Henry Cavill Wears Christopher Reeve’s Superman Suit in Newly Revealed Test Photos; Zack Snyder Says: ‘We Showed Warner Bros.’ and ‘Everyone Agreed Henry Was Superman’

Zack Snyder marked the Christmas holiday with a special gift to fans in the form of photos of Henry Cavill wearing Christopher Reeve’s original Superman suit. The images are what Snyder showed to Warner Bros. executives when he was trying to cast Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman in his new DC Universe, which kicked off with 2013’s “Man of Steel.”

“Henry Cavill. The original Superman suit. This photo. It was undeniable,” Snyder wrote in one caption, while adding in another: “With the last image I shared, and this one, we showed WB [and] everyone agreed: Henry Cavill was Superman. That’s where the journey began.”

Cavill played Superman across three movies in Snyder’s DC Universe: “Man of Steel,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Justice League.” Then things got complicated. After a five-year hiatus that left fans wondering about Cavill’s Superman future, he popped up as the…