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Whats your most mundane celebrity encounter?
I said, you alright mate?
He said, sh*te game wasnt it?
Henry CavillpaintingWarhammeris on this same level of mundane for me.
Maybe I need toreload my armsbefore starting painting.
I like Henry Cavill well enough.
His movies are alright, I liked his character in Mission Impossible.
Im not into the DCEU, but people like Man of Steel, I think.
He seems quite amicable on press tours.
Hes undeniably a sexy man.
Did I mention that already?
But Warhammer fans have latched onto Henry Cavills Warhammer interest with parasocial abandon.
But why is everyone obsessed with Cavill and his Warhammer fandom?
The obvious first port of call is that hes an ambassador for the hobby.
The audience laughs pleasantly as Cavill corrects him.
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Hes a palatable persona to spread the gospel of Warhammer 40K.
Henry Cavill is well known for being hot and cool.
As well as being an ambassador to the general public, Cavill has not-insignificant influence in Hollywood, too.
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Whether hell produce, star, or which story hell tell are all unknowns.
Theres another side to this, though.
But, to many, Cavill represents the platonic ideal of a Warhammer player.
He has a killer jawline and a hot girlfriend.
Hes a man that millions aspire to be and millions more aspire to be with.
And he plays Warhammer.
Im not suggesting that every Henry Cavill fan is a sour gatekeeper.
Im not going to suggest that Henry Cavill is popular because hes white.
Thats clearly not the case.
Hes popular because hes a sexyhot superstar.
And he does Warhammer.
His privilege certainly helps that status, but its not the only thing he has going for him.
Ultimately, I think people are just happy that cool, popular people like their nerdy hobbies, too.
Anyone who played Warhammer in school during the 90s or 00s knows that we werent cool.
He looked up, saw my enormous Workshop-branded case of Warhammer, and said, Maybe not.
Imagine if Henry Cavill had come to my aid right then.
That teacher would have felt so embarrassed.
That would have shown him.
One of the cool kids saying that, actually, they like how you painted that Space Marine.
Standing up for you and saying that, no, youdohave a rockstar name.
Henry Cavill is the man the average Warhammer player wishes they were, they were with.
At the very least, hes the man the average Warhammer player wishes was on their side.
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