Man of Steel champion Henry Cavill refused to reveal any Superman secret at the insistency day for his Hellenic god epic Immortals . But the British thespian did articulately explain why his nationality does n’t stop him from playing an all - American superhero .
Cavill was mainly there to talk about his approaching turn as the Grecian hero Theseus – and we ’ll have more on Immortals in a minuscule bit – but he did plow one or two Superman - come to issues . Most importantly , Cavill was asked whether a Brit can really play a character who is so resolutely American . Cavill argued that it does n’t matter , drawing a parallel to Superman ’s own Kryptonian origins :
It is an iconic American role … well , he ’s an American picture . Whether it ’s an American persona or not , I ca n’t be sure . Superman is a universal paradigm , and what he digest for is very universal . He was certainly raise in America , but he in himself is not necessarily American , because he comes from somewhere very far away and very unlike , and he is very unlike . And therefore all the more beautiful when he tries to do so much for all of us who are so different from him .
Other than that , Cavill was resolute in avoiding even the most small of potential spoilers , including whether his own somewhat curly hair’s-breadth would be change to play Superman :
This is my hair . The dash ? [ Slowly ] Yes … there ’s only so much I can say . It vary . What you ’ve see to it is what you ’ve take in , if you ’ve seen anything online . And who knows how different the finished product will be ? How ’s that for a non - solution ?
So , you heard it here first – Superman may or may not have more than one hair style through the course of Man of Steel . peradventure .
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