Perhaps one of the most celebrated events this 2022 within the increasingly saturated cinematic superhero scene has been the return of Henry Cavill to DC after years of uncertainty in which we did not know if would wear the red cape again to give life to Superman. A mystery that was cleared up after his appearance in the post-credits scene of the, on the other hand, forgettable ‘Black Adam’.
Blood, sweat and kryptonite
However, that the British actor has returned to embody the Last Son of Krypton again This is not to say that Warner Bros. have always been delighted with the idea. In fact, the company’s plans did not include the idea of recapturing Cavill at any time after his participation in the ‘Justice League’ of 2017.
Has been dwayne johnsonprotagonist of the last DC film released to date, who has confirmed this situation in a video of almost seven minutes in which, among other things, he celebrated the good reception of ‘Black Adam’. So He has explained the reasons for bringing Superman back and how the process has been to get it.
“Bringing back Henry Cavill has been a protracted process over years of strategic conversations, and we weren’t going to take no for an answer. There was no logical, viable way to try to build the DC Universe with the most powerful force and greatest superhero. of all time on the bench.It’s impossible to do.
It all comes down to Superman, you have to have Superman in the mix. That’s why we fought hard to bring him and Henry Cavill back. There is no other Superman. He is the Superman of our generation and, in my opinion, the best of all. And I mean that with respect to the other actors, especially Christopher Reeve, but he’s the best Superman of all time.”
Thus, Johnson claims that “now we can build the DC Universe properly, strategically and intelligently”. Single It remains to be seen what weight the character will have in the plans of James Gunn and Peter Safranthe new managers of orchestrating the shared universe of the Distinguished Competition under the DC Studios label.