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According to Wikipedia, Jersey is “a British Crown dependency” on the Channel Islands. So technically that makes Henry Cavill (aka the new Superman) a Brit. Or a Jerseyian. Either way, he’s certainly not an American guy. And hey, the same holds true for our current Batman (Christian Bale is a Welshman) and our upcoming Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield, a Brit) is also not from the United States! What’s going on here?!? (Also this! Thor, a Norse God, will soon be played by an Australian!)
As the news about Mr. Cavill’s newfound aversion to Krpytonite crept its way across the twitter feeds, I noticed two strong reactions. One was from women and gay men, who said stuff like “Superman? More like Superyum!” and the other was from some folks who were outraged that a non-American actor would be asked to play The Man of Steel.
Of course you couldn’t have Superman without some degree of old-fashioned Americana – that’s part of the very fabric of the DC Comics legend – but it seems a little ridiculous to offer the role to Americans exclusively. After all, the character is from Krypton, not Cleveland.