Henry Cavill reveals growing up with four brothers prepared him for a career in ...

Henry Cavill reveals growing up with four brothers prepared him for a career in ...
Henry Cavill reveals growing up with four brothers prepared him for a career in ...

Henry Cavill has revealed that growing up with four brothers prepared him for his action films, due an abundance of 'rough and tumble'.

The actor, 38, made the admission during Friday's episode of The Graham Norton Show which saw him promote the return of fantasy series The Witcher.

He brazenly said of siblings Niki, Charlie, Simon and Piers: 'Growing up was intense – we were living on the edge of survival most of the time.

Hilarious: Henry Cavill has revealed that growing up with four brothers prepared him for his action films, due an abundance of 'rough and tumble'

Hilarious: Henry Cavill has revealed that growing up with four brothers prepared him for his action films, due an abundance of 'rough and tumble'

Family: He brazenly said of siblings Niki, Charlie, Simon and Piers: 'Growing up was intense ¿ we were living on the edge of survival most of the time' (pictured with mum Marianne in December 2021)

Family: He brazenly said of siblings Niki, Charlie, Simon and Piers: 'Growing up was intense – we were living on the edge of survival most of the time' (pictured with mum Marianne in December 2021)

'To give you an example, my dad came home from work one day and asked my mother why the wallpaper had changed, and she simply said, "It is easier to clean the blood off this one!" There was a lot of rough and tumble!'  

On his character's lack of dialogue in the Netflix series, he said: 'This time round he says a lot more and they have popped in some of my expletives from the last series.'

When asked if he is in the running to be the next James Bond, he admitted, 'I would definitely have a conversation. From what I understand there are very early conversations happening at the top but there is no list as such.' 

Wow! The actor, 38, made the admission during Friday's episode of The Graham Norton Show which saw him promote the return of fantasy series The Witcher

Wow! The actor, 38, made the admission during Friday's episode of The Graham Norton Show which saw him promote the return of fantasy series The Witcher

Tight-lipped: Elsewhere in the installment, Tom Holland and Zendaya were unable to give much away when it came to their new movie Spider-Man: No Way Home

Tight-lipped: Elsewhere in the installment, Tom Holland and Zendaya were unable to give much away when it came to their new movie Spider-Man: No Way Home

Elsewhere in the installment, Tom Holland and Zendaya were unable to give much away when it came to their new movie Spider-Man: No Way Home.

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