Henry Cavill Now Has The Perfect Replacement Franchise For His $107 Million Movie Bomb #movies

Although Henry Cavill has been one of the most popular options to take on the coveted role of James Bond, he would be much better utilized as a 007 villain instead. Cavill rose to international prominence from his portrayal of Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman in Zach Snyder’s 2013 blockbuster Man of Steel. Cavill has since portrayed one of the most convincing performances of Superman in film and television history and has also expanded into other notable franchises such as Sherlock Holmes and The Witcher.

Cavill has a physique that is built for the action genre, as evidenced by his recent casting as a super-spy named Argylle in the upcoming spy thriller Argylle from director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service). Following Cavill’s departure from the celebrated Netflix series The Witcher, Cavill has signed on for several upcoming projects including an untitled Guy Ritchie action movie, a Highlander reboot, and a highly-anticipated animated action series titled Warhammer 40,000.

Related With The Witcher’s third season being Henry Cavill’s last foray as Geralt of Rivia, he has plenty of roles to choose from to keep himself busy.

A Bond Villain Is Better For Henry Cavill Now Than Playing James Bond

The next James Bond will likely be anywhere from late-20s to mid-30s in age, meaning that Cavill would unfortunately be too old to commit to the character over the next decade and beyond. It could be argued that age doesn’t matter when it comes to Cavill and that he would make a great James Bond in his 60s, but with no release date announced for the eventual Bond 26, it’s hard to predict just how old Cavill will be when production finally gets started.

Fans who are craving to see Cavill in more spy roles should be grateful for the upcoming Argylle which releases on February 2, 2023. Cavill did notably appear in another popular secret agent franchise back in 2017 with Mission: Impossible – Fallout alongside Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, and Sean Harris. Based on his stellar performance in Fallout, Cavill has already demonstrated that he could potentially play a James Bond villain that could be even better than his hoped-for rendition of 007 himself.

Related One of James Bond’s most recognizable character traits is his use of quippy one-liners, and every 007 actor has their own unique style of one-liner.

Mission: Impossible – Fallout Proves Henry Cavill Would Be An Amazing Bond Villain

Mission: Impossible – Fallout proves that Cavill can play both sides of the good and bad secret agent, especially considering some of the incredible action sequences that Fallout has to offer. While Cavill typically portrays the action hero in many of his famous works, Fallout gave him the rare opportunity to flex his muscles as one of the franchise’s most formidable antagonists, whose brute force and undeniable charm made for one of the greatest Mission: Impossible villains ever. If Henry Cavill decided to follow suit in an upcoming Bond film, he could establish himself as an iconic action nemesis.

A direct sequel to Rogue Nation and the sixth installment in the franchise, Mission: Impossible – Fallout is an action-thriller spy film that sees Tom Cruise return to the role of IMF Agent Ethan Hunt. To avert a worldwide disaster, the IMF agents will join up with a CIA agent to stop a new terrorist cell known as the Apostles. When three nuclear devices go missing, the agents will find themselves racing to stop them from falling into the hands of the deadly bioterror group.