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“My uncle is Superman”, he told his classmates and the next day he went with Henry Cavill to school

Thomas he was so convinced of what he said that the rest of his classmates began to make fun of him. It was just crazy that a 7-year-old’s uncle could be Superman. The teacher did not believe either the words of the little boy and tried to explain to him that the superhero does not exist, that he is a character from TV and movies. But he was too sure of what he was saying.

The British boy was totally frustrated when he returned home because the children had laughed at his sayings. Everything had happened during an activity in which they had to tell details of their families and he had been excited about earning an ovation from his friends for being Superman’s nephew. But the exact opposite happened.

It is more at the insistence of the little one, his teachers came to punish him and call his parents, to inform them of what happened and ask them to stop telling lies. However, what they did not count on was that the boy’s mother confirmed his story when she went to look for him at the end of the day: yes, the boy was Superman’s nephew, the woman said.

The British boy was totally frustrated when he returned home because the children had laughed at his sayings. (EFE)


However this only made the teachers angry, and agree to treat the matter more seriously.

His mother she was more than annoyed with the teachers’ reaction, So he decided to take action on the matter so that the boy could prove his truth.

As explained in the newspaper La Vanguardia, the mother of Thomas called his brother-in-law to accompany him to class the next day and thus be able to prove that what they said was true.

Thomas's mother called his brother-in-law to accompany him to class the next day.

Thomas’s mother called his brother-in-law to accompany him to class the next day.


The surprise of the children and the teachers was enormous, as it turns out that Thomas was right: his uncle turned out to be actor Henry Cavill, who plays the popular superhero in the cinema, and who gladly accompanied his nephew, Superman dress.

The story happened in 2013, the boy is now 15 years old.  Photo: Instagram

The story happened in 2013, the boy is now 15 years old. Photo: Instagram


The story happened in 2013, the boy is now 15 years old, but it has been now when it has become viral on social networks. It was Henry Cavill himself who related it in an interview on the program “Live! With Kelly and Ryan”, from American television, in 2018, showing himself more than proud of his nephew’s tenderness.

Now he’s gearing up to be Highlander

Henry Cavill will star in another epic fantasy saga. The actor who plays the witch Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher series and Superman in the DC Universe films, will be the big star of the new version of Highlander that will be captained by Chad Stahelski, director of the saga Without control.

Cavill himself confirmed the news by sharing a screenshot of the news on his social networks and then declared his love as a child for the 1980s movie starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery.

Henry Cavill will star in the Highlander remake.

Henry Cavill will star in the Highlander remake.


“I have exciting news. I’ve been a Highlander fan since I was a kid. From the movies in all the glory of the ’80s with music by Queen even the television series with an actor who looked a lot like one of my brothers, “he says on Instagram in a post.

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