Update: December 19, 2022
Henry Cavill Reportedly Fired His Manager Months Before He Filmed the Black Adam Cameo
According to the most recent newsletter from
Puck News' Matt Belloni, former Superman star Henry Cavill fired his manager long before leaving his DC role.
Cavill had the same manager and agency (Dany Garcia, William Morris Entertainment [WME]) as
Black Adam star Dwayne Johnson. Garcia is also Johnson’s ex-wife, and they’ve been producing partners for several years.
Johnson was reportedly so adamant about putting Cavill’s Superman in
Black Adam that he went around former President of DC Films Walter Hamada’s back to make it happen. The Rock went to new heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy to make sure he and his fellow WME client were in
Black Adam’s mid-credits scene together after Hamada said no.
But the problem was that Cavill had actually fired Garcia as his manager "a few months" before the DC drama went down, with Garcia advocating for the last-minute cameo (filmed less than two months before the film premiered) so that the movie had the necessary splash to be successful. In the end, that effort was all for naught, as reports noted that
Black Adam could suffer losses as high as $100 million from its box office totals.
Combine that with news that
Johnson reportedly leaked false numbers to boost the movie's public image, and it continues to paint a worrisome picture of an already troublesome situation.
https://thedirect.com/article/henry-cavill-fired-manager-superman