No basis! Forbes criticizes the rumor that Henry Cavill will play Wolverine

Recently, rumors that Henry Cavill will play Wolverine in the next MCU movie broke out on the Internet and even became a trend on Twitter. Forbes, which has always been sharp-tongued, immediately published an article to refute the rumor. After digging and researching, it said that the rumor was pure nonsense and had no basis.

The spread of the rumor that "Henry Cavill will play Wolverine in Captain Marvel 2" is mainly attributed to the JustJared website, which is somewhat famous as a film and television gossip website. However, after further investigation, it was found that JustJared was not the originator of the rumor. Their article connected several tweets and linked to an article on the website The Digital Weekly.

Forbes' media editor said he had never heard of the website, and in The Digital Weekly's report, there was only one sentence about Superman playing Wolverine: "It is reported that Henry Cavill is in talks with Disney to play Wolverine in Captain Marvel 2. According to rumors, Cavill will enter the MCU as Wolverine."

Similarly, the entire article does not list any actual basis, does not claim to have contacted the source, and does not have any external sources or related information links. In addition to TheDigital Weekly, no other website that spread the rumor directly claimed to have obtained the information from Marvel sources. In short, Forbes believes that the authenticity of this rumor is almost zero. If it is not the wishful thinking of fans, it is a clickbait trolling by the website.

Theoretically, Marvel may be interested in having a superstar with a top-notch physique like Superman play Wolverine, but from the perspective of Henry Cavill himself, first of all, his current role as White Wolf in Netflix's "The Witcher" is very successful, and it may be scheduled as a signature role in the next 4-5 years; as for DC, he will not give up the role of Superman that made him famous easily, so unless Henry is really a hard-working person, it seems a bit too much for him to take on such a heavy role as Wolverine.

Finally, it is still unknown whether Wolverine will appear in "Captain Marvel 2". Fans are advised to suppress their anxiety and believe that Marvel President Kevin Feige will give an explanation to fans of "X-Men" and MCU.