“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.'”

When James Gunn took the reins of DC Studios, he brought with him a bold new vision for the future of the superhero universe. But with that fresh direction came some difficult decisions. For Gunn, the most heartbreaking thing was parting ways with Henry Cavill,

"We sat down, we talked to him," the filmmaker recalls as he answers whether fans could see the "Man of Steel" star again in future DC films.