Hollywood dropped Henry Cavill at 39 for being too old; Google hired him at 43 to build a video game
aakashgupta · x · 2026-10-08
Aakash Gupta recounts Henry Cavill's reversal of fortune: dropped as Superman by DC at 39 and seen as a nerd who wouldn't let go of the source material after leaving The Witcher, only for Google to hire him at 43 to work on a video game. The post primarily plugs the author's Substack newsletter.
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