10 YOU DON’T THINGS KNOW ABOUT
CINEMATIC Superman Henry Cavill has portrayed the Man of Steel in five DC Comics films — including this year’s Black Adam. He’s also starred as literary sleuth Sherlock in the recently released Enola Holmes 2 and the 2020 original. Though Cavill plays second banana to Millie Bobby Brown’s title character in both mystery flicks, he’s praised his onscreen sis for her “fantastic energy.” He also confesses it’s “freeing” to play the detective — instead of the storied superhero. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 39-yearold hunk.
1
He’s blue-eyed, but his left iris has a spot of brown — a condition known as heterochromia.
2
As a boarding school student in England, he met Russell Crowe, who was shooting Proof of Life. The Oscar winner shared acting tips with him.
3
Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer thought he was “perfect” to play teenage vampire Edward Cullen. But he was too old by the time filming began — clearing the way for Robert Pattinson.
4
He was the first British actor cast to play Superman.
5
He built his own computer and documented the process on Instagram.
6
In 2016, he started practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu and admits, “You have to focus fully on it — or someone chokes you out.”
7
One of his hobbies is painting miniature figurines based on the Warhammer video games.
8
He’s fluent in French, Spanish and Italian and can muddle through German. But when it comes to the Czech language, he can only order beer.
9
He credits his interest in The Witcher video game series for motivating him to seek out the role of Geralt of Rivia in the TV drama of the same name.
10
If he wasn’t an actor, he would have pursued a degree in ancient history or Egyptology.