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during build up black adamrumors quickly began to circulate that Superman was ready for a quick cameo to tease the Showdown star, and although producer Dwayne Johnson had been hyping it for years, Henry There were some worrying moments when Cavill didn’t seem to get involved.
Speculation ran rampant that it was a terrifying faceless body double that replaced the DCEU’s canonical Kryptonian with both Shazam! When peacemaker If no agreement could be reached with Cavill, Cavill would have been drafted which would have ironically seen the impostor’s relationship witcher In terms of franchise appearances, three stars each (except Zack Snyder’s Justice League technically raises his Kal-El to 4).
Thankfully that didn’t happen, but cinematographer Lawrence Sher told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview that plans were initially underway to get the doppelganger properly activated before Cavill agreed to appear in person. admitted that it was Johnson’s friendship with Seven, his Bucks co-founder Danny, and his Garcia status as a client.
“If we can get Henry on the cast, we’ll figure it out at a future date. Let’s take a quick look at this throne room set we were working on… Dwayne makes what comes in… and 10 We shoot in a minute or so, and I actually got goosebumps when I saw the actors coming out of their full silhouettes and I was like, ‘Wow, this works 100%. We need to understand if we can take you there.

With fans shredding another anonymous Man of Steel outing, it would probably have been a smarter idea to scrap Superman’s guest spot altogether if Cavill wasn’t under his costume. Thankfully, The Rock makes movies for audiences, so the worst-case scenario didn’t happen.