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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Jacob Stolworthy

Henry Cavill should be thankful he’s been fired as Superman – DC didn’t deserve him

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So, Henry Cavill is out of a job. Again.

Less than two months after the actor announced his departure from The Witcher, DC bosses revealed that they had officially cut ties with the Superman actor. “I will, after all, not be returning as Superman,” Cavill wrote on Instagram earlier this week. It was genuinely surprising news. After all, Cavill had only told fans he would be returning as the Man of Steel in October, and the reprisal seemed to be set in stone following a cameo in Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam. Cavill, rightfully, has made no secret of his shock. “After being told by the studio to announce my return, prior to their hire, this news isn’t the easiest, but that’s life,” he said in a statement. But the actor should rejoice; he’s free at last.

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