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Byline: editor: Valerie Steiker CAROLINE PALMER
For a long time, Henry Cavill feared he would be defined by the partsSuperman, James Bondhe didn't land. "Plan B was joining the armed forces," he admits. Luckily he held out. Winning hearts and fans as the rakish Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in Showtime's The Tudors, he became the go-to Brit for dashing, historical roles in everything from The Count of Monte Cristo to Tristan & Isolde.
Cavill will finally show his more contemporary side as a love-struck acting student in Woody Allen's upcoming Whatever Works, opposite Evan Rachel Wood. "This character had to be incredibly appealing, the kind of guy a gal would fall like a ton of bricks for," says Allen's longtime casting director Juliet Taylor. As for working with the famed director (who, after all, has an eye for catching stars on the rise), Cavill says, "What struck me is he's really a gentle ...