To date, Henry Cavill is a fairly well-known British actor. The audience is known for his catchy roles in the popular television series The Tudors, as well as for the science fiction film Man of Steel. And if today the actor regularly receives invitations to participate in a particular film, then a few children ago the situation was completely different. After all, the path to success and recognition is not always easy.
Henry Cavill: biography and childhood
The future
famous actor was born on May 5, 1983. He spent all his childhood on the island of Jersey. His mother Marianne worked at a bank. Father Colin was engaged in trading on the stock exchange. By the way, Henry has four more brothers.
First, he studied at St. Michael's Elementary School, after which he was sent to a boarding school, which is located in Buckinghamshire. It was here that the guy was seriously carried away by stage mastery.
How did Henry become an actor?
While studying at school, the young guy planned to go to university and devote his life to studying the history of Ancient Egypt. There was another option - to join the army and try to build a military career. But all these plans lost relevance from the moment Henry began to periodically play in school theater productions.
He received the main roles in school performances, and his acting teacher gave the boy exceptionally positive marks. The actor himself says that for the first time he felt an incomparable mixture of adrenaline, fear and delight in his school years, standing under the light of spotlights. Since that time, there was no talk of a career as a historian or a soldier - Henry was determined to become an artist.
First films
For the first time, a young actor appeared on the screens in the movie "Lagoon", which was released in 2001. Here he got a cameo role of Thomas Apri. A year later, he was offered a small job in the famous film by Kevin Reynolds entitled "Count of Monte Cristo", based on the novel by Alexander Dumas. And although the role of Albert Mondego was not so important, Henry still appeared on the screen, replenished the filmography and gained some experience.
In 2002, he played Chas Quilter in one of the episodes of the popular series Inspector Linley Investigates. In 2003, the actor participated in the filming of another popular detective series called “Purely English Killings” - in one of the series he plays Simon Mayfield.
In 2005, the continuation of the famous horror film entitled HellRaiser 8: The Infernal World was released. Here, Henry appears in the image of Mike. In 2006, the actor gets a role in the legendary romantic story "Tristan and Isolde", where Melota plays. In 2007, participates in a kind of experimental film "Little Red Riding Hood", where he appears as a hunter.
Hollywood's most unlucky man
In 2005, the actor had several failures during the castings. The “black streak” in Henry’s career began with trials for the role of Cedric Diggory in the fourth film about the boy sorcerer “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”. But, as you know, Robert Pattinson appeared on the screen in this image.
In the same year, Henry Cavill, along with Sam Warrington and Daniel Craig, claimed the role of the famous British spy James Bond in the movie "Casino Royale". Unfortunately, the producers and directors found the actor too young to recreate everyone’s favorite image.
A little later, the actor again took part in the samples - this time he wanted to play Edward Cullen in the popular saga "Twilight". But here he was unlucky again, since at that time Henry was already 24 years old and he could no longer look like a seventeen-year-old. Robert Pattinson the second time stole a role from under Cavill's nose. Such ridiculous failures led to the fact that the actor was called "the most unlucky person in Hollywood." Fortunately, luck quickly returned to Henry.
The series "Tudors" and the long-awaited recognition
In April 2007, the first episode of the famous Tudors series was released. Despite the name, the king of England becomes Henry the Eighth. This monarch, who successfully fulfilled his dream of becoming one of the most influential rulers of Europe, is known to the whole world also thanks to the founding of the Anglican Church and great love of love - during the reign the king was married six times, and some of his wives ended their life in pieces.
The ratings of the series broke all records after the first series. Therefore, a few weeks after the start of the show, the studio announced the start of work on the second season. The series lasted four seasons - the last series was released in April 2010.
Naturally, each actor taking part in the series received his share of fame and recognition. Henry Cavill (photo) worked in the project for all four seasons. Here he brilliantly played the best friend and son-in-law of the monarch Charles Brandon, the first Duke of Suffolk, who remained on the pages of history as an extremely successful court and political figure. It was after this series that the actor became famous and began to receive invitations to more serious projects.
Henry Cavill: filmography
In 2007, the premiere of a science fiction film called Stardust took place. Henry Cavill works with many famous actors here, including Robert de Niro and Sienna Miller. By the way, he got the role of the groom of the main character Humphrey Munday.
And already in 2009, the actor got one of the main roles in the horror film "Blood Stream", the plot of which tells about the painful experiments of the Third Reich Nazis with the
occult sciences.Henry also got a small minor role as Randy James in a Woody Allen film called “Whatever happens,” which was released in 2009.
And after some time, in 2011, Henry Cavill appears on the screens in the role of Theseus. Fantasy-style action movie entitled “War of the Gods: Immortals” received not very good reviews from critics. Nevertheless, the cast, modern special effects and excellent musical design made the story of ancient Greek myths quite popular among the audience.
In 2012, the actor appeared in an action movie called "In broad daylight," where he played the main character Will Shaw.
How did a famous actor turn into a “man of steel”?
In 2013, the premiere of the film "Man of Steel." At all times, stories about the simple man Clark Kent, who was hiding his true identity, were very popular. That is why
Zach Snyder and
Christopher Nolan decided to take a fresh look at Superman's story. And his role was played by Henry Cavill.
Actor’s training began a few months before filming began and continued during the making of the film. Intensive physical activity and exercises under the supervision of the famous coach Mark Twight pursued only one goal - to make the viewer believe that the main character of the film really has extraordinary power. The actor himself in one of the interviews mentioned that the grueling workouts helped him in the first place - he really felt like a “man of steel”.
Future films with the famous actor
Following the success of the fantastic Superman story, Henry Cavill received a few more suggestions. In the near future, two more films with his participation will appear on the screens. Now he is working on the film "The Man from UNCLE", where he plays the CIA agent Napoleon Solo. Together with a KGB officer in the midst of the Cold War, he is trying to stop an extremely dangerous international crime syndicate.
And for 2016, another large-scale premiere is planned, which will be a kind of continuation of the film “Man of Steel”. The official name of the picture is not yet known, but the working one sounds like "Batman vs. Superman." The plot of the tape has not been disclosed, Zack Snyder and other creators sacredly keep a secret. It is only known that the first shootings took place at the end of October 2013.
Cavill's personal life
Naturally, after the success of the historical series and several feature films, many film fans began to be interested in questions about who Henry Cavill is. The personal life of the actor is also the subject of heated discussion.
But it is worth noting that Henry, despite his sincere friendliness, is not inclined to talk about his problems and relations with the opposite sex. Nevertheless, it is known that the actor for a long time met with the athlete Ellen Whitaker. In 2011, Henry Cavill and his girlfriend even announced their engagement. Nevertheless, the relationship did not work out - in August 2012 it became known about their breakup.
And a month later there were rumors that the actor began dating Gina Carano - young people were often seen together. But these relations did not last long, since in May 2013 it became known about the separation of stars. After that, rumors appeared in the press about Cavill's not at all friendly relations with actress Kaley Cuoco. But the actors quickly broke up.