Zack Snyder's DCEU might have looked very different if things had gone better on Jamie Dornan's (Fifty Shades of Grey, Robin Hood) Superman audition for Man of Steel (or if Henry Cavill's audition would've gone worse).
Casting for Man of Steel got underway in 2010 with filming kicking off in the Summer of 2011. The Hollywood landscape of hot, young actors who could potentially play the Last Son of Krypton looked very different thirteen years ago.
Appearing on MTV correspondent Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast to promote his role in Gal Gadot's Heart of Stone, Dornan stated, "The only one I auditioned for is Superman. That was way back when, like when Henry Cavill got cast. That’s probably 12 years ago or something. I wore my own suit there. Was that a mistake? They were Superman pajamas, they weren’t an actual suit. I remember an early audition for that. I got nowhere near putting the [real] suit on."
Dornan went on to add that since then, he's never really come close to portraying another superhero. "I’ve had meetings with heads of studios that do those things and would talk about it, but I never got deep in any audition process for them.“
Along with Dornan, Joe Manganiello, Matthew Goode, and Armie Hammer were all considered for the role before the honor eventually went to Cavill. If you believe some reports, Manganiello was actually the first choice for the role but his contractual obligations for True Blood kept him out of the final running.
Of course, Cavill's time in the role is over and David Corenswet will be portraying the character in James Gunn's upcoming reboot, Superman: Legacy.
Given the ultimate fate of the DCEU, do you think Dornan is grateful he dodged a bullet? Looking back on things, do you think Cavill wishes someone else had landed the role? Let us know in the comment section below.
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