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	Henry Cavill at the Gucci Party on April 1st, 2009: GUCCI GORGEOUS The Tudors star Henry Cavill attends a dinner honoring Gucci's creative director Frida Giannini at London's Saatchi Gallery on Wednesday April 1st. The event was hosted by British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman. How long ago did The Tudors finish filming? What was your most memorable scene? HC: Season 3 wrapped last year in October, i believe. There's quite a nice scene where I talk to the leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace in a picturesque valley in Ireland, which is where we shoot. There was one scene where we had the three leaders standing on this fantastic little bridge. That sticks out in my mind as a fantastic image. Otherwise, we have plenty of memorable, funny stuff where we messed up our lines a few times and we ended up getting frustrated in the end. And we're going to start Tudors season 4, god-willing, in June. Who messed up their lines the most? HC: Oh goodness, I think we all do an equal share of that. Generally, we'll be pretty good, but some days it will have been a long, long time and then there will be continuous errors for whatever reason. Sometimes we start to flub our lines on a regular occasion, or we find something particularly funny and after we've had one laugh, just making eye contact is enough to make one lose his train of thought. Did anyone play pranks on the set, or was the set too serious for that? HC: I don't think the set is too serious there at all! We don't tend to play pranks really because we're so restricted on time. For one of us to play silly buggers and hold shooting up- that would be frowned upon quite badly, especially if things are running particularly behind time. We tend to keep our pranks private. How did you relax when you were shooting in Ireland? HC: In the evenings, it was going out for nice meals or anywhere the mood takes us as a group, and then going out for drinks as well. Bang Cafe in Dublin is a fantastic place to eat, and then there's a member's bar/club/restaurant owned by the same company called the Regular's Bar, which is really nice. Do you have any favorite actors you look to for inspiration? HC: It's a little dangerous looking towards actors for inspiration because you could end up mimicking them, which I don't think is ideal if you want to carve your own career and make your own impression on audiences. But certainly one of the actors whom I respect, well, one of my favorite actors out there is Russell Crowe. Do you watch your own performances? HC: Well, there are positives and negatives to watching your own performances, often because you're going to look at it from a completely biased perspective, usually extremely critical. So it can be destructive, but watching it so you can get a good read of how you come across on certain things can also be helpful. Things like the Tudors, I always find it a good idea to watch on how they've edited the whole thing together, so I have an impression of how a character's come across and I can continue to follow that line and develop it further as the next season shoots. Do you have a proudest acting career moment? HC: Not really, I haven't thought it out yet to that degree where I have a moment where I'm most proud of. Hopefully in time, I'll have a scene which comes together so perfectly with other actors and everything involved, you know the score, the lighting, the direction, and it'll be something I show the grandkids one day and say, "I used to be that guy!" Otherwise, i can't really say I've had one yet. I've heard you like to snowboard. How good are you? HC: I'm still very much a beginner! I can go down quickly but the quicker I go, the more scared I get, naturally. I think I'm going to wipe out at some point and it'll probably be on ice and I'll probably hurt myself badly. It's that sort of level, where I'm capable, I'm competent, but still at risk of my own health. Have you injured yourself yet? HC: Nothing has hospitalized me...I've fallen very badly and bruised my coccyx (tailbone) and damaged my ribs at one point. Generally I've been very knackered afterwards because of the body aches, but otherwise nothing really extreme. Do you still have your pet parrot? HC: No, unfortunately Trouper passed on a few years ago. It was the favorite name of my father's African Grey Parrots. Do you have any new pets? HC: No, I don't but I'd really like to get a German Shepard. The problem with getting a dog and having a job like mine is that I'm constantly traveling around the place and you need to give your pets a 100% of your time. So unless I could bring my dog with me to sets around the world, which is not ideal when you have flights because it's risky for their health, it's going to be tough. Do you have any tattoos or piercings? HC: No, I don't. Which TV shows do you follow? Do you play any computer games? HC: I like Dexter a lot. I also really liked Battlestar Galactica. I'm also a big fan of watching the History Channel and National Geographic. As for PC games, I've played World of Warcraft a lot in the past, Eve Online is my favorite presently. That's something I've gotten quite sucked into. What was your biggest splurge since becoming an actor? HC: I just bought a car, so that will be the biggest one. I got an Aston Martin DBS. It was one of those things that just ended up happening, like, "Right, okay, just treat yourself." What was the last concert you went to? HC: Concerts are good fun and all, but I haven't been to a concert in years. I'd rather go to a small gig in a very small place, rather than stand at a concert. There's the obvious problems at a concert - like if you want to get a drink, it takes half an hour to get to the drink stand, half an hour to get a drink, and then half an hour to get back. By then, you've finished your drink and you need to go back again! (laughs) You have a new movie coming out called Whatever Works. What was it like being directed by Woody Allen? HC: Fantastic! I think we shot in May last year in New York. I had heard a lot of scary rumors beforehand about him. I was naturally a little bit nervous, but I found the opposite to be true. He would communicate his thoughts exactly and very accurately to give actors to work with; he was very enjoyable to work with. And also, his style was very different as well, so I got to step out of my comfort zone and stretch myself a little bit. He tends to shoot a sort of hyper-realism: instead of people talking like they do in the movies, they'll talk as in every day life. Such as, when you're having a conversation with someone, the other person would make listening noises and jump on the end of your sentences and start talking. All that kind of stuff was often done in one or two set-ups. With a four page scene, that can often make you sweat a little bit, because if you mess up your lines once, you could possibly mess up the scene. So it was definitely a different acting experience, and a very enjoyable one. He often says beforehand, 'I know there's a lot of dialogue here, so if you start to forget your lines, just improvise. Just go with it, as long as you're running along the same line.' It's great; he'll often give you a bit of leeway because the nature of it is supposed to be realistic. I believe that's what he does brilliantly - sort of a window into real life. So yes, he does allow for freedom. What's your character like in the movie? HC: He's an English acting student in New York who has fallen head over heels in love with the lead. He pursues her doggedly with the help of her mother, surprisingly enough. It's not an enormous role by any means. You had a kissing scene with Evan Rachel Wood? HC: Goodness, I believe there may have been a kiss? Nothing passionate, there was no tearing of the clothes like there was in Tudors Season 1. It was more of a sweet, romantic attraction. Is it completely unsexy to film romantic/kissing scenes with everyone watching you, the lights and the cameras? HC: This is tough to explain. As an actor and when you're working and doing kissing/romantic scenes, you try and get your feelings there as much as you can so that you can give off the right energy to the audience and into the camera. But at the same time, it is acting. There are other things going through your mind where, normally in those kinds of situations, the only thing that's on your mind is the person that you're with. When you were filming in NYC, where did you like to kick back? HC: I was staying in the Bryant Park Hotel, and there's bar underneath the hotel, the Cellar Bar, where I tended to spend a lot of time just because it was right downstairs and very easily accessible. Can you tell us about your other film, War of the Gods? HC: It's been delayed and still sitting in pre-production. Hopefully we'll start shooting after Tudors finishes. The script is still being re-written but as it stands, the character is a fairly angry man. Angry because he feels like he's been dealt with unfairly throughout life, and has taken on fairly aggressive qualities. He's still a good man, and fairly self-aware, but I think he's peeved at the world. Peeved is a light word to use, there. To sum it up, [director Tarsem Singh] describes it perfectly. It'll be [Italian artist] Caravaggio meets Fight Club. Tudors premieres this Sunday, is there anything else you'd like to say about it? HC: I've seen four episodes so far, and I think it's the best we've done. I really hope everyone enjoys it!
AOL Celebrity Interview April 3, 2009 5 QUESTIONS WITH: HENRY CAVILL: British actor Henry Cavill got his big Hollywood break in an unlikely place: Ireland. That's where the Showtime series 'The Tudors' is filmed, in which he plays King Henry VIII's close friend and confidante Charles Brandon. As the king tears through wives, mistresses and men who cross him, Charles is one of the few constants in his life. As 'The Tudors' heads into its third season (premiering April 5), AOL TV chatted with Cavill about life in the king's court, co-star Jonathan Rhys Meyers' recent stint in rehab ... and why there's no "bromance" brewing for Henry VIII. 1. A lot of the characters got killed off on the last season of 'The Tudors.' Was it weird returning for Season 3 when most of the cast did not? HC: Not really. As an actor you get used to going to jobs and meeting new people from job to job, although people may seem like temporary family. When a large amount of people disappear, yes, of course, you miss them and you miss hanging out with them off set and stuff. But then there's a new refreshing bunch. It was like coming back to school and being a senior. The new people come in and you're able to have chats with them and introduce them to the world that is 'The Tudors' set. 2. So, what can we expect this season? Will you live to see Season 4? HC: You'll have to wait and see. Nice try, though. [Laughs.] This new season there's new characters and a changed world, for sure, as far as England is concerned. It's a world about to be in flux, if that makes sense, as far as an all-encompassing character description goes. And I'm going to put on 50 pounds and grow a full beard. No, I'm only joking about that part. 3. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is pretty intense as Henry VIII, what's he like in real life? HC: He's a very, very nice person. He's got a heart of gold; he's very friendly. You know, we all have our moments on set -- sometimes we get a bit grumpy, sometimes we don't, sometimes we're in top form. But he's got a heart of gold, he really does. 4. He just did a stint in rehab. Was there any indication on the set that there was a problem that needed to be addressed? HC: Oh, gosh no. But I wouldn't say if there was. When it comes to rehab and how people are going through their own personal problems, I really choose not to speak of it because it's not my place at all. 5. Do you think the relationship between Henry and Charles can be classified as a "Bromance"? HC: You're looking for some kind of homoerotic thing here? No, unfortunately, they're just solid friends. Well, as solid friends as anyone can be with a king. They have been friends since they were young and have a big affection for each other, but that affection goes no further than just being mates. Why can't two guys be best mates anymore? That's silly. If they are best mates then they're kind of gay, is that the thing? You know, guys don't always have to be beer-drinking, pub-fighting, dragging-women-by-the-hair type guys. They can have deep affection for their best mates. *Bromance: a slang word meaning the bond between male friends, not having to do with being gay... I believe the term got lost in translation for Henry but it's okay you're still loved Henners :x *
	TV Guide Magazine, April 5th, 2009: ROYAL PAINS: With Boleyn beheaded, King Henry's ready to wreak more havoc in The Tudors' new season The queen is dead, long live the king! In last year's finale of The Tudors, moody Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) firmly established his brutality bonafides with the beheading of Anne Boleyn. But Season 3 of Showtime's sexy royals drama will offer up a surprisingly multilayered monarch: He's full of murderously cold solutions to a civilian uprising, yet capable of being emotionally dismantled when his beloved new bride, Jane Seymour (Annabelle Wallis), dies from childbirth complications. Enter Wife 4, Anne of Cleves (Joss Stone). Henry soon finds that a part of his body isn't behaving like an obedient subject. "Season 3 is more powerful than Season 2," boasts creator Michael Hirst. "You'll think Henry's a horror story. Then something will happen to make you sympathize with him. Your emotions will be tugged one way and another." SIR THOMAS CROMWELL (James Frain): The king's own Karl Rove is shrewd, enigmatic and three chess moves ahead of everyone else, but that doesn't mean he's incapable of blunders. Henry will blame Cromwell for the country's uproar over the throne-ordered burning and pillaging of monasteries and for his chemistry-free marriage to Anne of Cleves. "[Cromwell] will start the season at the absolute height of power, then end up exactly in the same place as Anne Boleyn," Frain says. "Even though you know the history, it still grabs you by the throat." LADY URSULA MISSELDON (Charlotte Salt): This charming lady-in-waiting enters the royal bedrooms as Henry's leg wound-tending nurse and exits as the randy king's "other woman." "She's quite modern, a free spirit," says Hirst of Lady Misseldon, adding that even the queen will sanction this arrangement. "Jane Seymour accepts the fact that Henry takes mistresses. At one point [Jane] even says to her, "If something happens to me, be a comfort to his Majesty." SIR CHARLES BRANDON (Henry Cavill): The head of an army that doesn't have the troops or arms to put down a people's insurrection, Henry's dashing best friend offers fast talk as a way to disperse the angry mob. But Henry wants to send a message so terrifying, it will quash any thoughts of future uprisings. Says Hirst, "To be loyal to the king, Brandon has to butcher his conscience" by being responsible for killing dozens of innocent men, women and children. "Afterward, he's haunted by the experience. Literally haunted." KING HENRY VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers): The king of England has his hands full with a wedge-driving cardinal (Mark Hildreth), a faltering political operator in Cromwell, the Catholic rebellion and his savage reprisals-"That's where he was a great politician" Rhys Meyers says. "The rebels can't live, he knows he has to make his punishment so terrible that it would be years before anyone would rise against him again." That said, his marriage to Jane Seymour is-- at least for him--harmonious. "You get this huge gulf opening," Hirst says. "His public life is going disastrously wrong. But at the same time, personally, he's happy." PRINCESS MARY (Sarah Bolger): The once-exiled teenage daughter of Henry's and the now deceased Katherine of Aragon, Princess Mary is finally reunited with her father. But because she's devoutly Catholic, she's like a rock star to the Northern rebels. "She's the symbol of their defiance. That makes her position dangerous," says Hirst of beautiful, young Mary for whom Henry has a soft spot but may use as bait to broker deals with other countries. "If Henry wanted a treaty with the French, he'd propose she be married to the king of France's son. But [Mary's] always powerless in these political games." JANE SEYMOUR (Annabelle Wallis): Henry's newest queen is intelligent and politically cunning, but also kind. "She's known as the peacemaker," says Wallis of her character, who helps mend ties with the Catholic Church and brokers a reunion between the king and his estranged daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. "She wants only the best things for Henry and guides him through lots of peril," Wallis says. She also marries her increasingly bloodthirsty husband just days after he puts Anne Boleyn to death. "It must have been a huge mental struggle. She knew what she was walking into and that could be her fate," says Wallis, adding that Jane had love on her side. "I know Henry was such a tyrant, but when a man is really in love with a woman, he's almost changeable." CARDINAL VON WALDBURG (Max von Sydow): The combination of wily political smarts and memories of his family--murdered by Protestant mercenaries--makes this Rome-based clergyman one of Henry's most formidable enemies. "He's a man of deep faith," says Hirst, but when it comes to bringing down the king and the English Reformation, he's utterly ruthless. "Whatever was needed to return England to the true faith is justified in the name of the crusade." ANNE OF CLEVES (Joss Stone): Henry's fourth wife--procured by Cromwell to reinvigorate Protestant power at court--got a bum rap, says Hirst. "The cliche was Anne was ugly, and Henry took one look and said, 'I don't like her.' But I think it was a more human story. She was German." Stone found herself sympathizing with the rejected queen. "This poor girl! She had hardly any friends and the guy who was supposed to love her didn't," Stone says. "It's horrible!"
VMan Magazine, May 14th 2009: "If Henry Cavill hadn't become an actor, he'd have joined the military. So he says anyway, and he's had plenty of chances to consider the matter. Best known for playing Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, on the Showtime series The Tudors, the chiseled 26-year-old has had the kind of bad luck that will drive a man to ponder his options. First, he narrowly missed being cast as Superman. Then Batman. Then James Bond. And then he found himself shut out of Twilight, despite the endorsement of author Stephenie Meyer. "I was almost to the point of giving up," Cavill recalls. But the military will have to do without him, for the English actor's luck has turned. Besides shooting a fourth season of The Tudors, Cavill will star in the upcoming fantasy epic War of the Gods, and in June, he'll appear alongside Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood in Woody Allen's new comedy, Whatever Works. "Nerve-racking," Cavill says of working with Allen. " I was flattered that he even wanted to meet with me. But then, when I got cast, it was like, 'Ok, now I'd better bring my A-game." It isn't hard to see why Allen chose Cavill, who brings an unassuming sweetness to his role as the film's Prince Charming-type. And, suffice to say, playing handsome wasn't a stretch for an actor who moonlights as the international face of Dunhill. "I do get asked to read the good-looking bloke quite a lot," Cavill admits. "I'm not...unaware of that aspect of myself. But it's just one aspect, and I don't feel I've been pigeonholed." The Allen film behind him, Cavill is enjoying his return to Tudor England. "I actually really love doing the period work, getting into costume--all that," he says. "Woody wants you to talk the way people really talk. It's very real. So it's kind of nice to go back to The Tudors and put on the doublet and have some fun." *His hair is soooo cute and naturally curly...if you wanted to know what's on his hair its Bumble and Bumble Curl Conscious Reactivating Mist..hotness!
	Gotham Magazine June/July 2009 Jersey Boy "I got a call, from my agent, saying, 'Woody wants to put you in his movie. You better say yes,'" says Henry Cavill. "And that was pretty much it," The "Woody" in this case is, of course, Woody Allen, who cast the up and comer in his new movie, Whatever Works, which also stars Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson. In the film, Cavill (recently seen reprising his role as Charles Brandon in the third season of Showtime's The Tudors) plays Randy, a charmer who sets his sights on Wood's very married Melody. It's as New York a story as any Allen film, and Cavill, who hails from the Channel Island of Jersey, slipped right into his role by immersing himself in his new surroundings, "It was my first real experience of New York," he says. "I got to wander around in New York- in cafes, bars, clubs, restaurants- and in the company of New Yorkers I had the chance to see New York for what it it, rather than as a postcard." But as much as Cavill enjoyed his time in our city, a permanent move across the pond isn't on the cards anytime soon. "Home base is always the Isle of Jersey," he says. "The beauty of today, with this industry, is that I don't have to be in America all the time...I quite like the idea of setting down roots, it's just a matter of where, really." Up next, look for Cavill's handsome face gracing advertisements for Dunhill cologne, he'll also do a turn as Theseus in the upcoming War of the Gods, directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell), who described the film as "Caravaggio meets Fight Club." "God willing, it all goes ahead.....Of course, in today's times, finding financing, anything can happen," says Cavill. "Fingers crossed."
Neo2 Magazine, October 2009 : *At the current moment we only have a bit of the complete interview article in the magazine thanks to JustJared.com who happens to cover alot of Henry Cavill news :) * The 26 year old British actor talked a little about being raised in a large family. Henry shared, "I grew up with four brothers, three older and one younger. There was a strong dose of healthy competition between us to get the attention of our parents." He also talked about the English boarding school he attended in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. "I went to boarding school when I was 13," Henry said. "The education was great but I didn't fit in very well. I wasn't popular. I came late in the first quarter. When I arrived, the boys had already formed their cliques. Also, I was a chubby little boy, so I was a pretty easy target for others. But I got a good education there, so I don't regret going."	Click to view the rest of the photoshoot pics from the magazine

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