Henry Cavill may sure have cemented his name in the industry as our dashing, local slash extraterrestrial superhero, or maybe again, as our local, supernatural monster hunter. But always a savior, which gets along with his shimmering eyes and kind smile, but the day we see the actor using his physical prowess to display a slightly different, maybe a more menacing side to him, not a lot of the audience might be seen bothering to complain.

It seems as if the audience might have been quite, and painstakingly close to having this wish granted, but only close, not close enough. 

The revered Superman, Henry Cavill, had managed to step into manned territory once again, the news, that is. Ever since being removed from the DC Universe, Cavill has been keeping himself busy with quite a bit, but what had left the audience with breaths caught in their throats has been the announcement of Cavill's mark-making on the MCU, after much ado, and while the first week of the news had only revealed his tentative oncoming in the Marvel show Nova, after news of the entire shows scrapping, it had simultaneously been revealed that the actor might be playing the role of Annihilus, in the paused-for-now show's antagonist. 

Annihilus, referring to the exact Fantastic Four antagonist that any well-versed-marvel-fan must be thinking about, which the show rumored to carry off onto the Fantastic Four plotline as well. As Marvel expands its universe, Hollywood’s superhero landscape continues to shift, and few know this better than Henry Cavill. Once the definitive poster face of Superman, Cavill has seen firsthand how time reshapes careers. While he could have continued and milked out of the Superman franchise as much as he could, he has been called off superhero duties due to his non-receding age, and while this ensues, Cavill has not been short of gigs to keep himself busy with, from a five second long frame of him as Wolverine and then as the neat and tidy, Sherlock.

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After Cavill's heart-breaking departure form the DCU in December 2022, speculation of the actors next deserved poster-face role being anticipated is on the rise, but with a concerning air of tentativeness. 

Henry Cavill does not seem to be phased by the smear of 'long-awaited's' that he seem to be collecting under his belt, from the halting of the production for Nova, as well the re-calling of the for In The Grey, where Cavill was to play John Grey. The movie, as revealed in November of 2024, close to its release date, which was set for January 17, 2025, was held back from its aforementioned date of release, to an indefinite time, pertaining its incomplete production as of date. An addition for Cavill to his belt of badges, of sorts.

While Henry Cavill seems to be in a liminal area of change before one gets to properly spot him in an actual movie or series, for an actual role, his portrayal of his existing roles serve as a proof of his dedication to act for the art of it, and for the love it, rathe than only its final successes. 

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