Los Angeles, July 20 -- Filmmaker and DC Studios co-head James Gunn has opened up about the difficult conversation he had with actor Henry Cavill regarding his departure from the role of Superman, a decision Gunn described as "really unfair" to Cavill, though one driven by shifting creative director and external pressures.
During his appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast hosted by Josh Horowitz, Gunn unravelled the timeline behind Cavill's abruptly exit from the role that had defined much of his career.
"We were dealing with trying to figure out if we could take the job at DC Studios, and we're talking to David Zaslav and all the legal people there, and figuring out what our deals would be," he recalled. "And the day our deal close...