Body hair fans were waiting with interest to see whether the nicely hirsute Henry Cavill would be forced to denude his chest in order to play the Man Of Steel. In the end he didn’t have to, despite a history of Hollywood getting the razors out for superheroes (just look at Chris Evans in Captain America).
Cavill’s now talked about that briefly, and whether there was talk of forcing him to get rid of the fuzz. In the end he says it’s something that was important to him, so perhaps he’s got a bit of a body hair fetish too. Take a look at the clip above and a pic of the hairy Henry as Superman below. Oh, and you can watch Cavill working out shirtless for the role here.
Hollywood’s desire for hairless chests isn’t new either, as there’s the infamous story of Jeffrey Hunter when he was playing Jesus in King Of Kings in 1961. It’s said the entire crucifixion scene had to be reshot after test audiences objected to the idea of seeing a hairy-chested Messiah.


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After the success of the Batman movies and Inception, Christopher Nolan is the director absolutely everyone wants to work with, which has allowed him to put a very impressive cast together for Interstellar. Now there’s a new recruit, as in an interview with Elle Magazine to promote his upcoming drama Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Casey Affleck says that he’s signed up.
Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn’t really done many proper horror movies, but now he’s stepping into that arena with Maggie, as
The cast for Rob Marshall’s movie version of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Into The Wood. The latest to join talks for the film is Anna Kendrick who will be Cinderella in the movie, according to
As expected Monsters University topped the US box office, taking a strong $82 million in its first three days. That’s marks Pixar’s 14th straight film to top the box office, and it’s their second highest debut ever, behind only Toy Story 3. The film is also likely to hold up well in the coming weeks, becoming yet another big hit for the studio.
Disney’s big budget take on the classic The Lone Ranger hits UK cinemas on August 9th. However if you want to see this much anticipated movie nearly a month early, you need to enter this comp, as we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to an exclusive preview screening on July 10th in Central London’s Leicester Square!
Futurama is back! After being cancelled in 2003, it returned for four feature-length straight-to-DVD specials between 2007 and 2009. Now the show is back again with the long-awaited Season 6, which reaches Blu-ray and DVD in the UK on June 24th, 2013.