Henry Cavill on his fat Superman look in Man Of Steel
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oi-IANS
By Ians English
Los
Angeles:
Actor
Henry
Cavill,
who
will
debut
as
the
caped
'Superman'
in
forthcoming
film
Man
Of
Steel,
says
he
never
dreamt
that
he
would
slip
into
the
role
someday
as
he
was
a
fat
child.
He
was
so
chubby
that
he
had
landed
the
nickname
'Fat
Cavill',
and
now
the
30-year-old
admits
he
can't
wait
for
his
childhood
tormentors
to
see
him
toned
and
athletic
on
the
big
screen,
reports
dailystar.co.uk.
"I
was
fat...
I
was
Fat
Cavill," the
actor
told
Details
magazine.
He
said
he
he
lost
21
pounds
after
landing
his
first
big
part
in
a
film
adaptation
of
'The
Count
of
Monte
Cristo'
at
17.
Then
there
was
no
looking
back.
"I
lost
one
and
a
half
stone
and
I
wasn't
Fat
Cavill
anymore,"
he
added.
However,
he
had
to
beef
up
a
bit
to
play
Superman.
"I
will
say
I
was
a
lot
bigger
as
Superman...
I'm
not
saying
how
much.
It's
modesty
about
the
weight;
I've
always
been
worried
about
my
weight.
I
also
don't
want
to
invite
that
debate:
'Henry
weighs
this,
so
he's
the
perfect
Superman.' Or,
'Henry
doesn't
weigh
this,
and
therefore
he's
not
believable
in
the
role.'
"But
I'm
not
eating
5,000
calories
a
day
anymore,"
he
said.
(IANS)