Henry Cavill Iced Out of ‘Flash,’ Gal Gadot & Affleck Allowed to Appear

Henry Cavill was nowhere to be seen within the new ‘Flash’ film — a strategic transfer courtesy of James Gunn and co. — however surprisingly … Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot obtained the inexperienced gentle.

THR dropped this information, reporting on what went into the ultimate cameo that teased a brand new Batman. According to them, there have been lots of transferring items/re-shoots that went on proper down to the wire … with the ultimate scene being reshot in January to embody the character folks see on the finish because the “new Bruce Wayne.” Spoiler … it ain’t BA or Michael Keaton.

Apparently, the ending underwent 3 totally different iterations earlier than touchdown on what folks noticed in theaters. First — when Warner Bros. was nonetheless half of AT&T — the ultimate scene was going to function Ezra Miller‘s Barry Allen seeing Keaton’s Batman and Sasha Calle’s Supergirl.

After WB merged with Discovery, nevertheless, a pair of new lieutenants tweaked {that a} bit … to embody Cavill’s Superman and Gadot’s Wonder Woman — as well as to Keaton and Calle.

This 2nd iteration got here collectively when WB nonetheless thought Cavill had a shot of reprising the long-lasting position — which was spearheaded and considerably cemented by The Rock/’Black Adam’ final yr — however obtained utterly undone when Gunn got here onboard as the brand new DC chief.

When Gunn was employed, THR says he utterly scrapped the brand new ending which featured Gadot, Cavill, Keaton and Calle — and, as a substitute, opted to insert a former Batman actor as slightly nod to the canon … George Clooney.

The reported rationale for that is that Gunn and co-DC chief Peter Safran did not wanna give followers of the Snyder-verse any false hope about these characters returning of their new revamped universe … in order that they obtained rid of the 2 cameos on the finish and went one other means.

Here’s what’s unusual about this … whereas Gunn and Safran may’ve nixed Gadot from the ultimate scene — they nonetheless allowed her to make a cameo earlier within the film. And ditto for Affleck, clearly, because it’d been well-known for fairly some time that he’d be on this flick.

So what we’re getting at is that this … it seems there was selective casting for ‘The Flash.’ Gunn and Safran had been in the end cool with Gadot and Affleck getting some screentime (if not for the final time) however for no matter purpose … they do not appear to have been okay with HC getting a last bow because the Man of Steel. This seems to be backed by their large about-face with him.

Now, the query … what may Gunn and Safran have towards Cavill, who actually seems to have been screwed out of the DCEU on this transition? In actuality, in all probability nothing, however what’s grow to be evident previously few months is that Gunn has his sights on a brand new Supes.

The new DC head has already stated he is beginning his new universe with ‘Superman: Legacy’ … and due to that, it tracks that he’d wanna lose any hint of Cavill’s Superman as quickly as potential. In reality, if he’d been employed pre-‘Black Adam’ — you possibly can argue he possible would’ve nixed that complete post-credit cameo … which, ultimately, amounted to simply fan service.