Superman is 33 in MAN OF STEEL

Henry Cavill, along with the rest of his MAN OF STEEL compatriots, have been hitting the press rounds in preparation for their film’s release, and the blue-eyed actor revealed a really interesting tidbit about Superman in a recent exchange. Here it is:

“It’s a story and as an actor, you’re going to find that in a story, there’s lots of emotions. It’s a story first and there is an emotional being at the center of the film first, Superman just happens to have these incredible abilities. It’s not about ‘How did you balance [action and emotion]’, you don’t balance the two. You need them both and this is what makes this movie different. It’s not just ‘Yeah, ok. Superhero, whatever. Wow that’s cool, save me superhero.’ It’s ‘Oh, wait a second, there’s an alien, here! There’s an alien here for thirty-three years, and you can’t hurt him. I don’t know how I feel about this.’ But then you have to ask how Superman feels about people saying that about him.”

That’s older than Bruce Wayne (after he first dons the Cowl) in Batman Begins, right? Superman’s really pushing the age limit as a rookie hero, but I suppose I’ll let him slide on this one occasion. After all, the #1 superhero in the world is Robert Downy Jr.’s Tony Stark, and that actor is damn near elderly for a leading man.

SOURCE: CBM