2. The Cast
The cast for Man of Steel is chock-full of accomplished actors, which is reminiscent of the cast for each of the films of the Dark Knight trilogy. Henry Cavill stars as Clark Kent/Superman and Amy Adams plays Lois Lane; Michael Shannon portrays General Zod, the main antagonist of the film; Russell Crowe is featured as Superman's biological father, Jor-El; Kevin Costner and Diane Lane play Clark's adoptive parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent. Rounding out the main cast is Laurence Fishburne who is Perry White, the editor in chief of the Daily Planet newspaper and Christopher Meloni who stars as Colonel Hardy. That makes for impressive reading. Henry Cavill certainly captures the look and the mythos of Superman and taking into account who has written and directed the film in addition to the cast, there's definitely more than enough reason for confidence for people anticipating the movie. With the amount of talent on show, in front of as well as behind the cameras, it's hard to see anything other than success for Man Of Steel.