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4. Henry Cavill - Stardust

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In the same vein as the Harry Potter franchise, there are a surprising number of big names in Matthew Vaughn's Stardust.

Based on the Neil Gaiman book of the same name, the likes of Charlie Cox and Claire Danes are joined by Michelle Pfeiffer, Mark Strong, Ricky Gervais, Robert De Niro, and, of course, the voice of Sir Ian McKellen.

The main character is Cox's Tristan, who has fallen hopelessly in love with Victoria, and is prepared to do anything to win her love - even fight a far bigger man knowing damn well he could never win.

While back in 2007 Charlie Cox was way off the shape he would ultimately reach as Matt Murdock in Daredevil, Henry Cavill was still in Superman-esque shape even this many years earlier. It really wasn't a fair fight (at least in the first instance), though Tristan did surprise Humphrey when they met again at the end of the movie.

Because Cavill's two major scenes bookend the story, and with so much going on in between, it's easy to forget that Superman did in fact square off against Daredevil.

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