High school can be tough in many ways. Things like being away from your family, being a little different in any way from your peers, being an outsider, and so forth, can affect the experience. For Henry Cavill, it was his own quality that made him different from his peers. Our very own tough Witcher once was extremely emotional in boarding school. Once he revealed how this quality made it harder for him to survive in his school.

Showing emotions upfront can be considered a sign of weakness. Today, with the changing time, vulnerability is getting its due respect. However, wearing emotions on his sleeves did not benefit The Witcher star in his boarding school. In his interview with Josh Horowitz on Happy Sad Confused, Cavill opened up about this experience and his days as a teenager. “I think I was probably a very openly emotional kid,” admitted the Superman actor.

Talking about how it made a tough experience for him, the British actor said it made him an easy target to get picked on. Because he wore his heart on his sleeves, he had to face a lot of difficult situations during his time in the boarding school. However, there was one help he knew he always had, and it was from his mother. Talking about it further, the 40-year-old actor added because his mother was an extremely tough person, she helped him get through that phase of his life.

It is so easy to break into pieces when the time is tough, but it is extremely hard to get up and heal. The Justice League star did not let his emotional openness break him. Instead, as he admitted, it helped him a lot afterward.

How did it make Henry Cavill stronger?

“I think your vulnerability might just be your superpower,” says Georgia to her daughter in the Netflix series Ginny & Georgia. It seems the English actor had received this advice earlier when he was struggling with his openness to emotions. Being in the film industry can be tough, as you get a lot of rejections. It can lead you to be vulnerable and lose control. However, because of his boarding school experiences, Cavill had become stronger.

During his interview, he admitted it prepared him to be understanding of an industry that would say no a lot. Therefore, when he got rejection after auditioning for James Bond all these years ago, he took it positively. Instead of getting depressed and broken, he made the necessary changes in his physique.

His emotional openness made him more open to experiencing everything deeply. And this is how he turned his vulnerability into his strength. Well, what do you think about it? Tell us in the comments below.