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Henry Cavill may strut around in an expensive,Watch RK Prime 29 Online shiny looking suit in Man of Steeland Batman v Superman, but it wasn't always that way.

Back when he was first auditioning, Cavill had to go old school.

"We didn't have the suit made when Henry was auditioning, so he wore the original Christopher Reeve suit," said director Zack Snyder in an interview with Dujour.

"He put it on and when he came out of the trailer, everyone was like, 'Dang, you're Superman!'"

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And now we have photo evidence.

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First, here's a reminder of what Cavill looks like in Batman v Superman:

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Now here's what Christopher Reeve looked like back in 1978, when he appeared in the first Supermanmovie.

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Finally, here's a picture of Henry Cavill in that original costume, which the Hollywood Reportersays Snyder shared on the social network Vero.

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It's not hard to see why Snyder thought he looked the part.

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