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Man Of Steel 2

Man Of Steel 2 or Batman vs Superman is an upcoming superhero movie in 2015. Starring: Henry Cavill as Superman and Ben Affleck as Batman. Cast Henry Cavill as Superman A Kryptonian whose parents sent him to Earth as an infant to escape the destruction of his homeworld Krypton. He is raised in Smallville, Kansas, by farmers Martha and Jonathan Kent. Raised under the moral guidance of his adoptive parents and inspired by the holographic message from his late father, he becomes Earth's greatest protector. Superman is depicted as being 33 years old, at least from the moment he is found, in the present timeline of the film.[13] Cavill is the first British actor to play the character.[14][15] He was previously cast in Superman: Flyby, which was ultimately shelved,[16] and was considered for the role in the 2006 film Superman Returns, but lost out to Brandon Routh.[17][18] Cavill stated, "There's a very real story behind the Superman character." He explained that everyone's goal has been to explore the difficulties his character faces as a result of having multiple identities – including his birth name, Kal-El, and his alter ego, Clark Kent. Cavill also stated that, "He's alone and there's no one like him," referring to Superman's Ashlin. "That must be incredibly scary and lonely, not to know who you are or what you are, and trying to find out what makes sense. Where's your baseline? What do you draw from? Where do you draw a limit with the power you have? In itself, that's an incredible weakness."[19] In an interview with Total Film magazine, Cavill stated he had been consuming nearly 5,000 calories a day, training for over two hours daily and plowing protein to pack on the muscle mass.[20] Dylan Sprayberry was cast as the 13-year-old Clark Kent, while 11-year-old Cooper Timberline was cast as the 9-year-old Clark Kent.[21]

Ben Affleck as Batman Wayne is a billionaire industrialist whose parents were killed by a mugger when he was eight years old. Traveling the world for several years to seek the means to fight injustice, he returns to Gotham. At night, Bruce becomes Batman, Gotham City's vigilante protector. Bale was cast on September 11, 2003,[3] having expressed interest in playing Batman since Darren Aronofsky was planning his own film adaptation.[4] Some of the early candidates for the Batman/Bruce Wayne role were Billy Crudup, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Joshua Jackson, Eion Bailey, Cillian Murphy, and Heath Ledger.[3][5] Amy Adams served as the casting reader for the casting of Bruce Wayne/Batman in a favor to the casting director.[6] Bale felt the previous films underused Batman's character, overplaying the villains instead.[7] To best pose as Batman, Bale studied graphic novels and illustrations of the superhero.[8] Director Nolan said of Bale, "He has exactly the balance of darkness and light that we were looking for."[9] Goyer stated that while some actors could play a great Bruce Wayne or a great Batman, Bale could portray both radically different personalities.[10] Bale described the part as playing four characters: the raging Batman persona; the shallow playboy façade Bruce uses to ward off suspicion; the vengeful young man; and the older, angrier Bruce who is discovering his purpose in life.[11] Bale's dislike of his costume, which heated up regularly, helped him get into a necessarily foul mood. He said, "Batman's meant to be fierce, and you become a beast in that suit, as Batman should be – not a man in a suit, but a different creature."[8] Since he had lost a great deal of weight in preparation for his role in The Machinist, Bale hired a personal trainer to help him gain 100 pounds (45 kg) in the span of only a couple of months to help him physically prepare for the role. He first went well over the weight required and created concern over whether he would look right for the part. Bale recognized that his large physique was not appropriate for Batman, who relies on speed and strategy. He lost the excess weight by the time filming began.[10] The role of Bruce Wayne at age eight was portrayed by Gus Lewis. Bryan Cranston as Lex Luthor An evil sociopath armed with vast resources and an extensive knowledge of science who is Superman's arch nemesis. Because of his Academy Award-winning performance in Singer's film The Usual Suspects (1995), and friendship with the director, Spacey was the only actor considered for Lex Luthor. The writers specifically had Spacey in mind for the part when writing the script.[11] Spacey's version of Luthor has the same comically exaggerated vanity and pompous arrogance of the earlier Gene Hackman version as well as the same strong interest in real estate, but Spacey's version is far less campy and more serious. Spacey later said that director Singer told him to play the character as "darker and more bitter" compared to Hackman and not to use the earlier portrayal as an inspiration.[14] Amy Adams as Lois Lane Clark Kent's love interest.