It's Good To Be, And To Have, Henry Cavill

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Immortals director Tarsem Singh is feeling pretty perky about having taken "a chance" on Henry Cavill for his lead:

“They very much hoped that I would have cast a star, and I didn’t,” Singh said, noting that bigger actors had auditoned, but he felt Cavill was exactly right for the part. “I took one scene when I met Henry I just had him read something. Out of ten things [he read] he was there, in six takes, he was there and I just said ‘Okay. I said some piggy’s have it and some don’t and that piggy had it.’ So I pointed, and said, ‘This is the man.’”

“Everybody was like, ‘Okay, he’s kind of not known’, ” Singh continued, noting the initial reluctance of his producers who were concerned about Cavill’s lack of marquee bankability. “But they stuck by me and said, ‘Okay, if you change your mind we’ll go with you, and Henry never gave anybody a reason to [change their minds].”

Then of course, everyone started singing a different tune once Snyder and Christopher Nolan had cast him as the new Superman. “Until three months ago, everybody was kind of like, ‘We wish it was a bigger guy, we wish it was this thing,’ and suddenly he’s cast as ‘Superman’ and suddenly I look like a genius,” he laughed. “[I didn’t tell anyone] I told you so, because I’ll tell them later,” he smirked. “None of [the producers] claim that that conversation happened so I’ll remind them publicly.” 

He should be given credit I guess for finally be the person that picked Henry after a million close calls, but I just don't understand why it took so damn long in the first place. We've been going on about him here at MNPP for years and years. We told you so, Tarsem.
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