Henry Cavill is a famous British actor who
became famous for his photogenic appearance, charisma, and hard work. Despite the fact that the
actor has had a long way to success in Hollywood, today his name is among the first rank actors, and
the number of Cavill fans is constantly growing. From Superman to The Witcher. How Henry
Cavill lives and how much he earns. Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill was born on
Jersey island, which is part of the Isle of Normandy, on May 5, 1983. Henry was
the fourth of five boys in the family. At the time of the actor's birth, the
older brothers were already grown up, so his mother, Marianne
Cavill, became his best friend. So it was until the family got baby Chuck.
Henry loved the role of the older brother, he took good care of Chuck, and when his brother
grew older, the boys became inseparable. Together, the brothers attended St Michael's
Preparatory School in St Saviour. The actor's father, Colin Cavill, served
in the navy, so the children didn’t see him often. And when he decided to leave
the service and become a financial broker, Henry attended the closed boarding school,
Stowe, in Buckinghamshire. It was a lot of stress for the boy, he constantly
called home demanding to take him back. But the father remained adamant because
there could be no whiners in an officer's family. Moreover, the older sons have already
proven themselves in the military and finance. Food helped Henry to cope with
the stress at the boarding school. Despite being a member of the local
rugby team who exercised every day, his favorite fries with ketchup gave him
chubby cheeks and the nickname "Fat Cavill." During his school years, Henry became
interested in theater, he took part in many plays at the drama class. The acting teachers
praised Cavill and believed in his talent. And the boy himself felt an incredible
rush of adrenaline when he was on stage. When the film crew came to the boarding
school to shoot the movie "Proof of Life" and Henry could see the whole
filming process from the inside, he had his first serious
intentions about becoming an actor. In between takes, Henry had a chance to
get acquainted with Russell Crowe and tell him about his dream. A couple of days later he
received a parcel from the actor with a postcard, saying "Dear Henry, remember that even the
longest journey begins with the first step." Since then, Henry has considered Russell
Crowe to be the "godfather" of his career. A year later, Cavill took his first step in
acting. In the early 2000s, filmmakers came to Stowe School again, looking for textured young
men to take part in the new Kevin Reynolds’ movie "The Count of Monte Cristo." Henry
immediately signed up for an audition, where his talent was noticed by
the casting manager of the project. But there was one condition for Henry's
approval for the role. He had to lose at least 22 pounds. Nobody believed that "Fat
Cavill" would be able to achieve such a result, but a strict diet and sports helped him obtain
the exact texture the directors wanted from him. While preparing for filming, the
aspiring actor was invited to star in the Canadian-Italian thriller “Hotel
Laguna,” where the inexperienced actor had to play a love scene for the first time
in his life, and his partner on the set was Emmanuelle Seigner. The movie premiered in
2001, and the actor's fee was 413,223 dollars. In 2002, the picture "The Count of Monte
Cristo" was released, where the young Cavill got the role of Albert Mondego. For
this film, Henry earned 284,091 dollars. He played this role brilliantly and received
many positive reviews from critics in Variety, Rolling Stone, The New York
Times, and many others. It was on the set of this film that Henry met
his first love. She was the younger sister of his filming partner, Polish actress
Dagmara Domińczyk, Marika Domińczyk. Although Henry tried to keep his
personal life secret from the media, and there were rumors that the aspiring actor was a down low , later Marika personally confirmed
that the rumors about their romance were true. In 2002, the actor appeared in the projects
"I Capture the Castle" with the fee of 162,338 dollars and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips,"
for which he was paid 21,650 dollars. Since 2005, Cavill began experimenting with stage
personas. He appeared in the thriller “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” for which he received 142,045
dollars, the romantic drama “Tristan and Isolde” for 126,263 dollars, and the musical “Red Riding
Hood,” for which he was paid 103,306 dollars. But not everything was so smooth in the career of
the novice actor. Henry was denied casting for the “Twilight” saga, even though the author of the
novels, Stephanie Meyer, thought that he was the perfect Edward. However, the producers considered
him too old to play a 17-year-old vampire. It was twice as unpleasant for the
actor because earlier Robert Pattinson had already taken the role of Cedric Diggory
in "Harry Potter," for which Henry auditioned. The actor's age was also the reason that he was
refused at the final casting for "Casino Royale," where he claimed the image of James Bond but
turned out to be too young for this image. He got another rejection at the audition
for the movie "Superman Returns." Director Brett Ratner saw Henry as the main
candidate for the lead role in the film, but then the director's position passed to
Brian Singer who gave the role to Brandon Ruth. In December 2005, Empire magazine jokingly
called Henry "the unluckiest guy in Hollywood." Henry was already desperate when fate
gave him a true present. In 2007, Cavill was invited to audition for The Tudors. Henry didn’t even expect to get into the main
cast, hoping to receive at least a bit role, but the producers offered him to play one of the main
characters in the story, Duke Charles Brandon. Within three years, the crew managed
to shoot four seasons of the show, and Henry participated in each of them. In between filming, Cavill managed
to appear in several more projects, such as "Stardust," where the fee was 87,413
dollars, "Blood Creek," for which he was paid 56,818 dollars, and "Whatever Works,"
for which he received 75,758 dollars. The actor had to combine the shooting of the
last season of "The Tudors" with participation in the fantasy action movie "Immortals," where
he worked with Mickey Rourke and Frida Pinto. Henry's participation in the film was approved a
year and a half before the filming had started. All agreements had already been reached,
only a few financial issues remained. The actor immediately started to exercise to get
himself in shape. Although funding was not yet available, he decided to pay the instructors
out of his own pocket until funds were found. In 2011, Henry starred in the
action movie "The Cold Light of Day" and got the role of Superman,
which he dreamed of back in 2005. The actor got approved for the role
in Zack Snyder’s "Man of Steel." By the way, Henry became the first Englishman to
play the role of this American comic book hero, beating many famous actors at the
casting, including Matthew Goode, Armie Hammer, Zac Efron, Dwayne
Johnson, Robert Pattinson, and others. It was taking the actor about 20
minutes to put on the Superman suit. For his participation in the film, he
received the MTV Movie Award for Best Hero. It was rumored that Henry received a
14 million dollar royalty for the film. However, after the scandal associated with
the fact that Gal Gadot received only 300 thousand dollars for the role of Wonder Woman, the
producers said that the amount of 14 million would be ridiculous and that all actors normally receive
approximately the same fees, not taking into account additional bonuses from the distribution.
Warner Bros. Studios declined to comment. In 2012, Henry was invited to become the brand
ambassador of the new Dunhill BLACK fragrance. The actor was glad of this offer, he said that it was
a great honor because the fragrance, like himself, implied a gentleman's approach to seduction. By
the way, the actor's cooperation with the brand began back in 2008, when he took part in their
advertising commercials and photo sessions. During this period, Cavill dated a rider girl,
Ellen Whitaker. In the spring of 2011, the actor even proposed to her, but the couple broke up
a year later by mutual agreement of partners. Shortly after the breakdown of the engagement,
Henry began dating the MMA fighter and actress Gina Carano. The actors' relationship was
difficult. The couple broke up in 2013, and Cavill began dating “Big Bang Theory” star Kaley
Cuoco. However, this romance only lasted 10 days. And Henry returned to Gina, whom he had dated
for another year. The couple even managed to adopt an Akita puppy named Cal, which
Henry kept for himself after the breakup. In 2013, Henry Cavill was
named "World's Sexiest Man" by Glamour magazine and the third in
"The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars” by Empire. In 2015, Henry Cavell appeared at the CinemaCon
festival, where, together with Armie Hammer, he presented Guy Ritchie's new film “The
Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” in which the actor played Napoleon Solo. Tom Cruise was initially
invited to this role but he decided to focus on the movie "Mission Impossible — Rogue
Nation," so, he was replaced by Henry. Few people know this, but most
of the stunts in the movie were performed by Henry Cavill and
Armie Hammer by themselves. In 2016, the actor in the company of
the Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson starred in a commercial to advertise
the new smartphone Huawei P9. In the same year, 32-year-old Cavill
began dating a 19-year-old student at the University of Bristol, Tara King, but the
relationship ended two months later. Sources close to the actor claim that they remained good
friends, but this relationship had no future. Cavill wasn’t going to say goodbye to
the Superman suit. He signed a contract with the "DC Extended Universe" to shoot
in four more movies about the superhero. As soon as March 2016, fans saw the first of
them, "Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice." For the filming of the movie, Henry gained twice
as much muscle mass as for the filming of "Man of Steel." He exercised before and during the filming
of the movie, reaching a weight of 220 pounds. The actor's instructor said that Cavill managed
to gain such weight because he hadn’t stopped exercising and kept himself in the shape he
had gained for the first role of Superman. By the way, Henry refused to take steroids
and use CGI to improve his body in the frame. The actor didn’t want to use
trickery when playing the superhero, he wanted to make his body
worthy of the character. The movie received a wave of bad criticism and
seven nominations for the Golden Raspberry Awards, in four of which it won. Cavill was
nominated for the Award for Worst Actor, and his duo with Affleck was awarded
The Razzie Award for Worst Screen Combo. This critics' assessment didn’t affect the release
of the following parts of the film. As soon as 2017, the confrontation between superheroes and
the forces of evil continued in "Justice League." At the same time, Cavill was busy filming the
action movie “Mission: Impossible - Fallout” where his character wears a lush mustache,
and the actor was not allowed to shave it off under the contract. In “Justice League,” he
was acting wearing the mustache which was then removed with CGI. Despite this, footage
of Superman with a mustache hit the Web and became a popular Internet meme. Another meme with the actor appeared
when his fellow DC movie colleague Jason Momoa made fun of his friend at the premiere
of “Suicide Squad” by sneaking up behind him on the red carpet. The meme still hasn't lost
its popularity among fans of the two actors. In the same 2017, another
premiere took place in the filmography of the performer , a screening
of the military drama "Sand Castle.” By the way, while working on the movie "Mission:
Impossible - Fallout," Henry met stuntwoman Lucy Cork, and immediately fell in love with the girl.
The actor was captivated by the courage, strength, and self-respect that Lucy possessed. But this
romance was over by the beginning of 2018. In 2018, Cavill starred in the
American-Canadian action movie “Nomis.” Henry has always had many hobbies. In 2018,
he began to practice Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. As a true seducer, the actor is
fluent in French. In addition, Henry knows German and Italian pretty well but is
most proud of his ability to order beer in Czech. In September of the same year, news broke that
Cavill would star in the film adaptation of the video game “The Witcher,” which in turn was based
on a series of fantasy novels. The creator of the show, Lauren Hissrick, knew at first glance that
it was Henry who should play the Witcher Geralt. Everyone liked Geralt performed by Cavill ,
even the author of the novels Andrzej Sapkowski. Henry completely devoted himself to the role,
he actively exercised, built up muscle mass, and learned to handle the sword, as he was a
big fan of the game "The Witcher," and wanted to make the image perfect. He decided to
snatch this role at all costs as soon as he heard about future filming. His appearance
in the show made the plot more interesting. It was the actor who came up with the strange
Rivian accent, which surprised the audience. Henry was not afraid to swim
in the mud, perform stunts, get injured, and was ready to do
anything to make the image real. He completely devoted himself to the role,
even injured his eyes due to the constant wearing of contacts, which made the Witcher's
gaze sinister. The recovery took about 3 weeks. By the way, one of the highlights of
the actor in real life is heterochromia, that is, his eyes are of different colors - a
little bit of brown and a little bit of blue. Such devotion was totally worth it, moreover,
the show became one of the most successful in that year, and Henry was one of the most
talked-about. He also received a good fee in the amount of 3.2 million dollars for the season and
was paid 400 thousand dollars for each episode. After the release of the show, the actor was
suspected of having an affair with his partner on the set, Freya Allan. The journalists'
suspicions were confirmed only by mutual likes on social networks and the looks that the
actors gave each other at press conferences. But the romance was never
officially confirmed by either side. The actor's peaceful character didn’t save him
from scandals. In 2018, in an interview for GQ magazine, when asked about the movement against
sexual harassment #MeToo, Henry complained that it is difficult to meet and flirt with girls
in the modern world because any flirting can be turned against the man. The actor was strongly
criticized by people who supported this movement. Cavill was forced to apologize for his
careless remarks to everyone he had offended. In 2019, Henry was invited to be the brand
ambassador of the fall/winter 2019/2020 season Boss eyewear campaign. In the commercial,
the actor demonstrates impeccable style. In the summer of 2020, Henry Cavill posted a
video where he builds a gaming PC for himself. The serious face of the actor and
the brutality of the whole process added a special charm to the
video, so, it quickly went viral. A lot of new memes appeared with the
participation of "PC wizard" Henry Cavill. By the way, if you ask Henry what he
likes to play on, Xbox or PlayStation, the actor will always answer, “On PC.” Cavill is also an avid collector of
Warhammer 40,000 desktop miniatures. In September 2020, the adventure
picture "Enola Holmes" premiered. It’s about the younger sister of
the famous detective, and Henry appeared there as Sherlock Holmes. When
showing images of Sherlock Holmes in the show, Henry Cavill's head was superimposed on Holmes
from the original illustrations by Sidney Paget. By the way, the creators of the show have
already announced work on the second season, so, very soon, we will see Henry in
the image of Sherlock Holmes again. In 2020, No1 Botanicals invited Cavill to
advertise a new series of healthy rosemary water. In the advertising campaign, Henry appears
against the backdrop of Italian landscapes. In the pictures, the actor looks courageous,
stylish, and at the same time simple. This image won the hearts of millions of
fans of the actor around the world. In the fall of 2020, the famous net. artist
Bosslogic posted a photo on Instagram in which he portrayed Henry Cavill as the White
Wolf Prince Arthas, one of the characters in the Warcraft franchise. The actor’s reaction to the
post was that he contacted the official publisher of the famous game series. Information about the
upcoming Warcraft adaptation recently appeared, so, this gesture can be considered Henry's
desire to participate in the project, since the actor had repeatedly said in interviews
that he’s an ardent fan of World of Warcraft. And in March 2021, the director's
cut of the superhero movie "Zack Snyder’s Justice League," in
which Cavill starred, was released. There have been rumors lately that the era
of Henry Cavill as “Man of Steel” is coming to an end. More and more information appears
in the media that Superman will become black in the new movie, so the actor will
have to give way to a new hero. Despite this, Cavill's work will not
diminish. It is reported that the 38-year-old actor may appear in the “Fast
and the Furious” franchise, and insiders also say that Henry is being
considered for the role of Hercules in the Marvel film adaptation, and Netflix wants
to see him in the sequel to “6 Underground." Either way, soon we will find out how events
will develop in the life of the actor, and whether we will see him
in Superman’s suit again. The actor himself wants to play the evil
superman, whose image can be seen in "Zack Snyder’s Justice League." Will Warner Bros.
Studio provide this opportunity for Cavill? We don’t know yet.
On March 8, 2021, Henry posted an old childhood photo with himself
and his mother in it on Instagram. In the photo, the boy sits in a sweater with the Superman
logo, whom he managed to play in adulthood. In his Instagram account, the actor shows
not only leisure but also part of the work. He also demonstrates his exercise
, which was an essential part of Henry's day during the filming of
the second season of “The Witcher.” By the way, filming ended in April 2021, and soon it will be possible to plunge
into the world of “The Witcher” again. Despite his failures in love, Cavill
said in an interview that he dreams of improving his family life , now that
he has realized his ambitions in movies. In April 2021, Henry was spotted in London
on a walk with a mysterious blonde girl. The actor decided to reveal all the
secrets at once and posted a photo of himself and the girl on Instagram.
She turned out to be Natalie Viscuzo. Most likely, the couple met on the
set of the movie "Man of Steel" when Natalie was helping in
the filming process there. Despite rumors that often appear in the
media, the couple is still together, which Henry confirmed on his Instagram asking fans not
to speculate and adding that he lives "in love." To date, the actor's capital is
estimated at 40 million dollars. He now lives in a mansion he bought
in 2013 for 5 million dollars on Lake Sherwood, near Los Angeles. The mansion
is quite futuristic and sits atop a natural elevation. The first and second floors are
framed by open terraces with glass railing. The house has a swimming
pool with a small waterfall, which offers a beautiful view of the
surrounding nature. And huge windows allow you to admire the beauty of the outside
world from anywhere in the spacious rooms. The actor put up the other
mansion (his childhood home) for sale back in 2016 for 3.8 million pounds. This luxurious mansion is
located on Jersey island. The house has 6 bedrooms, a modern stylish
kitchen equipped with the necessary appliances, and a large dining table, as
well as a spacious living room.
Henry has a small fleet of vehicles.
The actor's first car was a Peugeot 206. Later, when filming income rose substantially,
he acquired a Rolls Royce Wraith. And now his collection also includes a McLaren MP4-12C,
Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Ferrari 458 Spider, Audi e-Tron, and a Bentley Continental GT.
Well, there he is, the Witcher, Superman, and at the same time an ordinary
PC games fan, Henry Cavill.
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