In Google Promo, Henry Cavill Officially Pays Tribute to His Brutal Mission: Impossible Villain in New Release
A familiar look returns
Cavill appears in a new video promoting Google software tools, sporting the mustache associated with his Mission: Impossible role. He also brings back the arm-reloading motion that became a viral sensation.
Using Google’s Antigravity, he works on a video-game version of himself. Cavill asks for extra muscle, more impressive facial hair, useful pockets and power-ups triggered by the arm gesture.
The Justice League controversy
The mustache drew attention during additional filming for 2017’s Justice League. Cavill was also making Mission: Impossible – Fallout, in which his facial hair was part of his character’s appearance, so shaving it was not an option.
The production tried to remove the mustache digitally to match Superman’s clean-shaven look. The result became one of the film’s widely mocked visual details.
Earlier Google collaboration
The new video follows an earlier Google project called Mustache Protocol. In that promotion, Cavill faced a fictional rogue CGI artist who was trying to erase mustaches around the world. Cavill says, “As you all know, I love a good mustache.” Justice League and Mission: Impossible – Fallout can be rented or purchased digitally, and the new promotional video is available online.
Key points
- Cavill revisits his Mission: Impossible mustache and signature arm gesture in a Google promotional video.
- The ad uses Google’s Antigravity to build a game character based on Cavill.
- Justice League used CGI to remove Cavill’s mustache during reshoots.
- Cavill’s facial hair was required for his role in Mission: Impossible – Fallout.