DCEU: 10 Characters Most Likely To Die (And The Movies They'll Die In)
4. Martha Kent
Movie She'll Die In: Man Of Steel 2
Why Is It Likely? Henry Cavill's Superman has received a lot of flack for being rather wooden, and on the whole, that's warranted. Even when he's sacrificing himself to take down Doomsday, he looks like he's thinking about what he wants for tea. There isn't much behind that stoic exterior.
And there's nothing that would give his character more colour and nothing that would incite more of an emotional reaction quite like the death of his mother.
One of Cavill's best, most human moments as Superman was his reaction upon learning Martha had been kidnapped by Lex; he'd be destroyed if he lost her, but that would also force the character to head in an interesting direction, and "interesting" can't really be used to describe this incarnation of Supes up to this point.
Plus, word is that Warner Bros are in talks with none other than Matthew Vaughn to helm their Man Of Steel sequel, a director who loves planting major, surprise deaths in his movies, and there's no reason that wouldn't change here.