Days before scheduled shoot, Henry Cavill opts out of ‘Stratton’

Henry Cavill, who was to play the lead role for upcoming flick ‘Stratton’ has reportedly opted out of the movie, less than a week before the shooting was scheduled. According to the distributer GFM Films, he chose to pull out of the role, “due to creative differences on the script”. The shooting for the film was supposed to begin on June 2, but now the date is pushed back by three weeks to finalize the cast. Cavill had to play the lead character of an MI5 operative, who tracks down an international terrorist cell. 

GFM Films further elaborated the reason why the Immortals actor chose to pull out of the leading role. Their statement read, “During several meetings this week in London with both sets of producers including Henry Cavill, he told us he has decided not to shoot this script at this time. He had a different vision of what the film should be to us and the production team and wanted to delay production until September and shoot a different story and script”.

The statement further read, “We wish to keep the production team together and Simon West as director so are working now to replace Henry”.  ‘Stratton’ is a movie based on the first novel of the Duncan Falconer’s series. The movie will be directed by Simon West.