There is often a lesser-known actor in the show business circle, who quickly becomes known to the public after taking over a movie with a well-known role.
For example, Henry Cavill, who is going to talk about today.
The British actor's popularity expanded globally due to his role as Superman in 2013's Man of Steel.
However, unlike Superman, who looks down on everything on the screen, Henry's acting career in reality has not been easy along the way, and has even been called "the most unfortunate actor in Hollywood" by some media.
Born in england in 1983, Henry first entered the show business in 2001's films Hate and 2002's The Earl of Monte Cristo.
However, this is also very normal, after all, as soon as you enter the entertainment industry, you will immediately become popular, which is a very small minority.
But soon, Henry had his first chance.
At the beginning of the new century, Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man" and Fox Pictures' "X-Men" once again set off a boom in superhero movies.
In this case, Warner Bros. is ready to restart DC's Superman and Batman projects.
At that time, Henry went to audition for the role of Superman: Leap (later Superman Returns).
Speaking of which, Henry's face was awe-inspiring and quite tough, and although the muscles at that time were not exaggerated later, the body shape was also very in line with the role of Superman.
Especially after putting on the battle suit, it really looks like it.
However, he ended up losing, losing to Sven's Brandon Rose.
The reason is also said in previous articles, there are two main reasons.
First, Superman: Leap was originally intended to be a more innovative new work that had little to do with the old Riff version of The Superman series.
However, the project later changed into a sequel to 1980's Superman 2.
In other words, superman in this project is the same as the old version of superman.
In this case, the producers became more eager to find an actor who looked like Reeve.
Therefore, Brandon has an advantage over Henry in this regard.
Second, since Reeve, whether it is a movie or a TV series, any actor who plays Superman has never been less than 190cm tall.
Of course, what does it matter if you might feel inferior in this day and age?
But at the time, this was basically a hidden condition, and unless you were really outstanding, it was still a priority above 190CM.
While Brandon is 191cm tall, Henry is 185cm.
Soon after, the "007" series at that time was also facing the change of the role of James Bond.
Henry naturally will not let go of this opportunity, Bond was originally a British agent, he is also an Englishman, so that there will be an advantage in casting, right?
In fact, it is true that the director at the time, Martin Campbell, admired Henry Cavill very much and thought that the role of Bond was none other than him.
However, investors and producers believe that another British actor, Daniel Craig, is more suitable to star in the series.
As a result, Henry lost again.
Henry, who was repeatedly abandoned by big productions, did not give up.
Soon after, he went to audition for Cedric Diggory of the Harry Potter series.
Not surprisingly, he lost again.
This time, he meets his lifelong enemy, Robert Pattinson, a character that Pattinson took.
Soon, American writer Stephanie Meier's "Twilight" is about to be adapted into a movie, and Henry goes to audition for the protagonist Edward.
This was probably henry's closest to success.
Stephanie Meier has repeatedly said in social occasions that Henry is simply the most perfect Edward she imagined, and both appearance and temperament are close to full marks.
Unfortunately, in the end, the role was once again taken away by Pattinson.
The reason given by the film is that Henry is too old.
In fact, Henry was only 3 years older than Pattinson.
Interestingly, henry later starred as Superman in the DC Universe, pattinson became the new Batman candidate after Ben Affleck quit.
Superman and Batman are the best partners in the world.
It seems that these two are really "on the bar".
But in any case, Henry is really "unlucky".
You say that if you go to the audition, you may not be able to pass, that is normal, after all, these are still big projects.
However, as far as Henry's own conditions are concerned, his competitiveness is actually very high.
Needless to say, After Daniel Craig prepared to step down from 007 earlier, Henry was also one of the most vocal candidates for the next Bond.
As for "Twilight", it has been absolutely recognized by the author, which is basically one step away from success.
It is indeed quite unfortunate that such a repeated passing by well-known characters is indeed quite unfortunate.
After all, you said that if you were not competitive in the first place and just tried your luck, it would not be good if you lost the election.
But obviously he is very suitable, but because the capital side is more optimistic about other people and lost, but also more than once, this can really only say that the timing is not good.
Henry, who lost several elections, finally had to go back to acting in TV dramas.
However, this time, the goddess of luck finally took care of him.
He did a great job in the Tudor show, and began to make more filmmakers notice him.
During this time, he has also starred in other films, although it has not caused any sensation.
In 2011, Warner revived the Superman project again.
This time, Henry quickly ran to the audition as he had done seven or eight years ago.
Finally, he passed the selection and became the superman of the new era.
It's also interesting to say, although Henry is an Englishman, he has always liked Superman.
He thinks Superman is a spirit, and he is really honored to play this role, and when filming "Man of Steel", he will laugh unconsciously when he wears Superman's suit.
He even claimed that he "really wanted to play the role of Superman all the time." ”
In fact, his superman role in "Man of Steel" has also been highly recognized by the audience, and most people admit that he is indeed the superman of the new era, and is the only one.
However, because "Body of Steel" as the beginning of the DC Universe, it is not as successful as the Marvel Universe's "Iron Man".
Henry's acting career did not directly "turn over and become the master" like Downey.
And now, because of Warner's swinging attitude towards the sequel to Superman movies, he doesn't know what year and month he will be able to meet everyone on the screen as a red cape.
Of course, later Henry was able to play the villain in Brother Tang's "Mission Impossible 6" and participate in the super popular American drama "Demon Hunter".
It seems that the developmentality is indeed acceptable.
But in a way, this is also a kind of "misfortune".
I hope that this new era superman can really soar in the future.