Henry Cavill talks Superman's return, Enola Holmes 2, The Witcher, & more!

hey guys Josh Horowitz here thanks as always for watching my YouTube channel where I talk to some pretty significant folks that I'm a big fan of including this man Mr Henry Cavill we're about to have an amazing conversation you ready I am ready all right enjoy hey guys uh welcome to a live edition of happy second views thank you for coming out New York I mean it just sucks our guest tonight has nothing to talk about I don't know what we could discuss tonight um I am so beyond thrilled to welcome this guest back to happy second season especially in this live format Welcome to the New Yorkers out here welcome to the folks watching live around the world um he's one of my favorite people he is uh he's a big old nerd just like me without apology I love that about him he's a fantastic actor you know him as The Witcher you you know him thanks to Anova homes and the new Innova homes 2 opening on November 4th on Netflix as Sherlock Holmes and you know him as the past present and future Superman please give a warm welcome to Henry Cavill everybody Oh Henry hi everyone so how's your week going Henry it's been pretty quiet yeah yeah yeah anything new anything you want to say no not really no um we have a lot to talk about um we're going to talk about um all aspects of your wonderful career you've got a lot going on um I just want to deal with let the cat out of the bag spoiler reward I just want to get the big questions out of the way um welcome back Superman foreign how does it feel does it feel like there's a weight off the shoulders the questions have been there for years we didn't know if we were ever going to see you in the suit again and spoiler alert we've seen him in the suit again and hopefully there's more to come how are you feeling about this I you know the the the character how you guys expressed it is exactly how I feel it's um it's the character means so much to me and it's been five years now and I've quite rightly um otherwise I probably shouldn't deserve to wear the the cape but I never gave up hope and it's amazing to be here now uh talking about it again um there is such a bright future ahead for the character and I'm so excited to tell a story with a an enormously joyful Superman can yes as much as you're willing to to say can you tell me a little bit about how it happened how this recent Cameo happened and what it was like to get back into the costume well I was I was on Witcher and uh they I got the call saying you know hey this is happening um when can you do it I was like I'm working six day weeks I don't know when I can do that and they said well look this is we've got these dates and I said okay cool right I'll come in and do it and we had to get clearance from Witcher production at the time but it was so top secret we couldn't tell them what we just said hey there's this thing I'm gonna do okay can you clear me for it and and uh I don't know whether anyone's suspected or not because there was all the talk about Comic-Con at the time as well right and um and so then I went to Leeds and Studios Warner Brothers Studios in the UK and uh on a super secret set um all Whispers And all sort of um capes and everything all hidden and uh got back in the suit and it was a very powerful moment for me I I wasn't too sure how I was going to feel whether it's going to be okay cool yeah back in the suit or whether it was going to be something which was very emotionally connective because I put the Man of Steel suit back on and yes and I chose that one in particular because of the Nostalgia attached to the suit and um it was it was incredibly important for me to just be standing there and enjoying that moment and um yeah that that is is one of the top moments in my career it feels great to have the opportunity to wear it again well it must be I mean as you said you didn't give up hope and it's something that like you felt the love you felt feel it here tonight you've you've heard the folks online talking about it and people on the streets that you are a Superman for this generation and it's uh so this wasn't it wasn't easy to get here needless to say but it strikes me that you said you you really there wasn't a moment where you're like I've made my peace if I never play Superman again all good I had I think there's there's um the the thing which every actor has to build into their psyche which is the if it doesn't happen again I'm not gonna let it crush me right uh because we get told no a lot it's all part of the job and um with this it meant so much to me and I thought I'm not going to I'm gonna I'm gonna let it set and simmer in the background I'm going to put the cape in the closet and let it stay there and when the time comes it's ready right but I never lost hope and that was that was the key bit for me because um it felt when I go out to the supermarket or something and someone's like hey superman um that was me one time and I resent you it's it never felt dishonest yeah I never felt like I was living a lie and so I I never gave up hope and it was always there I was just just waiting for the time to come back excellent well we appreciate you sharing this is his first time speaking publicly about this like with you guys so we appreciate it yeah we'll come back around to the journey with Superman because this is a career conversation but let's let's get let's talk a little at Nola homes because this is a delightful uh sequel this is a Noah homes 2 it drops November 4th on Netflix um you know We've joked about this before I mean it feels like the only stipulation in your contract is like is it an iconic character I need to play an iconic character but like when Sherlock first came around yeah was that like oh yeah that makes sense this is interesting this is exciting or was or did you have more questions than excitement definitely more questions I I thought hold on a second why would you want me to play Sherlock it that doesn't seem to fit and it's been done so well by so many people before me and then I got my hands on the script and and read it and I realized this is a Sherlock that exists within a universe where a nola exists right which is allows for a very different iteration of the character to be because yes his forward-facing self is still very similar to the character we've seen played before but when it comes to a nola there's a special something and and then it made sense to me I was like oh okay okay there's there's a there is a hidden warmth to this character it's it's so fun to see you and Millie because your energies um both off screen and on couldn't be more different and I but I mean I mean that I I love you both equally don't worry but like she's like you know she's she's a what 18 19 now she's a manic kind of like excitable teenager and there's that side of you but you can yeah you can never see it but no there is um but what I mean talk to me a little bit about just that the mixing it up on set with Millie uh first film versus the second film how much does the relationship on camera mirror what's off um the relationship on camera very much mirrors what's off uh we do have a very older brother younger sister type relationship it's a lot of teasing on set a lot of making fun I do not hold back when I when I make fun of her at all and she doesn't hold back either I was gonna say no she's probably has she ever made you cry Henry has she uh not that I'm willing to admit or that anyone's seen uh yeah it's Millie's fantastic I love working with Millie she's got such wonderful energy um the day is on sets are long and so it's lovely to have someone like Millie turn up with that kind of energy it really sort of fuels the whole thing without revealing too much uh the homes we see at the start of this is in not in the best shape no no he's borderline alcoholic um fun to play Drunk fun to uh play someone at their uh what's up it is I mean it's always always slightly nerve-wracking when you're playing drunks you're thinking what am I doing too much is it too little is it right for what this movie is right and um the gauge is always the crew and the other actors if the other actors in The Crew are finding it funny in a way that isn't offensive to me then that's good and so I kind of use that as my meter um but I I enjoyed it yeah it's it's fun to do that kind of stuff totally I mean I I do a lot of fake drunk talk in real and so is your fake drunk voice right now because you are a really sober drunk this is not fake drunk I thought I smelled something that's in that glow yeah did you grow up reading Sherlock were you uh um I did not I was I mean my favorite Sherlock story is the Hound of the Baskervilles because I spent plenty of time on Dartmoor with my parents when I was younger and I think it was um audio cassette at that time do you guys know what cassettes are [Laughter] um I'm gonna go through every single medium and then VHS was the same yeah um and I being on Dartmoor and listening to that story was was wonderful and so Sherlock was definitely there um throughout my youth but I wasn't necessarily an Avid Reader of of the books I mean I joke about it but it does feel like you're in a unique position to like teach the master class for any actor who might be intimidated about taking on a role with a strong lineage in history like what would you say to an actor presented with whether Sherlock or Superman or Hamlet or anything um what's the what's been the key for you to overcome any fears or or or obstacles um I think it's just approached honestly and have faith in yourself that would be the key I think it's um there's a big uh Pitfall of looking at everyone else's work and going oh I want to do that and I want to do that and I want to do this and you've got to remember it's your work and if you approach it from a place of um self-confidence and I'm doing this not to try and be different but because that is how you interpret the material then I think that's probably the best way of doing it because that's going to be the most true to you rather than you just trying to be different or Worse imitating someone else right and I would imagine just the success you've experienced in these kind of roles just fuels hopefully the confidence going forward I mean if you can if you can you know hold your own on that mantle with other Sherlocks and Superman I mean I mean I I who's to say that I can't well this focus group does say yeah you can uh it's confidence going forward I think the funny thing is that you're always going to question your own ability in your own self I think regardless of what you do and regardless of what you've achieved unless unless you're completely mad right um and I think that's a healthy thing because it keeps you disciplined and it keeps you honest no I I always say this is something that comes up a lot on the podcast is like I don't trust the folks that are just too comfortable in their own skin yeah too confident too complacent yeah there's something wrong with them yeah yeah I'm damaged you better be a little damaged you know it does keep you sharp it does yeah absolutely um and I I think um some confidence is good but complacency and arrogance is is that's a that's a trap um okay so let's let's go back a little bit um let's talk about little Henry it's hard to imagine Henry Cavill was once a little smaller than he was when he is here today um you told me before you were you called yourself an emotional kid yeah um how did that manifest and you were you were one of four boys uh five yeah oh yeah I was number four sorry okay four or five um boarding school I don't know if was it all male boarding school or all mail apart from uh the last two years when I was there now that school is fully co-ed got it so for an emotional teenager surrounded by a lot of testosterone and aggression and whatever how did that how did that fuel you how did that how do you handle that I mean I was I was no stranger to testosterone aggression having grown up in a family full of five boys sure lots of fighting and lots of um lots of uh I mean there was lots of fighting so much though we're about to sugarcoat and you're like no no there was a lot of fun a lot of fighting so much so that there was a rule no punching in the face oh yeah punch anywhere else right well um um and yeah even then but if you did that you were asking for that's the line and draw on the sand it's like Okay cool so okay now dick punches are okay [Laughter] can we adopt that same rule in our relationship by the way but face punches were always off the cards right you did that and you're that's you you've crossed a line and it's uh there's now a problem rather than just a disagreement right um so going to school Uh I that part wasn't the problem I think uh I was just very homesick yeah I didn't realize how homesick I was going to be I was so Keen to go to boarding school and I just desperately wanted to get off the island and get away from my parents and um as soon as I remember my mum leaving and I was like oh no oh no and so I was very very homesick and uh I just I went to a place called uh Kelly college at first which is my first boarding school and I went there for um half a term and it's a great school two of my brothers went there and they loved it but the problem was by the time I got there it was a weekly boarding school rather a full boarding school so most of the English-speaking kids were gone by the weekend and for me that was tricky because I had no one to talk to and I my parents had said right let's find you a full boarding school and that'll be better for your integration into into this this new life and of course by the time I went there and Kelly's an amazing school and I I had a great time there aside from the weekends and um then I went to Stowe school um absolutely stunning School amazing grounds if any of you ever in the UK do go visit stone school because it is particularly beautiful um but all the groups and cliques had formed right at that stage and I was a fat kid right and I had no he's Superman now it's okay um the ones of fat kid always a fat kid right now um uh I mean I've heard oh yeah yeah um so I I also had Ambitions to be because I was I was head of my Prep School head boy my prep school I was very very proud of that and I wanted to be a head boy at this school I wanted to be on my CV so I could get um go to a great University and and maybe join the armed forces and all sorts and get an armed forces scholarship to a fantastic University um and so late fat and ambitious that's that's a bad combination it's quite a it's quite a Tinder profile yeah um fast forward a little bit uh I don't know if it was your first film but one of the early roles was in counter Monte Cristo yes that was my first row yeah major film major cast big director did you coming out of that did you feel like oh I got this no no no no no no no no um I came out of that uh saying to my parents how do I go back and finish school um because I'm going to be a year late now do I just go back a year late or do I join the Year this year late um but it was my last year and so I hadn't finished that amount of studying before the big exams we used to have a levels at my time which is um advanced level it's basically three subjects and you'd have probably I forget how long the exams were but you'd have two or three exams per subject and it was pretty intense and so to go back to school then I was I was really fretting about it I thought how am I going to do this my parents said you go to school to get a job and have a career right and you are now you have a career and you have two agents because I got an English agent halfway through that job through Priscilla John the casting director had introduced me to a guy called Dallas Smith and then um Kevin Reynolds the director uh had put in a good word at an agency in the U.S it was um William Morris at the time and then I picked up an agent there a lady by the name of Elder Queenie and so my parents said look you've got you've got the thing yeah and so go for it like give it your best shot take a swing at it and if it doesn't work then you can always go finish at a levels and and you can join the armed forces and do everything you wanted for that's a beautiful gift for uh yeah yes initially my my dad was saying no go to university do this do that get a degree then try acting and if it doesn't work when it doesn't work then you can and which is uh no but a really fair argument he was just looking out for me and um he just don't have to be wrong this time and uh and um then that was that was his idea then I got the job and he went look no you've got the thing now you've achieved the thing so definitely definitely run with this and and yeah that was 22 years ago now amazing so what's um wow let's reflect briefly on some of the famous near misses this wasn't even like a real near Miss but Stephanie Meyer famously wanted you was like her dream casting to play Edward Cullen yeah you know this um but you didn't even have a meeting or anything did you only learn that after the fact like years later like did you know that like she had this in mind and and when the movie came out were you like bad and soon [Laughter] yeah since it's a Batman rivalries um I I uh no not at all because I didn't know about the movie I didn't know about them wanting to cast me right um and the internet wasn't quite as what wasn't quite the tool that it is now right um and so yeah I only found out afterwards and I was like oh okay that would have been cool but you were up speaking of parents and you were up for his role in Harry Potter though yes I remember that yeah I definitely auditioned for that one and I did not get it I was going to ask how it went yeah I mean the audition may have gone well it may have gone terribly um I'm sure someone out there has footage which hopefully is locked away will never be seen um but uh yeah I I didn't get it I wasn't right I think I was how old is Robert uh he's probably he's called Theory maybe a couple years younger okay I think a couple years younger at that time though is a big difference right I think I was probably might be 1920 right and that makes a big difference when you're playing a kid in high school yes yes well it used to anyway um you famously were very much on the running for James Bond yes uh way back when um was that something again like that must be so intimidating like just to get that opportunity um did you feel at the time you were close um they told me I was close and yes uh they they told me it was ultimately down to and this is what I've been told um there's someone out there it's like that's not true I was there too um it just sounded me and Daniel and I was I was the younger option got it and um and I think yeah they obviously went to Daniel and I think it was an amazing choice to go with Daniel um I probably wasn't ready at the time and yeah I think Daniel did an incredible job over the past movies so I'm I'm happy they made that choice it was a fun adventure at the time and definitely give me a boost to my career that was the key element of it um I was getting a lot of auditions which I went to which went really really well and the casting director and the produce would call me and say you were the best person who came in the room we love you but you're not a name so yeah what does that look like in an email by the way yeah yeah by the way um and you and that you hear that enough times just like ah right okay and whether that's true or not it could be a complete lie it could have been terrible um but then once I screen tested for Bond and I was on a short list and my photo was in variety right then it was oh okay this guy might carry some kind of name now and so it started to help things build a bit more the producers of bond now say they're looking for an actor in their 30s how how long got much time I was gonna say yeah how old are you Henry I am 39. we did it we're doing it I'm quite busy now oh look at him playing hard to get I don't know yeah you know I I love those guys uh Barbara and Mike they are wonderful and um I have very fond memories of having uh cocktails with them I think Mike's house once and then I had a Vespa martini with Barbara which I thought was fitting because it's Christina Royale and it was it was a really really fun time and it was great to be in the mix of that stuff uh so yeah I mean whether I'm considered for the role or not I don't know but it'd be fun to have the conversation for sure and if if I'm not then I I just want to see what they do with it next because I think they're I think they're amazing yeah um let's talk a little more Superman uh so when you when you went up for Superman this was actually the second time you were going up for Superman I believe right like we're uh yes by the time you met Zach you had already Yes a previous iteration had auditions yes so when you met him for Man of Steel did you have a different take did you have did you walk into that room feeling like you had a an approach no no no no no no different from um and it wasn't like I was doing the same or different from before so I keep on leaning backwards and forwards so I'm in the wrong sort of oh good ruin everyone's ears um I look into my eyes all right everybody Taylor you definitely do we definitely don't um I.E because the script was so different and the story was so different from from one to the other uh that it was it was very unique um the one similarity was Laura Kennedy the casting director and uh I know that I was out of a bunch uh one of her favorites and um and I think uh when it came out again she was like okay right now let's let's do this this time right and um and so I had a my foot in the door a little bit so it was very lucky and here we are here we are 400 years later [Laughter] um you've said some very nice things about of course Zack Snyder who's meant so much to your career um he obviously remains an Ardent fan of yours um a little surprise for you Henry I reached out to Zach and he sent something in uh-oh let's look at a message from Zach Snyder from Henry Cavill wow Henry I have a question when we first did Man of Steel and we were doing the flying shots for the first time and we put you in the belly pan or on the wires I can't remember which we did first did feel odd to be you know just there in front of green screen doing your flying you know shots you know with us just touching the camera and uh you having to act like you're flying up you know before you had ever seen what it might look like or what it might feel like was that how was that was that odd or and did you expect it to turn out the way it did so that's my question um I can't wait to work with you in the future and you are of course the greatest Superman [Applause] he's a lovely man he's a lovely man and I'm I'm enormously appreciative of um everything he's he's done for me especially by casting me in Man of Steel um those are formative memories of mine uh career-wise it was when everything changed and I remember them fondly I remember fondly hanging above Fields it was Illinois and uh uh just outside of Plano um amazing memories and a lot to be thankful for so uh Zach if you're watching um on one of these many cameras uh thank you thank you my friend [Applause] um just to clarify for the future because the folks will kill me if I don't ask like a specific question is there a specific plan is there a script or a director or a story or are we at the stage where we're figuring out what the next Superman story is right now I can't share any of them okay um I know but um if I'm going to be a good partner to everyone then I have to be able to keep the secrets when the secrets are necessary so right now I can't share anything but in time in time um I'll be able to share and and everyone will hear all the exciting things to come fair enough um and I know I'll speak for the entire audience we're thrilled you're back we love the cameos we want Man of Steel too we want solo thank you thank you guys [Laughter] um as if all these franchises wasn't enough what you did in Mission Impossible Fallout was just so [Applause] um tell me a little bit about that experience because Macquarie Christopher McCoy is the director and the approach to these films is like nothing I don't know how much you guys know about this how the sausage was made on the mission films but it's like it seems like it's almost organized chaos where like he's kind of creating as it goes did you was it did it shock you the way these movies were made and did it shock you how well it turned out um no no it didn't really because when when you're working with McHugh you realize that he is he's not stuck to one thing right and that's really really important uh I think it's very important to have a framework to work from but he is constantly evolving the story depending on how the scenes have turned out what's available any new ideas that are coming in uh he and Tom as a Duo are extraordinary because they are always coming up with creative ideas and they'll have meetings about stuff and say what if this happens instead of that and they'll go oh that's a really good idea but that means we have to change all of this they go we love this so let's change all of that wow and it it did become very much uh besides the night before and sometimes the day of um which is becoming more and more usual these days right I mean if you can pull it off if you have the right people great absolutely you're McHugh and Tom Cruise yes um and and they are they are it so good at what they do uh if I could work with any of them again for the rest of my career I would yeah um there was no sense of I'm not too sure how it's going to turn out with McHugh he always knew that he knew what he was doing he had a plan and he's he's exceptional he's really good can we just Revel in one of the greatest moments in cinematic history from Fallout let's take a look at this this is this is on a roof this is not an actual scene this is a moment from a scene let's just watch this moment over and over again together that's good everything I've seen so many conversations about this on Reddit uh where I managed to control the pocket square onto my shirt and grow a beard yeah that's how much testosterone this man has all right um so I don't even know what this my question is is except what was in the script was there any directive like pump your arms like they're like is that an improv what is that no no there was there was nothing like that uh it was actually because we'd be doing it was a rather intense fight scene we'd actually been shooting it for about three weeks at that stage um which is a lot a long time to in comparison to things like The Witcher we get a day right um and everything starts to get quite sore after a while because it's a lot of repetitive motion and my the tendons in uh the connective tendons my biceps were getting sore and so I had to warm them up before I threw punches and I'd literally do that to warm them up and I did it once and I thought oh God that probably look really stupid I can't believe I did that and and I I said oh sorry Makia won't do that again he's like do what okay whatever let's go again and then I did another take without doing it he's like why didn't you do um that thing that was really good and I was like that was good he said yes definitely do that do that and so and so we did and cinematic history is born [Applause] um just running through we're going to get into your audience questions in a couple minutes but uh The Witcher we have to mention The Witcher [Applause] that was it I had no question um the rest of my case yes um third season has been shot uh what can you say about what can we expect from the third season of The Witcher oh I can tell you nothing great um what I can tell you um is that I was working with Wolfgang stageman again um you will know his work from Mission Impossible and also from the blavacan fight scene which is episode one season one and so we got to do a whole season together and working with Wolfie is amazing he is such an extraordinary stunt coordinator a very close friend so talented and um and there's a lot of action in season three uh and we got to do an awful lot together um sometimes by the skin of our teeth and and working miracles but we got it done and we hope that we that you guys get to enjoy our work because Wolfie really is he's the best so [Applause] um since I said at the outset you are a big old nerd just like myself in fact a bigger nerd than me frankly you know the stuff way better than I do I'm just curious like um what are you watching have you had time to watch because you told me your comfort movies were what are the rings yeah the expanded editions yeah um have you checked out rings of power um I have in in what time I have I've dipped into it okay and what does everyone think the other thing yeah yeah um beautiful absolutely stunning yeah [Music] yeah yes I think it is more of it yeah um she she's extraordinary yeah she's really really good um House of the dragon have you checked it out how does everyone feel about that yes I have um and I enjoyed that enormously I think the the writing was fantastic uh the Fabian Wagner's lighting was amazing uh Fabian who worked with Zach and I on Zach's Justice League amazing and the character performances were incredible I I think it's it's a really good show you must have heard the rumors out there that you were going to be in the next season of House of the dragon and Loki right I mean to be fair when I was watching how's the dragon I was like uh I feel like a lot of these guys can make really good witches the hair is not so far off like those wigs [Laughter] um so is Witcher scratch that edge you're not uh we're not going to see you in that in Westeros anytime soon um I mean I think it'd be cool to be in Westeros I really do um I don't think it's it's uh I don't think there's a place for me in there though okay should I read body language or anything from the fact that you didn't respond to my Loki question oh I forgot the Loki question um just that there was a rumor going around more as I know okay I am not going to be in Loki okay fair enough yeah just asking what the people want to know yeah I mean it would be it would be a tricky tricky one to handle at this stage right fair enough James Gunn can do it maybe I can too there you go you heard the news today that James Gunn is going to be helping steer the ship I assume yes yeah yeah very excited about that right um let's talk a little bit about gaming how much time have you been carving out for your your gaming life uh um uh a fair amount um and when I say a fair amount that probably means a lot for those who don't know um four hours a day yeah I mean maybe more [Laughter] um I have been playing Warhammer uh Total War one for three Total War and yes and people of culture in the audience uh I love that game it's so good it's so good are your friends and family supportive of your for instance a friend a loved one comes home and sees that you're painting a Warhammer figurine yeah is that a conversation is that just understood like this is what you signed up for this is Henry uh okay right um most friends and loved ones know about that and it's it's no shock a lot of my family are into it but I've definitely had people over at my house and and very proudly showed that my Miniatures and they're like okay yeah and you can see them going like oh yeah that's really good and you can just see them thinking God get me out of here I need another beer I can't pretend to be interested this long [Laughter] do you have a most treasured geek possession like what's the like what do you show off if I came over to the man cave would you like Josh you gotta check this out this is this is pretty cool I don't know if I have a mouse I'm moving around so much that it's very difficult for me to have any one thing however recently uh blizzard did just send me um a massive statuette of the Lich King and it's from classical got released uh for Bradford Lich King and um it's amazing it's amazing it looks really really good would you ever um would you ever develop a game does that interest you to like be a Creator or a creative consultant or anything because it's just something that's so a part of you um I think there's so much work that goes into those and I'm not too sure I want to peek too far behind the curtain and see all the ones and zeros I think um I'll leave that to the the experts and the coders out there and that's I'm gonna appreciate their work and uh let them do that I I prefer this is the one thing I think I want to stay on the outside of okay for now what about producing I'm actually surprised you haven't produced yet uh the time will come yeah the time will come uh it is something which I'm very excited about doing and something that's important to me um I I want to be there from the beginning of things and and to guide the ship from from the get-go and uh that time will come it's just a just a matter of a matter of fact so the Noah Holmes Witcher we also have a Matthew Vaughn film that I'm very excited to see eventually this is Argyle yes indeed yep um and it must be fascinating to to work with Matthew again because you worked with him way back once didn't you I did indeed yes and I love Matthew he's he's such a wonderful thank you well I was like am I getting dragged off this is the closest I'll ever get to the Oscars they're like shut up you can't talk anymore um I uh I love Matthew Matthew's such a wonderful man and um he's one of those people who I would work with at the drop of a hat um here's some questions from the audience shall we all right Elizabeth wants to know any chance of doing Broadway does theater does Broadway interest you at all uh hello Elizabeth and thank you for the question where are you somewhere in the blackness that response time was a little alarm yeah are you really Elizabeth uh all right Elizabeth um Theater Broadway yes it could be um could be Elizabeth yeah um anyway uh so um Broadway I I don't I I do love to sing from time to time but I would definitely need to um go into lots of training for that kind of thing and there are people who have been working far harder and far longer at achieving Broadway than me and I wouldn't want to take up any space away from them so not anytime in the near future but uh good question we're not going to start shouting the questions yeah yeah I'll wow that one at the moment I'm going to focus on film TV all right what's so singing are we talking show tunes Taylor Swift so what are you doing in your what are you singing in your shower um I can't tell you all my secrets okay okay I'm not quite there yet um let's see uh I don't know who wrote this but I'm going to read it nonetheless you've been a leading man for years do you like the responsibility that comes with it oh um do I like the responsibility yes I think is the honest answer I think um it's I I wouldn't necessarily say about being a leading man uh but I think with these characters that are very very dear to me um I do take the responsibility very seriously and so it is um it is enjoyable to be given that opportunity and that privilege uh which character this is from Monica uh which character do you feel you've learned the most from uh Superman or Sherlock hey Annika where are you respectful wait time yeah [Laughter] well hello I think you're over there somewhere um up there oh it's always terrifying um behind you um I I think I've probably learned the most from Superman I've I've been playing subs for so many years in my life and from an earlier age as well and so he when you play a character like Superman you it's a responsibility in public as well as it is on and so it's something which has has taught me a lot and about myself and and about the world as well and about the power of of important characters like Superman and what it means to a lot of people uh I believe this is Carlos I hope I'm reading that correctly Carlos wants to know how you how do you drink your martinis oh at the moment um and this may change anytime uh straight up with a Twist extra cold [Laughter] so not yeah not the other one [Laughter] clever audience um what do you do to overcome adversity specifically the nose you got in pursuit of your acting dreams we say that again what do you do to overcome adversity specifically the nose you got in pursuit of your acting dreams I mean you know there's no career that is without at any stage without rejection of different sort right how do you move past this when you said nose I was like [Laughter] I was like I think I mean I it's oh yeah I'm reading about it yeah yeah it's not it's not terrible right it's suddenly incredibly self-conscious yeah um no your face is messed up man no one's ever said that to you yeah all right I know it's broken it's not that bad um right so uh how do you overcome a diversity um it's having belief in what you're doing whether it is uh being told no a lot of the time or or whether it's any other thing that you're overcoming um on a job or trying to get a job it's just having a belief in what you're doing and something for Better or For Worse I had as a young actor was was belief I believed it was going to happen I genuinely did whether that was just bravado and and the wrong thing to do I don't know because it ended up happening um but it's that's a key ingredient um you will always have moments when when you don't believe in yourself and when you're not too sure whether the fight is worth it anymore and those are the hardest moments that's when you can really prove to yourself that you can pick yourself up and that's when other people in your life as well come come you can't do it all by yourself and it's important to have a support system in one way shape or form uh because as an actor you will face a lot adversity or you'll face a lot of a lot of walls um creatively and and also when it comes to the nose and I yeah it's it's just about belief if you believe what you're doing is the right thing then you'll be able to keep on doing it uh it's also important to know that if you realize you're doing the wrong thing that's when you stop doing the wrong thing you don't just keep on going just because because that leads down a dark path as uh as great a point as that is to end the evening I have one more question which is the Beyond Superman even almost I think the thing that came up the most people on Twitter and Lisa has a question about this um does your dog cow have any superpowers how is Cal okay thank you [Applause] Kyle that's great he's great I'm sorry I didn't bring him today [Laughter] um what is his superpower I oh well he's he and I have we're being together now for eight years and I think his superpower is just being there being there for me um you know it can be very lonely being an actor um especially in years before where I've been single and and Cal's always been there and he's he's an extraordinary animal and dogs in particular they are they are sent from the heavens they truly are um and Cal in particular I will say I think for 90 of our half hour backstage we were talking about our dogs yeah we were basically um it's always a pleasure to catch up with you man especially in this really wonderful moment that I you know you can feel the love I hope tonight here um and across the internet as you guys are watching online um we appreciate your passion for every role we know you're a fan first and and you know the seriousness and the Good Humor you bring to everything is is much appreciated uh Noah homes two drops on Netflix November 4th check it out guys and um thank you New York City thank you everybody and most of all thank you to Henry Cavill

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Length: 48min 0sec (2880 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 27 2022