Comic Book scribe and no stranger to Superman, Mark Millar, recently took to his forums to offer his opinions on Henry Cavill, who stars in the Man of Steel this coming June.
Henry Cavill actually studied up on Millar’s take on Superman, reading the “Red Son” graphic novel, and we see that the new Fox Marvel movies studio consultant has only good things to say about him.
However, what Mark Millar is not a fan of – at least for the comic books – is the loss of the red trunks on the new costume.
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:5341:]]Mark Millar also goes on to compliment Man of Steel director Zack Snyder, and previously he described the Justice League movie script as dark and mature, of which Henry Cavill is thought to star as Superman in.
Millar stated the following:
It’s hard to put a finger on it, but sometimes it just feels right. Curt Swan and Alex Ross have captured Superman better than any other artist. Cary Bates, Elliot Maggin, Mark Waid, Gerry Conway and Alan Moore have nailed it more than any other writer. There have been some brilliant creators on Superman over the years telling wonderful stories, but my radar is attuned and I can spot an impersonation. Jose Luis Garcia Lopez draws a guy I believe is Superman just like Alex Ross can. But others can’t regardless of how brilliant they may be. It’s just an X-factor or an understanding of the character.
Anyway, it’s the same with casting. So many people been pored over all the years and so many of them close, but wrong. Brandon Routh is actually brilliant and you only have to see Scott Pilgrim to see how impeccable his timing is. But he looked more like Christopher Reeve than Superman. Dean Cain, Tom Welling and all the others were completely wrong for the part and the big names mooted were never right either. But I completely buy Cavill in this role. That instinctive gut feeling that I’m looking at a pic of Superman.
I don’t even mind the costume. Losing the trunks was pointless, throws the balance of the design off and looks truly, truly HORRIBLE in the comics. But the muted colours work really well, those dark blues and reds really making the pics look very rich and regal. I love how this is looking. Cavill was a great choice, but then Snyder has a great eye. Cracking team behind this so I have high hopes.
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Mark Millar also has Kick-Ass 2 coming out June 28th and a number of creator-owned projects in the works in addition to working on the Fox movies X-Men: Days of Future Past and the new Fantastic Four movie.
Man of Steel flies into theaters June 14, 2013.
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