There's a reason why it's so hard for WB to get Henry back.
Justice League was a miserable experience for Cavill: if a director doesn't tell an actor exactly where to look and what's on the screen during a greenscreen shoot, they're completely lost. Joss often gave nonspecific direction, like "Look over yonder to Batman." Henry would ask how far away Batman is, and Whedon would say "He's over there," basically giving a non-specific response as a joke, but everyone took this to mean Joss had no idea.
I can't believe this wasn't leaked before, but Henry and Joss had a ten-minute discussion about the "itchy" line regarding him coming back from the dead. Joss wanted the line as written and Henry didn't want to answer the question at all.
Yes, a lot of jokes were made about the mustache. Everyone knew it looked ridiculous.
>about the "itchy" line regarding him coming back from the dead. What line was this? And Whedon isn't there anymore.
Cooper Fisher
I also heard the rumor that Henry Cavill felt humilated by the theatrical outing of the Justice League and wants creative control so that he'll never have the same experience again regarding the role.
Cooper Nguyen
In the theatrical cut after Superman is brought back and he escapes with Lois to the Kent farm, Lois asks him how it felt to be dead and Superman answers that it was "itchy".
Amy and Henry shot their parts separately here. On the day, it was Henry and a greenscreen. Very few of the reshoots involved more than three actors on the same set.
Aaron Davis
Cavill was right that line is stupid.
Oliver Hall
The fact it was reshot just for a gag is even stupider. There's even more stupid lines like "You smell good".
Benjamin Bennett
Hollywood wants Superman to act more like someone like Goku. Funnily enough Toei want Goku to be more like Superman in Super.
Robert Sanders
That line has a story:
The original line was Lois surprised that Superman spoke at all, and Superman says "I didn't speak before?" This is because these are Superman's first words since coming back from the dead.
Joss added dialogue for Superman during Heroes Park, so the line didn't make any sense anymore. It was changed to "You smell good" since that (vaguely) matched Amy Adams' lips. The line was done in ADR. You'd be surprised just how much was done in ADR.
Usually ADR is easy in superhero movies, but no one in the Justice League wears a mask that covers their mouth, so it was harder.
Ethan Rogers
Made me cringe when Lois told her parents 'He didn't die so good'.
Nathan Nguyen
The fact that Geoff Johns needed to show Superman humiliating Batman and repeating the "Do you bleed?" line from the BvS TV spots as a "gotcha" was just fucking stupid, because they changed the entire concept of that big fight so that Superman is consciously attacking the Justice League and specially Batman out of spite. In the original version, which we see in the Snydercut, Superman is completely confused and isn't recognizing anyone. The whole fight is a big misunderstanding. But Johns needed to shit on Batman, so what have you.
Ayden Morgan
Why the fuck is this so saturated it's like a high schooler graded it
Mason Cox
Because people complained about Man of Steel and Batman v Superman lacking color, so WB overcorrected.
Elijah Morales
People forget the wisdom of Allah told down on us by Mohammad's trusted scholar; you see things first with your SOUL.
Easton Mitchell
The biggest mistake was getting rid of Chris Nolan as a producer. He knew who to trust and what the plan was.
Cooper Ross
>Why WB can't sign Cavill He is still contracted for one more appearance. Also your spacing leads me to think you need to go back to plebbit or twitter.
WB had an issue with Snyder's color grading. Basically, they said the dark picture wouldn't play well on home viewings (people at home usually watch TV with their lights on or have windows with natural light streaming in; in any case, light on the TV results in a washed-out image).
That's why Whedon saturated all the colors - not just because of BvS reactions. This is also why the final battle has a red sky, to make it visually distinct from the tunnel fight.
When you work in the industry a lot, you see the difference between film and TV directors. Lighting is different because lighting at home is different vs a theater. That's why the first Avengers has a lot of flight lighting - Joss is a TV director and it's what he's used to. Zack is a film director and he doesn't really care about lighting during home viewings because for him, the final product is seen in a theater.
Elijah Rogers
>Basically, they said the dark picture wouldn't play well on home viewings (people at home usually watch TV with their lights on or have windows with natural light streaming in; in any case, light on the TV results in a washed-out image). That's pure bullshit as the Snydercut proved. Goddamn, those WB executives were full of shit.
Wyatt Morgan
>He is still contracted for one more appearance. How does the time-clause for that stuff work? Not like they could pop in 4 decades and have him do an old superman flick.
Eli Williams
The contract was done because of the Snydercut. WB used that cut as an excuse to fulfill a lot of the requirements for those contracts
Matthew Kelly
Henry Cavill should come back to Superman now. Like, right now. They’ve got a proper leader now in David Zazlav, and a clear 10 year plan. Zazlav firmly believes in Superman as a top tier world class brand. There will literally never be a better time to be Superman than the next 10 years (2022-2032) under this regime.
Oliver Jenkins
One more thing: the Steppenwolf actor basically never interacted with the cast after Zack left. He was in a mocap suit on a set alone, didn't understand the new additions, and hated everything.
Dominic Evans
Tell more.
Juan Butler
If there was one actor I'd trust with creative control over their character, it's Henry Cavill as Superman.
