Throwback: DC’s Man of Steel Had Almost Lost the Superman Role While Being Engrossed Playing World of Warcraft

Gaming has been a loved hobby for the majority of the population across the globe. The reason is the act of witnessing the unfolding of a whole new world. Likewise, Man of Steel, Henry Cavill, has also been an avid gamer. However, his zeal for World of Warcraft almost made him lose the Superman role.

Henry Cavill has been a phenomenal personality in the community. Since the time he wore the red cape of Superman, the British actor has won the hearts of the people. Recently, the Man of Steel announced his return to the DCEU as Superman. This also makes this throwback, to when he almost lost the role, a little more interesting.

Henry Cavill shares an episode where he almost lost a big role by playing World of Warcraft

To give a brief about the recent developments, Cavill announced his return through an Instagram post. He said, “A very small taste of what’s to come, my friends. The dawn of hope renewed. Thank you for your patience, it will be rewarded.” Thus, it was enough to confirm his comeback as Superman.

Notably, fans heaped praise on Dwayne Johnson as Henry Cavill returned as Superman. Now that the Man of Steel’s comeback has been cemented, here’s the time when Cavill almost lost the role by getting engrossed in playing World of Warcraft. While appearing on The Graham Norton Show, he got asked about how he nearly lost an “important job.”

Graham Norton asked, “Didn’t you nearly lost quite an important job?” To this, Cavil replied, “Absolutely yeah, I was, I was playing a game called World of Warcraft.” Furthermore, he said, “And I missed the call from Zack Snyder’s tell me I’ve got Superman.”

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Norton further inquired, “But like, did you hear the phone ringing?” To this Cavill agreed and admitted to having ignored it. Fortunately, luck favored, and the world got to see Cavill marvelously playing the powerful character of Superman.

The Superman actor had a great time watching Netflix’s League of Legends series Arcane

Known for his love for video games, Henry Cavill recently shared his reviews after seeing Netflix’s League of Legends series. Moreover, he admittedly kept his sleep second to Netflix’s League of Legends series Arcane while giving his reviews.

Cavill said, “Yes, I really did [enjoy Arcane]! I’m so glad you told me, because when you said it, I went home immediately, and I was like “Right, Natalie, I was told by this guy at work that I should watch Arcane.” And she was like, “Oh, I’ve heard some pretty good things about it.” I couldn’t stop watching it, and it got really late, and Natalie was like “Right, we should probably go to bed,” and I was like “No, no, no, no, no, nope, gotta keep on watching.” And she went “Yeah, okay, I’m with you, we should definitely keep on watching.” It’s amazing, and I’m very thankful that you introduced me to that, because I may have missed it otherwise.”

Thus, one can safely say that Cavill does become a member of the video gaming community. And only the future can tell other stories about the Superman actor’s interactions with video games. In the meanwhile, one can surely read about DRX BeryL deeming to play Genshin Impact after winning the 2022 League of Legends World Championship.

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