that watch it. My personal approach was to strip it bare. Forget that it's a God. See the journey and the experience that Zeus has through the film and see him as a human being. You have to be able to relate to any role that you take on, whether it's stage or screen or whatever. You've got to be able to relate and sympathize with their plight and their journey and their emotions. That was my challenge. It's playing someone who is thousands of years old and who is usually played by a much older actor. I had to get that out of my head and believe that I could be a father to Isabel Lucas' character. It's a very interesting challenge. I'll probably never do that again. It was great and it was enjoyable and it was always about keeping it real and forgetting that I could fly through lightning and streak through the sky and things like that. That's all fair enough. Everyone knows those things. It's about keeping this character human and letting people see the different sides to him. He's dark and sad and loving and caring.

Cavill: The thing is, which we so often forget, is that things that are from mythology or history are the same, in a way. We tend to assume that they should all behave differently. They never behaved differently, other than speaking a different language. They're very much like we are today. Bringing that into a modern audience, we have a concept of everyone being very stiff and moving in certain ways. People were just like we are today. They just spoke differently and they wore metal armor instead of a jacket or a blazer. If you play it like you play anything today -- which is within the reality of that world -- then I think it's accurate as well as associable.

Cavill: Goodness. How did it prepare me for Superman? I guess the only preparation I can take from "Immortals" is acting experience and the very fact that I was in good physical shape, which is going to prepare me for getting into even better physical shape for this job.