Henry Cavill the show credit for bolstering his career: "It's done the most for me to date. [...] Now that there's an audience somewhere in America that's aware of who I am, I have more sell-ability, because of The Tudors." "Entertainment Weekly" named him the "Most Dashing Duke" and praised his work on "The Tudors" for displaying "charm, depth and a killer bod". Cavill had been set to play Superman in McG's 2004 film, "Superman: Flyby". However, McG pulled out of the project and direction was taken over by director Bryan Singer, who recast Brandon Routh as the lead in "Superman Returns".
Henry Cavill at the San Diego Comic-Con in disguise to surprise the cast of "Suicide Squad". In 2018, Cavill co-starred as August Walker in the action spy film "". Also that year, he starred in the psychological thriller "Nomis". On 4 September 2018, it was announced that Cavill will be portraying the protagonist Geralt of Rivia in the Netflix adaptation of "The Witcher". In December 2013, Cavill was named "World's Sexiest Man" by British "Glamour" magazine. The same year, "Empire" magazine placed him third on their list of "The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars 2013". In early 2008, Cavill became the face of