The thing is, Cavill could probably pull off a decent amount of these.
It’s official: Henry Cavill is trading Superman and Geralt of Rivia for the other love of his life, the grim dark future of Warhammer 40,000’s 41st millennium. But the world of Warhammer is filled with a whole galaxy of wild characters. Who could Cavill lend his talents to? Here’s a list of… well, most of them probably won’t be Amazon’s first choice.
He’s had experience with elves before, but what if he was an elf? In space? And had big wiiiiiings? This could be any of the Aeldari’s heroes, Phoenix Lords—the leaders of the individual specialized Aspect Warrior factions of the Aeldari military paths—or otherwise, mostly because the thought of Cavill having to play against type here is interesting.
Do Hive Tyrants talk? They’re the psychic enforcers of the will of a Tyranid Hive fleet over the smaller members of the horde race, so probably just in their heads. I do think it would be funny to have a massive horrifying alien creature charging about the place, and then occasionally Henry Cavill’s voice ethereally hisses out of it.
The Astra Militarum, the human footsoldiers of the Imperium’s armed forces, are Just People. They’re not supersoldiers like the Space Marines, they’re meant to be a shield of meat butchered by the platoonful defending the Imperium’s worlds from nightmarish threats, firing their piddly lasguns and hoping for the best. They’re dwarfed by their enhanced allies and foes alike, and it’s rare that a Guardsman has a long career, or retirement. So putting Henry Cavill in a set of their standard issue boots having him be a tiny regular dude would be very fun.
Orks—the K is what makes them sci-fi!—are some of the most fun and silly parts of Warhammer 40K’s mostly absurd rather than usually fun world. They exist to wage war on anything that moves, and are usually not the sharpest ax in the armory, so to speak, but Thraka—the infamous Warboss of two of the three wars for control of the Imperial world Armageddon—is known for his relative cunning and strategic acumen for an Ork, on top of still being a mean warrior in his own right. But also, can you imagine Henry Cavill trying to do an ork voice?
Gregor Eisenhorn? Never heard of him. Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau was the first ever member of the Imperial Inquisition—the heresy-investigation branch of the Imperial forces—introduced in the pages of the very first Warhammer 40,000 sourcebook, Rogue Trader, back in 1987, and seeing the early days of the Inquisition through his eyes could be very interesting.
