Henry Cavill 'Was Sick to His Stomach' After Filming Cameo Moment with Real Cigar inDeadpool & Wolverine

Mar. 15, 2025

Henry Cavill at the Lionsgate CinemaCon Red Carpet held at CinemaCon at The Colosseum on April 10, 2024.Photo:Brenton Ho/Variety/Getty

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This article contains spoilers forDeadpool & Wolverine, in theaters now.

Shawn Levyis revealing howHenry Cavill’sDeadpool & Wolverinecameo came to be.

TheDeadpool & Wolverinedirector, 56, recently spoke withThe New York Timesabout some of the film’s biggest surprises, includingCavill’s appearance as a Wolverine variant, which he said was a perfect casting decision.

“In the case of Henry, it was not long after everything went down with DC, and word came thatHenry was being replaced as Superman,” said Levy.

Shawn Levy attends the ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ New York Premiere on July 22, 2024 in New York City.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

“Given that Deadpool is in constant conversation with culture, it felt like a great opportunity to first of all cast Henry Cavill in a part that he would kick ass at, but also to poke fun at that other comic-book-founded movie studio and play with some self-awareness there,” he continued, noting that it wasRyan Reynoldswho “brilliantly” named Cavill’s Logan “the Cavillrine.”

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Henry Cavill attends the premiere of ‘The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on April 15, 2024 in New York City.Dimitrios Kambouris/GA/The Hollywood Reporter/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/GA/The Hollywood Reporter/Getty

“I think we all were, including poor Henry Cavill, who not only had that pumped-up muscular body but kept that cigar lit and in his mouth for the entirety of the shoot day,” Levy said. “I remember hearing the next day that Henry was sick to his stomach because he had been inhaling cigar smoke for eight hours straight, but never once did he waver.”

Cavill commented on his film appearance onInstagram, writing, “To be safe, I shaved the moustache off for this one. Just the moustache.”

He isone of several cameos featured inDeadpool & Wolverine,which includeJennifer Garner reprising her role of Elektra, Reynolds' wifeBlake Lively, and their kids.

Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in “Deadpool & Wolverine”.Jay Maidment/20th Century Studios/MARVEL

Jay Maidment/20th Century Studios/MARVEL

For Levy, however,it was Reynolds, 47, and Jackman, 55, who made the film “electric.”

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“I knew they were professionals. I knew they were the loveliest of gentlemen, but when you see them as Deadpool and Wolverine, something electric happens. And you’re in the presence of icons and even as their good buddy, that gave me a thrill many a day," he told PEOPLE in February.

source: people.com