Henry Cavill Met with DC about Playing New Character After Superman

DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn re-confirmed that he has met with former Superman actor Henry Cavill about a new DCU role for the actor. 

As Gunn leads the super-powered franchise into a new era with Chapter 1 of the DCU, titled Gods and Monsters, he also leaves much of what has come before in the rearview. 

The perfect distillation of this cleaning of the narrative slate for the DCU can be seen in what has gone on surrounding Man of Steel's Henry Cavill. Upon announcing a new Superman movie was in the works, Gunn revealed that the character "not be played by Henry Cavill" going forward. 

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