The Superman depicter has taken to the social media to put an end to the controversy surrounding his mustache needing to be digitally removed from the movie's reshoots.
- July 27, 2017
AceShowbiz -
Henry Cavill has weighed in on the controversy surrounding his mustache. As reported before, the actor has grown a full beard for his role in Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 6", which production is not wrapped yet. But Warner Bros. also needs him for extensive reshoots as Superman for "Justice League", and his facial hair is causing a problem.
The Man of Steel is known as a clean shaven superhero. Since Paramount "would not allow Cavill to shave the facial hair while production was taking place," Warner Bros. will have to digitally remove the facial hair from "Justice League" reshoots in post-production. And now, the actor himself has addressed the controversy via Instagram.
"Dear followers, it is time to finally set the record straight in this moustache fiasco," Cavill began in the Wednesday, July 26 post. Along with a set photo from the sixth "M: I" movie, he hilariously wrote, "Pictured above, is not a set on 'MI6' but is in fact the latest in a series of weapons being designed by Warner Bros and Paramount Studios to combat the entity known as 'Henry Cavill's Moustache'."
"There has been no discussion over whether to shave or not to shave for the 'JL' reshoots, simply a relentless campaign to put an end to the seemingly inexorable conquest of this despotic 'stache," the actor added. "It is not a question of IF I should shave - it is a question of how can we possibly be victorious against such a beast without bringing our own doom raining down upon us."
Details of his character in the Tom Cruise-led spy movie are still kept under wraps. The movie is set for a July 27, 2018 release in the U.S. The actor is back as Superman in "Justice League" which also sees the return of Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller and Ray Fisher. The DC superhero team-up movie is due out November 17.
