Henry Cavill, Superman and Stuff
Zach Snyder and co have cast their Superman for the upcoming Man of Steel movie and it's the gorgeous Henry Cavill. My thought process ran something like this when I heard of the casting 1) He's British 2) So gorgeous 3) And he's British 4) So damn gorgeous 5) Seriously he's British 6) Batman and Spiderman are also British. Damn we're taking over the world 7) My God Dawn, laurelnola (she'll know why I though of her).
The reaction has varied from 'OMG he's perfect' to 'he's the worst choice ever' to 'this is all part of Nolan's (who's a producer on the movie) plan to infiltrate the American Superhero franchises with British actors because he's evil'.
Obviously very biased here but I'm fine with him being Supes. Rober Downey Junior played Sherlock Holmes after all and a multitude of non-British actors have played Robin Hood. Gibson played Wallace. The list goes on.
Of course this casting prompted talk of who everyone considers their Superman. And you won't believe it but apparently people have strong opinions ;)
I was chatting to my sister about how Reeve and Routh looked like Superman should and her answer was that to her t she thinks of Dean Cain when she thinks of Superman. That surprised me but I don't know why. She grew up with Cain as her Superman. We were, as a family, obsessed with L&C when it aired here in the UK and my sister was just a baby but some of her first memories of TV are of Cain as Clark Kent/Superman. We watched the show again and again whilst growing up so of course he's her Superman. It reminded me that it's a pretty personal thing.
Now that Supes is cast, they're finding his Lois Lane. Some names have been bandied about a lot in the media so of course this means it's Poll Time:
Poll