The Best Thing In Entertainment 2022 Edition – Looper Staff Picks

Imagine Henry Cavill sitting by the window, staring at the rain outside. His chiseled features are calm and stoic, but the slight blemishes on the Warhammer mini he’s painting reveal the turmoil within.

For some time now, the world has been stuck in a slow-motion “Nooooo!” scream as we’ve watched Cavill walk through the career equivalent of slamming a door shut, then realizing he’s standing in an airlock just as the door in front of him starts to open. In October, he unexpectedly left “The Witcher,” a dream project he could only really walk away from for one thing. In December, he lost that thing, too, when James Gunn and Peter Safran deemed him too old for Supermanning in their DCEU.

Everyone involved has been extremely nice about the events, but there’s no denying that Cavill has taken two massive L’s in short succession. However, I’m not here to dunk on the guy. I picked his layer cake of misfortune as my Big 2022 Entertainment Thing because Cavill has walked out of this all with his reputation unscathed, and is now facing the widest and most open road of his entire career.

What we’ve witnessed is basically an origin story. One of the most popular A-listers of our era has been cut loose from two roles that were both great fits, but that would’ve kept him busy for years and years. Cavill’s now free to roam wherever he wants, and with heaps of fan goodwill on his side, he’s going to be The Man regardless of what he does next.

Will he become the next James Bond? Is he going to lock himself into a seven-movie MCU or “Warhammer” deal? Will he pull a Robert Pattinson, and disappear into a series of increasingly deranged indie films and character roles before eventually returning to a franchise spotlight? Who knows! 2022 has let Henry Cavill loose upon the unsuspecting world, and there’s no way of knowing which major project he’ll soon grace with his presence. Enjoy this precious moment of uncertainty, because it’s not going to last.