Henry Cavill was at SDCC last week(or was that two weeks ago now?) speaking about his latest movie Tarsem's Immortals, and showing off his newly dyed black Superman do. So off course a few questions were leveled at the young actor about stepping into the boots and cape of The Man Of Steel in Zack Snyder's currently shooting reboot.
io9 ask him about his preparation for the role..
1o9: How is your Clark Kent coming along?
HC: Coming along very well, thank you.
What comic books did you read to prepare for this character? For Superman?
I read as much as I possibly could, so yeah, I mean I just got the DC Comics app, downloaded as much as I could, got as many of the comic books sent to me in the mail as I could, and just immersed myself in the character as much as possible.
Were there any few authors that you loved the best?
You're going to catch me out on the authors, I'm afraid. I did love Superman: Doomsday, The Death of Superman, Superman Returns, The New Krypton Saga especially, Red Son. Red Son was cool because it had the alternate story line. A lot of them I love, but recently, the one I read most recently was The New Krypton Saga, and I really enjoyed that.
Now of course none of that means any plot elements will be taken from Cavill's reading choices, but I'm sure that wont stop us speculating. I gotta say, I do like his choices anyway. Although conspicuous by it's absence is
Superman: Birthright which has long been rumored to have heavily influenced the plot of Snyder's movie. Nothing has officially been confirmed or debunked on that thus far.
Click the link below to read more from Cavill on
Immortals and watch a vid of the interview.
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