Following a short-lived return as Superman in Black Adam, Henry Cavill finds himself without a superhero franchise. Warner Bros. never treated the Man of Steel and Justice League star particularly well, and a leap to the Marvel Cinematic Universe seems like a logical next step for the British actor.
According to a rumour shared by scooper @MyTimeToShineH, Cavill has been offered - and accepted - a mystery role in a future Marvel Studios project.
This came after a fan shared their belief that he'd make a perfect Doctor Doom in The Fantastic Four reboot. That supposedly isn't happening, so we're sure speculation will now run wild as to who Cavill will play.
We don't expect it to be a character even remotely similar to Superman, but with the Multiverse on the table, we're sure Kevin Feige has some fun ideas in mind for Cavill. A reboot of the X-Men franchise is also on the horizon, as are movies such as Spider-Man 4 and Blade. As a result, the possibilities are endless.
Rumours have persisted for years that Cavill might join the MCU. The actor even commented on some pretty wild claims that he would appear in Loki season 2 (as Hyperion) shortly after returning to the role of Superman at the end of 2022.
"As far as I know, I am not going to be in Loki," he confirmed at the time. "It would be a tricky one to handle at this stage...if James Gunn can do it, maybe I can too." Since then, Gunn has fired Cavill from the role of DC's Man of Tomorrow, replacing him with David Corenswet in the upcoming Superman: Legacy.
Of course, if we go even further back into the archives, it was in 2021 - when The Witcher alum had mostly put Superman behind him - that Cavill revealed the specific Marvel character he'd be open to playing.
"I’m never going to say a Marvel character that is already being played by someone else because everyone’s doing such an amazing job," he explained. "However, I have the internet and I have seen the various rumors about Captain Britain."
"That would be loads of fun to do a cool, modernized version of that - like the way they modernized Captain America. There’s something fun about that, and I do love being British."
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