USAToday.com has a nice little interview and an even nicer new photo of Henry on their site this morning. The picture from the new shoot has been added to the gallery and here is the article!
NEW YORK — Woody Allen has a knack for finding fresh faces.
The director cast Rebecca Hall as Cristina’s acerbic, conservative pal in last year’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and she earned a Golden Globe nomination. Mira Sorvino was no household name when she co-starred in Allen’s 1995 comedy Mighty Aphrodite, which won her a supporting-actress Oscar. And 1979’s Manhattan was only the third movie for Mariel Hemingway, who played Allen’s high school love.
Enter Allen’s latest find: Henry Cavill.
Allen had written Cavill’s part in Whatever Works for an American actor. But as soon as the director saw Cavill’s audition tape, “I thought I’d change it to an English boy. Why can’t he be British? I just loved him when I saw him. He’s so handsome, God,” Allen says. “I don’t think I did him justice in the picture. He’s 10,000 times more handsome in person.”
Cavill plays the flute-playing Randy, who lives on the water and woos Southern naïf Melodie (Evan Rachel Wood) in Allen’s comedy, which expands to more theaters this week. “It’s a fairly simple character,” Cavill says. “There’s not much one can do. Woody wanted what he wanted, so I gave him that.”
In reality, Cavill’s life is more grounded. “I just hang out with my mates, really. We go to pubs. I do the whole drinks thing — I’m English, after all,” says the actor, 26. “I like my computer games. I’m a big PC gamer. I read. I read historical fiction or sci-fi and fantasy. I just finished the Robert JordanWheel of Time, which is an amazing series of books.”
But is Cavill, who’s single, anywhere near as romantic as Randy? “Yeah, yeah. But I wouldn’t pursue someone quite so much. I don’t play the flute,” he says.
And he draws the line firmly at meeting someone at a Soho clothing store, as Randy does with Melodie. “I’m not a big shopper,” Cavill says.
He’s also not big into hearsay and conjecture. After landing the role in Allen’s film, Cavill heard dozens of stories about the famously secretive director, many of them from people who had never actually met him — and he chose to disregard everything.
“The horror stories are untrue. His direction is accurate and precise,” Cavill says. “He’s a very, very nice person.”
Cavill’s new to working with Allen, but he has plenty of acting experience on his résumé thanks to Showtime’s The Tudors. Cavill plays dashing courtier Charles Brandon, Henry VIII’s brother-in-law, on the steamy series, which returns for its fourth and final season of 10 episodes in spring 2010. Production starts at the end of June.
So far, Brandon’s life hasn’t been particularly stress-free, and it doesn’t appear to be getting any easier.
“My character has to make difficult decisions between duty and moral conscience — duty to Henry and what he honestly believes and feels in his heart,” Cavill says, summing up Brandon’s travails in the third season. “He’s torn, badly, and has to do some fairly difficult things. He has to put down a rebellion.”
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