When James Gunn took over the new direction for DC's superhero movies, one of the earliest decisions was about letting go of Henry Cavill as the then-incumbent Superman. In a new interview with Josh Horowitz for the Happy Sad Confused podcast,

“That was really unfortunate,” Gunn continued. “So Peter and I [thought] the right thing to do was to sit down with [Cavill] and talk to him. And we sat down and we talked to him. He was an absolute gentleman, a great guy about it. He said, ‘The only thing I ask is that I’m able to reveal it myself as opposed to it coming from you guys.'”