When Henry Cavill first appeared as Superman in Man of Steel, DC fans knew that the British actor’s career was going places. And that place was none other than the pantheon of DC’s fan-favorite superhero actors. So, it was obvious that his 2022 DC flick with Dwayne Johnson titled Black Adam was going to create much hype. However, the movie’s makers wanted to keep Cavill’s cameo in it a surprise.

Ultimately, not only was his presence in the movie hidden from fans but also the movie’s actors!

The return of Henry Cavill was a heavily guarded secret

Among the many superheroes in DC’s Black Adam was the winged wonder, Hawkman. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter from 2022, Aldis Hodge who played the character spoke of his experiences of working on the flick. However, the most shocking revelation he made was the fact that Henry Cavill’s Superman cameo was kept highly “under wraps” in a “super vault” of sorts. This meant that he himself only found out about it “a day or two” before the movie’s premiere!

Although, even Cavill’s surprise cameo could not save the movie from mostly tanking at the box office. Today, the movie is among the most cherished by his fans. After all, it eventually became the 40-year-old’s last stint as Superman! Even Hodge admitted that fans had wanted to see Cavill “in the red and blue” for a while. 

Ultimately, “the perfect person” for the job brought Cavill to Black Adam according to the Leverage actor.

Dwayne Johnson and Cavill’s camaraderie 

Besides the fact that Aldis Dodge credited “DJ” or Dwayne Johnson for bringing The Witcher actor back to his Superman role, the two A-listers are known to support each other often. It is commonly known that Cavill was let go from DC by the studio’s new co-CEO James Gunn. Later, ‘The Rock’ cryptically credited Black Adam’s failure to Gunn. According to him, the new leadership created problems that eventually became the movie’s downfall.  

In this way, the Central Intelligence actor defended the entire cast by shining light on where the real problem lay according to him. Meanwhile, the Enola Holmes actor once spoke of his admiration for Johnson in trying to imitate him. Regardless of the duo’s failure to make Black Adam as great a success as fans were hoping it to be, fans never blamed them for the movie’s underwhelming reach. 

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