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posted by PoetistSTAFFMOD on May 13, 2017 at 4:33 AM
I thought there was a thread for this. Anyway, Diane Lane gave a short but brutal answer about JL.
Reply by Poetist
on December 6, 2019 at 3:04 PM
One thing that I can say about these new round of interviews is that HC seems more relaxed.
Reply by SandraNo
on December 6, 2019 at 3:14 PM
Calmer too despite his snarky new post.
Reply by Poetist
on December 6, 2019 at 6:01 PM
What was snarky? I missed it.
Reply by SandraNo
on December 6, 2019 at 6:13 PM
Two things: a) Lyrics of the song in the clip b) Huntsman's "master artisans".
Reply by Poetist
on December 7, 2019 at 4:45 AM
Oh, the song was too twangy for me, but thanks for taking one for the team and welcome aboard!
Reply by ToniTurnyne
on December 8, 2019 at 12:38 PM
Which posts are you referring to? Can you provide the link?
Reply by SandraNo
on December 8, 2019 at 6:55 PM
Here
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5u-dEgB1Uj/
And thanks Poetist.
Reply by ToniTurnyne
on December 9, 2019 at 3:11 PM
Thanks, Sandra
Reply by Poetist
on December 19, 2019 at 1:26 AM
Interesting interview.
Reply by Poetist
on December 19, 2019 at 4:11 AM
Times Interview. It requires a subscription, so I just cut and pasted it.
The first thing you notice about Henry Cavill is his dog. You might think that in a room containing only the actor who plays Superman and a dense layer of PRs, it would be Superman you clocked. But it’s Kal the American akita that steals the show; he’s a gentle furry giant, six years old and roughly the dimensions of a grizzly bear. He is Cavill’s constant companion and travels the world with him.
“There are some places that are difficult, like Australia and New Zealand,” he says, gazing adoringly at the dog, which gazes adoringly back. “But most places are OK, as long as you do your work beforehand and make sure he’s got his rabies jabs and his tapeworm pills. I do my best. He’s a true companion. I’m not too sure what I’d do without him, to be honest.”
Cavill is tall, dark and handsome, but has managed to avoid being cast endlessly as the romantic lead. He was brought up on Jersey, one of five sons. His father worked as a stockbroker; his mother may well have despaired for her sanity. “I don’t know how she remained sane, to be honest. Probably because she’s just a legend. We’re very, very lucky to have her as a mother.”
He got his break when he was 17 and still at boarding school in England, in the film The Count of Monte Cristo. For seven years his career didn’t quite catch fire: Midsomer Murders, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, tenth billing in I Capture the Castle. Things started to take off when, aged 24, he got second billing as Charles Brandon in The Tudors, opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers. It was 2013 when he finally reached the top, aged 30, with the first of three outings as Superman. Now he’s starring as Geralt in The Witcher, a Netflix fantasy epic. Geralt is a mutated monster hunter who looks a bit like a vengeful Michael Bolton with the mother of all hangovers.
“I think the audience for the fantasy genre is building,” Cavill says. “Lord of the Rings opened the door and Game of Thrones showed you another room within the house. The Witcher is another room in that same house. It’s not the new Game of Thrones. There is no new Game of Thrones; that’s like someone saying he’s the new Tom Cruise. There isn’t another Tom Cruise out there. Game of Thrones was absolutely fantastic and I think The Witcher is going to be something entirely unique and different.”
Season two has been commissioned. Early episodes of season one feature pitched battles, Celtic music, lots of CGI, widespread death and mutilation, and whispered conversations about destiny.
“I’ve been a fan of the fantasy genre since I was boy,” Cavill says. “My dad would read to me before I could read, and I’ve been reading the fantasy genre ever since I learnt to read myself — so from about the age of 25,” he finishes, with a flourish. He loved gaming as a child, and particularly loved a role-playing game called The Witcher, which he played through two and a half times, “which is quite a few hours of playing — hundreds of hours. Then I heard Netflix were making it into a TV show and this is absolutely the world I live in. This job is the dream come true.”
After The Count of Monte Cristo he didn’t bother going back to finish his A levels at Stowe, the boarding school in Buckinghamshire where he’d spent four miserable, homesick years. He was badly bullied and says that for two years he wept down the phone to his mother every day. Overweight, he was nicknamed Fat Cavill, but discovered that nobody laughed at him or bullied him when he acted in school productions. He always thought that he would go into the armed forces, like two of his elder brothers, but acting, he says, got him first. His eldest brother used to be in the army, and his second-eldest is a colonel in the Royal Marines.
“It’s definitely a lifestyle I would love to have lived, and sometimes I look back and think, ‘That would’ve been great.’ Part of that lifestyle just sings to me, to go out there and fight alongside your brothers, your brothers and sisters, and try and make the world a slightly better place in the process.”
Instead, he found himself losing out twice to Robert Pattinson, for parts in the Harry Potter films and Twilight, and to Daniel Craig for James Bond, when he was 22. Every article about Cavill refers to how the director who screen-tested him told him he was chubby.
“That’s not true,” Cavill says before explaining in considerable detail that it evidently is. “What I said was that Martin Campbell, the director, said, ‘Looking a little chubby there, Henry!’ That wasn’t why I didn’t get Bond. I didn’t get Bond because Daniel was the better guy for the role and he did an absolutely fantastic job. What Martin was doing was making sure that if I did get the role, I was going to have to physically prep harder. That was him being very kind to me. Not being insulting. Not being unpleasant.”
With Craig now insisting that this will be his last outing as Bond, is Cavill in the running again? “I don’t know. You’ll have to ask Barbara,” he says, referring to Barbara Broccoli, the head of the production company that makes the Bond films. Would he like the part? “I think it’d be a lot of fun, that’s for sure.”
Like most actors, Cavill says he would probably like to hone his skills on stage at some point, “but I’m really enjoying the blockbuster genre”. He has spoken about how much he loves being a successful Hollywood star and how “money is lovely. Nice things are lovely.” Today he’s more circumspect. It’s not about fame, money and women, it’s about providing for his family and telling the stories he wants to tell.
“It’s the opportunity to have a companion like my bear here,” he says, gesturing to Kal, “and to travel with him wherever I want in the world, and take my friends on nice holidays. Everyone thinks fame’s pretty great, but it’s very much a double-edged sword. Whenever I leave my front door I’m in a giant fishbowl. In the house I’m fairly safe, to a degree,” he says warming to his theme, “but I live in a mews, where people can just look in my window from across the way. You feel very watched and very observed.”
He has a public Instagram account with more than eight million followers, which he uses to promote his work, his charities and his love of Ducati motorbikes. “Sometimes,” he adds, “it’s just pictures of Kal, and why not?”
He does it in spite of describing himself as “quite a private person” because he knows that posting little snapshots of his life on Instagram “means a lot” to his fans. He has been romantically linked to a string of glamorous women, including an actress, Gina Garano, an English showjumper, Ellen Whitaker, to whom he was reported to be engaged, and a stuntwoman, Lucy Cork. Today it appears that his main personal relationship is with Kal. “He’s an extremely important companion and, yeah, a serious emotional anchor in my life.”
Kal was on set for filming of The Witcher, which occurred partly in a remote area of Hungary. The journey to the set from his hotel took three hours a day, so he decided to ditch the hotel and sleep in his trailer. “It was a very nice trailer,” he says, “and one of the blessings in disguise is that we were shooting in rather fantastic locations and it was just me and Kal, and when it was snowing it was really quite nice to wander round at night.”
It’s not entirely clear whether Cavill, for all his success, is particularly happy. He comes across as hunted and wary, training relentlessly in the gym and beating himself up if he doesn’t look a certain way. “I’m very strict with myself. If I look at myself in the mirror and think I can do better, then I’m not at peace. There’s always a lot of discipline required to achieve these things.”
His hobby is still gaming, and reading fantasy and sci-fi books, but he spends most of his life on the road. He looks vaguely mystified at the idea of letting his hair down over Christmas, and he lives the regimented diet and lifestyle of the professionally buff.
“I get at least one cheat meal a week when I’m being very, very strict,” he insists, “and when I’m not being very, very strict, one every three to five days. So I’m not not enjoying myself. It’s just that I’m not enjoying myself all the time.”
The Witcher premieres on Netflix on December 20
Source: thetimes.co.uk
Reply by AfterTheSnap
on December 19, 2019 at 8:20 AM
That in the end ... it's sad! You are launching a job that you are passionate about, (hypothetically) you are starting a relationship ... and the journalist believes after talking to you and observing you ... that you are not happy?
:'(
Reply by ToniTurnyne
on December 20, 2019 at 11:27 PM
He wants to go on stage? For real? This is new (and out of character). If he’s that serious, why is he still obsessed being in gyms than sharpening his acting skills.
This sounds more like him. But I’m not sure he’s that successful yet as a Hollywood star as he has not had a blockbuster movie which he leads for a while. MI: Fallout was a success but that is a Tom Cruise movie.
This is interesting... Is he providing for all his family? I can see him providing for his bro, Charlie and his Aunt Lillian. Maybe his parents as his Dad seemed to handle his finances.
Reply by SandraNo
on December 20, 2019 at 11:41 PM
A youtube comment from the new Graham Norton Show episode.
"henry and diesy (Daisy) look like they hooked up and never talked to each other after from body language readings"
Reply by AfterTheSnap
on December 21, 2019 at 12:33 AM
I don't really think he is that recognized either, it’s not a familiar face for 80% of the audience... it's not like Clooney or Pitt.
The same reason I have to rule out everything that say "He did it to not upset his fans” 😑 get of the unicorn, he doesn't have so many fans either.
(For an interview given Monday morning, he still don't talk about someone (girlfriend) who accompanies his steps, just his family. We can see who is really important here, good for you young men).
Perhaps he pays expensive schools to his nephews or refers to gifts, holidays, or things that they need and cannot afford (at the end of the day, they are all workers, not millionaires). 🤷🏽♀️ At least in my country that’s normal... my grandparents pay for my private school (public school in the UK).
Reply by AfterTheSnap
on December 21, 2019 at 12:34 AM
😂😂😂 Anything is possible