15 Warhammer 40,000 Characters Henry Cavill Should Play on Amazon - Gizmodo

It’s official: Henry Cavill is trading Superman and Geralt of Rivia for the different love of his life, the grim acheronian aboriginal of Warhammer 40,000's 41st millennium. But the satellite of Warhammer is filled with a full postulation of chaotic characters. Who could Cavill lend his talents to? Here’s a database of... well, astir of them astir apt won’t beryllium Amazon’s archetypal choice.

He’s had acquisition with elves before, but what if helium was an elf? In space? And had big wiiiiiings? This could beryllium immoderate of the Aeldari’s heroes, Phoenix Lords—the leaders of the idiosyncratic specialized Aspect Warrior factions of the Aeldari subject paths—or otherwise, mostly due to the fact that the thought of Cavill having to play against benignant present is interesting.

Do Hive Tyrants talk? They’re the psychic enforcers of the volition of a Tyranid Hive fleet implicit the smaller members of the horde race, truthful astir apt conscionable successful their heads. I bash deliberation it would beryllium comic to person a monolithic horrifying alien carnal charging astir the place, and past occasionally Henry Cavill’s dependable ethereally hisses retired of it.

The Astra Militarum, the quality footsoldiers of the Imperium’s equipped forces, are Just People. They’re not supersoldiers similar the Space Marines, they’re meant to beryllium a shield of nutrient 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 uncommon that a Guardsman has a long career, oregon retirement. So putting Henry Cavill successful a acceptable of their modular contented boots having him beryllium a tiny regular dude would beryllium precise fun.

Orks—the K is what makes them sci-fi!—are immoderate of the astir amusive and silly parts of Warhammer 40K’s mostly absurd alternatively than usually amusive world. They beryllium to wage warfare connected thing that moves, and are usually not the sharpest ax successful the armory, truthful to speak, but Thraka—the infamous Warboss of 2 of the three wars for power of the Imperial satellite Armageddon—is known for his comparative cunning and strategical acumen for an Ork, connected apical of inactive being a mean warrior successful his ain right. But also, tin you imagine Henry Cavill trying to do an ork voice?

Gregor Eisenhorn? Never heard of him. Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau was the archetypal ever subordinate of the Imperial Inquisition—the heresy-investigation subdivision of the Imperial forces—introduced successful the pages of the precise archetypal Warhammer 40,000 sourcebook, Rogue Trader, backmost successful 1987, and seeing the aboriginal days of the Inquisition done his eyes could beryllium precise interesting. Also, ideate however mad Disney would get.

One of the Tau Empire’s astir prolific warriors—and a arguable renegade who rules his ain enclave of the mecha-piloting, caste-driven Tau nine that roams the postulation enforcing decease oregon the clasp of its “Greater Good” doctrine connected different races—Farsight is simply a mean, giant-robot-piloting maestro strategist, and it’d beryllium absorbing to person Cavill flex his chops successful a distinctly alien role.

Farsight is really a lithe, blue-skinned alien feline inside the mecha, for what it’s worthy. I conscionable thought it was comic to enactment Cavill’s caput connected the robot.

The infamous person of Gaunt’s Ghosts, aka the Tanith First, Commissar Gaunt is precise bully astatine his occupation successful a mode that is seldom appreciated, due to the fact that helium is but a cog successful the larger Imperial warfare machine. The superior stars of Dan Abnett’s caller bid Gaunt’s Ghosts, they could service arsenic intriguing root worldly for a 40K show to gully on, particularly considering the regiment is usually deployed connected specialized recon and probe missions. It’d beryllium a neat model into the quality broadside of Warhammer’s subject world.

One of the astir feared figures successful each of the fallen forces of the Chaos Space Marines, Abaddon the Despoiler—the person of the Black Legion, and the maestro down not one, but 13 “Black Crusades” against the Imperium of Man—is 1 of the eventual evils successful a beingness jam packed with eventual evils. It’s casual to enactment Cavill successful the presumption of a hero, but what if was an implicit monster instead?

Sure, they’ve said it’s a 40K show. But what if... it was a 30K amusement instead? The clip play of the Horus Heresy—a monolithic civilian warfare among the chapters of the Space Marines erstwhile the titular Horus, the God-Emperor’s astir beloved son, is corrupted by the evils of Chaos—is a immense one, ripe for storytelling, and studios love an root story.

But wherefore Sanguinius alternatively of Horus? The person of the Blood Angels Space Marines, Sanguinius is known for 2 things: having elephantine angel wings, and dying horribly astatine Horus’ hands astatine the climax of the Heresy. Gives Cavill an eventual mode out, astatine least.

The White Dwarf of White Dwarf Magazine fame, Grombrindal really exists successful aggregate forms, and astir typically successful the realm of Warhammer and Age of Sigmar, the phantasy iterations of Games Workshop’s tabletop games. But determination is a 40K mentation of Grombrindal, wherever helium is “what if dwarf, but sci-fi?” He’s got a large robo-axe! He’s got a beard made retired of metal tubes! Now ideate helium was Henry Cavill.

People cognize that Warhammer 40K is violent, and that it’s implicit the top, and that it’s often very precise angry, and you cognize who’s each 3 of those things? Well, astir celebrated characters successful Warhammer 40K, but successful this lawsuit Khârn. The iconic warrior of the World Eaters Chaos Space Marine legion and the astir important champion of Khorne, the Chaos deity of War (and skulls, and murder, and rage, and blood, and a batch of different aggravated things), Khârn could marque for a amusive quality for Cavill mostly due to the fact that helium could conscionable fto spell and fto it rip arsenic an unhinged, chainsaw-axe-wielding bloodthirsty monster.

I deliberation it would beryllium comic if Henry Cavill yet got a Warhammer TV amusement and helium played a desiccated corpse locked into a elephantine aureate throne fueled by the psychic vigor of regular quality sacrifices. My boss, and chap nerd David Ewalt, thinks we should instrumentality this earnestly and bash an Emperor of Man root story—like I said, studios love an root story—during the Horus Heresy, erstwhile the Emperor was inactive a God-Man, and not a God-Fancy-Half-Corpse-Statue-Figure.

Imagine this: you person formed 1 of the astir gorgeous men connected the satellite successful your caller Warhammer 40,000 streaming show. Less than 1 occurrence in, you person him grievously wounded and what remnants are near of his carnal signifier are hooked up into a elephantine walking coffin-mech with similar six guns attached, and sealed up ne'er to beryllium seen again.

The formerly dormant and present returned person of the astir iconic section of the Space Marines, the Ultramarines—who are astir guaranteed to look successful Amazon’s project, arsenic they’re fundamentally the look of the franchise—Guilliman is an absorbing fig arsenic helium has the position of what the existent authorities of the Imperium is similar compared to erstwhile helium was archetypal alive... and it’s not a wholly glowing one. That’s a uncommon benignant of interior struggle that could beryllium absorbing for Cavill to play disconnected of, and if we simply must person immoderate Space Marines, they mightiness arsenic good beryllium interesting!

Cavill loves the Custodes, his service of prime successful 40K, truthful I accidental determination simply indispensable beryllium 1 of the golden-armored bodyguards of the God-Emperor himself. Valoris is the existent Custodian of the Adeptus Custodes, and fundamentally the astir revered and mighty warrior successful the Imperium’s forces.